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Can I Manage Data Distribution Among Devices Connected to my Android Hotspot?
I rely on my Android tablet's mobile data as a hotspot for both my work devices and other household members' devices. I'm looking for an app, method, or setting that allows me to control and manage ...
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Why did my Pixel 4a 5G on CalyxOS stop tracking mobile data usage?
I am using CalyxOS on a Pixel 4a 5G. My phone did not track mobile data usage during the last three weeks. In the screenshot below, we can see that it counted 8 MB. But I used my entire monthly ...
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Actually prevent mobile data use when mobile data is off (Android 13+)
Multiple old questions (here, here, here, and here) document that even when mobile data is switched off, mobile data still gets used as part of 4G voice service. I'm looking for up to date information ...
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How to disable app background data usage via adb without root
I'm trying to disable unnecessary apps and their background data usage on an Android 10 device, using the following commands:
adb shell appops set package_name RUN_IN_BACKGROUND ignore
adb shell ...
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Trying to mimic data usage through certain apps
my current data plan has unlimited usage for only certain apps;
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram.
Any other form of data usage isn't unlimited taking ...
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Why is the global mobile data usage higher than the sum over all the applications?
On my Samsung Galaxy Note10+, the mobile data usage shown via the settings is much higher than the sum of the amounts (given below the global one and the graph) over all the applications. Why?
For ...
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Restricting data usage monitoring to certain days
My data plan includes unlimited data during the weekend (so any data usage during the weekend is not taken off the 50Go afforded by the plan), and I would like to monitor my data usage taking this ...
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How can I view the mobile data usage for each application for a given day?
How can I view the mobile data usage for each application for a given day?
I use Android 9 on Samsung Galaxy S9.
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Chrome on Android has just eaten all my data plan
I am using Chrome on Nexus 5X.
Nothing like this ever happened until the last 2 days - my data plan was depleted suddenly, the carrier's app claimed that I have no more data, and when I checked my ...
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Unable to change mobile data cycle date on huawei p9 lite with android 7.0
My old phone had an option to change the mobile data cycle date. As you can see in the image below the option is gone. Does anyone know where I can find it in this "new and improved" version of ...
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Why is Android System using Data
Hi guys I have an android running custom rom on 8.1 . I found this problem when I was downloading files from ANDROID DOWNLOAD MANAGER the speed shown by ADM was very less in comparison to that shown ...
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Is there a way to track mobile data usage without a "billing cycle"?
The stock data manager is so complicated, with its monthly billing cycle. I have a prepaid data plan which doesn't expire. I want to set a data limit, and after that limit is hit, no matter in how ...
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Adjust how much data I've already used this month
I got a new phone and I need to tell it that I've already used 25 megabytes this period. With the stock app I can I can set a usage limit, but I can't tell it how much I've already used this month.
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Why does Android OS data usage not count?
I have noticed that "Android OS" consumes a lot of data on my phone (LineageOS 14.1; Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300; rooted). However, this data seems not to count for the overall data usage. As you can ...
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Is there any way to completely block any app from using data (Android 6.0) [duplicate]
I have a problem: my house wifi goes down a lot for some unknown reason, and so I turn on data to continue whatever conversation I was having on my laptop on my phone. Then I forget to turn on wifi ...
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Daily data usage on home screen
Can I see daily mobile data usage (excluding Wi-Fi) on the home screen using a widget?
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How to know the data consumption of android device within a very small date range
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I watch my data consumption religiously, since the telcom operators in Lebanon charge an arm and a leg for every MB spent. The bundles cost ok, but when you exceed the bundle they charge ...
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How do I figure out what is using up all my data?
I typically only use between 1GB and 2GB per month of data. However, this month I was notified that I had exceeded my 4GB limit. I increased the limit to 7GB and within 4 days that was exceeded. I've ...
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Disabling data limit notifications for disabled SIM?
I have a Motorola G (2nd gen) with dual SIM. Only one SIM at a time can be used for mobile data. I have limited free data on both SIMs. When the first SIM reaches this limit, I switch mobile data over ...
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How do you find the detailed app data usage in android7.0
Before I was able to go into data and on the list of apps pick one and get a chart comparing the global use and the apps use:
Has this detail view disappeared in Android 7.0?
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Should the Data Saver Icon Look like Plus or a Pause?
According to this page, the data saver icon should look like a pause button.
However, on my nexus 6P (using android nougat), I get a plus icon instead whenever I turn on data saver.
What does that ...
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Mobile data is turned off but provider shows data trickle
I have turned off cellular data on my phone (Nexus 5, Android 6.0.1) but the data usage summary on my provider's portal is still (slowly) increasing.
Does Android still use a small amount of data ...
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Removing app from data calculation
I have a subscription that makes Spotify not count towards my data cap.
Thing is, when I go in my data usage calculations on my phone, it still is counted.
Any way to remove an app from the data cap ...
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On android 6.0.1 there's no more DAILY data usage limit setting
I've got a daily plan. 1GB each day.
I wanted to set daily data usage for my phone and i remember there was a daily option on android 4 but now there's no option to change.. only monthly. This is so ...
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How to display/obtain detailed app data usage of last 24h?
I know Android has a nice built-in way to visualize the monthly data usage on a daily basis. It also displays the cumulative data transfered data per app per cycle (1 month).
Where are the data usage ...
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Exclude one program in data usage
My provider provides rdio for free. This generates data traffic, but is not taken from my data plan. How can I exclude this program from data usage limit and or calculation?
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How to turn off data after a certain amount
How to turn off data after a certain amount
Aim: To make my data turn off after it reaches a predefined amount of data to use. For example, I am using my portable hotspot to my computer with my phone....
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How can I record mobile network traffic?
I need to record edge/3g mobile traffic in pcap file. I can't find any working app for this. How can I do this?
Samsung Galaxy s3, root, cyanogenmod11.
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How to configure maximum internet speed?
I would like to set a maximum value for upload and download speeds. I want to do this so that the monthly consumption of bandwidth per month would be reduced. This would help reduce the costs ...
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How can I diagnose what is using my 3g connection in small packets
My GSM carrier rounds all used data up to 100KB. Which means that if some app is sending/receiving 500 bytes, I get charged for 100KB.
Lately I observed that I go through several hundred megabytes ...
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4G mobile data being used even when mobile data setting is off?
I have a Motorola Moto G, the 4G version, with the original ROM upgraded to the latest version (4.4.4 official from Motorola).
The first thing I did when I got it was the same I have done when I got ...
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How can I change the data usage cycle for Mobile data?
The mobile data cycle (Settings -> Data usage) looks quite arbitrary. Since I have changed my data plan, now the new cycle should start at the first day of the month instead of the 6th.
How can I ...
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Why doesn't Android report accurate Netflix data usage?
I played ~2h of Netflix on my Nexus 5, on T-Mobile's LTE network early this morning. I had switched off WiFi. After doing so, the data usage screen looks like this (scaled down):
Netflix data usage (...
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Is there any way to dump the Data Usage log through the ADB shell?
The reason I would need to dump these data is because in smalls display (S5301) doesn't fit everything and data is cut. I couldn't do anything to move that graphic.
Look,
I've searched in Google ...
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Is there a ways to set data speed limit in android?
Is there a way to set data speed limit on android device(Samsung Galaxy GTi9003,Gingerbread 2.3.6)?
Note :this is different from data limit.
I want to use 3G network 300MB/month plan which I think ...
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OS services and Android OS using data
I have a question following up Locking applications to wifi only data connections:
I followed the guide given in its answer and notice some applications (like Android OS) don't have the option to be ...