[rikdpola]

On O2 Pay & Go, seems my credit is slowly creeping down when the phone is on standby in my pocket. I've used App Killer to make sure everything is closed in the background but it's still losing about 10p per hour. Oddly, i'm still on my free text allowance so I'm at a loss as to what could be draining my credit. I assume the phone is exchanging data over 3G but since all apps are closed I can't figure what could be accessing the net.

Any idea's?

[Alina20100]

Try installing something like TasKiller to see the actual running processes, then you might be able to identify the culprit. If you root it, then you can uninstall whatever is causing it as well.

I'm going to assume this is the Galaxy S we're talking about, I love this phone so much (even more after rooting and applying a couple fixes to boost speed).

[UJRonald]

There is so much going on with Android in the background. If you want no data at all, just turn off mobile networks in settings. It will be hard to trim it down to use no data and retain functionality (IMO). Data usage is a fact of life with Android (and most every smartphone now I would imagine).

edit - Also, task killers often do more harm than good on Android.

http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-b...-with-android/

[DOWNLOADnowADOBEphotoSHOP]

Might be some widgets you have running that are auto syncing, either disable them or arrange some kind of monthly data allowance from O2 to cover it, I'm sure they have something available. , maybe in the form of extras, don't know I'm with Orange.

[Alina20100]

There is so much going on with Android in the background. If you want no data at all, just turn off mobile networks in settings. It will be hard to trim it down to use no data and retain functionality (IMO). Data usage is a fact of life with Android (and most every smartphone now I would imagine).

edit - Also, task killers often do more harm than good on Android.

http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-b...-with-android/

Disagreed. My Galaxy S came with a lot of crap I never use/want to use. At first I was killing them, but some of them just auto-restart. I had to just uninstall them altogether so they don't return.

As long as you don't kill android-critical processes, I don't see how it isn't beneficial to the end user. It allows you to have complete control of your phone.

[UJRonald]

Disagreed. My Galaxy S came with a lot of crap I never use/want to use. At first I was killing them, but some of them just auto-restart. I had to just uninstall them altogether so they don't return.

As long as you don't kill android-critical processes, I don't see how it isn't beneficial to the end user. It allows you to have complete control of your phone.

I see your point, but it's a fact that task killers undermine how Android works.

Personally, I have one and I use it occasionally, but I used to kill off everything very frequently. Since updating to Froyo, I haven't and I have had no issues. The memory is there to be used. Let Android use it and manage it.

[Wdlglivi]

do you have internet push enabled ?

and have an internet ticker style program running that updated every few hrs ?

[rikdpola]

Only thing I can see is "Daily Briefing" on page 2. I've killed all the items it was listing but they only updated when you pressed the refresh button anyway.

I'm only on like day 6 of Android use so I'm leaning.