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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frandavid100:
Hi,

I have this big, big problem with my carrier (Orange Spain) where they are charging me an arm and an eye for data connections I didn't make. I mean I just got this month's bill and I owe them 150€! Looking at it in detail I see numerous data connections ranging in the tens or hundreds of megs, made when I wasn't even using the phone. There's even one where I supposedly used 1,7 Gb!

They assure me that the connections have been made even if I'm not aware of them, and said that maybe they're due to a faulty phone. Is there a known problem with the N1 or any Android apps where they might be using those huge amounts of data without the user knowing it?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
The apps use as much data as you let them use.

For example, if you have unprotected tethering turned on - you're providing all your surroundings with free internet on your account. Don't be surprised that doing it will result in huge bills.

No, there is no "known problem". Apps use internet connection, some more, some less. Want to control it? Install 3G Watchdog or any other app that checks the amount of data traffic used, and find what's using it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
what apps do you have that sync data?

gallery syncing with Picasa?

Lookup mobile security backing up your photos?

email accounts with sync amount=all?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osugsxr:
data is fairly heavy with the phone, I average around 5-8gbs/month
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frandavid100:
Nope, I don't. I wasn't even tethering by USB at the time these connections were made.

Does 3G Watchdog tell you which app is using / has used the data?

Yep... but no new photos were uploaded.

No, none of that.

Yes... still, those amount to 5-10 mails a day, tops.

I never surpassed 400Mb before this, and I haven't changed my habits at all. Suddenly I'm over 3Gb.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
No, 3G Watchdog doesn't tell you what app used the traffic. But there are others that do. Recently someone asked about such app, try to search the forum.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SiNJiN76:
Well, that should rule out Android itself from your OP. It must be an app. Newsrob? You should look into any app that autosyncs. Also check their sync interval settings.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frandavid100:
Alright, I ran some tests regarding this problem yesterday. First I turned off the phone and removed the SIM card, to see if there was any data traffic. I suspect my carrier is charging me for fake connections, so it was important to rule out the possibility of they registering connections while the card was removed.

I had it off for the rest of the day and, as expected, no connections were registered.

Then I installed 3G Watchdog and something curious happened: 3G Watchdog says I've spent exactly 91,4Kb, but Orange's web says I've spent 3,4Mb.

This brings a question, and the answer is very very important to me: is is possible that the phone is making connections and these are going unregistered by 3G Watchdog? That is, that the phone is using the Internet and 3G Watchdog doesn't see it?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexusdue:
Interesting. I would also argue that there is a lot more "background" data going on in android than on other mobile OS.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
No, the connections don't go "unnoticed" by 3G Watchdog. But the charge for the connections isn't always calculated in "straightforward" way, as one would expect - please try to find earlier threads for it, I remember someone bringing this point already, and if I'm not mistaken - it was for one of the European carriers. For example, carriers can charge for any data packet, regardless of its size, as minimum of X size - so if you have an app that syncs and it has downloaded 5kB from the internet in 10 packets, it'll still register as charge for 100kB of data on your provider's site.

Check if they recently changed the calculation of the data charges - it might be the answer why suddenly you see your data usage blown.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
This is, obviously, your bias showing and nothing more. There is no "background" data besides the obvious data - Gmail? Email? Contact sync (only when contacts change)? Data-syncing apps? Data-downloading apps (Maps/Navigation)? They're not present on "other mobile OS"? If they are - they draw the same data.

You might argue that Android gives a lot more "connectivity" to use by default, so users end up using a lot more data. That's closer to the truth - since Google apps rely on web availability, and they're available by default and easily accessible, they end up being used. On the other hand, it doesn't differ from installing those apps on any other mobile platform that supports it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frandavid100:
I already took that into account: some of the connections Orange is charging me for don't amount to a Kylobyte, so we can discard that. And I have single connections that range from the tens of Megs to a top of 1.67Gb. All of them connections I didn't make, obviously.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Install this:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.curvefish.apps.trafficinfo

And check, what is connecting. If it's your phone at all.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frandavid100:
Thanks, I've just started using it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lbcoder:
Run:

tcpdump -vv -s 0 -w /sdcard/output.cap

After a while, open that on your computer using WIRESHARK. It will tell you EXACTLY WHERE your phone is connecting to, as well as what protocol it is using, and even (if it isn't encrypted data), what data is being transferred.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aquila:
I am encountering the same issue (not so huge leaks but unknown as well)

TrafficInfo says me the following components use that data (every day lots of megabytes):

MediaStorage

DRM Protected Content Storage

Download Manager

have you figured out what that was?

Please let us know.

Thank you in advance
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aquila:
Thanks a lot man,

I don't know what that was in case of frandavid100,

but thanks to you I've figured out what is happening on my side.

I did tcpdump -vv -s 0 -w /sdcard/output.cap as you mentioned.

Your wise advice and mighty tool let me understand that my N1 downloads FRG83 firmware update from Google servers some times per day (but it can't install it because CM6 ROM is on board).

I really appreciate your help ! Thanks again.
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] girishmadas:
my heartly request to admin. that please open i5801 thread in main forum..
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] minijis:
ya.it will be very helpful
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] Paljas:
I second that!
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] 9!zm0 fr3@k:
count m3 in....

9!zm0 fr3@k
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] kirkbyg:
I5800 or I5801

they are the same i guess :)

In europe its called the apollo
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] madhuranand007:
Samsung i5801 + i5800 forum

Please admin,

It would be very great and nice of you if you make the Samsung i5801 + i5800 forum.

Please, there are lot of people waiting for this forum.

Long live Admin + xda developers...
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] saynokub:
Please admin..
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] killerbie:
Count me in to, I wanted to buy this phone today but I don't dare to because there is no development :(
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] vijacdblz:
+1

:(
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] jimikid2002:
Please admins ........
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] ecemoki:
Count me in too, i buy this phone today ;-)
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] Tha TechnoCrat:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

I think posting here would work.

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Reported to mod
[XDA-developer encyclopedia] Diamondback:
This.

Please use the proper ways to request new forums.

Closed.
[Desire General] imsochobo:
I could not find any post about this.

Is the max speed 172 km/h ?

Mine with co-pilot/ gpspeed/ speedview stops doing anything over 172 km/h.

rather annoying...

Need speedomeeter...

I got the first official 2.2 rom for rooted phones(market fixed).

had 8 gps satelittes fixed.
[Desire General] onyx81:
i have tested the desire gps speed on an airplane 787 KMH :)
[Desire General] benman27:
There are two methods apps can use to determine speed from the gps, the first is using the doppler speed from one gps fix, the other is to calculate the speed over the last two or three fixes.

Using the doppler speed will have a top limit, averaging will not.

Smart apps will use the doppler speed for low speeds and the average for higher speeds.
[Desire General] Tander_ZA:
In a car I have taken co-pilot to 180 or so km on the plane got too 400k or so before battery died on me.

So I think the above poster's comment is rellavant in this. :)
[Desire General] mortenmhp:
Sounds strange, as you mention speedwiev, and I have used that specific app for the speed on an airplane(850 km/h). It has an option to ignore high speeds though the mentioned number seems like a very random number so it's probarbly not it.

Considered your car just cant run any faster? :P sorry couldn't help it.
[Desire General] iLHaNroID:
...and what was the actual speed acc to your car then?
[Desire General] imsochobo:
20.... did a addon guage say, it measures in the same way as normal one. the real one is broken, and is seriously expensive to buy, as long as it shows rpm its okey..

the car was at 6000 rpms in 5th so not max since redline is 8400.

Not that i want to go that fast everyday but more on while driving/at speed.

Forgot to mention.

Tested on plane too....

Its the saaaame!

...

172 and says lost GPS.

And I loose 3G connection at just 130 km/h... and if its edge... 80!.

And to get it back in 20 mins i have to turn it off and on again.

happened several times today.

This may be normal, the edge is the most annoying.

But it have been fine for so so long, and suddenly, it doesnt want to, haven't tested the gps before though.
[Desire General] mcgon1979:
tested mine in airplane too. no data connection. It showed altitude as 11000m and speed as 750kph.
[Desire General] imsochobo:
data on airplanes isnt strange, as soon as you enter first cloud level you loose it.
[Desire General] Marcell-o:
I got above 840Km/h

and 13000m alt :D

only the stuwardess didn't like it :')
[Desire General] imsochobo:
uhm, Looks like i should upgrade my radio... it's a no problem that? I have mine from frosts 2.2 froyo build (2.4)
[General Questions and Answers] bartek4443:
I just purchased a 32gb Class 4 Kingston microSD card. Has anyone used this sort of card yet. I know i took a big risk buying from an Ebay user who has a no return policy and his name is "ngpinghang," which suggests that the card might be counterfeited from China. However, Ebay's buyer protection protects me somewhat and the card was shipped from the US. I know many people suggest class 6 or higher, but I have a Samsung Captivate and most phones' internal memory have speeds of Class 2-4, from what I have heard from reviewers.

Is this card legit?

(Ebay item number) xda won't let me post links yet

120619076900
[General Questions and Answers] foresure84:
purchase the same card for my hero now its in my evo, and the 8mb card is in my hero no problems what so ever
[General Questions and Answers] foresure84:
did not purchase off ebay though
[General Questions and Answers] bartek4443:
you mean 8gb though? Was your's class 4 though? All kingston cards look alike, but are diff inside. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] foresure84:
yes 8gb class just stock
[EVO 4G General] eduardmc:
is this cable available, i really need something like this to connect my Evo with my car video converter
[EVO 4G General] cosine83:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mini+usb+to+composite+video+cable
[EVO 4G General] TheBiles:
The EVO uses Micro USB.
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
Yes, the cable exists. No, you cannot use it with the Evo, it doesn't support video out through usb, only hdmi.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] LenaertsJeroen:
Hello guys,

The new GAIA10 theme was released today. I was just wandering if it is possible to make a GAIA10 theme for android. I am not a develloper in any kind of way, but this may be a good idea I think.

The people, and artists, behind the GAIA10 projects make a lot of people think about there personal footprint(s) on the earth. Environmentally speaking offcourse :D. I really, really love the theming and articles and movement and I am shure other people do as well.

Just an opinion, a request and without a doubt a nice project...

Best regards! (my writed english is bad, I know)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] sebxd:
Do you have a link ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] LenaertsJeroen:
How do you mean?

Gaia10 is a VS for the pc, but it could be a nice theming idea for the hero.. I am not a develloper of any kind, but I do support the idea...

Fore more info please visit www.gaia10.us . All the info is there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] xinos:
I would love to try it only thing i would need to know is how to make the notification bar transparent in 2.2(you know the thing with the battery on it etc). I would love to build it then, i use the Gaia 10 them myself to.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MacaronyMax:
Jst turn the transparecy up :p :D Simples :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] xinos:
Aren't there 2 pictures the 1 you see and 1 behind the 1 you see?<----------WTF yeah i know.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric035:
Can someone give me a link to a website where i can find hi resolution icons

from the originals from 6.5

At this moment i use the hi-res icons from my old Omnia but they are to small and i can't get them bigger on hi-res.

Thanks in advance. (I looked everywhere on this site but i can't find anything)

Eric
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric035:
nobody? i searched every where but i can only find edited or low-res ones.

thanks in advance!
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
I have both of these tools to sync my phone. It sounds like the GSM models have an option for Kies Sync mode (not sure on the epic). I ask because at one time (not sure if its still possible) a leaked version of Froyo could be downloaded through Kies in test mode and thats how I discovered this app. I'm coming from a Droid X and the Moto Sync tool couldnt convert video on the fly for free, while this one can (rough test).

I'm wondering if anyone has tested one of these software packages?

Samsung Kies

http://in.samsungmobile.com/support/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=GT-I9000&sw_type=SW

PC Studio link

Keep your Mobile up to date securely and quickly upgrade to the latest software available for your phone and enjoy enhancements like extra speed, better functionality, and fixes for any bugs

What's new for Software & Manual

SAMSUNG Kies for easy data back-up and transfer, powerful multimedia management and handy purchase features.

Intelligent Software New PCStudio

Intelligent Software PCStudio 3.1

http://in.samsungmobile.com/support/samsung-mobile-manuals.do

Thank you in advance for looking. I hope someone test this out and can figure out how to take advantage of one of them. PC Studio (new) works in MASS Storage Mode and Media Sync says its syncing but I can't figure it out.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D200P13:
i dunno if this exists for android but is there any sort of app that lets my kinda share my sd card to a site? lets say no-ip. or similar to ftp. i know there is apps that let me view my phone on a browser via wifi but im wonder if its possible to share it on a browser outside of wifi. for example, i have notes on my phone in ms word and would like to be able to pull them out on any pc but the problem is im not on the wifi so i cant do it that way and i dont carry a usb cable or have a adapter for sd card. this would really be great but if not no biggie.

or an app that lets me drop and share them and get em off some site i have an account on but doesnt require a login to get them..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
SwiFTP, using global proxy (application option).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaximReapage:
I love you for this. Would +rep you if I could.
[HD Mini General] rfung:
I have tried my SN in all the support site in HTC, still invalid...

Now I am trying to update the ROM and then the Radio version separately, my current Radio version is 0.63.05.18

Can someone let me know how to get to a newer version? I understand the latest one with 0.63.05.40 doesn't work, maybe the version before that?

Anyone's help would be much appreciated...

Thanks
[HD Mini General] tzacapaca:
I have 0.63.05.36

I can give u,but is with rom too
[HD Mini General] rfung:
Thank you for responding.

For the shipped ROM, unfortunately it's very likely for me to have the "Invalid ID" error, so I have to use the method described by Darkforce (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=694409), which the Radio update is disabled...

Is there other ways to update the ROM WITH the Radio update?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] antoniomistretta:
Download:

http://antoniomistretta.forumcommunity.net/?t=40565788
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
So on other android devices to hide music and pics from the media players and gallery you would just set the folder to hidden.

I've tried this and it didn't work.

Also i've created a blank file named ".hidden" with the names of the folders i want hidden in the file and still no go.

The folders are hidden, i can see that when i connect my microSD to my PC (on ubuntu and XP) yet unwanted files still show up in the media player.

This is really annoying because i have a bunch of games and apps and all their little sound effects and pics are showing up in my gallery and music players. Theres nothing like going from one good song to sound effects of a game... :/

Anybody know how to do this right?

2.1 build 6941
[Streak 5 General] rodjordan:
Create a file called .nomedia in The directory you want to hide from the music player. Use astro.
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
Thanks, worked perfectly!

Learn something new everyday!

I'm still adjusting to android after 7 years of windows mobile... i kind of miss registry edits though.
[Streak 5 General] Keethos:
How are you creating a .nomedia file?

I've just renamed a folder to .nomedia with stuff within the folder that I wanted to hide via Astro and now my phone has decided to deleted all my media on my phone ( music, photoss and videos :mad: ) but the media within the renamed folder is fine, I've even tried returning the folder back to it's original name and I've plugged the card on a PC and they're all gone, just the folders remain......bugger...... take it that there's no way to recover the files? :(

Running Streak 1.6
[Streak 5 General] twe69:
He means create a file called ".nomedia"

Like a word document would be ".doc" but don't add any other name before the dot, just worked for me too, thanks!
[Streak 5 General] rodjordan:
I just copied a small file (eg adwsettings.xml) to the directory and renamed it to .nomedia. when you start the gallery it will rebuild the thumbnails minus the files in The tree where the .nomedia file lives.

I am using the 2.1 o2 build 8xxx.
[Streak 5 General] twe69:
The Estrongs File Explorer allows you to create a new file with whatever name/type you want.
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
Are you sure there gone and not just hidden?

What I did to create the file in astro, I created a new zip archive, named it .nomedia and then selected the zip file and chose to rename it and just removed the .zip from the end.
[Streak 5 General] checkbox111:
I know this is not really related, but it does change my album art to it's own default on some albums, which i find really annoying!!!!
[Streak 5 General] Keethos:
:( yeah, I've plugged my card into a PC with show all hidden files and they weren't appearing and Astro has Show Hidden Files on too :(

Ah well, I'll know for next time, think I've only lost a couple of photo's but most of my media has been backup....I think :confused:
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
There are a couple of free apps in the market that can hide what every file you like one is called HIDEIT i think :)
[Streak 5 General] Keethos:
Right, copied almost all my media back onto my SD Card, I have now created a New.txt file on my PC, copied that over to a folder with media I wish to hide, then on the phone, I used Astro again to rename the New.txt file to .nomedia file and this has worked fine. Gallery doesn't see it and the files are still there, however, I then decided to test copying the newly created .nomedia file to another folder to hide some other media. Once I backed out of Astro, then entered the native photo app, the media from that folder has disappeared, however, I then return to the folder with the media I just wanted to hide and they have now been deleted again :( Proper random. I'm guna leave the one I have created first time as for some reason they are still present, but I'm not guna bother with this method of hiding things.

So be warned, this method of creating a .nomedia file, if not done properly, may result in you losing your media!
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
thats really weird, and you scared me, i just went and checked and everything is still there for me...

In most of the places i put it was in the parent folder of images/sounds i wanted to hide, not the folder they were in. For example the sounds from Lets Golf game by gameloft were showing up in my music player which are in the folder /sdcard/gameloft/games/letsgolf/ but since i have more then one gameloft game installed i put the .nomedia file in /sdcard/gameloft/ Ofcourse this wouldn't work if the files you want the media apps to ignore were only in one folder on the sdcard because then you put the .nomedia in the root of the card it would ignore all the media on the card.
[Android] dadsterflip:
Can some help on how to dibthis for the Droid increduble.
[Android] Benee:
Test using the Android Kitchen from dsixda. Or try doing it yourself (read something from jesusfreke to smali).
[Android] gavriel18:
Look for daneshm's deodexer. I think its in the g1 forum. Works like a charm for my x10.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam.riv:
Does the rooting/flashing method for Sprint works on this device? Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Vonrottes:
No seriously.

Am I crazy for want a port of the Rodgers 2.1 update?

I mean I do like the Cyanogen ROM's but I'd REALLY like to have a full working Sense ROM.

And seeing as this update was for the magic, wouldn't a port be fairly easy?

or does the SPL/Radio requirements pose an issue porting to other devices ???

BTW, is anyone working on a port of this or has "choice" died out due to everyone using CM?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] keinengel:
You're not crazy, but I wouldn't bet on getting a port for the 1.2. In order to run it needs a completely different radio and spl plus other drivers. Even if someone "coerced" the kernel to run on the old spl and a radio made for another device, you'd still probably be lacking drivers for the touchscreen and the audio jack.

Even if the Rogers Magic and the MyTouch 1.2 are both 32A devices, the hardware differences are noticeable, making porting a very hard job.

That being said, I'm going to check out the price for a Desire from my provider. I've been waiting for this update since early spring and now that it's finally here, the bastards disabled multilanguage and won't release a proper WWE, unbranded version. The speed's nothing to brag about, either...
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Vonrottes:
Damn >_<

Oh well, I just posted up my MT3G & Dask for trade for a MT3G slide or Nexus one

Haha neither will probably happen
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] keinengel:
Sorry to blow your bubble.

One more thing, could you please rename the topic to something like "official rogers 2.1 update on the fender", so that it's easier for other users to find the answer? :)