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I hope someone can request an official statement about this because the overlay problem in Oreo was resolved, apps can draw over the status bar like before (I'm using an speed monitor in the status bar) but I guess they are doing it with another API? They can't overlay when the notification shade is down though.
edit: I'm using Network Monitor Mini overlaying over the status bar https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator
and from a conversation with Artem on Twitter he said that its only restricting touch input but they can overlay.
If you want something similar that doesn't occupy precious notification space, check out Network Monitor Mini. It can draw the network speeds on top of your screen, so you can have it sitting in the status bar or somewhere inconspicuous.
This is probably better addressed by an Android networking subreddit, a Xiaomi subreddit, xda-dev's Xiaomi forums, or similar.
Do they have identical versions of Android installed? Identical apps? Identical ROM? Probably not, so you'd expect them to be doing different things. Try something like Glasswire Pro, IP Tools, or Network Connections on the phone. I believe they'll show you what addresses each app is talking to.
It might be interesting to see if an on-device network monitoring app, and an off-device packet sniffer (eg. Wireshark on your LAN) identical lists of addresses your phones are chatting with.
This one, very customizable, its from Hong Kong but the permissions are OK nothing weird with contacts or accounts
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator
Xposed and GravityBox but before I flashed Xposed I used this app, it doesnt have weird permissions and worked as intended https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator
I'm using a custom rom (DynamicKat) for my note 4. It's one of the features. There is an app in the playstore that does the same thing but it's an overlay.
Edit here is the playstore app...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator
Take a look at this android app. You can check live upload and download speed on you screen, at any time.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator
I uses this app
Not sure if you want a third party app but this displays info on screen (for Android) ...
Network Monitor Mini https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator
I always believed the arrows bliked when bandwithd was used but I don't remember comfirming it. You can download apps to monitor your wifi and data usage for a while until you figure things out.
I recomend network monitor mini
I'm not seeing a "Data usage" option in the menu. Is this the same app you are talking about?
Flipping Binge On on/off has always been near instantaneous for me.
If you're on Android download this app and you can see your bitrate in real time. With Binge On enabled you should be pulling about 1.6 to 1.7Mbps max for video streams. It does occasionally spike for the first few seconds of a video (T-Mobile allowing you to burst so you don't buffer) but should stabilize at those speeds very quickly.
Keep in mind if you're tethering video that app will show 1.6-1.7MBps on both download and upload; it's counting both cellular (mostly download) and Wi-Fi (mostly upload, to your tethered devices) traffic in that instance.
This is what I used - it shows a buffer at the top of the screen for whatever the primary network is (mobile, or WiFi).
Are you saying that when your Mums phone is connected to WiFi, ping from one computer to another on the network spikes, as well as ping from one computer to the internet? (just make sure you answer this one properly, and not have a guess :P)
If it's causing all computers to have an increased ping for internet locations, one mobile device pushing data into the cloud could most definitely cause this. All applications need to use upload (to tell the other end they have received the download buffer, for example), if upload is being smashed by one device, your downloads will start going slower, the ping results will start going slower, the entire internet will essentially start going slower .. because all pieces of data that are trying to push UP are laggy
I use network monitor mini to monitor system wide download and upload speed.
Can be configured to only show for certain apps.
Apps that put floating icons and other things over top of other apps. For example I use this app that puts a little box in the corner that hows the current upload/download speeds on my phone, this one that shows current CPU and RAM usage, and this screen dimmer overlay because even at the lowest brightness level my phone is too bright at night. For some reason Android prevents you from changing some settings/permissions if any overlays are currently in use, I think it's for security reasons or something. I have to temporarily disable all these overlay apps to change those settings. It's not a huge problem but it probably happens to me once or twice a week and it's a little annoying.
I'm on Android. That is the Network Monitor Mini app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator
You mean this ....
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My original comment has been caught be the auto mod so I'll just repost it to you instead.
After many attempts to get Visible's customer service to admit to this and every attempt ending in failure, I've given up on them and have decided to take the issue to social media. The testing apparatus is as follows:
Pixel 6 Pro Visible SIM that operates within both 5G and 4G LTE bands where the device is geographically located (as it's a Pixel 6 5G isn't actually supported yet, so 4G LTE is a more accurate test) Device is operating in a guest account to provide a clean working directly and hide my personal details The only non-Google apps used are OpenVPN Connect with a profile for my VPN server as well as the app Network Monitor Mini to provide a real-time graphical view of the current up/download speeds of the device (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator&hl=en_US&gl=US) Default YouTube app to generate HD streaming content In the video you can clearly see the device starts disconnected from the VPN client while connected to Visible's tower at 4G LTE speeds. A YouTube livestream is then loaded and set to 1080p (no need to go higher as Visible's service can't even handle 720p let alone Full HD). After a few seconds the livestream begins to buffer and you can clearly see from the network speed monitor that the stream never goes above ~2Mb/s. YouTube requires around ~4-5Mb/s to watch livestreamed content at 1080p. After it is made obvious that the livestream will not stabilize the VPN connection is switched on and the network reconnects. Immediately you can see the download speeds jump up to around ~10Mb/s, over double what is required to stream at 1080p, and the livestream doesn't stutter or buffer a single time after the network connection is re-established.
This is clearly an example of Visible performing packet inspection and throttling HD streaming content in specific otherwise the encrypted VPN link would perform identically to the unencrypted YouTube connection. Additionally, when performing an action like downloading a 1GB test file from a test website, both the raw connection to Visible and one over a VPN link perform almost identically, proving that it is possible to saturate your bandwidth while using Visible, they simply won't allow you to watch HD streaming content.
Visible is well within their right to do this however they need to be transparent about this and further more not lie to their customers when confronted about this issue. Do better Visible.
EDIT: As reddit's CDN is a piece of garbage, here is an alternative link to the above video. https://files.catbox.moe/ancw3w.mp4
After many attempts to get Visible's customer service to admit to this and every attempt ending in failure, I've given up on them and have decided to take the issue to social media. The testing apparatus is as follows:
- Pixel 6 Pro
- Visible SIM that operates within both 5G and 4G LTE bands where the device is geographically located (as it's a Pixel 6 5G isn't actually supported yet, so 4G LTE is a more accurate test)
- Device is operating in a guest account to provide a clean working directly and hide my personal details
- The only non-Google apps used are OpenVPN Connect with a profile for my VPN server as well as the app Network Monitor Mini to provide a real-time graphical view of the current up/download speeds of the device (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator&hl=en_US&gl=US)
- Default YouTube app to generate HD streaming content
In the video you can clearly see the device starts disconnected form the VPN client while connected to Visible's tower at 4G LTE speeds. A YouTube livestream is then loaded and set to 1080p (no need to go higher as Visible's service can't even handle 720p let alone Full HD). After a few seconds the livestream begins to buffer and you can clearly see from the network speed monitor that the stream never goes above ~2Mb/s. YouTube requires around ~4-5Mb/s to watch livestreamed content at 1080p. After it is made obvious that the livestream will not stabilize the VPN connection is switched on and the network reconnects. Immediately you an see the download speeds jump up to around ~10Mb/s, over double what is required to stream at 1080p and the livestream doesn't stutter or buffer a single time after the network connection is re-establised.
This is clearly an example of Visible performing packet inspection and throttling HD streaming content in specific otherwise the encrypted VPN link would perform identically to the unencrypted YouTube connection. Additionally, when performing an action like downloading a 1GB test file from a test website, both the raw connection to Visible and one over a VPN link perform almost identically, proving that it is possible to saturate your bandwidth while using Visible, they simpley won't allow you to watch HD streaming content.
Visible is well within their right to do this however they need to be transparent about this and further more not lie to their customers when confronted about this issue. Do better Visible.
Try network monitor mini or data monitor
I believe there are apps that use status notifications to do that. Something like this.
Network Monitor Mini, leggera e credo abbia ciò che cerchi, controlla bene nelle opzioni.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.kfsoft.android.TrafficIndicator the free version is pretty much enough for your needs.
Use this app called network monitor mini
I think this app might be what you're looking for mate !
> but I'm worried I'm going to be surprised by a crazy bill
So you're running speedtests that consume dozens to hundreds of megabytes? :D
Grab this app here, it will give you a real time display of your speed, so you won't have to run speedtests. I would resist the temptation to do speedtests whilst roaming, even if the roaming is free; why run up T-Mobile's bill just to see how fast it is? :)