Controlling your Internet Bandwidth usage while downloading through Torrents

Staying in India I am still confined to Bandwidth limitations on my Internet connection. I have a 2 Mbps Unlimited connection with a capping at 12 GB. Which means the download speed decreases to 512 Kbps if I exceed 12 GB of data transfer limit. This essentially means that both my downloads and uploads account to this limit.

While using uTorrent I realized that until and unless you change the default settings uTorrent uses the maximum Bandwidth available. If you disable uploading then your download speed also gets restricted. The best way to circumvent this problem is to to reduce the upload speed. 

To change this go to Options -> Preferences in uTorrent

Change the default value of "Maximum upload rate". The value '0' is unrestricted. Change it '1' which is the lowest value available. This means you restrict your upload speed to 1 Kbps. Even such a small change will have a significant impact on your Bandwidth usage.

Installing Region-restricted Android Apps on your Android Smartphone - androiddrawer.com

I finally returned to India from UK after spending few years there and was already into the Android train since Jan'13 when I bought the HTC One X. Reading my previous post you would realize that I rooted my Phone and installed a custom ROM. Since I did not take backup, it meant that I had to reinstall all my favorite Apps once again.

Since I had updated my address from UK to India in my Google account, this meant that I would not more have access to few region-restricted Apps like Zedge and BBC iPlayer and these Apps will not show in search results on the Play Store. The best alternative to circumvent such a problem is to allow your phone to install Apps from Untrusted Sources (this can be found under Security settings on your Android Phone). You can then download the .APK (Android App installer) from a very nice website like androiddrawer.com , transfer it to your Phone and then install it. 

Try it next time when you find that your favorite App no more show in the Play Store search results......

Amazing Battery Life with new ROM on HTC One X

Referring to me previous post on using the ViperX ROM on my HTC One X, I can now comment that with the new ROM, the Phone's Battery life has increased significantly. Here is the screenshot. Please note that this Battery life is with normal use of Phone with average calling, Internet access and the image has not been manipulated -

It's really worth appreciating that one of the top end Android Phones with such good Battery life.