Excessive Data Usage...from GALLERY??

hellorabbit · 02-19-2012, 01:30 PM

So out of the blue I decided to go ahead and check on my data usage to see how close I was to my limit (4 gigs) and lo and behold, the highest app by far was GALLERY? I'm not synced with G+ or piccassa or any other image sharing app to my knowledge. I went ahead and restricted background data but I have no idea if this will do anything. Anyone have any insight/ have the same problem? Thanks!

zxphenomenalxz · 02-19-2012, 01:42 PM

Ur sure you dont have instant upload turned on? That's only thing I can think off..

hellorabbit · 02-19-2012, 02:14 PM

are you referring to accounts and sync? because i have had that off since day 1 :|

Danv1369 · 02-19-2012, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by hellorabbit

are you referring to accounts and sync? because i have had that off since day 1 :|

in google+ go to settings and see if the Turn on Instant Upload is checked. This could be the issue. Do you have any wallpaper apps installed?

Also go to the Gallery App settings and see if Google Photos Sync is on. Turn it off or check the Sync on Wifi only check box.

Small_law · 02-19-2012, 05:13 PM

Definitely set the gallery to sync on wifi only.

greydarrah · 02-19-2012, 07:32 PM

Switching to background only should fix it.

booboolala2000 · 02-19-2012, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by hellorabbit

So out of the blue I decided to go ahead and check on my data usage to see how close I was to my limit (4 gigs) and lo and behold, the highest app by far was GALLERY? I'm not synced with G+ or piccassa or any other image sharing app to my knowledge. I went ahead and restricted background data but I have no idea if this will do anything. Anyone have any insight/ have the same problem? Thanks!

I still think this is why Google went with a 5mp camera, so it would use less data syncing. Back to the point, there are a lot of settings to go through so let us know what happens.

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hellorabbit · 02-20-2012, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Danv1369

in google+ go to settings and see if the Turn on Instant Upload is checked. This could be the issue. Do you have any wallpaper apps installed?

Also go to the Gallery App settings and see if Google Photos Sync is on. Turn it off or check the Sync on Wifi only check box.

I followed this advice and the gallery app hasn't used any more data since. Thanks for the help and I will update in a couple of days for more accurate results.

MetalPhoenix79 · 02-22-2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by hellorabbit

I followed this advice and the gallery app hasn't used any more data since. Thanks for the help and I will update in a couple of days for more accurate results.

I have the same problem. I'm at 2GB and my gallery is roughly half that. Google+ sync, Google+ instand upload, and photo sync are off. I'm on unlimited data but I worry if I should ever lose unlimited data I'm screwed. By the end of the month I'm at 4-8GB just from the gallery. Generally the gallery uses over half of my total data for the month. I do tether but not very much at all.