iTunes Match still downloading on 3G even if told not to

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iTunes Match still downloading on 3G even if told not to

The past few months I've gotten warnings from AT&T that I was near or exceeding my data plan limits when I never did before. After a lot of testing it seems that on my iPhone, iTunes Match still downloads data—megabytes worth—even if I have the "download over 3g" setting turned off. I've had to turn off iTunes Match on my iPhone totally and rely on "old-fashioned" syncing unless I want to upgrade to the bigger data plans, which I'm not going to do. Sigh! Anyone else notice this? The behavior persists over several erase-and-restores of the phone.

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 28, 2012 10:20 PM

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Jun 28, 2012 10:26 PM in response to Jmar Gambol

It doesn't happen to me on Verizon's network. When does it happen? Do you attempt downloading before it starts on 3G of does it buffer the next song?

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Jun 29, 2012 2:26 PM in response to Matthew McAlister

I've done more testing. Apparently it happens to me in the particular case of activating iTunes Match after having synced songs via iTunes previously. I do this to cut the time involved—sync songs via iTunes, then turn on Match. Today I erased my iPhone and set it up as a whole new iPhone (not from a backup), and then turned on iTunes Match on an empty music library. With this setup it works as advertised: no megabyte-sized downloads a minute on my cellular usage. I'm not sure if the erase-and-setup-as-new was a factor, but Match is now behaving itself over 3G.

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Jun 30, 2012 3:39 AM in response to Jmar Gambol

That is good to know. I'm not sure why that would occur in such a way, but I'm glad you have resolved the issue. Have a nice day, Jmar.

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