I've noticed abnormally high data usage (and almost went over my limit), since recently buying an iPhone 6 and upgrading to iOS 9. I fished out some strange data usage (about 280MB) under Cellular > System Services > General. Note that I do have "Wifi Assist" disabled.
Has anyone else experienced this? Do you know what it is?
iPhone 6, iOS 9.0.1
I just noticed this on my phone today. I wonder if it has to do with the wwifi assist option
Hmm yeah definitely turn that off. Wifi assist was already turned off on mine, so I'm still stuck on what it could be.
I have the same problem. My system services consumed 2.3GB in one day. And I have no idea for what. It's frustrating as it ate up all my data plan and I have to pay for the excess. WTH.
Me too here with this problems. iPhone 5s on iOS9.0.2. The screen shot shows the usage within 3 days after reset. It is crazy.
On 2GB data plan monthly, normally end of the cycle left over 1GB (manily for work, no youtube etc). Recently 2 months, middle of the month 80% of 2GB was used up. Called Apple Online help, they only said Settings=>Mobile data=>System Services=>General means usage of iCloud or Itunes, and asked me to call my carrier. Wasted half an hour with carrier, nothing they could do. Actually this thing happened to my daughter's iphone last year too, 1GB data finished within 2 days. only solution I thnk is to restore the phone. Hope Apple will looks into this issue asap.
Even with the iOS 9.0.2 I'm having the same issue. I'm really crazy about this, it's very annoyin. Someone knows how to disable System service? Or when In jailbreak.
did u solve your problem?
i just found out the same problem? anyone find a solution?
i just spoke with apple by phone,
they suggest me to turn off the cellular data using iCloud drive
settings>icloud>iCloud drive> use cellular data OFF
thanks man, it was really helpful though after the fact 😟
Isn't the General a placeholder for the iOS updates ... did you perform iOS upgrades over 4G ?
Hi all,
I also have suspects against iCloud drive. The really strange thing is that allowing it to use cellular data has never been a problem so far, even with iOS 9.
For a detailed reasoning on why I have these suspects and a description of the tests I have carried out, see this post.
Cheers,
Max
SOLVED!
It is iCloud Drive that eats all the data!
Go to Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive > Turn off Cellular Data (at bottom).
And you can also turn off Wi-Fi assist to ensure no data is wasted.
I'm having the same issues. My data manager which I downloaded shows that something is even using my data plan when the cellular network is turned off! Poltergeist??
I am starting to get sick of Apple products and all their updates. I had to scrap my last Macbook pro after 4 years because the tech told me the new update (whichever one it was at the time) was not built to be compatible with my hardware. Planned obsolescence for sure. Mu iPhone is always having a problem with something. Most recently I have trouble deleting some emails and have to go into the settings and turn off and on the mail button. Just ridiculous!
iOS 9 High Data Usage - System Services 'General'
