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

So after the above post, I am trying to switch off data usage access. See below....
(will try to keep you updated after this)

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For now good, turn off Chrome sync turn of my account from Chrome, turn off backup and always turn off sync when use data access for internet.
 
Deksinjo said:
View attachment 104497 For now good, turn off Chrome sync turn of my account from Chrome, turn off backup and always turn off sync when use data access for internet.
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I've turned off everything. Except for a few like contacts sync, etc.
My latest screenshot is this....
And I still have no clue where the data. Leak is occurring. Does contacts synch consume high data?

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Lost 5 min. of life. I know everything that but you can't restrict Android system data at background and only he is make big data sometimes over 700Mb at day.
 
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Okay this seemed to have worked.
Notice the above screenshot. This is Google settings.
At the top right corner, if you click on more settings you should see, "usage and diagnostics" tap on it and disable it.

And the result was this...
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And today...

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Hello. My name is Mottie. I'm from Japan.

I'm having same problem, Android OS is constantly consuming data in background... (my version is 4.4.2)

In my case, it's eating up constantly 5 mb a day so far. I force stopped everything I could, but still no improvement. Cut all the syncs I could also...

I searched the web, and I landed here...

If anyone could find the root cause of this and fix for this, I really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance,
Mottie
 
It just crossed my mind...

Is it possible that AndroidOS is trying to do OS upgrade on its own?

My phone does have upgrade to 5.1.something, and when that was released via my provider, it was consuming packets under 'OS upgrade,' so, I disabled that one.

I also read somewhere (maybe earlier on this thread?) that if upgrade is available and something isn't cooperative, it eats up the data...

But then, newer versions of AndroidOS seem to have similar to this problem... I'm lost...
 
For almost last month use data trough my android os but this happening when i start to use data trough network, before that nothing or almost minimum os android data use.
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Deksinjo said:
For almost last month use data trough my android os but this happening when i start to use data trough network, before that nothing or almost minimum os android data use.
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HOLY SMOLLY! I thought consuming 1mb an hour was bad, but almost 17GB a month? That's outrageous!

Do you think it might got something to do the phone maker and their pre-installed apps? I use SHARP, I know it's not worldwide phone, but it just came to my mind again...
 
Mottie said:
HOLY SMOLLY! I thought consuming 1mb an hour was bad, but almost 17GB a month? That's outrageous!

Do you think it might got something to do the phone maker and their pre-installed apps? I use SHARP, I know it's not worldwide phone, but it just came to my mind again...
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I don't know. Have stoped or uninstalled many bloatware and google app, like google:- music, movie, news, hangout is disabled and software update but still something eat my data, is not problem on wifi but thing got bad when start to use network data before almost months. Don't know how to look what eat them ecsepte that is Android OS.
 
Deksinjo said:
I don't know. Have stoped or uninstalled many bloatware and google app, like google:- music, movie, news, hangout is disabled and software update but still something eat my data, is not problem on wifi but thing got bad when start to use network data before almost months. Don't know how to look what eat them ecsepte that is Android OS.
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I disabled all the possible apps related to Google. Only thing I can't disconnect from Google is Google Playstore.

I asked in a form in Japanese, and all they tell me is 'upgrade the OS,' which I'm not really willing... New stuff doesn't necessary guarantee 'better.' I mean, I learned this kind of problem exist in newer versions, so, what's the point of upgrading and face the same problem?
 
I don't know this will help, but...

I called my carrier and asked about why AndroidOS is consuming a lot of data in background. Their answer was "AndroidOS is programmed to do that, and as a carrier, to be honest, we don't know the whole thing about AndroidOS."

Well, that was nice to know that my carrier doesn't know whole thing about AndroidOS while they make pre-installed apps for it...

But then, why many people don't have this problem if it is 'supposed to be' like that? Doesn't make sense to me...
 
Deksinjo said:
Also use Android 4.4.2. on LG G2 and don't have line in google settings "usage and diagnostics". Next solution.
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I found that Google Setting on 4.4.2!

Drag down the screen and it's there !（I'm using safe mode at the moment）

But unfortunately, my setting was already off on what kind rott told us...

And interestingly, after I rebooted it in safe mode, Google Play Store shooted up in data usage...
 

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I catch something. Strange is that my sync is off but look like isn't.
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P. S. Just before 3hr pay new data package and it's eat almost 700Mb. Damn google !
 
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