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mercurystar999

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Have used 120MB of data in the last two days. Luckily i get 2GB a month but the 3G watchdog app that i have states that i will go over by 310MB if i carry on with this usage.

Now i'm pissed off with the battery only lasting 10hrs tops but do you think that i over use the phone?

How do people cope with 500MB caps that Orange, O2 and Vodaphone cap at?
 
mercurystar999 said:
Have used 120MB of data in the last two days. Luckily i get 2GB a month but the 3G watchdog app that i have states that i will go over by 310MB if i carry on with this usage.

Now i'm pissed off with the battery only lasting 10hrs tops but do you think that i over use the phone?

How do people cope with 500MB caps that Orange, O2 and Vodaphone cap at?
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Get no problem with my 500mb cap from orange as mine is always connected to wifi indoors.
rarely even use 100mb in a month.
 
What does 3G watchdog say that you're using data the most? It seems like you're watching youtube and streaming music to use up that much data a day.
 
Using wi-fi at home evenings and weekends helps A LOT. My Orange talk plan is unlimited with a 750mb fair use policy, and 3G Watchdog estimates I'll use about 600mb this month.

I don't really hold back with my data use - I have Sky News, BBC News, 7 email accounts, Twitter, facebook and WeatherBug all updating every hour, plus I follow a few links in Tweets to get to articles on the net. Mobile data is always enabled, and wi-fi takes priority when I'm close to my home router. I'm sure I could get my data usage down to around 250-300mb if I increased the update intervals, and switched to 2G-only for a couple of hours per day.
 
Roze said:
What does 3G watchdog say that you're using data the most? It seems like you're watching youtube and streaming music to use up that much data a day.
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Can't seem to find that out via the 3g app? Never watch anything on youtube nor stream music. I use the Dolphin HD browser, Twidroyd, and email.
 
mercurystar999 said:
Can't seem to find that out via the 3g app? Never watch anything on youtube nor stream music. I use the Dolphin HD browser, Twidroyd, and email.
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Do you have your Twitter and email set to check at extremely frequent intervals? Try setting them to check as little as possible.

Also use WiFi whenever you can.

Disconnect from the mobile network at night/when you don't need it(hold power button and select the bottom option). You could, alternatively, set up a widget for this, add the mobile network widget under "Settings".
 
120MB of data in the last two days? I'm a heavy user, and my average is a about 40-60mb a day.

Do you download anything? like apps? Do you use a news widget, or rss feed/app?

How often do you browse a day?
 
I do browse the web a lot. Perhaps 3-4 hours in total a day. Have just checked and the twitter app twidroyd was checking every 5 mins, ive now changed that!
 
While on the subject of a news feed does anyone know of an app that will be like newsnow? I am always checking that site for info on the team i support. Something that checks for me and notifies me. Would love an app like that.
 
Suggest using opera mini for internet when using 3g as this only uses a tenth of the data of other browsers. I use stock browser or dolphin hd when using wifi and opera when surfing on mobile network. Update news manually, weather hourly as well as email and only use about 10mb a day on mobile data usage. So yes you seem to be using alot of data to me.
 
mercurystar999 said:
While on the subject of a news feed does anyone know of an app that will be like newsnow? I am always checking that site for info on the team i support. Something that checks for me and notifies me. Would love an app like that.
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Me too actually. Was trying to find a newsnow rss feed for an individual team, but not sussed it yet.
 
chris 290 said:
Suggest using opera mini for internet when using 3g as this only uses a tenth of the data of other browsers. I use stock browser or dolphin hd when using wifi and opera when surfing on mobile network. Update news manually, weather hourly as well as email and only use about 10mb a day on mobile data usage. So yes you seem to be using alot of data to me.
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I like the tabbed browsing on Dolphin though.
 
get newsrob and subscribe to the news feed.

opera is terrible do not use it.

has this 60mb a day always been happening?
 
For RSS I'm just using the "News" app that was pre-installed on my Desire. It seems to work well and I'm not fussed about bells and whistles you get with the commercial apps on the market, free or not. The price is great too :D

Like most others here, I ust wifi whenever I can. Classing myself a moderate user of my phone for data before reading this thread, I'd say I'm a light user now. I very rarely use more than 30Mb in a day.

My email, twitter and other accounts only update every 2-4hrs and I turn off auto updates regularly to conserve battery life.
 
I managed to use 120mb in the first two days too, mainly just playing about and downloading apps etc. Mine has gone down considerably since then and with using WiFi during the evening.
 
Regarding wifi i have it turned on and entered my wep passcode but it always seems to be obtaining adress when i go into the wifi settings??

Downloaded the newsrob app but how do i add things to it?

Used another 60MB today. How do i find out what id using the data?
 
mercurystar999 said:
Regarding wifi i have it turned on and entered my wep passcode but it always seems to be obtaining adress when i go into the wifi settings??
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Do you need to set your wi-fi router to accept communication from your phone? I had the same problem and I found out that I needed to press a button on my router to make it discoverable for 10 mins. That allowed me to connect with my phone, enter the key, and it 'paired' instantly. This only needs to be done once...after it's set up your phone will remember the router and connect whenever you want automatically.
 
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