App manager uses bandwidth with updates in background

[petur]

UPDATE It turns out it isn't OVI MAps, but the App manager who is downloading several megabytes!

I have several maps preloaded (cities folder = 1.8GB), including the maps for the location where I am. When start maps in offline mode, it works (with the GPS locked using Location Test).

Today, I started it while on GPRS, and OVI Maps at startup said 'Downloading Data' and proceeded with downloading 5+ MB. I hadn't even asked it for anything yet, not even routing.

WTF?

If the maps are pre-loaded, why the hell is Maps downloading more stuff?
Has anybody else seen this too?

And can anybody tell me how to prevent this? Dataplans here in Belgium are pretty limited AND expensive....

[mottis]

Do you maybe have Assisted-GPRS on?

[cyeung]

It looks as if Ovi Maps includes just the images and not the index of streets and stuff. So, at minimum, Ovi Maps is hitting the server for search suggestions, for the latest maps (if they changed by some off chance), and for the coordinate to show on the map.

Until it is possible to use Ovi Maps completely offline (minus hitting the servers for traffic information), I question its usefulness compared to my Garmin Nuvi 265WT.

[shadowjk]

AGPS does not consume 5Mbytes.

[msa]

its sad there is still no real offline-routing-solution for the n900.

if you downloaded maps for ovi maps, its still going to use internet when you search for addresses. why they arent stored locally is beyond me.

[petur]

In my case, I didn't even do a search, I just started the damn thing and it started downloading.

And it can't be A-GPS since it already had a lock for some time (using locaction test)

[debernardis]

It happened to me after installing somewhat. And that somewhat (which I still don't know) prevented ovi maps to recognize its data directory. After days of fiddling, I ended up with a script which calls nokia-maps after changing directory where it belongs.

If you can't restore the normal behaviour of it in a easier way, let me know, and I'll give you my kludgy solution.

[petur]

OVI Maps starts up perfectly fine in offline mode, it does come and ask to exit offline mode, but the maps show just fine.

[jcompagner]

if you now do it again so after it downloads that 5MB. you close and restart it again. does it download again that 5MB?

[petur]

Unable to reproduce, and it happened again when Maps wasn't running, so it isn't Maps.

It is.... The Application Manager! Yes, this is the one who is chewing up my megabytes!

[slender]

I don't got any data plan. All repositories enabled. For me it wont normally check updates over gprs but this time i had used GPS and internet connection was left on after i had closed Nokia maps. Because i have all repositories enabled i got ~10 mb data transfer and it´s about 11€. Basically my own fault and it´s not too much but it still hurts :)

[petur]

thanks moderator for changing the topic ;)

[rash.m2k]

OK, how do I STOP app manager from updating in the background when I'm on a 3G/GSM connection?

[petur]

good question.... I would like more control on when and how it updates. And maybe some optimization to reduce the bandwidth required!

[petur]

I found the rate at which HAM looks for updates, it is located in
/var/lib/gconf/apps/hildon/update-notifier/%gconf.xml

The value is in minutes, default = 1440 = 24h

[Robb]

I found the rate at which HAM looks for updates, it is located in
/var/lib/gconf/apps/hildon/update-notifier/%gconf.xml

The value is in minutes, default = 1440 = 24h

This will be usefull to convert mtime to readable and from readable to mtime.

http://unixtime-converter.com/

JUST BE CAREFUL!!
It converts "readible" time to unix timestamp(mtime), assuming the time is UTC+0000.
So please convert appropriatly to your timezone!