Data usage on the vario II

[Guest delmarko]

Just got a HTC hermes (Vario II) a few days ago and wish i'd made the switch months ago, absolutely love it so far ;) . So anyway you will have to excuse me if i'm being dense....

...but has anyone figured a way of measuring data usage on the vario II? i have installed the app that came on the t-mobile cd and sure enough this keeps track of how much i've downloaded whilst using the web on the phone however it doesn't seem to measure any usage when i use the phone as a modem.

Anybody worked out a way round this or are you all using a separate app on the pc to monitor data usage via the modem?

Cheers

Mark

[Guest yildi]

Just got a HTC hermes (Vario II) a few days ago and wish i'd made the switch months ago, absolutely love it so far ;) . So anyway you will have to excuse me if i'm being dense....

...but has anyone figured a way of measuring data usage on the vario II? i have installed the app that came on the t-mobile cd and sure enough this keeps track of how much i've downloaded whilst using the web on the phone however it doesn't seem to measure any usage when i use the phone as a modem.

Anybody worked out a way round this or are you all using a separate app on the pc to monitor data usage via the modem?

Cheers

Mark

Hi Mark,

The full version of Phonealarm has a module that counts the GPRS data usage. This is also a must have application for its other functions (like profile switching). I am testing it and it works as it supposed to. I have seen that SPB has a specific GPRS data measure application but I have not tested it and I do not really install a supplementary application just for this function. If you test it, I would be happy to know your opinion.

Regards,

Murat

Edited March 3, 2007 by yildi

[Guest Confucious]

Any particular reason why you need to?

Spb GPRS monitor is the one that always used to brecomended and IIRC is a benefit to Modaco Plus members.

[Guest SimonTALM]

Just got a HTC hermes (Vario II) a few days ago and wish i'd made the switch months ago, absolutely love it so far ;) . So anyway you will have to excuse me if i'm being dense....

...but has anyone figured a way of measuring data usage on the vario II? i have installed the app that came on the t-mobile cd and sure enough this keeps track of how much i've downloaded whilst using the web on the phone however it doesn't seem to measure any usage when i use the phone as a modem.

Anybody worked out a way round this or are you all using a separate app on the pc to monitor data usage via the modem?

Cheers

Mark

I was in exactly the same position and also found that T-Mobile supplied SPB GPS Monitor cannot recognise the transmissions via the wireless modem. I emailed SPB and they confirmed that there is no way to get the current version to recognise modem usage. I did ask if there was any plans to get modem connections recognised but I am yet to hear back (and I suspect I won't now).

I decided to put a monitor on the PC side and am currently using a free PC based application called NetMonitor (google it) to monitor the Dial Up connection which it does very well. OK I have to manually add the SPB data to the PC data to get an actual figure but with 3GB of allowance to use (on W'n'W Plus) I don't need to worry too much.

As mentioned the program called PhoneAlarm does monitor data I/O but it is at a very basic total level only and I'm sure that like SPB can't monitor modem connections. However for a program to set profiles and provide basic phone costs monitoring it is very good and I'd recommend it.