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Apps keep turning cellular data on

I keep turning off data for most of my apps so that I can only use them on wifi but lately some pass keep turning their cellular data on. I try to turn it off again but they always manage to turn it back on after I leave my settings

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 10:18 PM

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Aug 14, 2014 5:38 AM in response to IrisLyla

Hey!!

I have the same problem.

Apart from some of the default iPhone apps that have aIso not staying in the "Off" position in Cellular Data Use I did noticed that all of the apps that wouldn't let me turn the Cellular Data off for were apps that were no longer avaliable on the App Store, eg. Flappy Bird, pre-existing version of Emoji Keyboard.

Not sure how to fix yet.

Oct 24, 2014 9:33 AM in response to brookey_boo

Hi to all!


First of all, sorry for my bad english. I´m from Germany. Second. I identified the problem and found a solution for people who has a JB.


BUT, I think there are other ways to solve the problem in other ways. It´s quite simple. It´s all about the "Access Permissions" of the CellularUsage.db


You just have to change the "Access Permission" - "Group" to "Read and Write".

Afterwards reboot your iPhone or iPad. Now you can change all the "Use cellular Data for" Buttons.

Have fun. Tom


This picture shows a screenshot of JB IFILE, there you can see there I changed the Access Permission from Read to Read and Write.


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Jul 30, 2015 1:11 PM in response to iphone155

This worked for me!


My wife and I both have an iPhone 5C and the same accounts on the same carrier which is AT&T. I couldn't duplicate the problem with the apps turning on with my iPhone at all.


After upgrading to iOS 8.4, I read this post and updated her applications in the App Store after enabling Cellular Data in for the App Store App. The same apps having this problem were all waiting for updates. Once all applications were updated, the use cellular data settings remained off.

Apps keep turning cellular data on

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