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I connect my android phone with the laptop for internet on my laptop, I get 1 GB data transfer with 28 days validity whichever is earlier, my internet activity comprises of reading text on various websites, 1 GB is enough for me for 28 days.

Few days back I had to instal an app on my phone, so I enabled "Background data" under "Accounts and sync" settings, after installing the app I disabled it, but since then the data transfer is very high with my normal usage (visiting sites for reading) 750 MB in just 5 days , what can be the cause of such a high data transfer?

Is there any free app for android or windows 7 that will not only monitor the data transfer but also tell which application is doing it?

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There is a way to know how much data is used by your android phone without installing any app to your phone(This is true for Android JB, not sure about other versions).

  • Fist, go to Settings.
  • In Wireless&Networks section, tap on Data Usage.
  • There, you can see your total data usage, if you swith to Wi-Fi or Mobile tab, you can see the apps used data and their individual usage. enter image description here enter image description here
    I hope this would clear the Android part. As for the Windows part, you could try a simple Google Search to find some software for this purpose. There is a Superuser thread too for this purpose in windows.

Note:

  • You may use third party apps to monitor data usage in android rather than my proposed way. In that case, you can find them by doing a google search.
  • If I were you, I would check android apps first rather than windows as they are usually data hungry.
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  • thanx, I have gingerbread, the pics you have posted are not applicable to gingerbread, I will have to install an app or reset the phone to factory default settings. – Vikram Jul 26 '15 at 07:32