- Feb 6, 2004
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i guess i should call this "has anyone seen Google Play Music use a lot of cellular data in a database sync?"
so i've been getting along with a mere 300MB of data a month.
friend comes to visit, so i bump up to 1GB. i do a bit more redditing, show a friend *one* youtube video (at 240p).
suddenly i've used 80% of my 1GB and have no idea where it's gone.
the only things i can think of that i did in that timeframe is update some Google Apps. install and uninstall 3DMark (but 3DMark was on wifi which is pretty reliable).
the only thing i can think of was Google Play Music, which was causing my phone to get hot and drain the battery within 5 hours. i'd done these instructions while on wifi as my music list wasn't showing up. and later that day or the next i test streamed *ONE* song to see how much data it would use up. and now that i think about it, it was at a normal 20MB of cellular usage before the test, and 30MB of usage after the test.
i *think* the battery drain came after that.
i *do* know i wasn't pocket-playing music, as i frequently open my IRC client (every couple of hours) and to access it, i pull the Android 4.x menu down from the top, where Google Play would also show up.
so anywho, i uninstalled Google Play Music updates and left the default version installed. there wasn't a notable amount of Data (no more than 100MB). i don't think i saw Cache size before uninstalling it.
so i've been getting along with a mere 300MB of data a month.
friend comes to visit, so i bump up to 1GB. i do a bit more redditing, show a friend *one* youtube video (at 240p).
suddenly i've used 80% of my 1GB and have no idea where it's gone.
the only things i can think of that i did in that timeframe is update some Google Apps. install and uninstall 3DMark (but 3DMark was on wifi which is pretty reliable).
the only thing i can think of was Google Play Music, which was causing my phone to get hot and drain the battery within 5 hours. i'd done these instructions while on wifi as my music list wasn't showing up. and later that day or the next i test streamed *ONE* song to see how much data it would use up. and now that i think about it, it was at a normal 20MB of cellular usage before the test, and 30MB of usage after the test.
i *think* the battery drain came after that.
i *do* know i wasn't pocket-playing music, as i frequently open my IRC client (every couple of hours) and to access it, i pull the Android 4.x menu down from the top, where Google Play would also show up.
so anywho, i uninstalled Google Play Music updates and left the default version installed. there wasn't a notable amount of Data (no more than 100MB). i don't think i saw Cache size before uninstalling it.
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