IPhone :: Why Did My 4s Use 112MB Of Data Overnight While Also On Wifi
May 6, 2012
I have an iPhone 4S. On some evenings after I am asleep, my phone will use data - even though it is connected to Wifi - and download or upload something. I called AT&T about a month ago and they told me I had apps open , but if I closed them, that would resolve it. Since then I have been closing the apps and noticing less Data being used, but the problem had not gone away entirely. Last night, however, my phone used 112 MB of Data. The phone was connected to Wifi, and ALL APPS were closed and were not multitasking. Also, I have selected do not send usage information to Apple, so that couldn't be it.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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Apr 21, 2012
I have a huge app collection so normally get quite a few updates every few days. I normally plug my phone in at night for charging and press 'update all'. By morning everything is done as it was done over wifi. For some odd reason, it has not been working for the last few days. When I get up in the morning all the apps are in the exact state of download as when I plugged my phone in for charging. What can be the culprit here? Really need this functionality.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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May 4, 2012
AT&T and iPhone data use charges - WiFi and cellular link options Many people have complained about unusual data usage charges on their AT&T iPhone bills -- often 10s of megabytes in one transaction, posted in the middle of the night. Here are a couple of updates based on the AT&T support portal: WiFi vs cellular link: Connecting to a local WiFi hotspot and turning off your cellular data connection will block cellular data transmission and related charges. (Except for SMS messages, which are very small.) There are some gotchas, however: (a) If your iPhone goes 'to sleep' (the screen goes black), it will revert to the cellular data link, unless it is plugged into a charger. (b) Even if your iPhone is plugged into a charger, it will revert to a cellular data connection if the WiFi link drops, e.g. due to a momentary glitch with your internet provider or electric power supply, so.... (c) The only way to completely ensure that your iPhone will not revert to a cellular data connection is to turn it completely off. You (obviously) will not be able to receive calls, however.
Large data transactions in the middle of the night: Unusually large 'chunks' of data that are apparently sent around midnight are a related issue. You may think that you could avoid these mystery charges by making sure you have a WiFi connection running at night. A number of 'czars' on AT&T's site stated, however, that this is are simply an artifact of AT&T's billing system, which "aggregates" transactions that occur throughout the day into one summary charge, which is posted in the middle of the night. If this is accurate, the data connection(s) you use throughout the day will determine how large this 'summary' transaction will be.
Note: Our bill does not appear to square with AT&T's explanation. For example:
39 04/06/2012 09:36PM phone Data Transfer 7 KB 0.0040 04/06/2012 10:35PM phone Data Transfer 7 KB 0.0041 04/06/2012 10:41PM phone Data Transfer 369,759 KB 30.00
If all of the data from 6 April was 'rolled up' into the massive 369.8 megabyte transaction at 10:41pm, why are there two small transactions at 9:36pm and 10:35? We installed Onavo to try to get to the bottom of this;; I will post the results at the end of the current billing cycle.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5, iPhone and AT&T unusual data usage
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May 29, 2012
Is there a way to leave the cell data feature on and have the phone use WiFi (first) and not cell data when a WiFi signal is available?
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Feb 20, 2012
how do I disable data completely avoid data usage and only keep wifi. I have Background Data in Off and wi-fi connected, but I still getting charged for data usage.
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Feb 8, 2010
I am pretty sure other 3GS users have noticed this before but the is my 1st time ever having a problem with the phone. The battery has almost treated me well and still is. I don't know if this is an issue or not.
So I woke up this morning and I keep my 3GS plugged in over night everyday connected to my MacBook pro and my mbp never goes to sleep so the phone stays getting a charge. I woke up this morning and it was at 98% or 97%. First time ever doing this. Is there a reason for that? I'd appreciat it if someone had an answer. 5 minutes later after using it while still plugged in the charge went back up to 100%
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Dec 25, 2015
I upgraded my rooted nexus 5 from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 and now it will not connect to wifi or data even though the wifi says it is connected.
Google play cannot connect.
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Nov 24, 2010
I have t-mobile as my provider, and I have their new limited $15/month data plan with my HTC HD2.I was wondering whether I can use wifi without data usage going towards my data plan.I expect that the 200MB limit will be reached pretty quickly if I cannot use wifi to balance things out.
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Jul 1, 2012
I charge my iPhone every night, overnight in my iHome P90. I was wondering if this can hurl the battery in any way. I used to do this a few months ago but it seemed as if I was getting less usage time from my battery. I was also wondering if unplugging the iPhone before fully charged can hurt the battery in any way (e.g. Charging at 50% and unplugging at 80%).
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
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Aug 29, 2014
My phone battery almost died overnight leaving me 19%. I didnt even use it but it was fully charged last night. What do i do?
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iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2
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Dec 4, 2014
i also have the 10gb plan and i cant use my data. I can only use it in Wifi
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iPhone 4, iOS 7.1.2
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Mar 20, 2012
Three days ago, my iphone4s would last about 12 to 15 hours on a charge. Overnight, it dropped to three hours. This was Sunday March 18th. Did something happen that would cause this? I've restarted the phone several times. I havent changed any settings or changed my usage habits. I took the IOS 5.1 update over a week ago so that's not it.
The battery almost drains while i'm looking at it.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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Mar 22, 2012
I woke up this morning and all but three of my apps are gone from my iPhone 4s. I immediately tried plugging into my syncing computer via USB but that doesn't seem to have worked. Where did all of my apps go?? How can I restore them?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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Apr 25, 2012
Like I said I plug the phone in at night before bed. When I wake up in the morning, with the phone still plugged in, the phone is unresponsive. Pressing the home button brings up the "iPhone-is-charging-please-wait" icon, indicating that its out of battery power but will power up when its ready. So, I wait, and wait, and wait, and finally it powers up to reveal that the battery power is at 100%. iPhone 4, appx 1 year old not jailbroken no problems otherwise What's going on?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
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Jun 18, 2012
I charged my 3GS iphone last night, unplugged it at 98% and went to bed.woke up less than 3 hours later, found it to be at 53% and was radiating heat. I plugged it back into the charger, which helped it cool down, but this has been a recurring problem.this is happening and whether Apple can replace the battery or any other part?
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Sep 4, 2014
Will charging IPhone 5S overnight hurt the battery? Wil charging when 45% full hurt?
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iPhone 5s
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Aug 24, 2010
So I got my first ever iPhone and it's the iPhone 4. I have the 200mb plan and I plan to switch cellular data off most of the time if wifi is available to avoid overage. Thing is, with cellular data off, I can't do certain things (ex. Receive picture messages via the Messages app) unless I turn on cellular data. So as long as wifi is available, will my phone still use up cellular data even though it can get data off the wifi? Thanks.
I apologize if I failed to look up any threads on a similar subject. I did a quck search but they weren't really what I was looking for.
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Jun 25, 2010
Question: I've used my iPhone exclusively on wifi so far. Yet, I have around 200 kB of data used under my usage details. I haven't even used the phone while on 3G yet.
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May 29, 2012
AT&T customer service person said that when my iPhone 4 goes to sleep, i.e. the screen goes dark, wifi automatically turns off and 3G data takes over. This came up becuase my data charges were through the roof. The AT&T customer servive person said that while I'm watching Hulu if the screen goes dark then data streaming will go from wifi to 3G. And, Hulu will continue to be received on my iPhone even when it is asleep using 3G instead of wifi even if there is no video playing on Hulu.
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Jun 11, 2012
I have an iPhone 4 and it has been using from 10MB to 100MB of my data plan while I'm on a WiFi network. This usually happens at night or when my iPhone is on standby and is killing my 200MB plan.I am almost always on a WiFi network and the most data usage seems to be around 12AM - 6AM. I have just picked up on this when I was out of state and needed to have my 3G on to get good reception (data roaming was off). Before then I usually never had my cellular network on and never had much of a problem.Now i have come home to an AT&T M-Cell. I cannot connect to the M-Cell unless I'm on 3G.
I have read many forums that all say that you need to turn off your data while I'm on a WiFi network. However this is just a work around and not a solution to what is actually using so much data. Has anyone found a better solution or has found an app that will keep a log of what is taking up so much of my data plan?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1, AT&T 200MB data plan
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Mar 25, 2012
I turn my phone off before bedtime and plug it in to charge. The alarm still goes off at the time I have it set and when I go to hit "snooze" the phone is on.
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Ipod Touch, iOS 4
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May 25, 2012
My wife's 4S has been running down about 50% overnight in standby so I decided to investigate it. The basic problem is that it is showing a usage figure of almost the same as the standby figure while in standby indicating that something is running. After trying all sorts of things (including a restore), in desperation today I restored her backup to my 4S and my backup to her 4S. The problem remains with hers which is really strange indicating a hardware problem, but the fact it is showing too much usage would indicate software.
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Aug 9, 2010
So ever since getting my iphone4 a few days ago i have been more or less constantly connected to wifi, but for some reason when i do *data#, it says that ive used almost 2MB of data. Now to most of you that may not seem like alot, but the problem is i have been connected to wifi this whole time, and i dont believe data should have been sent out. last night i went to sleep at about 4 and 1.4MB was used and now when i wake up 1.7MB was used.... whats going on here!
Now the reason im so concerned about this is because i am only on the 200MB limit and only want to be using data when i have to, and not having data being sent out randomly without me even doing anything!
i have notifications off( not sure if this does anything), and under mail i have fetch new data off/ push off/ fetch on manual, and the facebook app i turned all push notifications off.
I think i turned all those off properly.... if not could anyone put some direction on how to turn all all that stuff (just incase im missing something?) But yea... so anyone have any suggestions on why data is being transferred when im not even using the phone?
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Aug 1, 2010
Is it possible to use an iPhone 4 to obtain data for an iPad with WiFi only?
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Mar 30, 2012
just wondering how to transfer contacts from blackberry to iphone
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Apr 7, 2012
My iPhone is connected to wifi just fine. Data will not work on wifi but works fine on at&t connection. My iMac is connected to same wifi and works just fine.
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iMacPro24, Mac OS X (10.5.2), Airport Extreme, ATV, PC, MacBookPro
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Apr 17, 2012
By switching it is using up my data plan when I am home on wifi
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
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May 15, 2012
Does the iPhone 4 automatically use WiFi instead of 3G, for data use, when it is connected to a WiFi network?
Or is there some magic I have to perform to get it not to use the 3G side of the phone?
I have a limited data contract, and would like to avoid excessive data charges.
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Mac OS X (10.6.6)
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May 17, 2012
Why am I getting charged cell data usage when I'm on wifi
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
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May 18, 2012
I'm asking because I'm over my data plan and I only want to use wifi.
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iPhone 4S
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Jul 4, 2012
Even though I have an unlimited (?) data plan for my iPhone4 from Sprint, unless I am mistaken I would get faster transfer rates using wifi instead of their 3g carrier signal. Is that correct and if so can I set my iPhone4 to use wifi preferably if available or does it do that already?
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iPhone 4
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