I'll second. No iCloud except Find My Phone. Seems far greater with Verizon.
Maybe a conspiracy between Verizon and Samsung? Remember, "How to sell against the iPhone"? Nah.
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Seriously. You're onto something. Check iCloud people.
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iPhone 5 using LTE data while on WIFI!
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I'll second. No iCloud except Find My Phone. Seems far greater with Verizon.
Maybe a conspiracy between Verizon and Samsung? Remember, "How to sell against the iPhone"? Nah.
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Seriously. You're onto something. Check iCloud people.
I had the same problem on my LTE iPad 3. I blew through 2GB of data in like a week on wifi nearly the whole time. I did some testing both my iPad 3 and iPhone 4 were using mobile data when connected to wifi. It was about 3X worse when connected to my Linksys WRT54G wifi router (I have two wifi connections at home.) My solution was to turn off iPad mobile data at home and switch to a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone BTW, Verizon iPad 3 and iPhone 4 on AT&T both iOS5.
The way I tested it was to reset the data counter and then stream audio for a few hours connected to wifi (video would work too.) Check to see how much mobile data has been used. Obviously it should be using little to none if you're connected to wifi.
BTW, Verizon iPad 3 and iPhone 4 on AT&T both iOS5.The way I tested it was to reset the data counter and then stream audio for a few hours connected to wifi (video would work too.) Check to see how much mobile data has been used. Obviously it should be using little to none if you're connected to wifi.
I had the same problem on my LTE iPad 3. I blew through 2GB of data in like a week on wifi nearly the whole time. I did some testing both my iPad 3 and iPhone 4 were using mobile data when connected to wifi. It was about 3X worse when connected to my Linksys WRT54G wifi router (I have two wifi connections at home.) My solution was to turn off iPad mobile data at home and switch to a Samsung Galaxy S3 phone
The way I tested it was to reset the data counter and then stream audio for a few hours connected to wifi (video would work too.) Check to see how much mobile data has been used. Obviously it should be using little to none if you're connected to wifi.
Did you try talking to apple about it?
No, I did search the Apple support site and didn't see any info on this problem. I never went over my 2GB data plan on my iPhone 4 thanks to AT&T's slow 3G network so I had no reason to suspect there was a problem until I got the LTE iPad. My Galaxy S3 doesn't do this BTW so it seems like an iOS problem.
My Verizon iPhone says I've used about 2GB of cell data in the settings, but Verizon says I've used 1. I haven't had wifi on much - only when in the basement of buildings where I didn't have 3g or LTE.
I think there might be some issue with how the iPhone counts the data as I've given it a few days to show up on Verizon's usage monitor and it's stayed around 1.
I think there might be some issue with how the iPhone counts the data as I've given it a few days to show up on Verizon's usage monitor and it's stayed around 1.
So, I remember there was a feature on the old iOS 6 betas where it would use cellular data if the wifi connection was spotty. Looking on my iPhone 5 I can no longer find it.
I don't remember what it was called but it sounds like this could be the culprit, unless Apple decided to remove the feature.
I don't remember what it was called but it sounds like this could be the culprit, unless Apple decided to remove the feature.
I just spent 2 hours on phone with apple and Verizon. They are aware of the problem. My phone even showed tethering usage when we don't even have a mobile hot spot plan!
What the phone was showing as usage was more than 10x what Verizon actually Howrd as billable data on their end.
They are aware of the situation.
The scary part is they said they removed the on of switch for the phone automatically choosing the fastest connection but it still may be baked into the os. Meaning it might go to lte even if you don't want it to. I hope it's not true.
What the phone was showing as usage was more than 10x what Verizon actually Howrd as billable data on their end.
They are aware of the situation.
The scary part is they said they removed the on of switch for the phone automatically choosing the fastest connection but it still may be baked into the os. Meaning it might go to lte even if you don't want it to. I hope it's not true.
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I created a thread to try and track this issue and see if we can't narrow down a possible cause.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1455775/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1455775/
An Update: Yesterday by 11AM (after an overnight charge and un-plugged at 7:30AM) I had 94% left. I turned off LTE and today at 11AM (same over night charge and unplug time) it's still at 100%.
Still no iCloud over night back up - even after switching off cellular data.
Apple can not control cr^p WiFi connections and it may have nothing to do with your $900 phone. The phone is simply following the users comand and downloading the file. It is the USERS responcibilty to control his device.
I have had my iPhone 5 for 24 hours now and somehow already have over 200MB data usage. On my 4S, it took about a week to reach that much, or at least 4 or 5 days. I spent most of the day on wifi, and hardly did any web browsing or anything while on LTE/3G. Used to do much more on 3G on my 4S and still took much longer to use that much data. So what's going on? Where is all if this data usage coming from? Or is it just reporting the usage inaccurately?
I noticed this problem too. Just got off the phone with verizon because somehow i've used 300mb this past weekend. Not much help there other than using 4G uses more data faster, which makes no sense.
If we look at data connections as highways 3G was a 1 lane highway and LTE is an 8 lane highway. Looking at the same webpage on different connections doesn't mean we put more cars(packets) on the highway. The amount of data just isn't backed up and slow because of a single lane for traffic. A megabit is a megabit regardless of whether it is transported by a horse and buggy or a mach 1 rocket.
Personally, I am not to stressed out about this since I have usually used 0.2GB a month but been to worried about overages to drop my data to 1GB. I'd rather use what I am actually paying for. Right now I am at a little over .5GB for the month.
Something however is not right with the way that the iPhone 5 switches signals between LTE and wi-fi, and contrary to the general consensus, just because the technology in the phone is newer doesn't mean we need to trade off the practices that the mobile carriers made us establish in the first place. I fear an unopposed acceptance of this practice of cellular data working with wi-fi without our knowing will open the possibilities of being taxed by the carriers for our data that is provided outside the carrier network. If you listen to the CEO's of the carriers, they are certainly not looking how to charge less money from us.
If we look at data connections as highways 3G was a 1 lane highway and LTE is an 8 lane highway. Looking at the same webpage on different connections doesn't mean we put more cars(packets) on the highway. The amount of data just isn't backed up and slow because of a single lane for traffic. A megabit is a megabit regardless of whether it is transported by a horse and buggy or a mach 1 rocket.
Personally, I am not to stressed out about this since I have usually used 0.2GB a month but been to worried about overages to drop my data to 1GB. I'd rather use what I am actually paying for. Right now I am at a little over .5GB for the month.
Something however is not right with the way that the iPhone 5 switches signals between LTE and wi-fi, and contrary to the general consensus, just because the technology in the phone is newer doesn't mean we need to trade off the practices that the mobile carriers made us establish in the first place. I fear an unopposed acceptance of this practice of cellular data working with wi-fi without our knowing will open the possibilities of being taxed by the carriers for our data that is provided outside the carrier network. If you listen to the CEO's of the carriers, they are certainly not looking how to charge less money from us.
I have been watching the thread (since I'm getting an iPhone 5 in a few weeks). I just noticed this morning, that when my phone is connected to wifi, when I wake up the phone from sleep it's actually showing "3G" then very quickly it will switch to wifi. So I'm not sure if this has been happening all long, but since most of us has unlimited data it was never an issue? Just want to offer some observation.
Yep, I noticed this too, although mine is EDGE (no 3G or HSPA+ here yet).
I also notice that iOS fails to switch an active download(s) over to WiFi if the signal drops or is acquired while transferring over cellular. So if you were doing a bunch of app updates for example (say, a few hundred MB or so) and your WiFi drops out...it will continue updating over cellular and not switch back to WiFi until AFTER the downloads are finished, even when a WiFi connection is ready.
Conspiracy with the big carriers to charge massive overages and rake in lots of cash or just a "bug" somewhere?
im 1 day into my billing period adn it says ive used 850mb of data..... im thinking it didnt reset on my account
when does it usually reset?
Also my wifi has bene in and out. sometimes it will swithc right to LTE or 3g. is this a bug???
when does it usually reset?
Also my wifi has bene in and out. sometimes it will swithc right to LTE or 3g. is this a bug???
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That's how the iPhone has always worked. When the phone is on and active, it'll connect to wifi. When it is locked and not plugged in, it will stay on cellular. If it is locked and plugged in, I think it stays connected to wifi.
I too suspect that when iPhone sleeps on iOS6- it's dropping wifi; and picking up cellular.
Can anyone here test this theory? I don't even trust the counter on the phone.
Can anyone here test this theory? I don't even trust the counter on the phone.
my 4s always stayed on wifi if it was connected. with my 5 i always have to go into settings and reconnect to wifi if it goes to sleep or after a little while of using it
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Hi guys.
I lost faith in checking the data usage of my iPhone 5 so I downloaded the "AT&T" app and logged into it via iPhone 5. Also on the website aswell, it shows that i only used 117mb of data while on the iPhone through cellular data usage, it says that I used over 350mb.
Guess I'm not too worried afterall but oh well, what a annoyance.
I lost faith in checking the data usage of my iPhone 5 so I downloaded the "AT&T" app and logged into it via iPhone 5. Also on the website aswell, it shows that i only used 117mb of data while on the iPhone through cellular data usage, it says that I used over 350mb.
Guess I'm not too worried afterall but oh well, what a annoyance.
I downloaded the Avengers movie straight to my phone over wifi the other night while I slept. I didn't show any usage over cellular....so obviously it kept the wifi connection during the download.
I have been doing the same and found that the ATT app and the AT&T text service were very different. App says 102MB or so but checking via text (dial *3282#) and that says over 1GB. The online reporting is delayed/incorrect. Even my phone usage shows over 1GB. Also I would rather plan like I am high so not to go over.