micky <
NONONO...@fmguy.com> wrote:
> In
comp.mobile.android, on Tue, 16 Jan 2024 08:42:14 -0600, VanguardLH
> <V...@nguard.LH> wrote:
>
>>micky <
NONONO...@fmguy.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How much can you expect to use during a video call though?
>>
>>Your phone doesn't have a data manager to show you the usage of mobile
>>and wifi usage? For my phone (LG V20), it's under Android settings ->
>>Network -> Data Manager.
>
> The one that's built in seems to show only today's usage. For me it's
> under Connection and Sharing, Data Usage, and it says the same thing it
> said around noon today, 408MB for Whatsapp and 115MB for system apps.
Mine lets me pick the range for data points. The default is the last
month, but I can pick to see bandwidth usage for prior months, and I can
change the cycle (day of the month). Mine shows (with a cycle date of
the 25th of the month):
Cellular data
Month range: Cumulative data usage
Dec 26, 2023 - Jan 26, 2024: 23 MB
Nov 26, 2023 - Dec 26, 2023: 45 MB
Oct 26, 2023 - Nov 26, 2023: 1263 MB
Sep 26, 2023 - Oct 26, 2023: 97 MB
Wifi data
Month range: Cumulate data usage
Dec 19, 2023 - Jan 16, 2024: 2442 MB
Nov 21, 2023 - Dec 19, 2023: 2517 MB
Oct 24, 2023 - Nov 21, 2023: 4148 MB
Sep 26, 2023 - Oct 24, 2023: 2280 MB
Since wifi data usage is when connecting to my home hotspot (router), at
the resort's wifi hotspot, or whatever wifi hotspot I happen to use
wherever I am (wifi is the preferred connection method with cellular
data second), I tend to use a lot of wifi bandwidth. Other than when I
was on vacation in November, I don't make or get many phone calls, and
the vast majority of my web browsing or other web-centric apps on my
phone when at home is via wifi, not cellular data. When at home, my
calls are via wifi, and little cellular voice.
With my current plan, data quota is unlimited. However, previously my
data quota was 1 TB, so only 1 month in the last 4 (history only shows 4
months) was over my old data quota. That was when I was on a trip, and
used my smartphone a lot for web browsing to buy tickets, get theme park
hours and maps, check dinner theaters, and so on. I stopped bringing my
netbook once I got a smartphone with a big enough screen that I could
read with my old eyes, but it's too bulky for pocket carry, especially
with the armor case around the phone, so I use a belt holster.
Even when web browsing, I rarely watch videos, TV shows, listen to
music, or other amusement on my phone. It's mostly for productive work,
very little for entertainment. Even when on vacation, I only used up a
1.2 GB of cellular data, and that was more than 10 times my normal usage
when at home.
Wifi consumption shouldn't matter regarding how much quota you bought or
renewed with the SIM card you got from Tigo. It would be just the
cellular voice and cellular data that would chew up the quota you paids
from them. What do you see on your unidentified smartphone when you
hunt through the Android settings to see data usage (cellular or wifi)?
https://support.google.com/fi/answer/9458407?hl=en
That's Google's navpath to see bandwidth consumption. Navpath will vary
by whatever brand and model phone you have.
Under Data Manager, there is an option to enable Data Saver mode, but
I've never used it. Might be something you look into.