Date being used up quickly?

I have 300mb data plan from at&t, and it is being used up quickly? I don't use it much.

You may want to do a bit of detective work and determine what it is that is using the data. That may help you determine the next step.
If you open the Settings app and tap Cellular, the section titled "Use Cellular Data For" will show below the app names the amount of data each app has used since the statistics were last reset. The last item in the list is "System Services" and if you tap that it will give the details of System Service usage. If it makes it easier to track, you can reset the statistics at any time at the very bottom of the Settings > Cellular screen.

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Cellular data being used even when at home with Wi Fi

I notice that sometimes (actually pretty often), my cellular data is being used even if I'm at home with Wi Fi available. At this rate, my monthly amount of gigabytes is getting used up pretty quickly. It's gotten to where I have to go into settings and turn off cellular data whenever I come home. Has anyone else had this problem?

You must be losing wifi sometimes. The iPad uses wifi, unless it's not available. Then it switches to 3/4G. Turning Off cellular is the best procedure.
 Cheers, Tom

Data being used even on WiFi? Lumia 1520

I recalled this being an issue with users in the past with other devices until GDR3 fixed this. Somehow on my Lumia 1520 I used over 3GB of "Media Streaming" data according to Data Sense in the last 2 weeks. I don't see how this is possible as I'm connected to wifi 95% of the time. If I'm not connected to wifi I don't do more than send texts, a few instant messages or emails. I don't stream videos and I have both Xbox Music and auto upload of pics and videos turned off.
This concerns me greatly as I am now 680MB away from hitting my 6GB limit and I still have 9 days to go. Overage charges are BRUTAL on my carrier (Rogers). I assume that even when it shows wifi as connected it's actually not connected. I will now have to disconnect and reconnect to wifi to play it safe before I stream or view any online media with my 1520.
Anyone else seeing this issue or have any suggestions?
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paulheu wrote:
Once WIFi connects it will always override the cellular a data connection unless
You do not have the option to keep WiFi alive under lockscreen set
You are under lockscreen
You are not connected to a charger
It is far more likely you did not notice you were on Cellular data at some point. And 680 MB in 9 days when (by your own words) you are on Wi-Fi 95% of the time should not be a problem. if your usage pattern is as you say it is (with sending SMS not even being on data anyway.
Well on average I use about 3-4GB a month previously with my Lumia 920. With my Lumia 1520 I have reached 6GB in 3 week with still just over a week to go. I've had to turn off my data completely to keep myself from overage charges. My concern is that I don't understand why data is being used while connected to wifi at home. If I have my device setup to connect to wifi automatically at home, and as you suggested, I have it set to stay connected to wifi after the screen times out.. then why is it still using data over wifi? And to make it worse the phone tricks me by showing me an active wifi connection in the status bar. So I'll be at home, comfortably surfing the next, streaming media while under the assumption that I'm connected to wifi since it shows I'm connected to wifi but in reality I'm using data. Why do I have to manually disable wifi and re-enable it just to feel assured I'm using wifi? I never had to do this on my Lumia 920.
So far in the last 4 days I've only witnessed my phone hold connection to wifi over a period of several hours twice without me manually needing to disconnect and reconnect again. But sadly, there was no obvious answer to why it worked those 2 random times that it did. Is the issue my router? Do I have a botched device that needs replacement? I've consulted others on WPCentral's forums and found several others reporting the same issue though it doesn't appear widespread. I just need to know if I need to up my data plan to 10GB to cover myself from constant overages.

Another victim of huge amounts of data being used, is downgrading a solution?

I too am one of the latest victims of skyrocketing data usage on my 2 week old iPhone 4. I randomly got a text from AT&T this morning stating that I had used 65% of my 200MB data plan in just 10 DAYS. I am on wifi for 80% of the day and at work I only check FB, twitter, and the occasional email that comes through on 3G but otherwise it's all wifi. I've read wifi isn't running when it's asleep so maybe that's the problem. I deleted my iCloud account and made my phone ancient by only getting calls. Many of you say this started with iOS5 so I was thinking that downgrading may not even be an option but a necessity. AT&T can't help at all since the data used is "consistent" yet I had 3 Blackberries and my brother's Blackberry Curve ever go/went near 100MB, and this is from the latest Blackberry phones. I still have time to return the phone and get a new one but I'm hooked on it and don't want to lose it, it's just frustrating to go through this. Has anyone successfully downgraded the OS and noticed anything?

How many email accounts are you accessing with the iPhone's Mail app?
Any accounts that support push access for received messages?
If not, is Fetch set to automatically check the account or accounts for new messages?
If the answer is yes to either question and your iPhone is not connected to a power source the entire time it is in range of an available wi-fi network the iPhone has access to or is not being actively used the entire time it is connected to an available wi-fi network, connection with the wi-fi network will be dropped. If Cellular Data is enabled, your iPhone will use the cellular data or internet network to download emails in that situation. If you have Notifcations enabled for any apps, notifications received will be downloaded via the carrier's cellular data or internet network. If your employer email account is an Exchange account, push access is supported with an Exchange account for recevied messages and for contacts and calendar events. You can turn Push access off for email but if Fetch is set to automatic, the account will be checked for new messages and new messages will be downloaded when the iPhone is not actively being used. which will be over the cellular network unless the iPhone remains connected to a power source the entire time it is connected to an available wi-fi network.
If your employer email account is an Exchange account, that is likely the culprit. Turn Push access off for received messages for starters and use Fetch set to automatic or manually.

If I erase my hard drive using disc utility, can I safely donate my computer without my data being used?

I would like to donate my computer without my data being stolen or compromised! Is it safe to wipe the hard drive with disk utility?

Yes, but do not forget to zero all data (even better, several times). See the article below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1820
Jan

Is data being used if your phone is in sleep mode

So a few years ago my dad had told me that my phone is always connecting to cellular towers and that made me think does my phone use data even if my phone is in sleep mode or if I'm doing something on my phone that doesn't require data, is a small amount of data still being used

Yes, it will periodically do things like check for email, or perform tasks that you have authorized applications to perform in the background. Now, if you are in a location where you have a reliable wifi connection, it will typically perform these tasks over that, rather than your cellular connection.
You can bet that there is usually a little bit of cellular data usage going on during sleep, even if there's wifi, but we're probably talking about kilobytes.
That being said, you can track how much data apps are using by going to
Settings>Cellular
now, this will give you values since the beginning of time on your phone, so you can't really interpret this very well, you are best to reset those values and track it for a known period of time.

HT4528 Excess amounts of data being used.

Why is my iPhone 4 on Verizon suddenly using ridiclous amounts of data (16GB to be exact in 12 hours) when I am on wifi? Please help.

My mom has been having the same problem with her AT&T iPhone 4S. AT&T can't help. We are going to the Apple Store this afternoon to see what they say. I think it's a weird phone issue or a sim card issue. But, that's just my gut feeling. Good luck getting yours resolved.

Cellular data being used while connected to WIFI and not in standby

I am connected to my home WIFI on my iphone 4, but while my router is not connected to internet (so I should not have internet on my iphone), I noticed I am still receiving push notifications,
I finally read here that while on standby, wifi is turned off and 3G is used, ok.
now here is the problem, looking at the General>Usage>Cellular Usage, even if I am not on standby and I am using the phone, I have data usage (sent and recieved), I reopen the Celluar Usage and see the numbers are constantly increasing, and more strange is some (not all) of the push notification do come through (eg in my case for an app called FavFriends),
another friend of mine has a simillar problem on iphone 4s.
what is this celluar usage in the background?????

from what I knew so far, iphone should not use the 3G if wifi is connected, eventhough there is no internet on that wifi,
so in my case, if iphone is actually detecting no internet and switching to 3G, I should have internet on all apps (safari, etc..) which i dont, just data usage increasing with no internet in any apps (that is a 3G usage which is limited more than even when on standby),
and if it is not supposed to switch, it brings another question, that if 3G is used when wifi connected (with no internet), are there any background 3G usage (push notifications, etc), while wifi has internet and it is supposed to utilize the wifi internet?
so basically, I was under the assumption that 3G would not be used unless wifi is disconnected, regardless of internet access, and I dont find anything that says otherwise.

Space on Hard Drive being used up Quickly?

I have transferred around 860 photos into iphoto from my XP machine to my new Mac, these photos take up about 2.5GB of my Hard Drive (250GB) Itunes music takes up 4GB.
I’m concerned because I have thousands of photos that I want to transfer to my 1 month old Macbook Pro and the space on the Hard Drive is already down to 199GB. I haven’t installed anything else substantial apart from MS Office for Mac 2008 and a couple of screen savers.
At this rate there will be no space left on the hard drive soon.
Any suggestions?
Also I have file vault activated which seems to slow things down a bit, do I need to have file vault activated ? Is there another way of protecting individual folders of personal files?
Thanks
Keith

Hi, Lplate Mac. Your hard drive's total capacity after formatting is 232GB, so you now have about 33GB of OS, applications and data stored on it. At least 2/3 of that is the OS, the applications that were pre-installed, and the support files for those apps. (The support files just for iDVD, GarageBand and iPhoto add up to about 3GB.) If you've installed other applications besides the ones that were included with the machine, they occupy more of your used space. Your personal data files, including your 6.5GB of photos and music, account for the rest.
If your iPhoto Library occupies 2.5 GB for 870 photos, then by rough approximation, 8700 pictures should take up about 25GB, or 25,000 pictures should take up around 75GB, and so on. A lot depends on the average size of your individual picture files, and also on how much editing you do in iPhoto. For comparison, I have nine separate iPhoto libraries on my MBP. They contain a total of about 4200 images, and they occupy 11.2GB on my hard drive. If they were all RAW files shot using a high-resolution SLR camera, they might take up ten or fifteen times more disk space.

Exactly WHEN is data being used?

I've had my Ultra for just a week and I've already built up 245MG in data and I don't know how I did it. Most everything I do is done at my home with wireless turned on. I have two questions:
How do I know WHEN an app is turned off and not eating data?
Most of the data eaten was downloading apps from the App Store. Should this download count against my time IF I'm using my wireless connection?
Thank you.

To disable apps go to Settings>Apps>All and find the ones you want to disable. If the Disable button is greyed out or not present you need to uninstall the Updates for the app and then disable it.
Post a list here of which ones you want to disable and we can tell you if you need them or not.
You will want to disable apps like these (if you do NOT use them)
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Backup Assistant (any version)
V Cast Apps
Facebook (unless you use it)
Google Play Books
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
Google +
MOG Music
My Verizon Mobile
Netflix
NFL Mobile
QuickOffice
Slacker Radio
Slingbox
Smart Actions (this app does nothing to help you save battery and actually uses more battery as it is another app to automate doing things on the phone so while you are not doing the thing ont he phone, th eapp is so battery is always running harder then it should)
Swype
Verizon Video
VZ Navigator

Air 2 data being used when in Air Plane Mode

I have been going through a tremendous amount of data all of a sudden. Yesterday I turned air plane mode on and just used WiFi and yet my data amount keeps increasing. WHY? It was very costly last month and will be again this coming month. When I have it in Air Plane Mode I should not be using any data.
Both the data usage on my iPad and on my account at Verizon keeps increasing even in Air Plane Mode.

Did you look in settings > cellular to see which app is using the data?
Double click on home button. Quit all apps you do not need.
Robert

HP Ink drying or being used too quickly

I had suspected that ink in my personal computer printer (HP 7520) was drying more quickly and not lasting as long as I had remembered in the past. On March 23, 2015 I purchased a new cartridge and today, April 1, I am already out of ink. I was out of town for 3 of these days and did not print more than 10-20 pages during this timeframe.
If this is what I can now expect from HP products ? Perhaps I will look to having my used cartridges re-filled.
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Why my Data was used when I was connected to my home internet.

I used the rest of my monthly data while I was connected to my houses internet connection. It does not reset until the 22. Why was my data being used while I was connected to MY OWN INTERNET!

Hello, my phone is a Motorola Droid Maxx Red 16gb, my plan is $60 a month
with unlimited talk/text 1 GB data. I found that I used my plan data when I
got an alert for hitting my limit that I set for my self at 900 mb. I keep
100 mb in emergency reserve. Yesterday at my house I was viewing YouTube
for a bit and then I was alerted I was out of usable data. I rarely use
YouTube outside of my house because it eats my data. I had used less than
400 mb of my data before yesterday and YouTube alone used around 540 mb. I
know I was connected to my home internet because my phone notifies when I
am connected or disconnected from my home connection. That's all the info
on the situation that has become of me. Hope this helps P.Baker
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My 1GB Data Keeps Being Used When I Am Only Browsing - Please Help!

On Tuesday 10 February 2015 I topped up £10.00 and used £7.50 of it to purchase 1GB of data. Once I did this I didn't think anything of it. I came onto the internet and started browsing webpages to find that my data was being guzzled down in the background and then I definitely knew something was wrong because I wasn't streaming or downloading anything, I was just browsing. I then rang EE and they apologized about this and added 1GB back on for me as a goodwill gesture, except as soon as they did that, it did it all over again. I then rang them back up once again and they told me to install the My Data Calculator application within the Play Store so I did just that but it only showed that the Wi-Fi tethering was using this but like I said above, I was only browsing not downloading anything. None of you did anything to help me and I suggest that you need to sort this out! I would like a full investigation on this because I paid £7.50 for data and to be honest, I will be very lucky if I have used a small portion of it!

I am having exactly the same problem! I have subscribed to the mobile broadband service for 3 months with a 15gb allowance per month and use it only a couple of times a week when working away. My browsing habits have not changed either but I also find that my allowance is used up quickly. I topped up 1gb on Monday and started to use it Tuesday and within a few hours it was gone. It would be impossible as I was only browsing. I have a 1gb allowance with my phone on the 3 network and I dont use that in one month!!! There is definetly something sinister going on. Tried to contact online customer services but said it wasnt their problem told me to ring a number they gave me before rudely disconnecting me. Dreadful service. There is for sure unfair tactics at play here. Impossible that 1gb would be decimated in a matter of hours.

My iPad is being used at home on wifi but some how running up 8gb in a month of mobile data charges??? It's a pad 2

As above since getting my iPad replaced I used almost 6gb last month but was using it on 3G for a week. In July only used it on home wifi network but orange say I have used 8gb of mobile data and slapp me with a 250 quid bill. Help! I am not thick i have turned off mobile data but have not used it at home on wifi.

You've somehow already pinpointed the problem, of course (Office). Many people seem to run it successfully. Maybe re-install it?
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