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Re: Why is my internet data usage high when not home?
Bravo Ret60sb and Asch, Both of you are correct on the overview, but lacking in explaining terms. De-Googling your phone. If you have an Andriod phone and paid in full. You will need to have your phone un-locked, and then load a clean Android image on it for full control. You can search the I-net for instructions and specific actions to take. Unfortunately you also may 'brick' (render useless) the phone. I have never done it personally. And this is NOT the venue to post questions. (Note: Ret60sb calls some of the activity 'automatic spyware'. This is more a IT insider phrase for the automatic updates. You can disable a fair portion by disallowing location services to some apps. Also do not simply 'accept' cookies'. With the California privacy law in effect, most sites now give you the option to change what cookies are accepted.) Wireshark is a great tool … for any IT network techs, but something of an initial handful for the novice. That said, install it and run it. Record a session and save it. Then load it again into Wireshark and just page down through the information. Only small portions are in 'Plain English', but you can also see what IP addresses the information is flowing to. Again, use the I-Net to lookup and view more information on what you are seeing and how to utilize everything Wireshark offers. (Note: the community venues here are NOT the place to ask questions or receive information. ) Final Note: The forums here are not places to ask for further information. Only new IT techs who have yet to get burned out may answer. And olde phartes such as myself just don't have the patience for the 'back and forth' needed to really help people.10Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Why is my internet data usage high when not home?
(Background: 35+ years experience with the Intel/AMD line of PC's) The short and sweet answer is that ALL modern devices now (Last 20 years) now 'Phone Home'. The same goes for any 'smart' devices in the home. The amount of data used varies widely and has to be taken individually to break it down further. My previous post said 'just turn off the WiFi router', but truth be told, you would need to unplug every single 'Smart' device in the house (In the event of the lake house) to stop it. Each 'Smart' device (phone, TV, Computer, Home automation systems (Nest / Etc.) will send and receive data from the Internet. It's written into the fine print of every device that people by and large won't bother to look at. And you cannot stop this from happening. So don't sign up for any 'Internet access' that has a data cap. Because at some point you are going to exceed the limit no matter how diligent you are.9Visto0likes0ComentariosRe: Why is my internet data usage high when not home?
The only short and sweet answer to this for non-technically minded people, is to power off your T-Mobile Gateway anytime it is not being used. There are a number of reasons this data activity occurs but are far beyond the scope of this message and I am not going to attempt to even try and explain.26Visto0likes0ComentariosSagemcom Fast 5688 USB
Is the USB port active on this device? Or even usable? On the whole, it appears the gateway is useless with everything hard coded (unable to change) on it. It is best to use the Ethernet connection on it to connect to any existing home router in order to restore the functionality of any existing network router (Netgear, et. al.) You will need to utilize teamviewer or any other remote control software to gain access to your network again.83Visto0likes0Comentarios