is there a built in data counter on the blade ??

[Guest Ricey155]

hi all i only ask as the blade was bought for the GF who hasn't used them much and i don't want her running up a massive bill

seeing as it used £2.00 messing with rom installs connecting to 3g

[Guest womble_sanfran]

hi all i only ask as the blade was bought for the GF who hasn't used them much and i don't want her running up a massive bill

seeing as it used £2.00 messing with rom installs connecting to 3g

I use 3G watchdog

[Guest Ricey155]

i'll take a looksy

ive just tried call meter ng - seems to work nice but with ads

[Guest Rusty!]

Another recommendation for 3G Watchdog here.

[Guest AceOfSpades]

Will the san fran use data/money when:

the gps is on?

connected to a 3g network (just for phone calls does this have any advantage over 2g, or is it best to just force 2g?)

can i download data through the 2g network?

Is there any way to prevent it using data?

The reason I ask is pretty much the same as the OP, I've somehow lost credit and when messing around with the phone I don't want my £20 to be reduced to nothing!

[Guest Ricey155]

on the iphone with wifi / data off my gps works fine and no charge

so id guess if your widget has everything off and your using the gps its fine no charge

i use freecaddie golf app and it uses zero data just free gps

[Guest ritterkeks]

ough.. ok, lemme explain the basics:

Will the san fran use data/money when:

the gps is on?

--no, but when you use google maps with or without gps and it downloads the maps!

connected to a 3g network (just for phone calls does this have any advantage over 2g, or is it best to just force 2g?)

if it just connected it "shouldnt" really cost you money. however, of course the android base system could couse a little traffic here and there and since normally your provider rounds your traffic every hour up to 100kb...

can i download data through the 2g network?

shure, it is only a bit slower, or really slow. depends. the main advantage of 3g is being able to make a phone call while having a data connection for browsing, etc. at the same time

Is there any way to prevent it using data?

this REALLY should have been explained in the nice orange-manual for the SF, isnt it?

in settings, go to "mobile network settings" and simply untic "Data enabled". done.

if you want to switch it on and off without going into settings:

search for a WIDGET or try apndroid

[Guest AceOfSpades]

ough.. ok, lemme explain the basics:

Will the san fran use data/money when:

the gps is on?

--no, but when you use google maps with or without gps and it downloads the maps!

connected to a 3g network (just for phone calls does this have any advantage over 2g, or is it best to just force 2g?)

if it just connected it "shouldnt" really cost you money. however, of course the android base system could couse a little traffic here and there and since normally your provider rounds your traffic every hour up to 100kb...

can i download data through the 2g network?

shure, it is only a bit slower, or really slow. depends. the main advantage of 3g is being able to make a phone call while having a data connection for browsing, etc. at the same time

Is there any way to prevent it using data?

this REALLY should have been explained in the nice orange-manual for the SF, isnt it?

in settings, go to "mobile network settings" and simply untic "Data enabled". done.

if you want to switch it on and off without going into settings:

search for a WIDGET or try apndroid

Thanks for clearing that up

[Guest Gryphonic]

I've always thought that using the assisted GPS did use data... not sure if i'm right, but i've kept it off anyway.

For monitoring, i use the DroidStats widget. seems to be good.

[Guest Rusty!]

You're right, aGPS does use data, a minuscule amount to help with the initial fix.