No verizon data usage ipad2

The cellular data does not show usage or allow me to check my verizon account,,it worked fine until a few days ago

make sure your software is up to date...(plug into itunes if you're not sure)
also...reprovisioning does wonders for these ipads (3g).  and all reprovisioning does is refreshes your ipad w/ the current local network (verizon).  this is good to do about once a month or anytime you travel more than about 30 miles.  also, do this first w/ any little issues you might have during use w/ the verizon network and you are trying to avoid a call to customer service.
how to do a reprovision:
settings/general/reset/subscriber services/reprovision account
when you tap reprovision, it doesnt look like it does much, but keep an eye on the top left corner of the screen, where it normally shows Verizon.  once you hit reprovision Verizon will go to NO SERVICE...Verizon will come back in about 1-2 minutes.  (note: have cellular data turned ON when doing a reprovision--also, this will not work if you are driving down the road doing this...you have to be essentially stopped to do a sucessful reprovision)
also, i would always recommend doing a reprovision before resetting network settings.  that reset works great for ipad3's, reprovision is best for ipad2.  and also, resetting network settings will delete any saved wifi passwords so that could be a problem if you are not prepared for that.
hope this helps

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  • Huge data usage with Verison 4G LTE hotspot ( Verizon-890L-50DB)

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    I would recomend getting out of the contract before the 14 day trial period ends.   Verizon will charge you an activation fee, restocking fee and one months service, but that is better than being stuck with this mess.  I have homefusion and am afraid to use since verizon seems to fabricate data usage.  Unfortunately I did not realize this untill after the 14 day trial.  Now is will cost me $350 to terminate my contract.
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    Exactly the same thing has happened to me.  I purchased the Verizon Jetpack™ 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot 890L two days ago.  After one day, I had supposedly used half the 5GB monthly allowance.  After two days, I am at 4.25 GB usage.  I don't stream movies, I have the hotspot password protected, I live alone, and no one else uses my computer.  I have not downloaded any large files.  At this rate, I'll go broke soon.
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  • New phone shows high data usage in My Verizon right after purchase - why?

    I purchased a new Galaxy S5 yesterday.  We looked at "My Verizon" and saw data usage of 470 MB on the summary, but the phone showed 14 MB.  I downloaded the data usage details, and they also showed 14 MB.  Today her summary shows 1556 MB, but the detailed data spreadsheet cells add up to 162.49 MB.  The phone is on wifi only.  What gives?  My wife has averaged around 200 MB per month for years.  Is this some kind of fraud?  We got my daughter a new IPhone and go nailed for a $10 data overage within a 24 hours.  There were two half-gig downloads, but there is no way to trace what they were, whether some kind of Apple-induced downloads or what.  Verizon customer service gave us an extra gig since the store failed to tell us that the data usage was pro-rated.  They also failed to tell my wife to set the phone to wifi only until all of the phone's little data-sucking default applications did their updates.  I was totally off contract with 5 phones, and just put 4 new little data-sucking piggy phones back on contract for two years for my family.  My own phone number 5 will not be with Verizon.  Unless they change their loan-shark practices on data charges, this will be my last contract with Verizon.  Their customer support folks are great, but I have a low tolerance for a billing system that cannot be audited for accuracy in data charges.

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  • By what time zone does Verizon use to log data usage?  When I checked my current usage, there is data used logged in at early morning times and I don't have anyone else who is up at these times.

    By what time zone does Verizon use to log data usage?  When I checked my current usage, there is data used logged in at early morning times and I don't have anyone else who is up at these times.  I also have 1.8+ GB charged to my allowance that I don't understand at all how it is mine because the highest I've ever logged at any given time has been barely 0.5 GB.  I'm cruising along at .04-.07 GB and all of a sudden appears a 1.8+ GB deduction/usage and it makes me wonder what the ???? is going on.  Is Verizon posting fraudulent usage amounts just to drive up my usage so I have to buy more Gigs?

    The time is not the time of actual use, but the time a tower reports the use. The data would have been used anytime prior to that time. Usually, but no always, the usage happened between the time prior and the time reported.
    For example:
    9:00 AM   1.23 MB
    7:05 AM   0.01 MB
    1:15 AM  350.03 MB
    8:00 PM   23.89 MB
    This does not indicate 350 MB was used at 1:15 AM. It really tell you 350 MB was used sometime between 8:00 PM and 1:15 AM.
    The times are local time zone as far as I can tell.

  • Verizon please release a Home Fusion Data Usage Tracking Tool for customers

    Just switched to Home Fusion. It works quickly but data usage has gone up dramatically. Why?
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    You will continue to receive complaints from customers on your forum and by phone if you don't give us the tools we need to see when data is being used at the very least.
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