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Internet usage difficulties?

KingDong

Android Enthusiast
May 15, 2010
476
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London, England
Okay well i just upgraded to the the DHD and my data usage is 750mb a month, i have just revived the phone about 3 days ago and have been using wifi most of the time to internet browse while at home, i have never used the internet apart from maybe weather when auto update. But i recived a text saying thati was close to going over my 750mb data usage? have i been using the mobile internet even when my wifi was on?
 
That doesn't seem right. What were you using earlier this month? When on wifi you should be using that connection preferentially. You have any unusual apps that might not be set to use wifi properly? Radio or other media in particular?

You could download an app like 3g watchdog so you know how much you have used.

Downloading that app now, and nah i've always been using wifi nothing less. Could the HTC widgets be using alot of mobile internet.
 
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I had the same issue and just resolved it yesterday. Turns out an app called animated weather was eating up approximately 70mb of data in just 3 days. Install trafficstats lite to show you which app is eating up your data. Reckless racing lite also eats up the data with the adds
Read my post from about 2 days ago
 
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I had the same issue and just resolved it yesterday. Turns out an app called animated weather was eating up approximately 70mb of data in just 3 days. Install trafficstats lite to show you which app is eating up your data. Reckless racing lite also eats up the data with the adds
Read my post from about 2 days ago

I've been using the default weather app and that only takes like 50kb every time i refresh.
 
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