Warning: Personal Hot Spot Trumps WiFi

Careful folks - I just accidently used 2.5 GB of data updating to iOS 8.1 software on my iPhone.
I plugged in my iPhone to my laptop at home - where I have WiFi - to update my iOS software to 8.01.
What I didn't know was my Personal Hotspot turned on when I did that - and what I further didn't know was when it is on -  it uses the Personal Hotspot over the Wifi.  Ignorance is not bliss - as I updated my software through my personal hotspot connection (now I know why it took so long) and ate up over 2.5GB of data on my AT&T plan.
Trying to work with AT&T for a credit - hahahahaha.

there is only loading .. not going ahead

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