Is there a simple way to check how much data I’ve used on my tablet with my AT&T Wireless data plan?
There is indeed a simple way you can check your AT&T Wireless account from your tablet, though you might have already gotten used to either calling them – at 611 from your cellphone – to find out your balance or even just going to the wireless Web site to check things interactively from your computer. But it turns out that there’s an app on your tablet that gives you all that data just one or two taps away.
The only wrinkle is that you might have a hard time finding the app on your device…
To start, here’s a typical home screen on an Android tablet:
Hopefully you’ve long since figured this out, but tap on the grid of squares on the lower right to get to the list of all installed applications. It’ll look like this:
The app you can want is “AT&T AllAccess“, so tap on it to launch it:
There you go! That’s the information you seek, and it’s very neatly presented.
Notice to the right of the words “Data Monitor” it shows the number of days left in the data period. For me, it’s “1 day left”, which, given that I’ve only used 3% of my 5GB, suggests that there’s a lot of unused bandwidth!
Oh, and while you’re here, tap on “Data Alert is OFF” just below the circle to turn it on, then tap and drag your finger around the circle to set an alert:
Here I’ve set it to alert me when I get to 87% of my data quota. Easy enough.
Oh, and one more thing. Your tablet can also serve as a data hotspot, as you can see if you tap on the three vertical squares button on the top right:
So there you have it. AT&T AllAccess for the win.