Help Google play services eating up data!

[KTG97]

Hi guys. I recently bought a new Galaxy S7 and have been using it for the past week. However I noticed that my google play services has been eating up some significant data in the background. From what I have discovered is that the main data usage is from the Google play miscellaneous?? Pls help and advise as I have only 2GB of data a month.. In addition I also noticed android OS also happens to eat some data. Just wondering if it's normal or it could be prevented.

 

[Bg260]

There are quite a few threads here on the subject.

Holy Smokes! High Data Usage by Android OS! [SOLVED]

Excessive data use

Ridiculous android OS data use

There are a plethora of solutions to try. The most common fix appears to be .....buying a newer device with a more current Android version.

 

[KTG97]

Haha but apparently I think my s7 might be the most up to date Android? It's running 6.01 I think!

 

[Bg260]

Ahh, that's good to know. Most likely you are syncing something in the background. Like YouTube, Photos (Picassa), Gmail, Drive......Have you checked the sync settings. You could try a firewall App like

No Root Firewall
or
NetGuard

If you can find the offending application.

You can also disable all background data via the Data usage menu.

 

[KTG97]

I can't disable all background data.. If not it would cause my WhatsApp and telegram to stop working? Btw thanks for the help! Appreciate it!

 

[Bg260]

The firewall app can be used to target apps on an individual basis.

Look at the answer in the first post of the "Ridiculous Android OS Data Use" thread.