[ale] help not using 3g/4g broadband quota android

[Vernard Martin]

On 08/24/2012 01:37 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I've been on the road and away from the list for a while. I probably 
> have a few hundred emails to read so I don't know what all you've been 
> discussing. However, I have a question to ask. I'm using my Android 
> tablet with ice cream sandwich. I don't have wifi internet where I am 
> so I just got one of the Verizon prepaid wifi hotspots so I can keep 
> somewhat connected. I have a 3 GB 1 month plan, so I started doing the 
> math and that works out to only 100 MB / day, which ain't much. The 
> problem is, that, under normal circumstances, everything from my 
> podcast client to email to my news reader, to the os itself is trying 
> to do routine updates, which could drive me over my quota. I already 
> went and turned off background syncing for k9 email, pocketcasts 
> podcast catcher, weatherbug, greader news reader, etc. That has 
> reduced data consumption a good bit. However, there are a number of 
> processes that turn on and do things over wifi periodically, some for 
> no apparent reason, that I have little knowledge of or control over. I 
> do not have root access on this device. I'm wondering if there is an 
> app which will let me restrict access to the wifi to only certain apps 
> when I'm connected to my hotspot's specific SSID. I don't just want to 
> control wifi in general. I need per application control. That way, I 
> wouldn't have to tweak the settings for every app when I want to use 
> 3g/4g service. The podcatcher, for example, could try to update, but 
> would fail. When I connect to my normal router at home, or to a hotel 
> router, it would work. Note that setting the "only on wifi" option in 
> the app won't help, since, as far as the tablet knows, I AM on wifi. 
> I'm connecting to the hotspot periodically to do web browsing and 
> collect email. Let me know if you have any ideas as to how to reign in 
> the data beast. Thanks in advance.
"My Data Manager" seems to be quite popular for this. Also,  I think 
"Onavo Count" has some data restriction settings in it that you can use.