galaxy nexus extreme data usage

[danarmitage1898]

So I've had my galaxy nexus that I bought from the Google play store for 3 days now. I'm using a t- mobile sim card in my phone. So far it says that I have used 230 mb of data. Around 80 mb have been to Skype and I have only made one 10 minute video call. 50 of it is to Facebook. And 50 of it was to YouTube even though I have done only one 5 minute video over "4g". Is it possible the data counter is taking into account wifi? I still can't imagine how I am using over 200 mb over 3 days. Also when I dialed #web#, T-Mobile also said I have used the same amount. Is this a problem with my phone? Or do I use more than I thought?

 

[tylermich7]

So I've had my galaxy nexus that I bought from the Google play store for 3 days now. I'm using a t- mobile sim card in my phone. So far it says that I have used 230 mb of data. Around 80 mb have been to Skype and I have only made one 10 minute video call. 50 of it is to Facebook. And 50 of it was to YouTube even though I have done only one 5 minute video over "4g". Is it possible the data counter is taking into account wifi? I still can't imagine how I am using over 200 mb over 3 days. Also when I dialed #web#, T-Mobile also said I have used the same amount. Is this a problem with my phone? Or do I use more than I thought?

No. Its only showing data over network. But you do have the option under the settings tab in your data section to view or show your wifi data usage as well.

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[danarmitage1898]

Oh. I didn't really know. But still, if I'm barely using YouTube and made only a 10 minute skype call, how could they be using that much data?

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[tylermich7]

Oh. I didn't really know. But still, if I'm barely using YouTube and made only a 10 minute skype call, how could they be using that much data?

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That's most likely it. Think of it as sending a munch of continuously streaming pictures.

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[ajonesma]

Yes, YouTube and Skype both use quite a bit of data.

 

[codejinchu]

Any video chat will drain your data quickly even if the resolution is low 320kb/s for 10 minutes will be 192mb.

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[Stelv]

Maybe see if you can set Skype to use wifi instead of mobile data. I am pretty sure Skype accounts for most of your data.

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