TTRickeh Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I put up a post on Facebook and a couple of my friends replied but haven't really got to the bottom of it. Firstly, I know I can turn off cellular data and this solves the problem. Basically my iPhone is using data even if I don't step more than two metres away from my Wifi router. I've got 3G turned off (not that that particularly means anything, it can use EDGE, 2G etc instead) and I think i've turned off all push notifications and location services. So last night I reset the usage stats then turned cellular data back on. It instantly sent 3kb and received 5kb. Then I woke up, checked my emails and Facebook, and i'd received ~120kb and sent ~200kb. Can anyone tell me why this is? and if there's a setting I can turn off, aside from turning off cellular data completely, to stop my iPhone sneaking in data usage? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Probably just keep alive data/heartbeat to make sure it keeps working 3-5 kb is nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobapple Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Is your mail app checking for mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 It had used 200kb by time i'd woke up though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Is your mail app checking for mail. The push setting was set to manual like it always has been, so i'd assume it'd use wifi once i'd opened mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Tap home twice to see what apps are running in the background, it will display them in small app bar at the bottom. To close them down select and hold until they start to wobble and hit the X to close it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Do you have a data usage limit on your contract? If notdont worry about it:) Im on T Mobile and Ive been told i have a 1gb limit but if Its exceeded they wont do anything, from the mouths of T Mobile staff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Ok, went through each individual app and turned the push off, and turned off notifications and location services in settings main menu. Closed all applications running in the background. Reset usage stats, turned cel data on. Wonder if i'll have any data usage in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Do you have a data usage limit on your contract? If notdont worry about it:) Im on T Mobile and Ive been told i have a 1gb limit but if Its exceeded they wont do anything, from the mouths of T Mobile staff I get 500MB free with my PAYG allowance each month and I never go over it. It was only when my allowance ran out at the end of the month and it started charging me a pound a day for data usage that I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Sent 74kb received 143kb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 I suggest going outside today, I hear the forecast is good. If you go out tomorrow as well, I think this will cure your problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 It sounds like someone has bugged your phone and it is transmitting your every movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 ? Useful input as usual, Ellis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolai Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 @ellis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 Surely if you check Facebook data needs to be transferred to update hat you are seeing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 Yeah but I've been on wifi? Last night I did as above, turned everything off, reset stats and I'd still used cel data even though I'd closed all apps and hadn't touched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted March 19, 2011 Share Posted March 19, 2011 @ellis :rlol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.