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Am i a heavy user?

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?
 
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?

Get no problem with my 500mb cap from orange as mine is always connected to wifi indoors.
rarely even use 100mb in a month.
 
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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.
 
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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.

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".
 
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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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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.

I like the tabbed browsing on Dolphin though.
 
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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.
 
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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??

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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What router?

The router at home/work that he wants to connect to using wi-fi ;)

It has found the router and i've entered the pass key. Just doesn't seem to want to connect

Yes, my Desire found my router and asked for the key the first time I tried to connect, but it didn't complete the connection. I had to press a button on the router and it worked.
 
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