How much unlimited data have you used?

iPredator · Mar 25, 2013

Um so guys i have only used 2.27mb this month lol

Always running of wifi i think since i got my phone forever ago it seems (7-8 months ago)

I think ive used 3g/4g maybe 4 times for a whole 1 hour lol

funkylogik · Mar 25, 2013

So how is there so much free wifi around? I want that

iPredator · Mar 25, 2013

Well its mostly cause at home and the work place there is wifi and if i not by wifi im really not using my phone for stuff other then calls and text cause the 3g is just horrible in my area

rsfour · Mar 25, 2013

This thread just upsets me! I have a 2GB plan as Vodafone do not have any unlimkted data options. If I was aloud to roaming free I reckon I would be d/l about 10GB on average.

Just got my sister the S3 on 3 ul with unlimited data and just wish I could nick her sim lol.

davoid · Mar 25, 2013

funkylogik said:
i was seeing a girl with broadband

LOL. Is broadband hard to come by in your parts? :rofl:

Rdjr74 · Mar 25, 2013

mikes1 said:
Barely any because wifi is literally everywhere now. I used to use a good bit but now I can barely even get 1gb. My billing cycle is over tomorrow and I've used .410 gb. Almost always on wifi. VZW unlimited btw

I'm on verizon unlimited still myself and never use wifi cuz verizons speeds are much faster then any wifi I've seen. Just curious but since you're still on unlimited what's the purpose for you connecting to wifi all the time?

Can I say wifi one more time, damn did it again.

greenghost2212 · Mar 25, 2013

Rdjr74 said:
I'm on verizon unlimited still myself and never use wifi cuz verizons speeds are much faster then any wifi I've seen. Just curious but since you're still on unlimited what's the purpose for you connecting to wifi all the time?

Can I say wifi one more time, damn did it again.

Some people offload to WiFi anyway because of courtesy reasons. Why clog a cell tower streaming Netflix ALL the time if its WiFi available. Everybody don't got WiFi though.

Pookeysgirl · Mar 25, 2013

Looking at this thread I am obviously under using my phone

. I only have 1GB data plan and have it set to warn me at 900MB. I haven't had that warning yet since September of last year. The only videos I watch are old Graham Norton episodes on uTube

. Other than that just basic web browsing, looking up recipes, and Go Chat.

funkylogik · Mar 25, 2013

davoid said:
LOL. Is broadband hard to come by in your parts? :rofl:

Haha

only when youre poor :thumbup:

funkylogik · Mar 28, 2013

Think im gona go past 50 this cycle

Rxpert83 · Mar 28, 2013

Rdjr74 said:
I'm on verizon unlimited still myself and never use wifi cuz verizons speeds are much faster then any wifi I've seen. Just curious but since you're still on unlimited what's the purpose for you connecting to wifi all the time?

Can I say wifi one more time, damn did it again.

Battery life.

MUCH better on WIFI. I'll always join my home and work networks

davoid · Mar 28, 2013

Rxpert83 said:
Battery life.

MUCH better on WIFI. I'll always join my home and work networks

Hmm. For some reason, mine isn't always better on wifi. Check this out...

funkylogik · Mar 28, 2013

Wow its mega obvious from that screenshot that wifi is chewing the battery mate..

CDPlant · Mar 28, 2013

Unfortunately I don't have a source for this, but I have heard that WiFi uses more power when your phone is idle as opposed to mobile data (but uses much less power when its being used). Unless someone was taking me for a ride and I believed them

funkylogik · Mar 28, 2013

Think theres a setting to turn off wifi while the phone sleeps..

funkylogik · Mar 28, 2013

Settings, wifi, menu, advanced

Rxpert83 · Mar 28, 2013

CDPlant said:
Unfortunately I don't have a source for this, but I have heard that WiFi uses more power when your phone is idle as opposed to mobile data (but uses much less power when its being used). Unless someone was taking me for a ride and I believed them

I'm not sure that's true.ill do some digging

jhawkkw · Mar 28, 2013

I think it also might have to do with which kind of mobile data you're running idle on. LTE will certainly use more battery than EDGE.

funkylogik · Mar 28, 2013

Id say the strength of signal is the main thing

jhawkkw · Mar 28, 2013

funkylogik said:
Id say the strength of signal is the main thing

No doubt that plays a huge roll. Weak signal is almost as bad as the screen for power hogs.

davoid · Mar 28, 2013

CDPlant said:
Unfortunately I don't have a source for this, but I have heard that WiFi uses more power when your phone is idle as opposed to mobile data (but uses much less power when its being used). Unless someone was taking me for a ride and I believed them

funkylogik said:
Think theres a setting to turn off wifi while the phone sleeps..

The common wisdom I've always heard is that keeping wifi on is better for the battery.

BUT... On Wanam's xda Wanamlite rom thread, he suggests in his list of tips to improve battery life: "Set wifi sleep policy to "Never""

And in the setting that funkylogic indicated above for changing the wifi sleep setting :thumb:, the drop down menu options include "Only when plugged in" implying that keeping wifi on uses more power whereas the only caveat indicated for "never" is that it will use more data (from your carrier's allowance).

davoid · Mar 28, 2013

jhawkkw said:
No doubt that plays a huge roll. Weak signal is almost as bad as the screen for power hogs.

In my screen shot above, I have a "very strong" signal for my wifi.

EDIT: But obviously if I had an atrocious 3G signal then that middle section of the graph would have a steeper curve.

But the point is, the wifi wasn't using more power because of a poor signal strength.

Rdjr74 · Apr 4, 2013

Rxpert83 said:
Battery life.

MUCH better on WIFI. I'll always join my home and work networks

I would agree with you there only if signal is weak. For me not so much an issue so the wifi thing really doesn't apply to me.

funkylogik · Apr 4, 2013

Lol id have a screenshot of about 60Gb so far from monthly cycle starting on 18th of march i think if i hadnt had to wipe my phone a few days ago

Im going in for the kill of the 3 network

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