Apps turning back on cell data when restrictions are turned on

I am having a very frustrating issue that I can't seem to solve.
I recently allowed my son to get a cell phone (an iPhone 4S). We have Sprint and have a 1GB data cap on each phone.
I knew he would want to play games and such using a lot of data. So I went in and disabled all the apps that I did not want to use cellular data and then I went into "restrictions" and clicked on "do not allow changes" for cell data.
A few days later I was looking over data usage and was shocked to see that he had almost used up all his allowance. So I went through his phone and sure enough several of the apps that I turned off cell data was turned back on.
I went through and redone the whole process of disabling the apps, making sure restrictions were turned back on, and even changed the restrictions password in case he figured it out. Checked back that evening and the same apps that I turned off were turned back on.
This is extremely frustrating and worrying because I can't just turn off data because I need it to keep track of his phone but I'm afraid that if I leave it on he will blow through his data cap and cause some big overcharges.
Anyone have a solution?
Thanks

richa560 wrote:
I've cleaned and rebooted, but to no avail.  Typing is getting worse and when trying to delete just a couple of emails, "the phantom" kept selecting additional emails to delete and while in a message, opened the link that was in it. 
Thanks for your suggestions...I appreciate it.  Verizon is getting a call today.  
Mine does that from time to time.  When the phone is still on, take the back off and pull the battery out for about 5 seconds then pop it back in and turn it on.  My brother is an in store tech and he said that it does a different kind of "reset" when you pull the battery out than it does by just turning it off.  I've had the thing with the screen scrolling on its own or what have you happen about 3 times now in the 2 months I've had it, and whenever I take the battery out and put it back in, fixes the problem.
Hope that works for you.
Yeah, even the techs have been recommending in store not to do the 2.2 until some bugs are worked out.  Sad sad sad...

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