Allowing updates over cellular data

The recent iOS updates are minor and the saddest part is that, it requires to have Wifi to update. It's great if it's allowed (say like less 100 MB) over cellular network. Also, iTunes downloads entire update (close 1GB) regardless of the version running in the device in which we are going to update. Can this be fixed?

The limitations on cellular download size is to keep carriers happy. Even then, the limit has gone up over time. Also, with most carriers now using capped data plans allowing larger downloads would create huge cellular bills.
For updates specifically, when an update comes out a lot of people grab it immediately. The cellular data networks have very little reserve capacity, so a sudden spike in data usage could crash the network, or at least make it unavailable to most users. And those users would keep trying, thus putting even more load on a maxed out network. As it is, If I'm in Penn Station in NYC during rush hour and there are train delays I can't get a data connection.

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- Closed out of the app and gone back in
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- Switched cellular data off for podcasts and as a whole then I have switched back on
- Done a hard reset of the phone
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- Performed a full restore of the device
After doing the restore, I set the phone up as new and then installed just the podcast app and was able to download an episode over cellular data. I then restored my data from backup and then all of a sudden, I had the same issue again. I did another reset of the network settings and then the issue went away. The issue has returned yet again today. I called Apple to advise and they say they will investigate and get back to me.
Has anyone else had this issue and have you managed to find a permanent solution? When I am on wifi, I don't have this issue at all. I attempted to download another app and a song from itunes over 3G and had no issues. As such, I can only conclude there must either be an issue with the app itself or ios7.0.4 has done some damage here. I like to download my podcasts on the train to work so don't always have the ability to download over 3G.
A very annoying issue!

I am having same problem, except mine is a movie rental on 3rd gen ipad wifi. It seems like this problem has been occuring for quite a few years and apple cant be bothered to fix it. It is really annoying because none of the fixes work. My movie is 99% downloaded and i cant play it or delete or retry the download. Its gona be a few months before anyone from apple decides to post to this thread anyway. Its a real shame. In the apple store not one "genius" cud help with this either.

Shared Photo Streams pushed to device over cellular data

Hi,
I created today three shared photo streams in iPhoto and all of a sudden my iPhone started getting very hot and battery being drained quickly (it's an oldish 3GS, and the battery level was decreasing even though the iPhone was connected to the charger...).
In a nutshell: it seems that whilst data from the "ordinary" Photo Stream are uploaded/downloaded only when the device is connected to a wi-fi netwrok, if you have shared Photo Streams enabled on a iOS 6 device, picture data in these photo streams are "pushed" to the device also over cellular data, regardless of any other setting.
Apart draining the battery very fast, this may lead to using inadvertently a lot of data traffic in your data plan.
Did anyone notice a similar behavior and find out how to prevent it, apart disabling Shared Photo Streams alltogether, of course, i.e. did anyone find a a way to ensure shared photo streams are pushed to the device only under wi-fi?
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I suppose you could disable Shared Photo Steam while you are at cellular network and enable it again when you are at a wi-fi environment. In Settings>iCloud>Photo Stream> turn Shared Photo Stream to Off.
The pop up warning tells you that this will delete all shared photos from your device. What it doesn't say is, since shared photo stream remains stored in iCloud, all you shared and shared with you photo streams will be push back to your device once you enable Shared Photo Steam in wi-fi. The downside of course is if you have a lot of photos in your shared photo steams, it will take some time to download them. But at least you know for sure your cellular data is not affected.
Btw, Shared Photo Steams doesn't count towards iCloud storage, just like Photo Steams. Maybe That's why turning off iCloud document doesn't affect shared photo steams.
See also:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4858

HT201415 actually i am use iphone5 in bangladesh. But i am facing some problem , when i am useing the internet over cellular data network. when i am open the cellular data on but no icon E display but when Enable 3G on-of then E is aviable.its a device pr

actually i am use iphone5 in bangladesh. But i am facing some problem , when i am useing the internet over cellular data network. when i am open the cellular data on but no icon E display but when Enable 3G on-of then E is aviable.its a device problem or Carrier ?

Hafizur Rahman wrote:
when i am open the cellular data on but no icon E display but when Enable 3G on-of then E is aviable.its a device problem or Carrier ?
Problem? I'm not even sure what your problem is, much less whether it's a problem with the phone or the carrier.

FaceTime doesn't work over cellular data

I am not able to connect FaceTime over cellular data. It ask for wifi only...

I think this is why in your case. I made some of the type bold for emphasis.
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IOS 7 continues iTunes in the Cloud downloads over cellular data, ignoring settings.

I have run into an *expensive* little bug in iOS 7.0.1.
Kids, don't try this at home:
While on wifi, turn on show all music or iTunes Match. Make sure "use cellular data" is OFF.
Go to music and start downloading something (like a playlist with about 3000 songs...)
Now turn off wifi or move out of range. Your songs will continue downloading over cellular data!
Kiss your data limit and your battery life goodbye.
There is NO WAY to stop the download queue, short of turning on airplane mode, and it will continue as soon as you turn it back off. You can go into iTunes downloads and manually pause each song, but only after they have started to download. Restarting the phone or signing out of your iTunes account does not work. You can also deselect songs that are pending in music, but again, you have to do this for every song.
I'll be calling AT&T tomorrow to try and get these overages removed, and Apple to let them know about this... I mean, really? How hard can it be to stop downloading when the wifi goes away? iTunes Radio stops immediately when you drop off wifi...

I just realized you can go into Settings->cellular and turn off cellular data for Music... that might work, but I don't know if it will stop downloads that are already running. I wonder if this is related to the multipath TCP implementation: once a connection is initiated, the app doesn't know when the network changes!

Streaming from iTunes Match over Cellular Data

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I recently upgraded from an iPhone 5S to 6 Plus. Since the upgrade I can't stream iTunes Match music over a cellular data connection any more. Whenever I'm on a cellular connection, all the songs are greyed out in the Music app, and I can't tap on them.
I know it's not connection issues because I can still download songs over cellular if I tap the download button, and can also use Spotify just fine.
I had no problems streaming in this way on my iPhone 5S (same iOS version (8.1.2)). And I also checked to make sure 'Music' is toggled to allow cellular data use under "Settings--> Cellular-->'USE CELLULAR DATA FOR:'"
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I want to download over 100mb apps in iOS 8 AppStore over Cellular Data

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i have iPhone 5s running iOS 8.1,the thing is my carrier supports over night 50gb bandwidth at cheap cost
Sometimes I need to download 200~1gb apps but it's so annoying that app won't start downloading until wifi network is available ,at least there should be an option where user agree's to select cellular data for these downloads

You'll have to make the suggestion to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Software update over phone data ?

Hi,
Is there any way I can update my iPad/iPhone software using my phone data and not the wi-fi ??
Please Help.
Regards,
Gaurav

No, that is not possible.
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HT1620 I need to download ios 7 over cellular data. how you do?

i want to download lastest ios via cellular.

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I am unable to play videos over cellular data in multiple apps

For about a week and a half now, Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube videos within their apps, will not play on my device. They WILL play in the web browser, but not in the app itself.
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2. Removed apps and reinstalled - FAILED
3. Restored phone and set up as new iphone - FAILED
4. Called AT&T and had them resert my cellular signal - FAILED
5. New SIM card - NEXT STEP
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I'm having this same issue. The videos show their length and the preview. But once I hit the play button the video goes black and stops showing the length.
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Apple should allow for apps to be restricted to using cellular data only (i.e., I don't want it to use wi-fi)

I was just thinking about something after a friend/co-worker mentioned that he has a particular app that does not work when connected to our Wi-Fi signal because of having to then pass the traffic through a proxy; he has to disable Wi-Fi on his iDevice to make the app connect over cellular data instead, which works as intended. My immediate thought was that Apple should add a feature in iOS that allows you to restrict apps to connecting over cellular and not allow them to connect over Wi-Fi. I can think of lots of reasons but the most prevalent would be so that certain traffic would not pass through monitoring/filtering appliances at a company that could violate computer-usage policies. If the app was forced to only gain access over cellular connections , while leaving other apps fully able to talk over Wi-Fi (if so desired), it would eliminate this problem as well as others.
I know disabling cellular data either completely or on a per-app basis is an option, and has been for a long time, so why not the opposite?

Then why are you posting it on a technical support forum populated by users? Apple doesn't participate here. They won't see it. Use the contact us link at the bottom of the page and submit feedback.

Verizon iPhone 5 Update Fixes Cellular Use on WiFi Bug

If you have been seeing higher cellular data usage while you are on WiFi, good news, Verizon has fixed this bug. All you need to do is update your Carrier Settings to 13.1 and the bug is fixed.
For directions on how to update your Carrier Settings, see:
Verizon iPhone 5 Update Fixes Cellular Data Use on WiFi Bug - EVDOinfo.com
Be interesting to see if this fixes the issues for all those having the problem

I have the exact same problem!
I'm using the iPhone 5 now under Carrier M1 Singapore 13.0 and I have noted that over a period of 2 weeks, my cellular data usage has been about 2.7GB on an average. Since I know my bill has been capped at 3GB, I have since switched off my cellular data.
However, when I switched it on for a few days after using it for awhile, my cellular usage jumped by 1.2GB in just 1 day! And I used it as I would on an average day (like during an average day in the 2 weeks)!
I understand that there have been reports of a bug that have caused this problem in the US.
http://www.technobuffalo.com/companies/apple/iphone/verizon-iphone-5-cellular-fi x/
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2012/10/iphone-5-cellular-data-usage-over-wifi-bug-on -other-carriers.html
But I'm hoping that there's a solution for those living in Singapore? Do I seek the help from my carrier as well? But if it's a problem with the phone, then my carrier definitely would not help, right?

IPad 2 chooses to use Cellular data instead of Wi-Fi (This is Sh*t!)

Just learned today, the hard way, that for some reason the iPad 2 in it's eternal wishdom chooses to use Cellular data (3G) over Wi-Fi while both are available!
If the iPad 2 is not smart enough or can not be made smart enough to strongly choose Wi-Fi over Cellular data (3G) at the very least an option should be added under Wi-Fi settings as well as Cellular data settings to allow the user to select it's preferrence.
I was stunned to learn today while downloading several Gb(s) of data that the iPad while having both available, that is Cellular data (3G) and Wi-Fi, it choose to use Cellular data (3G) and burn right through the $25 AT&T data plan for the month.
To speak with Steve Jobs: "This is sh*t!"
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Yes, I found out about this issue after receiving a warning notice from ATT about data plan running out on my wife's ipad, even though it never left the house, and was always connected to our AP home network. Here is the link to my thread...
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Since then, I have heard from both Apple and ATT (actually both called my cell). Neither one has an explanation, but they expressed concern about both claimed they are "looking into to this issue further". I suspect this is a wildfire about to run out of control for AT&T, given the abandonment of their unlimited plans. My suspicion is that some of this data lead is occurring in the middle of the night, with apple tapping into the logs.

Hi I newly started using Iphone 6, I am not getting all the applications list under Use Cellular date for to restrict my unwanted apps on cellular data

Hi I newly started using Iphone 6, I am not getting all the applications list under Use Cellular date for to restrict my unwanted apps on cellular data
Please help me out

Hi Rajesh778484,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that some of your applications are not appearing under Settings > Cellular on your iPhone so that you can restrict or allow use of cellular data. If you have some installed applications on your iPhone that are not showing here, the first troubleshooting step I would suggest would be to reset your iPhone. Please refer to the attached article for information on how to perform a reset.
Restart or reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Best regards,
Joe

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