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Heavy Downloading on phone

12 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/heavy-downloading-on-phone.109120/

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karamvirk Original post #1
Feb 21, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Hi I am having nokia n79 and I am using it for some heavy downloading using Symtorrent application. Am i reducing the life span of my phone? Can this cause serious damage to my phone. Currently I have edge connection in my phone and by heavy downloading I mean data transfers of 10 to 15 gb in a month.
rajhot
rajhot #2
Feb 21, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Nothing will happen to ur mobile.
utsav
utsav #3
Feb 21, 2009 at 8:58 PM
I am downloading over 20GB per month on my N73 ME since the last 11 months and everything is fine. It only reduces the battery life but u can replace it for as low as 500-700Rs. My battery is fine though and giving enough backup.
K
Feb 21, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Oh thank god, means I can continue my downloading. . .
Well, thanks for the info. . .
K
k4ce #5
Feb 22, 2009 at 9:02 AM
well one more thing ... if u download using torrents , there will be a lot of read write activities ... this will eventually wear out your memory card and you will have to get a new one ...
sourishzzz1234
Feb 22, 2009 at 9:54 AM
why would da phone memory card be used in case of downloading torrents??....i hope ur talkin about using torrents in ur PC....if so then only the modem of ur phone is used and nothing else....
krazzy
krazzy #7
Feb 22, 2009 at 10:07 AM
why would da phone memory card be used in case of downloading torrents??....i hope ur talkin about using torrents in ur PC....if so then only the modem of ur phone is used and nothing else....

He is talking about downloading from Torrents directly on his phone. That's what SymTorrent is for.
sourishzzz1234
Feb 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM
He is talking about downloading from Torrents directly on his phone. That's what SymTorrent is for.
kkk...then ya ur mem card would be used...n it's lif may decrease.......:D
utsav
utsav #9
Feb 22, 2009 at 12:37 PM
kkk...then ya ur mem card would be used...n it's lif may decrease.......:D

These days memory card is also damn cheap. 4 GB for 360Rs :eek:
And by the time his memory card will wear out then he can get a 8GB card for that price :D
girish.g
girish.g #10
Feb 22, 2009 at 1:11 PM
nothing happened to my 8gb card and my phone i downloaded around 1gb a day using my n82 on a wifi connection for around 2-3 months.
K
k4ce #11
Feb 22, 2009 at 5:48 PM
nothing is going to happen in 2 to 3 months ... but continuous read write operations are not recommended by memory card manufacturers ... for the very same reason , u are not supposed to defragment a memory card cos even that uses too many read write operations ... but yeah , memory cards are cheap rite now ... and i'm sure u can afford to change one every year even if u wear em out ...
K
karamvirk #12
Feb 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Thats fine, so i put only battery and memory card at risk, thaks okie as both can be replaced at a very minimal costs. Thanx 4 the info guys. . . .