Android and Internet

darkslesh2011-02-27 21:27:37

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darkslesh, 2011-02-27 21:27:37

Question for android users. I'm thinking about buying, but I'm interested in the question: how does a smartphone behave in terms of the Internet? According to rumors, the android is constantly climbing somewhere, sending all sorts of statistics and other data. Or is it still a rumor? If not rumors, then I’m interested in how much he himself can “get on” on the Internet (if he doesn’t go anywhere and doesn’t use network programs) and is it possible to disable this?

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couatl, 2011-02-27
@couatl

I personally use BIT from MTS - unlimited Internet for 199 rubles. Twitter, Mail, free sms from HeyWire and so on all the time.
But in Android, you can configure almost all applications as follows - use the Internet when WiFi, otherwise do not download / update / do not send.

nd0ut, 2011-02-27
@nd0ut

He eats constantly and a lot, and not only traffic, but also a battery. Background synchronization of calendar, mail, twitter, evernote, news, software updates in the market, etc. Therefore, I have a slave. on the table is a convenient button for turning the Internet on / off, that is, when necessary, I turn it on, when it is not necessary, I turn it off.

IllariPosselt, 2011-02-27
@IllariPosselt

Eats a little. At the LG Optimus itself, I conducted two tests - first (also, because of fear), I took a 300 megabyte traffic package for a month. Used - synchronization with Google calendar, market, weather forecast, icq and opera mini. End of the month - I spent about 160 MB of traffic. The second month I took a 50 mb package, weather forecast (once a day), icq, opera mini, synchronization with the calendar. The result is 35 megabytes per month. So it's not all that scary.
Moreover, synchronization can be turned off, as well as pulling out the APN enable widget on the desktop, and when you definitely don’t need mobile Internet, turn it off.

zhzhitel, 2011-02-28
@zhzhitel

I don't have much of a problem. Wi-Fi at home, everything is clear here.
With GPRS / EDGE / 3G like this:
In order not to climb for the weather and other nonsense - we remove this widget. And we remove all other unnecessary applications that themselves climb the Internet.
We install the APNdroid program, which prohibits the smartphone from surfing the Internet via GPRS. If you need mobile Internet - press the button, use it - press again, turn off the Internet.

Vlad Zhivotnev, 2011-02-27
@inkvizitor68sl

It is quite possible to configure the android so that it does not climb anywhere at all.
Applications running can climb, these are questions for their authors.

Sergey Savostin, 2011-02-27
@savostin

I'll stick to the question: is it possible to configure it so that it does not climb into the mobile Internet, but only uses WiFi, say when at home, or a familiar point nearby?

almazmusic, 2011-02-28
@almazmusic

I take a package of 50Mb for a month, about 20-30 meters remain, depending on the use.

clear_heap, 2011-02-28
@clear_heap

You can get root access and install the DroidWall application, this is a kind of Firewall in which you can configure which application can access the Internet and which cannot.

Devix, 2011-02-28
@Devix

Disabling "Auto Sync" and "Background Data" partially solves the issue. In this case, all applications will have access, but they will download something only if you do it yourself.
In addition, in 2.2, 2.3 and sometimes on 2.1 there is an option in the settings called "Data transfer", which completely disables access to the Internet via a cellular network.

allotus, 2011-02-28
@allotus

100 MB when used without fanaticism is enough. Enough for Twitter, mail, chats (Skype is voracious). Updating software and downloading a dozen books.
When the battery runs out or the traffic comes to an end, there is a software that completely disables Internet access by 1 click

Khurshed Nurmatov, 2011-02-28
@Hoorsh

1. Firstly, put a widget like SwitchPRO on the main screen, where you can turn off / turn on Wi-Fi and EDGE / 3G with one click.
2. Secondly, turn off Auto-sync and Background data transfer.
3. Thirdly, install a task manager like jkAppSwitch to kill all sorts of background programs.
4. Fourthly, install the AutoStarts program to cut off the autoload of all Yandex.Maps and other things, which is absolutely useless to run at system startup.
Result: the battery lives decently longer, no one and nothing climbs into the Internet without your desire.

Puma Thailand, 2011-02-28
@opium

From the Internet, it only eats Google mail, the weather, it looks for updates in the market + Skype, the mobile Internet is connected from mts bit (195 rubles anlim), 5 mb per hour, it’s enough, I don’t turn off the Internet at all.

agul, 2011-02-28
@agul

If you have unlimited internet, then you don't have to worry.
Personally, I just turned off the network when I hadn’t set the unlimited yet - as a result, no Internet program ate.
Well, I will not repeat the options with rutting.