IOS 9 Cellular Data Usage Restrictions not working

vin12 wrote:

If an app is taken off from memory by force quitting

This thread is about a specific issue - if you go to Settings/General/Restrictions and enable a restriction to prevent changes to the settings in Settings/Cellular the restriction is not honored. Your issue is unrelated to this problem, and it is a disservice to the users who have a problem with being unable to set a restriction on changing settings to hijack their thread. I suggest posting your own new message if you want to discuss an unrelated issue.

jfaughnan wrote:

Have you heard if the 9.x CellularDataUseSettingsRestrictionsDoNotRestrict bug is fixed in 9.3 beta?

I haven't heard anything either way about 9.3, and I am not part of the beta. Apple also doesn't like discussing beta releases in the forum, and will sometimes delete messages that refer to it. So the best place to ask is probably in a non-Apple forum such as Macrumors. If I do get any additional information I will post it here, however.

I can reproduce the problem, and I have been unable to find a workaround or solution in 9.1 or 9.2.

Thanks Lawrence. I might ask in other venues, but of course it's a bit academic. Nothing to do about this bug but wait and see. It's not the worst in 9.2.

This thread is about a specific issue - if you go to Settings/General/Restrictions and enable a restriction to prevent changes to the settings in Settings/Cellular the restriction is not honored.

I wonder. Similar to cellular setting - what makes you think "background app refresh" which disables wifi access to an app on the phone running iOS is OK not be honored?

So far I have never seen a credible reply on that. Hence the question.

Actually that has been addressed ad nauseam in another thread. You are just too clueless to recognize it.

Thanks, KT. And the individual you responded to has been active in that thread.

I wonder. Similar to cellular setting - what makes you think "background app refresh" which disables wifi access to an app on the phone running iOS is OK not be honored?

So far I have never seen a credible reply on that. Hence the question.

If you do not have anything to contribute to the above question or discussion please refrain from personal attacks and other inhibitions.

I liked my contribution just fine.

In a public forum you'd find

a) intelligent people - who is willing to help others

b) stupid people

and there is a third category that throws an 'attitude' when they see a question or discussion that they do not like to read.

Needless to say, they are called trolls.

LLet's see who helps others. You: has helped no one (0 points). KT: has helped somewhere between 3,000 and 6,000 users.

9.2 CellularDataUseSettingsRestrictionsDoNotRestrict bug is not fixed in 9.2.1.

There could be something messy about fixing this bug.

Hope it's fixed in 9.3.

This is working for a while, but not always. 😟

Actually, there's no point in filing bugs. According to a phone call I've just had with Apple Support this feature is no longer in use.
I said that it was very odd that the option was still there - surely, if they wanted to disable it, they would have removed it from the list right?

I asked if there was any sort of official notes about this and the lady said no... Sounds like BS to me 😝

Btw, the lady explained that Androids also had this feature until people started suing Google for running into extra data bills despite all restrictions. Also, she explained that it was because of fear of similar legal actions that they've suddenly removed the mobile (or "cellular" if you're American) data restrictions. Again, sounds like BS.

Sounds like madness, but at this point it is pretty clear Apple isn't going to fix the broken restrictions control on cellular data use in iOS 9. Maybe they'll put together a different framework for iOS 10. Their current framework is pretty bad, broken restrictions aside, you can't disable cellular data use for an app until the app requests cellular data.

I haven't heard that Apple was going to remove all control of cellular data use. I could see them doing that by pushing the restriction control in the app settings, maybe reporting use per app, then leaving it up to customer to not use apps that use data -- but the customer pushback would be severe.

This is still an ongoing issue and Apples silence on the matter is deafening. I know they don't respond on these forums but this is a gaping hole in iOS settings and needs fixing!

I have a rudimentary fix for this however but will only be useful to a handful of people in specific situation. That being if you have given your kids a phone and don't want them to access data for fear of uncapped tariffs racking up huge bills.

Go into the mobile data setting > mobile data network and then erase the APN address under the mobile data section at the top. Make a note of it so you can re enter if need be later on.

This will however stop ALL mobile data as there is no server address for your phone to access. Another issue is a carrier settings update may get pushed to the phone and update the APN itself so you will still have to keep an eye on it a bit but it will help to stop mobile data being used for the most part.

I do this on both my kids phones as iOS ***** big time as we all know and my crappy carrier refuses to put a cap in place.