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Chrome data usage

  • 06-09-2019 8:51am
    #1
    shannonman81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭


    Posting for a work colleague.
    He got an alert to say he was close to his data limit.

    When he checked data usage there is nearly a straight line spike and it has stemmed from Google chrome. He closes his apps regularly.

    Has anyone any idea why this would happen?


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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,184 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Tell him to switch providers to a decent plan.

    If he's on anything under 10 gb limit then he needs to shift phone companies.


  • #3
    shannonman81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭shannonman81


    listermint wrote: »
    Tell him to switch providers to a decent plan.

    If he's on anything under 10 gb limit then he needs to shift phone companies.

    I take your point...
    But it used over 6gb of his allowance...


  • #4
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,184 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    shannonman81 wrote: »
    I take your point...
    But it used over 6gb of his allowance...

    he's Browing all month on Chrome and watching and downloading stuff Through the browser that's why chrome is marked as high data use.


  • #5
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,916 ✭✭✭Spocker


    listermint wrote: »
    he's Browing all month on Chrome and watching and downloading stuff Through the browser that's why chrome is marked as high data use.

    How do you know? @OP can you give us any more details on the usage of the phone, or something that your colleague might use their phone regularly for?


  • #6
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,982 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    If the app is updated (Chrome 76.0) he can go to settings and use "lite mode" - According to this it uses 60% less data. He could try and see if this helps.


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  • #7
    shannonman81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭shannonman81


    He showed me his screen and the had used about 500mb on YouTube
    I take your point about browsing all month but the graph is pretty much straight vertical line... So it seems it was almost instantaneous rather than a gradual rise...
    I'll say it to him about the lite version


  • #8
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,184 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Spocker wrote: »
    How do you know? @OP can you give us any more details on the usage of the phone, or something that your colleague might use their phone regularly for?

    Because his app usage stated chrome ? Did he not say that.


  • #9
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,916 ✭✭✭Spocker


    listermint wrote: »
    Because his app usage stated chrome ? Did he not say that.

    Not really - there are dedicated apps for videos/downloading too, and it wasn't clear from the first post. The OP has clarified since then though, so we're good :)


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