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

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Jul 25, 2014 12:45 PM in response to mbb1978

Hi all!

I went with the "initial" solution, from nuno.bett. (Many Thanks!)

It was much faster (and safer) to restore just that single file (CellularUsage.db), instead of a full restore from iTunes.

5 stars!

It took just seconds to restore the file, and a minute to reboot the iPhone.

In my case, i had a few entries with "2". Most of them from Apple's default apps.

My iPhone is a 4s, with lastest IOS (7.1.2).

Handled with a Windows 7, 64 bits.

It took me 10 minutes to handle everything (much more to find and read this thread!)

My 2 cents.

I'm sure it'll help others. It sure helped me!

Nuno Henriques


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