Personal hotspot marks 22.9GB usage when I have only used 0.9GB

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Personal hotspot marks 22.9GB usage when I have only used 0.9GB

I have my mobile data plan (15GB/month) and I reset the statistics on the iPhone every 1st of the month (as the carrier starts the count).

however, in just 4 days of January it shows in the settings that I have used over 22 Gb through the mobile hotspot (and other devices), and about 0.9 Gb for all the rest of the apps. When checking with the carrier I have, indeed, only used 0.9 Gb. What does all of this mean? Isn’t mobile hotspot only work when WiFi is off? Only when you intentionally connect a device?

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iPhone 14, iOS 17

Posted on Jan 4, 2024 2:13 PM

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Answer 1

sberman

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Jan 4, 2024 2:17 PM in response to santiagoalcar

You can learn more by tapping the “Personal Hotspot 22.9GB>” row. That will list the device(s) using the Hotspot.

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Answer 2

Jan 5, 2024 4:18 AM in response to sberman

It’s just says “other devices”. Yet, I don’t have my Apple ID connected to any device other than my iPhone itself and I turned off everything regarding mobile hotspot now.

Still, how can it share data through mobile hotspot when I don’t turn it On, nor its counting me from my mobile plan?

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Answer 3

Kaibara

Level 1

8 points

Jan 5, 2024 8:37 AM in response to santiagoalcar

I have exactly the same on my phone. I also reset the stats every month on the 1st and the iPhone claims I used 12.5GB on the personal hotspot. I checked which device it could be and it says “other devices”. I also have two other MAC addresses with few transfer identified as my iPad and car.

I disabled everything in the personal hotspot and still, there’s some additional traffic reported. Unfortunately I cannot control whether it’s been counted on my provider.

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Personal hotspot marks 22.9GB usage when I have only used 0.9GB

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