Cellular Data usage

Hi so I recently cleared my data usage report because I was getting so much data usage and I wanted to see what was draining my data and the thing using my data is system services and it’s the media services in system services

it used 400 mb in 10 minutes what is media services in system services

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 6, 2023 10:19 AM

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