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#98970 9-Mar-2012 22:16

Hi, just been toying around with 3G. I didn't make any calls, checked the balance and it's gone down $2 or more than $2 on the same day (today). Is this faily normal? I didn't get any emails other than the odd Treatme, Webjet etc ... my phone has Facebook that gets the odd update now and then on my Nokia phone. Didn't use GPS or any much surfing other than the odd browse on FB and Stuff.co.nz but not posting stuff...

Would this be normal?

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#593022 9-Mar-2012 22:23

Let me see... webjet web page: 640KB, treatme web page: 800 KB... Yes, load six or seven different pages like those and you used your 10MB in a couple of minutes.

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#593025 9-Mar-2012 22:28

I didn't visit those webpages. I just received their emails. I visited FB and Stuff but those are portable versions.

So it's faily normal?

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#593026 9-Mar-2012 22:31

Oh, emails... Unless you download attachments or have a heavy load, light emails shouldn't really use 10MB, but you should really monitor your usage - is this a Symbian device? You should install a program to monitor usage and then you will find out what's happening.

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#593028 9-Mar-2012 22:40

Yes it is a Nokia Anna I think.

It's only a 3.2" screen so I don't really use the internet on it. I just let it download emails as required, the attachments are not downloaded. Don't really surf on it. I do have the Nokia Social App. so it gets the updates every now/then.

it happened yesterday as well ... $2.

Edit - I hardly use internet on the phone. In fact I have disabled 3G Data apart from this trial. The Nokia has a data counter. It says All sent data - 1.18MB. All received data - 3.22MB.

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#593116 10-Mar-2012 10:56

Maybe b/c .... now I put the phone that it will ask me first. Before it was set to just Auto b/c I thought in today's 21st Century Auto should work right and 3G isn't exactly new. People should just turn on and use it and expect something an average bill (just not roaming).

I have noticed that when it asked me, at times it would say WLAN or VF WAP. I wonder if WAP is charged more than 3G .... that could be why. And maybe even if WLAN was available it might find it easier to just use WAP ...........

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#593142 10-Mar-2012 11:32

WAP traffic is not charged different from internet traffic,

Does not matter if the traffic is passed over 3G or the 2G packet switch network it's all counted the same on the same platform

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#593316 10-Mar-2012 19:11

Hmm .. maybe then the phone is doing something in the background. But it doesn't explain why the phone's own log - the data counter - under menu - > log it said in the past 30 days I used only 4MB.

I had it on 3G today since the morning. Now is 7pm. It has only taken $1.00. I didn't do a text/call. The counter says 300KB both inbound and outbound.

Maybe the Nokia logger does not count every activity and it may do some background activities?
Could it be that - if you go outside it initialises 3G/WAP for social app updates and when you get home it will still use that b/c it was still connected to it.

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#593317 10-Mar-2012 19:13

All Smart phone run data in the back ground

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#593319 10-Mar-2012 19:15

johnr: All Smart phone run data in the back ground

You mean the data counter may not track all of it?

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#593321 10-Mar-2012 19:16

rayonline:
johnr: All Smart phones run data in the back ground

You mean the data counter may not track all of it?

Not saying that at all, I am saying

All Smart phones run data in the back ground

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#593330 10-Mar-2012 19:41

Does your phone browser store history? Download each page visited and size those emails and see what it adds up to.

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#593333 10-Mar-2012 19:44

Why don't you check your statement? Or does vf not have this online for prepay?

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#593335 10-Mar-2012 19:47

Thanks. Will have a look at the browser history. I am on Vodafone Prepay ... so no statements. I have just been getting my account balance thru TEXT at diff times of the day.......