My nexus is using INSANE amounts of data..

**Whookam** · 12-23-2011, 10:35 PM

I just got the nexus about 5 hours ago. In that time i used google music to stream 4 songs, and watched one 6 minute youtube video. So far the data usage is telling me that gmusic has used 220 mb of data, and the one video i watched used 40mb of data. I feel like there is something wrong here because I will easily be over 2gb by tomorrow at this rate. I used netflix/gmusic/youtube on my HTC incredible for hours a day before this and never went over my monthly 2gb. Is anyone else having this issue or is something wrong with my phone?

**milan03** · 12-23-2011, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by Whookam

I just got the nexus about 5 hours ago. In that time i used google music to stream 4 songs, and watched one 6 minute youtube video. So far the data usage is telling me that gmusic has used 220 mb of data, and the one video i watched used 40mb of data. I feel like there is something wrong here because I will easily be over 2gb by tomorrow at this rate. I used netflix/gmusic/youtube on my HTC incredible for hours a day before this and never went over my monthly 2gb. Is anyone else having this issue or is something wrong with my phone?

Have you EVER had an LTE smartphone before?

**majiklantrn** · 12-23-2011, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by Whookam

I just got the nexus about 5 hours ago. In that time i used google music to stream 4 songs, and watched one 6 minute youtube video. So far the data usage is telling me that gmusic has used 220 mb of data, and the one video i watched used 40mb of data. I feel like there is something wrong here because I will easily be over 2gb by tomorrow at this rate. I used netflix/gmusic/youtube on my HTC incredible for hours a day before this and never went over my monthly 2gb. Is anyone else having this issue or is something wrong with my phone?

Have you called Verizon to take advantage of their "Double Your Data for the same price?" Its a promotion so you might want jump on that very soon.

**Whookam** · 12-23-2011, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by milan03

Have you EVER had an LTE smartphone before?

no the only other smartphone i've had was the htc incredible

**meth68#AC** · 12-23-2011, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by Whookam

I just got the nexus about 5 hours ago. In that time i used google music to stream 4 songs, and watched one 6 minute youtube video. So far the data usage is telling me that gmusic has used 220 mb of data, and the one video i watched used 40mb of data. I feel like there is something wrong here because I will easily be over 2gb by tomorrow at this rate. I used netflix/gmusic/youtube on my HTC incredible for hours a day before this and never went over my monthly 2gb. Is anyone else having this issue or is something wrong with my phone?

You used netflix, gmusic, YouTube hours per day without going over your 2gb?

**Whookam** · 12-23-2011, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by majiklantrn

Have you called Verizon to take advantage of their "Double Your Data for the same price?" Its a promotion so you might want jump on that very soon.

No, i just heard about it now. I will be calling about that tomorrow

**milan03** · 12-23-2011, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Whookam

no the only other smartphone i've had was the htc incredible

Welcome to the LTE world my friend! All the rich media experience is going to be much easier to enjoy, in higher definition or bitrate. Very easy to run through your data cap in a few days.

**Whookam** · 12-23-2011, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by meth68

You used netflix, gmusic, YouTube hours per day without going over your 2gb?

Yeah, I used gmusic every day during my commute which was about an hour and a half total. And used netflix/youtube at night for atleast an hour. Some days I would use it even more. Each month my data usage was slightly under 2gbs

**DroidXcon** · 12-23-2011, 10:47 PM

download a data enabler toggle and disable mobile data when you are not using it.

**Whookam** · 12-23-2011, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by milan03

Welcome to the LTE world my friend! All the rich media experience is going to be much easier to enjoy, in higher definition or bitrate. Very easy to run through your data cap in a few days.

So basically you're saying that I can watch like 15 youtube videos and listen to a couple hours of gmusic per month before I'm paying per mb? LOL I kinda wish they wouldve told me that my data usage would increase by a factor of 50 before I got this phone. Looks like I'll be returning it... Even with 4gb I'd have to cut down my usage a completely ridiculous amount to stay under.

**DroidXcon** · 12-23-2011, 10:51 PM

thank goodness for grandfathered unlimited plan

**japhule** · 12-23-2011, 11:07 PM

Did you have some music tagged for offline storage in google music? If you just got the phone, it may have pulled down your offline music to store on your phone.

**Nechasin** · 12-23-2011, 11:07 PM

You also probably downloaded all your apps again.

**Darkblue31** · 12-23-2011, 11:13 PM

I would suggest downloading all your apps, and pinning all your google music that you frequently listen to while on wifi, and then that should cut down on your use of mobile data. Along with doubling your data plan

**NotJustAPhone** · 12-23-2011, 11:15 PM

Some apps will also stream at a higher bitrate to give you better quality on an LTE connection. For example, Google Music will stream at higher quality on faster connections, which, of course, consumes more data.

**Holsum** · 12-23-2011, 11:16 PM

You can get “grandfathered unlimited data" still. Call verizon and ask to add the unlimited hotspot feature for $30 a month. Then call the next day and remove just the hotspot, and waaa laaa you have unlimited data for $30 a month

**DroidXcon** · 12-23-2011, 11:17 PM

Netflix would kill me if I wasn't unlimited

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**SCampbell27** · 12-23-2011, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Holsum

You can get “grandfathered unlimited data" still. Call verizon and ask to add the unlimited hotspot feature for $30 a month. Then call the next day and remove just the hotspot, and waaa laaa you have unlimited data for $30 a month

It can't be that easy, can it?

**SuperChargedJ** · 12-23-2011, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by DroidXcon

thank goodness for grandfathered unlimited plan

+ 1

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**majiklantrn** · 12-23-2011, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by SCampbell27

It can't be that easy, can it?

Depends if Verizon has learned about this and/or you might need to call and hit up different reps until you get it.

**Volbeat** · 12-24-2011, 10:37 AM

Ive never gone over 1gb. I simply just dont use that much data. Im on 3g, and verizon is saying ive used 1.5gb this month. It has slowed down though, but I think something was up for the first few days I had the phone.

**JoeNM84** · 12-24-2011, 10:46 AM

I used over half a GB in the first day of having the Nexus, but it was downloading apps and updates a lot for a good portion of the day. I do notice that Google Music uses a very large amount of data, I'm wondering if it has a bug in tracking the data used by it. I know that it starts caching the next song or 2 in your play list or whatever, but still seems high.

edit: I'm 3G only.

**Channan** · 12-24-2011, 12:04 PM

Why are you streaming your music if you only have 2GB? I don't listen to music a crazy amount of time and I've already used 4.15GB with Google Music since I got my phone last week.

**Dubbin1** · 12-24-2011, 12:14 PM

LOL I just checked my data usage for the first time. At the top of the list is Speed Test at 366mb. With my OG Droid I have never went over 250mb in a month. Thank God for unlimited data

**Channan** · 12-24-2011, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Dubbin1

LOL I just checked my data usage for the first time. At the top of the list is Speed Test at 366mb. With my OG Droid I have never went over 250mb in a month. Thank God for unlimited data

I take speed tests all the time. I've used 1.7GB in speed tests. :P

Speed tests on 4G use 20MB though.