cellular data turns on automatically

iPhone 12 mini using lot of cellular plan data. I turned OFF cellular data but at six-hour intervals noon, midnight, 6am, and 6pm my cellular data turns itself on and uses data, sometimes a lot, WHY...................

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 18

Posted on Jan 24, 2025 5:47 AM

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Posted on Jan 24, 2025 11:37 AM

ragsriches wrote:

iPhone 12 mini using lot of cellular plan data. I turned OFF cellular data but at six-hour intervals noon, midnight, 6am, and 6pm my cellular data turns itself on and uses data, sometimes a lot, WHY...................

settings - cellular - off that is how you turn it off, not by using the control center.

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Jan 24, 2025 11:37 AM in response to ragsriches

ragsriches wrote:

iPhone 12 mini using lot of cellular plan data. I turned OFF cellular data but at six-hour intervals noon, midnight, 6am, and 6pm my cellular data turns itself on and uses data, sometimes a lot, WHY...................

settings - cellular - off that is how you turn it off, not by using the control center.

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