WiFi choked by mysterious uploads on Droid Maxx

[JohnBrownSJ]

When connected to WiFi, my Droid Maxx is always uploading something. It prevents me from doing anything like checking email or browsing the web. How can I find out what the log jam is?

[Snn5]

Check your Google account sync settings within the phones main menu under accounts.  You might have Google + or Drive enabled and is backing up everything you save or any picture, music, videos you have on the phone.  Verizons Cloud service might also be to blame.

[Snn5]

You can also check your mobile data usage settings and toggle wifi usage and look at what apps are using the most wifi data.

[JohnBrownSJ]

That only seems to show what I download via WiFi but not what I'm uploading.

[Snn5]

It shows the total use whether it is up or down loading.

[RushFan2112]

If you are using some sort of cloud backup, it's more than likely it trying to push everything you have to the cloud.

Most Internet providers only give 1-4 Mbps. so if you have Gigabytes of pics and music to upload you're going to be there a LONG time. 8GB of pictures is 64,000 Megabits of data.  At 1 Mbps upload it will take at least 64,000 seconds (17+ HOURS) (longer because of overhead) to do a backup.

[Snn5]

That's true:  we often forget that our download speeds are 10+ times faster than our upload speeds.  If you were to take a short video clip and Google Plus or Drive or Verizon cloud were to automatically upload that video, either instantly or on a sync schedule, you'd feel the drag.