Which app for monitor 3G data usage

Hi,

I don't have an iPad 3G, but on my iPhone there is a display of mobile data usage unter "Settings > General > Usage" (second from top). If there is no such display on the iPad I think the only possibility is a provider app. In Germany e.g. I can use an App called "Used Budget", that logs into my account with the provider and displays information such as used minutes / texts and used data.

Is there no app available for your provider? Regards, Dave

There should be two options to do this:

1. Go to: Settings -> General -> Usage -> Cellular Data Network which is where the iPad counters are kept for Sent and Received bytes.

2. You can also go to: Settings -> Cellular Data -> View Account which is where your carrier’s usage counts are kept. In the US this means AT&T however in other countries of course other carriers are in play.

Be forewarned however that the carrier may choose to “count differently”. For example in the US AT&T rounds up “sessions” to the next full kilobyte increment. (AT&T does not define what a “session” means.) This leads to a discrepancy in the two counters with AT&T reporting a higher usage (for billing purposes) than the iPad. See also the discussion in the thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2551486&tstart=0

Ray

An other tip:
Go for the 1GB package, because when you calculate the 0.05 per MB you will end up with 150MB for £7.50…
150MB that is 5MB per day, that is not really a lot. The 1GB package gives you 33MB per day…

enjoy your magic machine

In my experience the data used reported by my iPad matches the one from AT&T very close. Down to 2 mb. It might depend on the kind of data you are using though as others have reported a mismatch. And then i have no doubt that different providers use different methods as well. I trust the iPad more than the provider.

Come Nov, you can use DataMan to monitor your data usage in real time on the iPad. At this time, DataMan supports iPhone. You can use DataMan to manage your iPhone data usage and stop overage charges. You can find DataMan in the App Store.

Hi!

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DataMan requires iOS 4.x and the developer says t will be available for the iPad in Nov 2010. My guess is that the date corresponds to the release of iOS 4.2 for the iPad.