iPhone X EXCESSIVE data usage

I imagine it’s cos your using a dns server, rather than a direct supplier. Anything you send through a dns goes all over the place before it reaches its destination.

If you turn off cellular data you can’t do anything when not connected to WiFi. Kinda defeats the purpose. I’m having same pr

You realize you posted this to a public forum accessible to anyone with an Internet connection? It's not a good idea to post personal information visible to billions of people.

Replied to an email. Didn’t realize it would post here. Yikes. Be careful. Thanks.

bam7722 wrote:

Even a simple google search shows that it’s not just me!

That statement is meaningless.

All excellent to know. Trick is finding all the little hidden switches that Apple continues to add and move around in order to tighten down ones cell data usage.

I should probably clean it up a bit; thanks. And I'd like to try to verify my assumption that link level retransmission does not show up in Settings.

Richard Caughlan wrote:

Neither ATT nor Apple seems to be able to figure it out.

You should be able to figure it out yourself by going to Settings > Cellular > [Cellular Data]. There you can see the apps using large amounts of data.

Richard Caughlan wrote:

They both mentioned that with the new X screen resolution cell data is going to increase substantially,

For comparison, I have an iPhone X using AT&T. I use Wi-Fi perhaps 75% of the time.

I last reset my cellular data statistics 15 days ago. Since then, I have used 233MB of cellular data total, or about 15½ megabytes of cellular data daily.

This is a negligible number!

Well that’s a relief to know. I only have 1G a month plan. Normally carry over .8 every month until X. Cable went out the other day for a couple hours and I burned through 500Mb. Watched a couple YouTube videos for about 20 minutes. My cell data YouTube usage alone in the month I’ve had the new X and under 98% WiFi coverage was 989Mb. In 13 days of almost constsnt WiFi coverage I’ve used 1.8G cell data compared to 200Mb per month on my 7. I only get one or two cell bars here in the house and can barely make a call cutting out constantly without WiFi assist on.

Calm down. Your anger makes your post difficult to understand. From what I can gather, you're saying that your phone used nearly a gig of cellular data in five minutes of "non-usage." Is that correct?

My first suggestion is that you leave the cellular data switch on (or turn it on if it's off) BUT turn the switch off for EVERY ONE of the apps. Wait long enough to determine if the problem is still present. If it IS STILL PRESENT, we haven't learned much and we have to figure out a "Plan B."

If the problem is NOT present, turn on one app at a time until the problem returns. Then you will know a rogue app is causing the problem and you'll know which app it is. Then, focus your troubleshooting on that app - check the Settings, delete/reload, etc.

Your voicemail, iTunes media & Apple ID services alone and individually are consuming a large amount of data in system services, on top of all else 😮

I'd turn off Automatic downloads and updates for apps, streaming for music, adjust playback on media, etc, automatic backups (and, no idea what to say about voicemail, except for woah), unless you feel okay with the current status now.

liv0123 wrote:

Your voicemail, iTunes media & Apple ID services alone and individually are consuming a large amount of data in system services, on top of all else

I'd turn off Automatic downloads and updates for apps, streaming for music, adjust playback on media, etc, automatic backups (and, no idea what to say about voicemail, except for woah), unless you feel okay with the current status now.

Well, no. Voicemail consumes very little unless you get hundreds of messages a month. iTunes media, only if you turn on "Use Cellular Data" in settings/iTunes & App Stores. You can leave Automatic Downloads on as long as you restrict it to Wi-Fi in this way. Automatic backups NEVER go over cellular data. They only happen if the phone is locked, connected to power, and connected to Wi-Fi.

Music streaming is a choice; while it uses data, it doesn't use huge amounts.

But rather than a "shotgun" approach of randomly turning off stuff, just go to Settings/Cellular and you can see how much cellular data each app and system service uses to allow you to make an informed decision. And in the same place you can turn off the apps and services that you don't want to use cellular data.

No, a "shotgun" approach isn't wise. Just commenting on that particular user's cell data usage in system services. The voicemail size alone shocked me a bit.

I feel it's obvious to go to cellular usage. I agree - everyone should go there first.

However, I've noticed a significant difference in what some of my apps show for data usage within the app vs what it states under cellular usage. I adjusted my settings accordingly in apps, restarted phone & so on. Everything seems to be on point now and aligned.

Regarding automatic backups, etc, I need to call my carrier back. They caught me at a "good time" to tell me that WiFi services are still pushing cell usage regardless. I just went right along with the extra creative explanation they gave. I dunno...agitated with myself now and, I see how irrational and contradictory the info they stated is. If it were another person, I'd have caught at least some of the reasoning they gave that I know to not be true. But when it's me, I give them too much say and I just follow along; I become very passive and the complete opposite of my tech mode. Not good.

I am in charge of several mobile devices alone, at work is the irony. I tend to rotate use of them. Those are fine, with minor adjustments needed at times. I stay on top of those. But, I have two personal devices - the one I pay out of pocket for is the one I tend to use the most and just hand over to them essentially and tolerate lots with. Bottom line, I realize I need to get this straightened out asap, minus distractions so I'll be more engaged vs following directives that they know I'll just follow, so I can get back to work, for example. 😑

Lawrence Finch wrote:

If the checks fail the packet is re-sent, and repeated until it is received correctly.

I'm going back a few years but I remember a limit of three retries. Is that no longer true? I'm really hazy about this but I think that, after three retries, the transmission ceased and it was necessary for the human to request a retransmission of the entire message (which could range from diddly-squat to humungous).

To give you an idea how far I'm going back, I'm thinking of 3270 "Bisync" protocol.