Questions tagged [bandwidth]
For questions pertaining to communication bandwidth, whether cellular data or WiFi.
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wifi speed is perfect in laptop but very low in mobile why?
isp : gtpl
phone : poco F1
plan : 40 mbps down and half of it upload
router settings : channel 6 and frequancy auto
security : WPA - Personal
note : both test were on wifi, laptop was not connected ...
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Speed from mobile hotspot is not consistence and poor speed
I am WFH and using Xiaomi note 8 pro for hotspot to my work computer and I have D-Link dongle which catch the hotspot signal. I am using Airtel sim card for that.
When I start working to my system at ...
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How can I force android apps to not use more than a specific bandwidth ?
I know that I can use TrafficStats class to have an idea about how much data an app is using. But, I would like to know if there is any way in which I can force the apps to not use more than a ...
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How can I see how much internet bandwidth each process is using at the moment?
On Android, I have a nice Xposed module which shows me the current internet usage, but for the whole system, not per app:
On my desktop computer I have this expandable panel item which shows me ...
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Why Google Play services upload nonstop 1MB/s everytime the device is connected to wi-fi?
Device: Nexus 5, Android Version 6.0.1
Every time the phone is connected to my home wi-fi after a couple of minutes the phone uses my whole bandwidth to upload something to varying Google (1e100.net)...
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Android tablet as 3G gateway - Limit tethering device 3G bandwidth
Scenario:
An Android tablet computer acts as 3G gateway for multiple devices connecting to it via WiFi; everything happens in a moving vehicle.
How can I limit the 3G/GPRS bandwidth of the devices ...
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How to know which applications are using the Internet? [duplicate]
I use a lot of applications on my Android phone, and I'd like to know which applications are using the Internet at a given point of time, and also the bandwidth consumed by each one of them. This ...
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How to control, monitor and limit bandwidth usage?
During my last holiday, an overeager podcast app used my entire quota for downloading one podcast.
Now I am looking for sulutions that will help limit bandwidth usage.
Primarily I would like to ...
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Moto G 2014: Maximum upload speed?
According to specs the 2nd gen. Moto G has network support for: GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS/HSPA+ up to 21 Mbps (850, 1700 (AWS), 1900 MHz)
What's the actual maximum upload speed?
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Google+ auto backup jams up my WiFi network
For months I tried to track down a ping issue (high ping; disconnect & reconnect my router; low ping for about 20 minutes; high ping again). Turns out, thanks to this answer, it was the Google+ ...
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How to display mobile data usage for whole month and not last 7 days?
I have monthly cycle for measuring mobile data from 1st to 31st but it always measures last 7 days. How do I make it measure cycle I have configured?
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How can I monitor bandwidth capacity over time?
I know that I can use some applications such as Speedtest to check my current bandwidth capacity. However, I would like to monitor bandwidth capacity over time as I would like to assess the quality of ...
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How to limit/throttle WiFi data speed on my Android device?
I am testing an Android application and need to understand how does the app behave on different internet speeds.
An example of test case is:
1. set the maximum bandwidth to 20kbps and check how it ...
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How to limit bandwidth usage
Can anyone suggest a suitable way to limit internet bandwidth? I am using 3G mobile data.
I know how to limit the maximum data usage but I need to control the bandwidth so that my mobile data ...
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Reducing bandwidth while using Facebook chat
I live in place where the data charges are extremely high (~0,70€ per MB in Ethiopia, for example.) If I wish to chat on Facebook, data charges rack up quickly due to the standard Facebook app's ...
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Limit the Internet bandwidth of Android device
Is it possible to limit internet speed of Android device
for example
Nexus 7 only internet speed has 300 kbps / 1mbps
Nexus 4 only internet speed has 150 kbps / 1mbps
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Firefox for Android: blocking images?
I would like to prevent Firefox from loading images, due to 3g data limit.
I was googling for an anwser, but it seems that option is not available, and, to my surprise, I did not find any posts ...
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Where can I check how much Internet bandwidth did my HTC Desire use?
A newb question, as I just received my wife's HTC Desire: Where can I check how much bandwidth it uses (or used during certain time period)? Her contract only includes 500MB a month, so she needs to ...
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Why Browser Tabs Reload After Restoring Back From Multi-Tasking?
When i have tabs opened no matter in which browser and restore back to that browser due to previous multi-tasking, i get all tabs reloading (or would it be more correct to say, loading again from ...
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Is there any low bandwidth VoIP software for Android? [closed]
I have measured Skype's bandwidth consumption:
When just running Skype: ~0.09 KB/s
When talking to someone through Skype: ~9 KB/s
Is there any VoIP software available in the Android Market that ...
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android browser with 3rd party image blocking capability?
For Firefox 4 for Windows there is for slow connections a really useful image block addon
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/quickimage/
Unfortunately Firefox mobile is pretty slow and the ...
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Is there any app which can tell which app is using internet? [duplicate]
I have installed lots of apps on my phone. For the last couple of weeks i am facing one issue. Even when i am not using internet infact even when i am not using my phone at all, a window pops up and ...
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How To Make Android Based Smartphone Consume Less Mobile Internet Bandwidth?
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I want to have full control over applications and have them ask whether or not i allow them to access mobile internet. I also want to disable automatic updates but enable updates ...
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