Data Usage....WOW - Page 2

PikachuBoobie · Oct 23, 2012, 08:16 PM

When you're connected to wifi and doing downloading/websurfing/etc, does that use up your data as well or no?

CrAkD · Oct 23, 2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

Hope you're making her pay her own overages.
If she does then she might then consider connecting to the fios wifi instead.

oh I have. haha. shes reluctantly turning wifi on.

jkun · Oct 23, 2012, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AznTakumi

do you guys get throttle? because I almost used pass 10gb on att and been throttle since 5gb...

No. Verizon does not throttle unlimited LTE and is not allowed to. They were forbidden from throttling LTE usage by the FCC when Verizon was allowed to purchase more LTE spectrum.

michaelmac3 · Oct 23, 2012, 08:51 PM

For the record, I don't even live in an LTE area and since getting my 5 I've BLOWN through data doing nothing that I didn't normally do on my 4 or 4S. It's almost like with all these wifi issues that it's using data and wifi simultaneously. That would explain why sometimes it's quick and sometimes it's slower than smoke, and the random spike in data usage when I'm still using the same EDGE/3G/HSPA+ combo and doing the same things as always.

lelisa13p · Oct 23, 2012, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by PikachuBoobie

When you're connected to wifi and doing downloading/websurfing/etc, does that use up your data as well or no?

Wifi is a separate internet ride (no data charge.) IIRC, I think the Verizon glitch (supposedly fixed with an update) was that some users were seeing the wifi symbol on the iPhone but actually they were still using LTE because it wasn't shutting off/handing off to wifi properly.

Jman13 · Oct 23, 2012, 09:21 PM

My data usage has been down this month, which is odd. I've only used 2.3GB of my 5GB allowance, and I even went on a trip where I streamed stuff all day long, ran many speedtests on LTE and spent several days away from Wifi. Usually I'm over 3 by this point in the month.

realeric · Oct 23, 2012, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by whynot83706

I am on best network on the world

AT&T!

I would stop using Popcasts app or turn the cellular data off. It has a serious bug eating cellular data.

Kisey · Oct 23, 2012, 09:37 PM

Same issue here. I only have the 200mb data plan, and I've never gone over when I had my iPhone 4. Just a few days into having an iPhone 5, and I'm already halfway through my data allotment. I rarely even use data (exactly why I only have 200mb plan), so I am not sure how I have used much more with the 5 with the same usage. I don't think the whole "you're just using it more" or "it's faster so you're loading more pages", etc is entirely true.

whynot83706 · Oct 23, 2012, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by realeric

I would stop using Popcasts app or turn the cellular data off. It has a serious bug eating cellular data.

I did check and my Data is Off...I don't remember changing it before but I will make sure I download Podcast next time.

whynot83706 · Oct 23, 2012, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by michaelmac3

For the record, I don't even live in an LTE area and since getting my 5 I've BLOWN through data doing nothing that I didn't normally do on my 4 or 4S. It's almost like with all these wifi issues that it's using data and wifi simultaneously. That would explain why sometimes it's quick and sometimes it's slower than smoke, and the random spike in data usage when I'm still using the same EDGE/3G/HSPA+ combo and doing the same things as always.

Same thing with me, I can understand I did use little more because its new iPhone so I did spend little more time playing with it....but not that much.

qawsed27 · Nov 15, 2012, 10:46 AM

Applejuiced and others like him...you lose.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1489771

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

No, it's a usage problem. Not an iOS 6 issue.
I'm on lte unlimited and only used 195mb in 3 weeks.
So believe it or not you used the data somehow. It didn't magically rack up all those GB's.

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

You used up the data period. Podcast app or whatever you used still its not an iOS issue or carrier scam or anything else.
That's what I was saying.
Is it that hard to get?
Wether you knew or understand what used the data or not the data was used and measured on the carriers end.

chakraj · Nov 15, 2012, 11:21 AM

Wow that is crazy! How do you use such small amount of data, 5 gigs I cant believe its so low, CRAZY..... I cant seem to make it through the month with less than 20 gigs. I call BS here, thats just crazy low.

Applejuiced · Nov 15, 2012, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by qawsed27

Applejuiced and others like him...you lose.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1489771

I heard about the podcasts bug but I never experienced it personally since I dont have that app installed or download podcasts.
I dont think everyone uses that app.

tymaster50 · Nov 15, 2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by gentlefury

If you are on verizon and haven't yet done the carrier update that could very well be the issue. There was an issue where it was still using data even on wifi. You have to go to the settings about menu and it will pop up saying there is a carrier update. If you have already gotten it, then im not sure. But since I discovered Podcasts eating data I started downloading them on wifi ahead of time and have only used about 270MB in a week now (as opposed to 4GB in about 5 days.)

the pic clearly showed AT&T lmao

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chakraj macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: So Cal	Wow that is crazy! How do you use such small amount of data, 5 gigs I cant believe its so low, CRAZY..... I cant seem to make it through the month with less than 20 gigs. I call BS here, thats just crazy low. __________________ Why am I here? “On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction.”
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Oct 23, 2012, 08:16 PM	#26
PikachuBoobie macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012	When you're connected to wifi and doing downloading/websurfing/etc, does that use up your data as well or no?
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Oct 23, 2012, 08:51 PM	#29
michaelmac3 macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	For the record, I don't even live in an LTE area and since getting my 5 I've BLOWN through data doing nothing that I didn't normally do on my 4 or 4S. It's almost like with all these wifi issues that it's using data and wifi simultaneously. That would explain why sometimes it's quick and sometimes it's slower than smoke, and the random spike in data usage when I'm still using the same EDGE/3G/HSPA+ combo and doing the same things as always.
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Oct 23, 2012, 09:21 PM	#31
Jman13 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Columbus, OH	My data usage has been down this month, which is odd. I've only used 2.3GB of my 5GB allowance, and I even went on a trip where I streamed stuff all day long, ran many speedtests on LTE and spent several days away from Wifi. Usually I'm over 3 by this point in the month.
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Oct 23, 2012, 09:37 PM	#33
Kisey macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2010	Same issue here. I only have the 200mb data plan, and I've never gone over when I had my iPhone 4. Just a few days into having an iPhone 5, and I'm already halfway through my data allotment. I rarely even use data (exactly why I only have 200mb plan), so I am not sure how I have used much more with the 5 with the same usage. I don't think the whole "you're just using it more" or "it's faster so you're loading more pages", etc is entirely true.
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