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Galaxy S3 high battery and data usage

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  • 25-12-2012 10:21pm
    #1
    ppshay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭


    I have an S3 on Meteor with 2GB data included.

    Up until the last few days, one charge per day would do, but now it needs two charges. Also, I've been on my particular plan for nearly two years and today is the first time I've got a data usage warning. I have wifi at home and at work and have never been a heavy user.

    My email is set to manually sync and check for mail.

    I have swithced off mobile data to see if that improves battery usage.

    Is there a way to check natively on the phone (not a third party app) what might be using my data?


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    #2
    ppshay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭ppshay


    Battery usage is back to normal with mobile data switched off. Still don't know what data service is constantly on.


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    Gillo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭Gillo


    Did you install or update any new app's recently?

    Also if you aren't using wifi, GPS or Bluetooth leave them off as they'll eat through battery life.


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    ppshay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 322 ✭✭ppshay


    This is the issue:

    http://community.vodafone.com.au/t5/Contract/Massive-data-usage-in-2-days-5-3GB-Apparently-Android-ICS-email/td-p/102801


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    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users Posts: 14,339 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    try trafficstats or trafficinfo.


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    starlit
    Registered Users Posts: 12,342 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Can you check your data usage and what applications that are being used you can switch them off or just knock them off as part of your usage. Surely they show up how much your applications is using up your data usage. That would use up a lot of battery and not just what you be doing yourself - texts/calls/net/social networking and so on.

    Uninstall any apps that you don't use or not use much that you installed yourself. Save on memory and not drain on your batter too much.


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