Rogue AP Mobile App Eating My Data!

[albert_wesker]

Originally Posted by tpain7765

Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction! The whole process was really easy. Followed your instructions and finally got rid of the whole AP mobile problem in about 3 minutes.

Excellent! Nice thing is that anything you had on there stayed and didn't get deleted. Looks the same as stock, just with superuser app installed and AP gone.

When I did it, I was already at the point with a ton of apps installed, pictures, music, etc etc. Lost nothing.




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[chmcke01]

Originally Posted by SteveISU

$10 a month. One less lunch out and that's your difference. If you smoke, that's a pack and a half less per month. If you drink, it's picking up Natty ice instead of Sam Adams Octoberfest (ok you might not want to go that far), but you get the point.

We only eat out about 1-4 times per month, and neither of us smoke or drink.

[SteveISU]

Originally Posted by chmcke01

neither of us smoke or drink.

Well you aren't much fun are ya? lol

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[FITKITTY22]

TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER:

Did it solve your problem? I have the AP news app on my phone as well, I am in Canada, on ROGERS network.

I have a 6g data plan, and 2 days after activating my Samsung S2, i recieved a 'courtesy text' from Rogers stating I was close to my data limit.
Called customer service, and was told it was a computer error from switching from a BB (500m package) to the samsung.

Well fast forward to February and a 747$ BILL stating i have used 40g of data............. no movies, music etc.

I went thru all the apps on my phone and read the reviews and AP is HORRIBLY rated, and known as a data eater.

THEN I saw your post. I called rogers CS again and after being told to factory reset, I couldnt get thru to them , this app CAME FROM THE FACTORY, NOT MY DOWNLOADING. I was told literally 'your problem, not ours!'

WTF!

[jbliv63]

It DID work, then ATT released 2.3.6and that fixed the issues for good. I fought with ATT and they credited the data overage.

[fldude99]

Off topic but my 2c: unless you're streaming music or videos, or never connect to wifi, 200 mb is sufficient. Although I have the 2GB plan, I struggle to exceed 150 mb/month.

[jonmc1]

Here is how I got around this bug. Drag the AP widget to a screen. Open and go to settings. Set to "update never". Close it and delete the widget. Drag the AP widget to the screen again. Open it and change the setting to "update every 3 hours". Close it and delete the widget from your screen.

The only catch I found is that if you reboot, the problem comes back. I usually turn my phone off at night so it got annoying to do this every morning.

I don't have this problem any more since I upgraded to andriod 2.3.6. ATT fixed the AP problem. But I would almost rather have it back as 2.3.6 introduced a new problem - huge battery drain form wifi radio. I now have to keep wifi turned off. Luckily I still have the unlimited data plan from when I had my blackberry.