Hey guys just wondering how much data you all get through in a day, I'm doing about 400-500mb a day on my m7
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Wow, 400 MBs a day? That's quite a lot.
I use less than 50 MBs a day, I mostly just browse using BlinkFeed and maybe just one video, or streaming a few songs when I'm not on wi-fi.
it shouldn't be using that much...
please call yr telco to verify if everything is ok because most modern smartphones support this feature called fast dormancy if u ar enot actively using the data network
That's a lot! I use 1Gb per month!
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My bad guys that was my wifi lol I thought it seemed very high mobile data is around 10MB which seems more normal lol
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200-300MB
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Is wifi tethering free??
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If you are rooted just download wifitether from the market.
Forgive me I wasn't specific.. is it free when you run the internet using wifi tether??
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kijp15 said:
Forgive me I wasn't specific.. is it free when you run the internet using wifi tether??
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What do you mean "free"? It depends on your data plan...
so if i have free internet on my phone it would be free to use the 3g to run the internet w/o gettin any bills added on my phone. my bad for the dumb question im just curious cuz its my first time ever using this app.
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so if i have free internet on my phone it would be free to use the 3g to run the internet w/o gettin any bills added on my phone. my bad for the dumb question im just curious cuz its my first time ever using this app.
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Yes, if you have a unlimited data package, then there will be no additional charges. However, if you do not have one, you will exceed your cap quickly, and they will charge you accordingly.
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Well said. Thanks for your guys help. Take care and God Bless all.
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Even with an unlimited data package, isn't there fine print somewhere that says there is a 5gb data transfer limit?
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Even with an unlimited data package, isn't there fine print somewhere that says there is a 5gb data transfer limit?
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Unaware of such fine print, but if you do find it... can you let us know?
I just checked the fine print. The 5gb cap applies to roaming, air cards, and tethering. (like if you added a tethering option to your plan) Using wifi tether or USB tether should show up as normal data usage.
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The only thing they can do because u signed for unlimited data is they could throttle you meaning they will slow your internet connection down but ive never herd sprint doing this however tmobile will if you go over 5g a month but they wont actually charge you extra
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Unaware of such fine print, but if you do find it... can you let us know?
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From my understanding (and no, i've never seen it in writing), most of the
carriers enforce a cap, somewhere between 5 and 10gb, depending. If you are
on an unlimited data plan, they can't charge you more, so they just throttle
your connection to limit your data for the rest of the billing cycle. I could be
wrong on this though, haven't even come close to capping.
As far as charges for tethering, if you asked your carrier, they'd be more than
happy to charge you the $30 tethering fee (or whatever it may be). My feeling
is that if you are already paying for unlimited data, and you aren't abusing the
service, it's not right for them to charge you extra for a feature your phone
should include.
The only company ive known to inforce throtlling is tmobile theyll send,out a text saying we are resticting your data conection through this billing cycle howver i hVe never had that on sprint and my brother has been fine on his dx on verizon and hes been using wireless tether for a couple of months now
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Don't worry about data caps on sprint. Sprint is the only provider that has truly unlimited data and won't charge you extra,throttle you, or drop you for using enormous amounts of data. The CEO of sprint proclaimed this about a year ago i believe
oh i forgot. Applications such as PDAnet allows you to tether your phone without letting the carrier know so they think its normal data usage. I doubt they will give you a call asking but if they do just tell them you browse the internet with your phone a lot. They can't prove it
If your ROOTED it is!!
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This month I started using my hotspot feature for all my home internet needs. Needless to say, I burned through 5 gigs in a few days. I remember that T-mobile announced that they were going to throttle anyone that passes through the 5 gigs for the reminder of the billing cycle. I got a text from T-mobile saying that i was going to be throttled but its been a week already and im still seeing the same speeds.
Does anyone know why i havent been throttled? I am using the dumbphone unlimited 10$ internet so im wondering if that has anything to do with it?
How do you burn 5 gigs with a dumb phone? I can barely go over 2 gigs and I'm using the n1 and I'm a heavy user too
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wang1404 said:
How do you burn 5 gigs with a dumb phone? I can barely go over 2 gigs and I'm using the n1 and I'm a heavy user too
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grimmjaw said:
This month I started using my hotspot feature for all my home internet needs.
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Prolly using a Laptop xP
the app for downloading torrents on an android? lol
I think it depends on what time u use it I have had my internet throttle but if I go online on non peak hours I have full speeds
Too much HD naughty movies maybe.lol j/k
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How much data usage do you guys use each month tethering/on phone? I cant get any internet for awhile at my new house and started using the usb tethering option i was just wondering how much data i could use each month before at&t decided to take notice??i am still on the unlimited data plan and used 6gb last month... Thanks in advance for the replys!
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My brother has unlimited data and tethers his xbox for online play and other stuff he normally does on his phone. He never hits 5gb. Although he doesn't use it for computers which I'm sure would use now data
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I pay $65 a month. I've never been with cricket before (always sprint ). If I download apps & music a lot, will I be charged more ?
EDIT : Sorry about this post. I just read crickets data cap is 1 or 5GB per month. Which is it?
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-x]Trunks[x- said:
I pay $65 a month. I've never been with cricket before (always sprint ). If I download apps & music a lot, will I be charged more ?
EDIT : Sorry about this post. I just read crickets data cap is 1 or 5GB per month. Which is it?
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I guess for smart phones it's 1Gb then you are throttled down and if you have the mobile broadband card it's 5Gb.
You should be fine on the bandwidth unless you are tethering.
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Okay, since it is a 1GB cap then tethering for online games isn't the best choice I'll just stick to mobile internet and read up on the source codes. TY for the answer.
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LMAO! Yeah don't think about tethering to your 360 to play Black Ops.
One match game would skyrocket over the 1GB cap.
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LMAO! Yeah don't think about tethering to your 360 to play Black Ops.
One match game would skyrocket over the 1GB cap.
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How'd you know I was going to use it for COD? Lol you were right though BC I was going to do it but nvm.
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It was a good guess since lots of online gamers are into Black Ops.
anyway, I found a useful article that shows how to keep track of data in order to avoid extra fee charges or throttling.
http://thetechjournal.com/electroni...how-much-data-you-use-on-your-cellphone.xhtml
It would take 33mb of usage per day in a month to reach 990mb (before the 1GB cap).
Tested how much data I use when playing mmorpg and its 40mb per day
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Tested how much data I use when playing mmorpg and its 40mb per day
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Games don't use that much data since they are just sending text back and forth. It's not like they are sending graphics or videos through the connection. You would really need to worry about lag though. Latency is an issue with online games and wireless connections add ton of it. Remember you are sending a signal from your computer to the phone and the phone sends it to the nearest antenna which could be miles away. Then it goes from the antenna to its local server then to a few more servers before it reaches the game server. Then it has to come all the way back and do it all in milliseconds. So check your ping timed and if they are over 200 then you might not be able to game
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Tested how much data I use when playing mmorpg and its 40mb per day
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I use my tethering to play Halo: Reach matchmaking, and even when throttled, there's no lag. Uses an average of .75MB/minute while playing. I usually only see 5MB of usage/match.
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pomeroythomas said:
I use my tethering to play Halo: Reach matchmaking, and even when throttled, there's no lag. Uses an average of .75MB/minute while playing. I usually only see 5MB of usage/match.
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That isn't bad at all.
I bought Watchdog3G Pro for like three bucks and its a good app but it sucks down a lot of battery juice.
I browsed a few websites for like 7 minutes and watched a 3 minute youtube video. Watchdog reported that I used 26mb during these sessions.
Ok, so have noticed this using the speedtest.net app.
When the phone is brought out of stand by / sleep, my download speed is 3 meg,which is slow , if I turn Wi-Fi off and back on, and redo speed test, I get my full speed of 60-70 meg.
I have tested to see if turning the power savers off make a difference,and have checked that keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is on. Nothing seems to make a difference.
Any comments. ??
Chris
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Forgot to say I am on stock o2 UK Rom
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Has no one else had this issue then.???
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I don't use wifi that much so I can't say I've noticed. I have noticed however, when my phone's been asleep, I often have issues with mobile data not being on ... It is fine for large periods of time when I'm using my phone more regular but if I leave it for a while it usually says "Turning On" in settings and often never changes until I tuen it off and let it settle lol.
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Ok, so have noticed this using the speedtest.net app.
When the phone is brought out of stand by / sleep, my download speed is 3 meg,which is slow , if I turn Wi-Fi off and back on, and redo speed test, I get my full speed of 60-70 meg.
I have tested to see if turning the power savers off make a difference,and have checked that keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is on. Nothing seems to make a difference.
Any comments. ??
Chris
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I have exactly the same issue as you describe. I'm on the Europe version.
Only turning on and off wifi gets it back to max performance....
Oh good. I'm glad I'm not alone...I am in the UK, wonder if it's just related to Europe ?
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Oh good. I'm glad I'm not alone...I am in the UK, wonder if it's just related to Europe ?
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I don't expect that it is region related. Maybe nobody checks the data speed with speedtest.net....
Is there another app to test your data speed because maybe it is related to speedtest.net?
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I don't expect that it is region related. Maybe nobody checks the data speed with speedtest.net....
Is there another app to test your data speed because maybe it is related to speedtest.net?
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Tested it with another speed test app and the results are the same.... So it is related to the device itself...
Yep I have also tested with another, and its the same .
Just had a load of play store updates, slow download speed, turn WiFi off and on and then the speed dramatically improves.
Definitely a problem.
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UPDATE.
Well, today I did a phone reset...this appears to have resolved the problem.
A bit of a pain, even with HTC backup, it's still taken me a few hours to get everything set up.
Will see if the Wi-Fi remains sorted over the next few days.
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Bugger...
It appears the problem is still there.!
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I have the same issue with a HTC One bought through Dial-a-phone and on the O2 network. I sent my first HTC One back
for a replacement, but the replacement has the same problem, so it's not a fault with the handset hardware per-se, more likely
the wifi chipset or firmware.
I have also found that the wifi does not automatically switch between access points on the same SSID, i.e while walking
through a building - it just hangs on to the on it associated with first and won't switch to a better AP even if you're standing
right underneath it. Very irritating. I have found the app 'WiFi Fixer' to be of some use in reconnecting. That also seems to
act the same as turning the wifi on and off, so avoiding the low speed issue.
Interestingly, in my testing, while the speed test app has been showing the downstream limited to 2mit, transfers back and forth
to my local NAS have been fast. It's almost as if the 2mbit 'cap' only applies to traffic going through the default gateway (usually
a home router or the like) but the problem manifests on corporate LANs too with sophisticated Cisco equipment, so you can't really
blame the LAN.
I've logged a ticket with HTC which was allegedly 'escalated' but I'm not that hopeful of a positive outcome!
reppo28 said:
Ok, so have noticed this using the speedtest.net app.
When the phone is brought out of stand by / sleep, my download speed is 3 meg,which is slow , if I turn Wi-Fi off and back on, and redo speed test, I get my full speed of 60-70 meg.
I have tested to see if turning the power savers off make a difference,and have checked that keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is on. Nothing seems to make a difference.
Any comments. ??
Chris
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