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Help Android OS consuming tons of background data
- Thread starter WinstonP
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Or Samsung and Verizon sometimes. Which is not really a fault of the OS version itself.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
Mobile data is on, according to the attached screenshots.
yeah, I was just going to mention that myself....
with 5.1.1 you have to turn it off Manually from the Notification Panel or a shortcut in Settings.
I'm quite familiar with that, as I always leave Data turned OFF unless there is a real need for it....
My WiFi goes on and off with the screen awake/asleep with the help of a macro.
From what I gathered, I think OP was saying that Google Photos is set to backup on wifi only and to not backup/sync on mobile data.Mobile data is on, according to the attached screenshots.
AZgl1500
Extreme Android User
We all read things and don't absorb what he intends 
I don't trust any app to do only what I want it to. I just went back and looked at Post #1, and he thinks that DATA is turned off for Gphotos, but I bet it isn't doing what he wants it to.
I manually turn off data, period and I leave it off, unless there is a real need for it.
My family of 3 in a normal month uses less than 1 gB/month, we have not gone over 0.88 gB/month in almost a year.
We never use DATA for streaming anything, no videos. The worst thing we do is look at Facebook sometimes.
for me, it is forums, and that is pretty much a Text Oriented environment and my personal use is less than 0.3 gB/month on data.
We have a decent WiFi router giving us 14 mbps downloads, and use public WiFi when available.
I don't trust any app to do only what I want it to. I just went back and looked at Post #1, and he thinks that DATA is turned off for Gphotos, but I bet it isn't doing what he wants it to.
I manually turn off data, period and I leave it off, unless there is a real need for it.
My family of 3 in a normal month uses less than 1 gB/month, we have not gone over 0.88 gB/month in almost a year.
We never use DATA for streaming anything, no videos. The worst thing we do is look at Facebook sometimes.
for me, it is forums, and that is pretty much a Text Oriented environment and my personal use is less than 0.3 gB/month on data.
We have a decent WiFi router giving us 14 mbps downloads, and use public WiFi when available.