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Introduction to Download Meter

Ready to get control of your spending on mobile Internet? Then it is time to get Download Meter, a new application to measure and track traffic - the amount of data your device transfers from and to the Internet while surfing websites, watching YouTube, checking email, researching maps, or playing online games. Measuring traffic allows you to control your expenses on your connectivity by not exceeding the limits of data you can transfer for free per your cell phone plan or traffic allowed by your WiFi plan. You can also estimate your needs in traffic before traveling abroad and estimate your expenses. In addition to measuring mobile Internet traffic, Download Meter tracks and records WiFi traffic, which is useful when you are visiting cafés or restaurants that have traffic limits in their free WiFi network (as in some Eastern countries).

Using Download Meter

Traffic is measured by counters.

To create a new counter

tap '+'

To reorder or delete a counter

tap Edit and then click Done

To rename, pause, or reset a counter

tap it, make changes and then tap Done.

To display total traffic instead of incoming traffic only,

tap the counter and place a checkmark on the item with ↓ for incoming, ↑ for outgoing, or ↓↑ for total traffic, and then press Done.

Standard counters

Three counters are created automatically.

since boot

amount of traffic since last reboot or power-on of device.

all time

amount of traffic since since running Download Meter for the first time.

since prev. run

amount of traffic since previous run of Download Meter

These counters cannot be deleted; however, you can rename them or move them to the bottom if you do not need them.

Tips

• To measure the traffic of the current month, run Download Meter on the first day of the month and create a new counter by tapping '+'. During that month, the counter will show you the traffic of the current month. At the beginning of the next month, you can reset that counter or pause that counter and create a new one.
• If you wish to measure the traffic since the current moment (e.g. since the beginning of your trip overseas or arrival at a café where free WiFi is limited), just create a new counter.
• For most accurate measuring, try to reboot your device as seldom as possible. Run Download Meter right before rebooting the device or powering it off.
• Do not forget about counter "since prev. run"! It is very useful to measure traffic between two moments in time (e.g. to measure traffic generated by a certain game) by just running Download Meter at that moment and looking at the value computed by the counter.

You will find this program very useful if you use YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo, Twitter or Flickr.

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