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Droid 2 data usage?

vl1993

So i recently got a droid 2 and i have the 150 megabyte plan. its been 11 days and ive used up 127 mb. how do i not use so much? i dont look at pictures or videos online. what causes it to be that high? also is being logged on to facebook but not using it using up data? im logged on to my gmail and facebook all the time but i never get on to use it.

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demmo86rt

One thing to remember about android phones is that they have the ability to use data in the background. Any widgets you have on your homescreen may be pulling data, depending on what they are for, your phone will sync occasionally to make sure your contacts and calendar are up to date, and your market will check from time to time to make sure none of your apps have been updated. Some of this undesired data flow can be alleviated by disabling background data (menu> settings> accounts & sync > uncheck background data) but android phones really are data intensive and, imho, the tiered data plan was not really designed with them in mind.

mdram4x4

also, the data used is not up to date, so most likeley your over that 127mb

its really better to get the unlimeted plan

150mb is not not alot

PureSteelHeart

mdram4x4 wrote:
also, the data used is not up to date, so most likely your over that 127mb

its really better to get the unlimited plan

150mb is not not a lot

demmo86rt wrote:
One thing to remember about android phones is that they have the ability to use data in the background. Any widgets you have on your homescreen may be pulling data, depending on what they are for, your phone will sync occasionally to make sure your contacts and calendar are up to date, and your market will check from time to time to make sure none of your apps have been updated. Some of this undesired data flow can be alleviated by disabling background data (menu> settings> accounts & sync > uncheck background data) but android phones really are data intensive and, imho, the tiered data plan was not really designed with them in mind. Swyped from my Eris
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i agree this plan was not designed for smartphones in mind. androids will eat up a lot of data for instance i use upwards to 200k of data a month and i dont really use the web browser or check my email much. so it is simply unreasonable to try for 150mb a month. good luck.

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