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Narimaan Author

Level 1

7 points

iOS 7 cellular data settings won't save on iPhone 4s???

I'm using a 16GB iPhone 4s, with the latest version of iOS 7 as of writing this, version 7.0.3. Whenever go to the "Cellular" settings on the main settings page and turn OFF cellular data usage for a lot of my apps except for a few key apps that I need it for (Mainly Mail, FB Messenger App, Google Maps, and What' s App that I leave on), the moment I back out and come back in, almost all the apps I turned cellular off for are back on again. I've tried turning background app-refresh off thinking it was overriding my cellular settings, nothing. I've tried restarting my phone a bunch of times, nothing. Nothing I do seems to fix this issue and it's frustrating because I have the minimum data plan from AT&T and I can't turn cellular off completely because I don't have a texting plan and depend on iMessages, FB Messenger, and What's App to get messages from people, and a lot of times it can be urgent so I need to figure out how to fix this stupid bug. Anybody else have a similar issue and/or know how to fix this?

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Nov 15, 2013 11:49 AM

130 replies

Jun 11, 2014 7:57 PM in response to mbb1978

Hey there,

I went through everything you described so I totally get how fking annoying this **** is.

Anyway after 5 hours of headbanging and screaming I found a simple fix:

1. Delete the CellularUsage.db file from your backup.

2. Restore from the same backup (without the cellularusage.db) using iTunes.

Viola! problem solved. The only thing you might have to do is re-configure your data settings.

Good luck!

Jun 12, 2014 12:48 AM in response to amcamazing

amcamazing wrote:

1. Delete the CellularUsage.db file from your backup.

2. Restore from the same backup (without the cellularusage.db) using iTunes.

If iOS is capable of creating CellularUsage.DB file on-the-fly everytime it doesn't exist, this makes an awesome solution 😉

mbb1978

Level 1

1 points

Jun 12, 2014 11:17 AM in response to amcamazing

OHHHH MYYYY GOD!!!

It WORKED! ... IT FINALLY WORKED!

Man I can't belive my eyes. It's that easy, and all the time I spent trying to fix this **** problem, and it was only that simple !!!

Thank you amcamazing, thank you a lot. You rally are a great helper

and of course thanks to nuno.bett for originaly posting the steps for how to get to the backup file in the first place

Thank you both

Thank you Thank you Thank you

I am a happy man again 🙂

Erizsla

Level 1

0 points

Jun 12, 2014 12:00 PM in response to mbb1978

Maybe amcamazing or nuno.bett should post a consolidated list of steps using the delete solution and we can mark that as the answer to this issue. I was having this same annoying issue that you'd hope would have been fixed this Nov 2013 post or however early this was originally identified.

mbb1978

Level 1

1 points

Jun 12, 2014 12:29 PM in response to Erizsla

These are the Steps of both nuno.bett & amcamazing together for solving the problem:

For this, you'll need:

iTunes
iBackupBot (http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm)
don't worry about registration, you won't need it
SQLiteStudio (http://sqlitestudio.pl)

Steps:

Disable Find My Phone in Phone icloud settings
Disable iPhone Passcode
Make a complete iOS backup using itunes
make sure NOT TO ENCRYPT the backup, otherwise iBackupBot can not use it.
Open up iBackupBot
Navigate to your newest backup on the left top space
Go through the file hierarchy until you reach
WirelessDomain/Library/Databases/

7. Delete the CellularUsage.db file from your backup.

8. Restore from the same backup (without the cellularusage.db) using iTunes.

And thats it 🙂

All Thanks goes to nuno.bett for all the steps UP TO step No.6

For the last 2 steps, amcamazing is the one to thank

They've both done a GREAT job

Thank you guys 😉

cytosue

Level 1

8 points

Jun 12, 2014 1:31 PM in response to mbb1978

Well, heck, when I got to #9 on your previous post; there were no tables or bundles. Maybe my phone is not set up correctly? I got to #7 and #8 but that was it. I never could close anything below the "cellular" on/ off on my phone.

I have service that starts with "A" ends with a T" wonder if that is the problem? It already ate up my data for the month.

Do I start over from itunes?

Rockh555

Level 1

0 points

Jun 13, 2014 8:12 AM in response to mbb1978

Nice one 🙂 Will give it a whirl over the weekend 🙂.

Jun 19, 2014 6:47 AM in response to mbb1978

mbb1978 wrote:

These are the Steps of both nuno.bett & amcamazing together for solving the problem:

Hi mbb1978, thanks for compiling both procedures into a single one 😉.

mbb1978

Level 1

1 points

Jun 20, 2014 12:07 PM in response to nuno.bett

Hey! Don't thank me, YOU and amcamazing are the ones to be thanked 😉

Jun 25, 2014 10:38 AM in response to nuno.bett

Thank you so much

it's works, all set and done, But i can't disable CYDIA and VSHARE

any advice

Jun 25, 2014 11:14 AM in response to nuno.bett

Thank you so much

it's works, all set and done, But i can't disable CYDIA and VSHARE

any advice

Jun 30, 2014 7:04 PM in response to Narimaan

nuno.bett - I followed your instructions to the letter and it worked perfectly. Maybe this will help with battery life as well. Before I did that though, I did the update that came up on my phone just today (June 30, 2014). I think it was iOS 7.1.2. I did that before attempting your fix. That update fixed all but two of my apps. One of those was iBooks. So, I still followed your instructions and it worked for those two apps. Thank you a ton. I have a friend or two to contact now!

Sorry, Narimann. I'm new to this posting on this forum. Didn't realize I was responding to you and not the proper person. Hope you got your issue fixed as well.