iPad iPad swallowed up 2GB of cell data in an hour, even while connected to WIFI

While I was out with my iPad (Verizon 64GB 4th Generation), despite light usage it somehow soaked up 2GB in the space of an hour. When I got home and it switched to WIFI, it continued to use over 300MB of cellular data before I finally turned it off in a panic. I reset the network settings and closed all my apps, shut off my iPad and back on, and the madness finally stopped.

I think it was my Chipotle Mexican Grill app, which crashed after attempting to connect when placing an order and kept giving me weird SSL errors, but I'm not 100% sure. It was the only thing that crashed on my iPad though, the rest were apps I've been using for years without issue.

After this aggravation, I have two questions:

Has anyone been able to get their data usage reset or restored when the issue was due to a software glitch?

What data usage apps would you recommend to monitor how much data each app is using? I didn't have something like that installed so I couldn't investigate to see what app was the culprit.

darngooddesign said:

I remember sopme of this happened when the iPhone 5 came out; it was reporting data consumption even though it didn't use any. Have you check your Vzw account online to see it it really used the data.

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Yeah, it's definitely on my VZV account too. The funny thing was I was refreshing the cellular usage page on my iPad while it was connected to my wifi, and it was still receiving massive amounts of data. Yet I couldn't figure out why.

I've been checking the app store for data monitoring and Dataman Pro seems to be one of the popular ones that checks individual app usage, but it's $10. -_-

kzhlin said:

Have you tried calling Verizon customer service? They've been quite helpful when I had similar problems.

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Sent them an email. If I don't get a decent response I'll give them a call next week.

In your case did they reset the data usage, or provide some insight on what was causing it?