My iPhone 5 is on wifi, but it's still using up data, help?
So I just upgraded to the iPhone 5 today which means that I just lost my unlimited data (insert depressing funeral music). And I figured that whenever I'm in my dorm, my house, or anywhere inside that there's a wifi connection, I'd just connect it to wifi to avoid using up extra data. This morning when I got the phone, I only had used .046GB, and I'm always browsing the internet/checking Facebook/blogging/etc. When I got home I connected to our wifi and downloaded some apps. It was on wifi the entire time, but the usage went up to .050 which was weird. Then I drove back to my dorm, connected to my wifi here, barely used any apps and it just went up to .060. What's going on? I'm pretty worried because our monthly billing cycle started a few days ago and if this goes on while I'm on wifi I'll get up to 2GB quick :/ also I always make sure to exit out of the apps/kill them after I'm done using them so they're not running in the background.
Help :'(
I am having the same issue ~ I opened a discussion on it over the weekend. I tried calling VZ bit after 20 minutes of waiting, I gave up. I figured I'd try back after the iphone 5 rush would stop. I have had a 4 & never had this issue ~ I am VERY Aware of programs running in the background & push notifications, etc & what could be pulling data & everything is off. I've even noticed the data is being used when I (& the phone) are sleeping at 3 am, 5 am, etc.
I got a response from VZ this morning o e mail it seemed a "canned response" with no explanantion:
"I hope you are having a great start to your week. I would like to begin by welcoming you to Verizon Wireless. This is really a great question and we certainly appreciate customers who keep such a close watch on their usage. When I compare the data records, it looks like data usage began to incur at the same time that your line and device was activated. I definitely still encourage you to use wifi as a great way to manage your data use (I do it myself when listening to music at work)."
Please let us all know what you find out with VZ regarding this issue.
Thank you
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