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[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Send me an email or I won't be able to notify you when I'll start working on India support : aloudroid@gmail.com
[Android Apps and Games] itachi1706:
A very nice and useful idea. Waiting for it to come to Singapore.:D
[Android Apps and Games] ResonanceZero:
One thing that every other data monitor that I have ever seen has gotten wrong is that data transmitted over WiFi using a VPN gets counted towards mobile data usage (at least on my T-Mobile Galaxy Tab).

Please test this use case.
[Android Apps and Games] anilrawal:
Another candidate for testing

I am on att (US)

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] shawnl01:
Free Numbers from AT&T

You asked for some free numbers from the carriers:

611 - Current connected carrier customer support. It's free for all carriers regardless of whether you are roaming or not.

1-800-331-0500 - AT&T customer care.

Voicemail: The carrier voicemail numbers for AT&T are local numbers so they will vary across the country. You may need to read the settings of the phone to determine the number. Even with that, it seems to be hijacked on my phone by Google voice which is not free for AT&T.

Hope it helps.
[Android Apps and Games] dkucera:
family plan rates

alou,

Know that you said Family plans are not yet included but here is a link for them

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-plans/family-cell-phone-plans.jsp

Just installed the beta on my two phones and the installation was without issue, quite easy actually. The widget has several options that are in French do I will just try them out to see what they look like.

Good start...

Don
[Android Apps and Games] br123:
A good job so far. Here are some things I noticed:

Widget labels are all in french - I studied French in high school so I can read some of it but not very much :)

SMS/MMS need an option to be combined together. AT&T's messaging plans cover both under a single umbrella.

SMS tracking only counts incoming texts. AT&T's messaging plans track both incoming and outgoing texts - so when your app says I've only used 39 texts, i've actually used about 80 - one reply per text. i can manually adjust this, but it's not practical over the long term.

Need to hide the carrier packs from the launchers. Some launchers have the capability to manually do this but it's very easy to do it from the source code itself - I believe its just a flag in the AndroidManifest.xml.

better arrangement of the settings - perhaps use a separate preference activity for each of the categories.

rollover credit is hard to use. the hours top off at 24 hours but I actually have over 24 hours of rollover credit, so I can't express it all. AT&T will display the rollover in minutes, rather than hours, minutes, and seconds.

perhaps a 2x2 widget - i don't think you currently have this widget size.

I don't see a way to adjust currency types - some dialogs show euros and others show dollars, and some decimal points are shown as commas (46,5 MB rather than 46.5MB).

When adjusting data consumption, the label says "Mo" rather than "MB".

Some way of dealing with family plans? This might not be possible since you'd need access to the carrier's data though.

Option to hide progress bars with unlimited usage (like night and weekend).

I know that's a lot to go through, but I'm sure you won't mind a big list of opinions =)
[Android Apps and Games] shawnl01:
Family plan and other unknowns

You mentioned in your email that family plans aren't included, but there should be an option to enter your own price plan instead of a fixed list. Carriers don't force users off their price plans often so your list may not contain the right plan. A custom option to enter minutes (including family plans minutes) would fix this.

The other issue is that carrier plans vary by region and who they compete with there. For example, my price plan is a 500m family plan but is no longer offerred in CO since the Big Red carrier doesn't offer anything like it either. Other zip codes do still offer this plan though. The list is a good guess, but we need a custom minute option.

Yes, we are the United States of Lobbyists and it shows in everything we do. :)
[Android Apps and Games] R3dF1v3:
Wahey! Looking forward to it... :)

Email sent, sir. :)
[Android Apps and Games] LuffyPSP:
malaysia version please~??
[Android Apps and Games] JGW310:
I will willingly test a US version for Sprint. Just contact me via PM!!
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Shawn,

the plan list is just here to help with configuration but you can manually set it if it is not in the list (anytime minutes, data plan, etc...).

Oups, just noticed I forgot to add the "Other" plan...

Just sent a mail to all beta testers with the updated carrier packs that include the "Other" plan. Choose it if your plan is not on the list, and manually configure it.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I'll remove french stuff in the next beta :o

Family plans are not included because I can only monitor one phone at once for now.

Future releases will include cloud sync that will allow to have a pool of minutes shared by several phones.

Thanks for the feedback !
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I missed those while translating, you can leave your french lessons in their dusty box ;)

OK that wasn't clear when I went on their website.

I'll see what I can do about it.

Currently SMS tracking tracks outgoing messages, not incoming ones (since they're free in France).

As I mentioned in an email, I know that feature is missing and it will be added ASAP.

I've been looking for a way to do that because french users complained about it when I issued the carrier packs, but haven't found it yet.

I'll try to find a way to do this but I'm not sure there is a regular way of doing this.

If anyone knows it, let me know.

I prefer to have all the plan settings in the same screen so that no one can miss the configuration options. Since it's crucial to get good estimates, I think it is important that people won't have to dig through sub activities to input plan settings.

But I hear what you say, and there may be a better way to distinguish the different sections (colors ?).

Men you've got a lot of talk time to use... :D I'll remove the 24 hours limit by using something else than the time picker, and since plans seem to be expressed in minutes rather than hours in US and UK, I'll switch to minutes.

Nope, but what would you put in a 2x2 widget ?

These are like the french stuff: I forgot them while translating. I'll fix it.

See my previous post about it.

The N&WE progress bar shouldn't be visible if you checked the unlimited N&WE box in configuration. Is the box checked and the bar visible ?

Can you check that the "N&WE credit" is at 0 ?

That's just a perfect detailed feedback. That's all I wanted to have.

Big thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] br123:
Cool. Should be a checkbox or something to alternate between the two different accounting methods.

stick this into the <intent-filter> section in your android manifest for that activity.

<category android:name="android.intent.category.INFO" />

Maybe an expandable listview that hides settings until they're needed?

I'm on a family plan and I don't actually call that often =D

Example:

Minutes remaining: 200 min

SMS remaining: 150

Data remaining: 46MB

N/W remaining: 150 min

I figured that one out after posting =)
[Android Apps and Games] shawnl01:
Issues with new beta:

I installed the 1.29b2, second and third pack updates to allow the other option. These are my findings so far.

-I'm actually not able to select AT&T at all anymore. When I select it, it throws an error about "no preconfigured plan for this carrier" when I try to get the drop down list for plans. The only option that is working is other / other. Any other combination throws the error. I verified I installed the AT&T pack and still have the app icon showing it's installed.

-Rollover Credits; I too have thousands of rollover minutes accrued. Can we get rid of the hours. Our bill reports everything by the minutes amount and doesn't bother to covert it to hours.

-When setting the anytime minute credit, the values appear as a time of day in the box. They are red correctly as minutes once you hit the ok button.

-the 4x1 widget has no icon in the last slot. I'm using the circularblue. Changing back to default puts the icon back on.

-Is it possible to keep the original icon set but change the color? The Scheider Electric green loses it's favor fast.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
OK I see the problem with AT&T plan selection.

I'm building a new update you'll get in a few minutes.

- Rollover credit : ok minutes it will be.

- Anytime minutes : time picker is used, which is fine when you don't use AM/PM time but 24h. I may have to change that picker too then.

- Which icon is missing in Circular Blue ?

- I'll make other widget skins based on the stock skin but with other colors

EDIT : just sent the update for AT&T pack.
[Android Apps and Games] shawnl01:
The missing icon appears to be the dollar sign. It was only missing from the circularblue theme. I like the color of the blue but like the icons of the default better. Maybe it already exists in that way as I've not tried the other themes yet.
[Android Apps and Games] xgsh:
i think adding in something about roaming charges would be good too!
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I know but it's a huge work to deal with roaming.

It'll be supported eventually, but I'll begin by putting a minute counter of outgoing/incoming roaming calls.
[Android Apps and Games] ranerio:
Brazil is also the same, different rates when you call a carrier different from yours. Intra network calls are extremely cheap, whereas calls to mobile in other networks are pretty expensive.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
@raniero : is there a way to know which carrier you're calling based on a phone number ?
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Seems to work just fine :D

Thanks for the tip !
[Android Apps and Games] TidusWulf:
woops. sorry
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Countries support will be added by sorting the number of testers I have for each.

Currently :

1. USA : 47 testers (ongoing beta)

2. UK : 20 testers (within 1 or 2 weeks)

3. Canada : 8 testers

4. India : 7 testers

5. Norway : 3 testers

6. Germany, Spain, Mexico, UAE, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, South Africa : 2 testers

Others will come next...
[Android Apps and Games] ranerio:
Yes, but there is a twist.

Carrier are assigned number ranges by area code, for example for the area code 61 Brasilia, the number are as follows:

61 8[1-3]XX-XXXX - TIM

61 8[9-4]XX-XXXX - OI

61 7[0-9]XX-XXXX - NEXTEL

61 9[1-5]XX-XXXX - CLARO

61 9[9-6]XX-XXXX - VIVO

These are the initial prefixes assigned for each carrier, they are public and can be checked at the Telecom Government Agency www.anatel.gov.br by their systems. They release more ranges as requested by the mobile operators.

But you can later change your carrier and keep the same number. So usually the carrier gives a distinctive ring when you call a mobile number belonging to that carrier after you dial the number and send.

But this has been solved so far. There is an app available in the market that can tell the carrier any number belongs (the number could have been already ported or no), it can be checked on https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yogi.operadora&feature=search_result

If you need further info just let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I'll save that info for brasilian support.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] weldontimbo:
Like the program so far. It would be nice under settings data to be able to add GB to the KB and MB choices. If you have a 2GB plan on ART you would need to enter 2000 MN one click at a time (unless I am doing something wrong.) Its what stops me from using the "other" option to exactly configure my plan.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
You don't necessarily have to use the +- buttons to input your numbers. You can select the input zone and use the keyboard for that.

I'll add the GB choice anyway ;)
[Android Apps and Games] sausagedog:
Hi looks a awesome app iam in the uk with a desire hd now so drop me email and I would be happy to test for you and give u reports on how it goes.

Cheers john.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
John, I don't have your email :)

Send me yours at aloudroid@gmail.com

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] br123:
A few more things I noticed (running the latest apk):

The top contacts list is in French. Pretty easy to understand but it should be in English. The date is formatted as DD/MM/YYYY whereas in the US we typically format it as MM/DD/YYYY.

This is just a look and feel thing: It would look nice to have a header/banner at the top of the main screen. Right now the look is pretty bare. UI might not be at the top of your priorities right now but it's something to consider. Also, the buttons at the bottom of configuring your plans "OK, Backup to SD, Restore from SD" are sized strangely - "OK" is the smallest button, which definitely shouldn't be the case. Maybe put "OK" as a button that stretches across the screen and put "backup" and "restore" as two smaller buttons on the row beneath it.

ListView elements look strange when selected.

1. Configuration screen: The highlight doesn't stretch from the top of the view to the bottom of the view, and the small down arrow icon on the right is excluded from the highlight. The highlight should include that icon's background as well.

2. When configuring a plan, selecting a view will also highlight a very narrow row above the title of that view. Basically, a small highlight region above, say, "My carrier" will show as well as the highlight behind my chosen carrier, "ATT". #1 is also true for these listview elements as well.

AT&T charges $15 when you go over a 200MB data plan, but I can only enter up to 10.99 for the overage charge in this application.
[Android Apps and Games] shawnl01:
Merging SMS & MMS

Was there an option to merge the two text plans together like the carriers have here? I thought one of the updates had it but maybe I missed it.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
OK I'll look at those according to priorities (since you figured right, UI is not #1, but it is still very important, and that's why I introduced a skinning system).

I'll see about the data overage limit and it'll be corrected in b5, as will be the top contacts list and the ok button.

Expect the others on a longer term.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I haven't made that option yet.

I'll put it in b5, and once activated all MMS will be counted as SMS.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
UK beta of Track Your Plan starting today...
[Android Apps and Games] indesisiv:
First impressions - install was easy and set up was simple.

There is a small issue with the UI where by when i click to change something in the configuration menu you have to click on the name (eg "Configure my plan") and not the drop down arrow next to it as that does nothing.

Other than that it appears to be picking up everthing that i am doing correctly so far ... will update you later in the month if it is still working correctly.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
OK thanks for the feedback.

Will look at the drop down arrow click thing.
[Android Apps and Games] evoss05:
are you acepting beta tester for sprint??? rmonta05@gmail.com
[Android Apps and Games] goldcat:
+1 for the Canadian release :)
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Did you email me to participate to the beta ?
[Android Apps and Games] adfad666:
Hello, sent you a message for testing your app in the Czech Republic. From what I've read you've done a fantastic job already, keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] inifekt:
I can test from Japan if you want.
[Android Apps and Games] r0ot5:
if you need beta tester on Galaxy S2 for Canada, just contact me and I'll be glad to help you.

regards,
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I guess it would be nice, but I'm going to have a hard time understanding what plans are proposed by japanese carriers, and what are their tariffs... :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] mr_ppp:
Hi Alou

Apart from the issue i mentioned in email regarding Barnacle Wifi Tether, I have to say i've found the program brilliant for tracking all my usage. I logged onto T-mobiles website today and did notice a couple of discrepenceis though

a call from a 0800 number on my phone wasnt free as suggested by the app - the number was 08007830543 and actually cost £1.11 (3:16 time spent)

It also appears that T-mobile charge for 0845 numbers as well as several of them have also cost - one example of 8:55 duration cost me £3.04

Both these numbers are Lloyds TSB banking numbers as my car broke down and i have breakdown cover with them

Other than those two all the rest seem spot on so thank you for a great program and the opportunity to test! :D

Edit: Just found this information on the T-mobile website in regards to what my plan covers in case it helps!

500 texts

Your minutes and texts are from the UK to UK mobile networks and numbers beginning 01, 02 and 03 (excluding Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man).

600 minutes

Your minutes and texts are from the UK to UK mobile networks and numbers beginning 01, 02 and 03 (excluding Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man).
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Hi,

thanks for the feedback.

I'll search for informations about the 0800 numbers, they were supposed to be toll free but I guess it is not the case from mobile phones.

It is weird that the app didn't charge you for 0845* since I did configure those numbers with a cost of £0.409/mn (just like 0843, 0844, 0870, 0871 and 0872).

-09* numbers are charged at £1/mn (with a warning that the exact cost cannot be determined)

-077* numbers are charged at £0.25/mn

-070* numbers are charged at £0.766/mn

I'll drive some tests on those numbers to figure out what went wrong.

It is weird that texts are for numbers beginning with 01,02 and 03 since they are landlines prefixes and mobile phone numbers in UK start with 07. Am I wrong ?
[Android Apps and Games] mr_ppp:
Thanks Alou, The wording isn't great but it does specify it includes mobile to mobile as well so therefore covering the 07 numbers as well "Your minutes and texts are from the UK to UK mobile networks and....."
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Of course, my bad...

So it's ok, I just have to figure why premium numbers weren't charged by the app.
[Android Apps and Games] R3dF1v3:
Alou - Just wondering if you're limiting beta places, as I sent you an email about the UK, but just realised I haven't heard anything...

Brought to you by CyanogenMod 7 on a Samsung Galaxy Tab.
[Android Apps and Games] shawnl01:
MMS overload

i just sent a picture via mms and it counted as 475 sms messages :-(
[Android Apps and Games] sausagedog:
Been trying it on my wildfire on tesco mobile too and it says my charges are £4.67 for sms... I have 5000 per month.other than that is good doesn't slow it down,mind wildfire is slow anyway
[Android Apps and Games] dkucera:
Been loving the beta and it keeps getting better. Any progress on getting a family plan to work or is that a whole different thing?
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I was out of town for a little while. Can you send me another email and I'll put you in the beta group.

Wow, that's a lot of SMS :)

I think I know what went wrong, no big deal, I'll fix that ASAP.

Can you press the SMS progress bar, and see in the SMS list if something looks wrong ? Maybe some classic phone numbers were misconsidered as premium ones.

If so, you'll see the cost on each one, and then give me (by mail) the first 5 digits of the phone numbers so that I can fix it.

If not, check your configuration to see if you indeed have a 5000 sms credit. (Under the SMS progress bar, you should have a text telling you how many SMS you have left).
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Hi,

really nice to hear you're enjoying the app.

Support of family plans will come with cloud sync in the next big release (not the one you're currently beta testing).

Cloud sync will allow you to check your consumption in a web browser, get charts, check the consumption of your family members, make online backups (and thus online restore when you change phone, ROM, or reinstall the app).

It will then permit to handle shared minutes of family plans.

I'll need some time to dev those features, so expect it in a couple of months.
[Android Apps and Games] hake101:
Hi,

Just wondering if there was a way to let the app know how much data I had previously used this billing cycle?
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Hi,

you can manually adjust the data consumption :

- Long press the data progress bar on the main screen

or

- Menu > Adjust > Data consumption

Then, enter the desired value and validate.
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
The application is available on the Market for US and UK at a discount price until September 30th !! Track your plan Market link

Thanks to all testers for the beta phase !!

Next on the list are Canada and India, so get in touch if you want to participate.
[Android Apps and Games] nikash:
seems nice
[Android Apps and Games] hake101:
ahh, thanks- always forget about long presses!
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Starting to work on Canada and India.

Email me to apply for beta testing : aloudroid@gmail.com
[Android Apps and Games] Ultraman666:
Won't let me download it from the market. Says it not available
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
That's weird... I faked being on TMO US with Market Enabler and saw the application.

Do you see it on the web Market, and is it possible to install it from there ?

Market link : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aloudroid.suiviforfait
[Android Apps and Games] stonedandhappy:
I went to download the app from the UK market and it was wanting me to pay €1.99, not the £0.69 discounted price that was mentioned.

As you can see below, I have circled the price that is advertised (£0.69).

Also when you click on the link to take you to the apps page it is still showing as £1,.69 to buy.

If you click on the buy now in the search list it initially says £0.69 as you can see below but when you go to buy it charges €1.99.

Now unless the Euro has dramatically weakened against the Pound then there is something wrong with the billing of the app
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
That's some weirdness from the web market (blame Google :) ).

Get it on the Market app from your phone, and you'll get it at the right discount price.
[Android Apps and Games] stonedandhappy:
Thanks for that. I actually had no problem paying full price, which I was planning to do anyway once it was released.

It was more to make you aware of the problem.

Anyway it worked fine from the Market app and you now have the honour of being the Author of the first app that I have bought :D
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
I am honored indeed :)

Hope you'll like the app.
[Android Apps and Games] VerizonKoolaid:
Can it also track how much data is used by verizon OMA applications (/system/apps) ? or any system app?
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
Hi,

it tracks all apps including those located in /system/apps (like Maps, Browser, YouTube, etc..).

You can try Track your 3G first which is free on the Market and provides the data tracking functions only, and see if it fits your data tracking needs.

Then, you may eventually upgrade to "Track your plan" if you prefer a full plan tracking app.
[Android Apps and Games] idiotjohn:
Please do Australia! I will beta test for you! :)

John
[Android Apps and Games] alou2:
"Track your plan" v2.0 is in open Beta until 15th February (beta expires beyond that date).

Download it here : http://bit.ly/AiKm0R

v2.0 works for any country and will be available on the Android Market for 1.99€/~2.39$. (v1.29.2 already available for US, UK, France, Belgium and Switzerland).