Vodafone Global Enterprise

Vodafone Usage Manager R2.0

User Guidefor Android

Power to you

© Copyright Vodafone Global Enterprise , Vodafone Group Plc, Vodafone House, The Connection 19 April 2017Newbury, Berkshire RG14 2FN. All rights reserved

Contents

CHAPTER 1   Welcome to Vodafone Usage Manager 1

Getting Help 1

CHAPTER 2   Installing Vodafone Usage Manager 3

CHAPTER 3   Viewing your usage data 5

CHAPTER 4   Configuring your threshold and alert settings 7

CHAPTER 5   Viewing alerts 11

CHAPTER 5   VGE Red roaming zones 14

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CHAPTER 1     Welcome to Vodafone Usage Manager

The Vodafone Usage Manager (VUM) is an app compatible with your Android, Apple, or Windows phone

that monitors your data usage (Mb) and warns you when you have reached predefined thresholds. It can be

used worldwide.

This guide gives step-by-step instructions for installing and using the app to monitor usage, and how to

get help should you encounter problems, including the following chapters:

lWelcome to Vodafone Usage Manager

lInstalling Vodafone Usage Manager

lViewing your usage data

lConfiguring your threshold and alert settings

lViewing alerts

Getting Help

To get additional help on using the app after installation, tap the Help icon, and then tap the link about

which you want more information:

lSupport: how to get support

lIntroduction: slide show of key features

lZone information: countries included in each zone

lTerms and conditions

The version number of the application is also shown on this screen. You will be

notified of updates automatically through VUM alerts.

If you do not find the information you need, you may direct all other support

issues or questions to your company Helpdesk.

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CHAPTER 2     Installing Vodafone Usage Manager

This chapter describes how to download and install Vodafone Usage Manager and configure it to allow

location services.

To download Vodafone Usage Manager

 1. Go to Google Play for Android, and follow the store’s standard procedures for download and install.

 2. You will now be prompted to accept the terms and conditions before you may proceed. Tap Accept.

 3. You will now see a short slide show stepping through the application’s features.

The slide show appears only once on initial start-up. You may read through by tapping Continue on

each page, or you can go directly to the application by tapping Skip.

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CHAPTER 3     Viewing your usage data

You may view your current and historical cellular and WiFi data usage for all five zones. The remainder of

this section describes how to view your usage data and modify this view to get just the information you

need.

To view the current day’ data

When you open Vodafone Usage Manager, the Home screen displays the current day’s data usage for 5

zones.

 

Note that the order in which the zones appear depend on the zone where your SIM was issued.

You can see data usage for both cellular and WiFi for each zone.

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To change the time period

By default, the consumption is by Day, but you can tap to view by Week or Month.

To view previous data usage history

To view previous data usage history, swipe back (left). If no data usage is available then a message appears.

To return to the current view from any screen, tap Current.

To view more historical usage details

To view a landscape graph of historical data usage, flip your phone horizontally.

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CHAPTER 4     Configuring your threshold and alert settings

You may configure the data usage threshold at which alerts appear as well as how often subsequent alerts

appear. For example, you may configure the app to alert you first when you have used 15 MB, and then

again for every additional 5 MB used. You may also view your full alert history.

To configure settings

Tap the Settings icon.

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The Settings page appears.

Tap the region for which you want to configure alert thresholds.

The Thresholds page appears.

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Tap and drag the Daily Threshold slider to increase the usage for which you want to be alerted.

Then tap and drag the Repeat every slider to adjust the additional megabyte threshold for subsequent

alerts.

Repeat the previous step for the Monthly Threshold.

To reset the default thresholds, tap the Use default values button The default values are as follows:

 

  Domestic Europe Vodafone

Global Network

Global Network Rest of world

Daily off 30 MB 10 MB 10 MB 5 MB

Monthly 500 MB off off off off

To return to the main Settings page, tap Back.

To see a full list of all alerts that you have received, tap Alert history on the Settings page. The application

will hold approx 6 months of data usage information.

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CHAPTER 5     Viewing alerts

When a threshold has been reached, alerts appear both in your device’s Notifications as well as on the

Vodafone Usage Manager Home screen.

To view alerts within Vodafone Usage Manager

When you have reached a preconfigured threshold, the data usage bubble changes to red and a warning

symbol appears beneath MB.

To see the total data usage breakdown for inbound and outbound traffic, tap the bubble.

On Android devices, you can see this breakdown per application.

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Note: On Android 6 & 7, the application usage drill down is disabled due to inconsistencies in usage data

from these versions of the Android operating system.

To view alerts in your phone’s notifications

When a threshold is breached, you will receive notification alerts as follows:

 

For all zones  

where it is the first alert You’ve used XX MB of data today in country (region). You will be

notified again today after another next MB. You can edit the threshold

in settings.

where it is the last alert You’ve used XX MB of data today in country (region). You won't receive

any more notifications today. You can edit the threshold in settings.

The alert always appears as a popup alert even if the application is not in the foreground.

To dismiss the alert, tap OK.

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CHAPTER 5     VGE Red roaming zones

The following VGE Red zones apply for Europe.

Europe: zero daily charge

Albania

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Republic Of Ireland

Romania

Slovak

Republic Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

UK inc. Channel Islands & Isle of Man

Vodafone Global Network: €3 per day

Australia

Dem. Republic Of Congo

Egypt

Fiji

Ghana

India

Lesotho

Mozambique

New Zealand

Qatar

South Africa

Tanzania

USA

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Global Network: €10 per day

Anguilla

Antigua

Argentina

Aruba

Azerbaijan

Barbados

Bermuda

Brazil

Canada

Cayman Islands

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

Macau

Macedonia

Mexico

Morocco

Nicaragua

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Puerto Rico

Republic Of Suriname

Russia

Samoa Western

Serbia

Singapore

St Kitts And Nevis

St Vincent & Grenadines

St. Lucia

Taiwan

Thailand

Tonga

Trinidad & Tobago

Turks And Caicos Islands

Uk Virgin Islands

United Arab Emirates

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Rest of the world: All other destinations

Voice bespoke ppm, data €20 per day per 50MB

 

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