Using Data While On WiFi

Hello all,

I recently switched to a 250MB data plan in an effort to save money using one of Verizon's currently available promotional plans. I'm saving a total of $360/year, so by the time my upgrade eligibility rolls around, the savings will pay for the new device!

Since I'm on such a small data allowance now, I've started paying close attention to how much data I use. I normally never go over 300MB/month, so it was not an issue on my old plan but I'm keeping an eye on it now to keep it under 250MB/month.

I've installed a jailbreak that monitors my data usage locally (UL & DL) and displays it in the notification center. Since I've had it over the last few days, I have made a point of not using any cellular data but even still I've managed to rack up about 9MB down and 3MB up.

Are there apps that force cellular data to be used even when I'm on WiFi or are there apps that sync a lot in the background and end up using a good bit of cellular data?

Any help is appreciated. I'd like to to figure out what's going on so I can rein in the errant apps or better control the data usage.

Thanks in advance,

steiney

 

So you think ~3MB/day is in line with normal behavior for iOS? That works about to about 90-100MB/month, which is about 2/5 of my limit, so it's a sizable chunk, proportionally.

 

Thanks! I'll give them a call tomorrow and see if I can get in on that.

Yeah, thanks man. I appreciate the feedback. I feel a lot better now that someone else is using much more without meaning to! I really want to figure out which apps are using that data. It just occurred me that I have an app store app that shows apps by amount of usage over a specified period, so I'm going to check that out and see who the data hog is.