Q: iphone 6 heavy data usage
I bought my iPhone 6 in the States late last year - unlocked and sim free. While in the states on a pre pay sim, data use was as expected, I am not a heavy data user on my phone.
Back in Europe, I used my Belgian pre pay sim with much the same result as the USA - no unusual data use.
Get to England and put my Vodafon pre pay sim in and my data gets munched up before I know what is happening - 500mb gone in less than two days.
I always keep my apps closed when not in use, don't use cloud, all software is up to date.
My gut feeling is that the data use is only high on the UK sim. I have read lots of other comments about this problem from worldwide users but none give a definitive resolution, some blaming carrier updates, others suggesting resetting the phones from scratch. I spoke with vodafone who gave me some credit back on my data account (strangely enough - without me even asking for it or suggesting it) and have tried a phone reset but am now worried about putting the UK sim back in. The phone can easily munch through my data allowance AND an additional 10-15 pounds per day in extra data
Does anyone have any ideas or simimlar experiences
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), iPhone 6
Posted on Feb 22, 2015 2:15 AM
