High iOS 6 Data Usage? Turn off iCloud,

Hi guys, did iOS 6.0.1 fix this issue? It seems soul for me, but I'm only testing it from about 10 minutes...

*it seems so for me

check out different locations and going in and out of wifi networks. Today doing nothing I used 12 MG of data; likely due to a quick trip to the local high street, otherwise the phone was in one location beside the wifi router. 3G was turned off, accessed one or two email that was it.One email had big attachments but I did not click to download or view them.

Deleting iCloud is not something I will consider. Without iCloud to syn calendars and contacts - pointless to have a smart phone for me. So Google or Exchange - and then why would I want an Apple device. But if we can pin point the problem to iCloud that is at leas a diagnosis.

Interesting in 3 minutes, my data manager traces 132KB wifi data adn nothing on mobile. I am not doing anything on the phone so it seems to want to use a couple of MG per hour communicating with something - but I cannot trace it.

My wife is still having the problem. How is it that we have wifi at the house and we go to bed at 10pm having used 1500 mb of data. Then when we wake up there was 100mb of data used over night. How and why? We are on wifi, and not even using the phone. Dafuq. In cellular data I had the sync iCloud Docs over cellular on on. I switched it off but I still see useage.

Did you upgrade to 6.0.1? It's available right now. Try testing it a bit...

I upgraded to 6.0.1, but it hasn't solved the 3g data problem. Goodbye to iCloud again, then.

without iCLoud? Kind of defeats teh purpose of an iPHone??

Definately, but I'd rather do without it than end up in penury over data charges.

It really seems to be fixed in my case. I'm on 3G from about 3 hours and it hasn't used 1 mb.

Are you using iCloud on the phone ?

Yes

I never disabled iCloud, I just turned off data. But now everything seems fine. I'm very happy :)

Regrets that updated software made no difference. I used 1 MG driving to work, 1 MG driving back and another MG during the day - answered tow or three emails on the phone - not good. So I have swtiched off cellular data and that should stop the leak but this is not a long term desirable state.

why? what do you get with icloud that you cannot get otherwise? contacts, mail, calendar - use standard imap or exchange with gmail/hotmail/yahoo.

apps, music - sync with PC. why is icloud essential? in any ways, its just 5gb of free space. you can store as much back as you want on pc.

I have standardised my calendar and contacts on iCloud across my devices for simplicity and reassurance. For me synchronised calendar in real time is a killer app. By switching off cellular data I can stop the data leak so that is a band aid solution. I lose voicemail on the phone when not connected to wifi and I lose the headlines of the email messages whilst travelling. Not really acceptable long term and if I had some clarity as to who owns this problem (my carrier or Apple) and when they expect to resolve it, I would be fine with that. Of course it seems that you have to be unlucky to have ths problem otherwise this thread would number 1000s of comments and when I finally upgrade to what ever the latest phone is, I might be luckier - but that too is not a satisfactory position.

Of course I could use exchange or google to host all my contacts and calendar - but each has draw backs for me in terms of access or backup, and if I move my calendars et al, then I might as well use MS or Android devices to access them as they will integrate better - and then I might as well use MS or Chrome devices for my computing and so forth. I have standardised on Apple technology and I need it all to work.