Toward the end of last month, AT&T billed me $10 for another GB of data. I'd never gone over 2 GB before, but who knows, maybe I did.
THIS month they billed me after only one week into the month. NOT !! So I've been on the phone with them most of this morning. I discovered that day before yesterday at 9:11 a.m. my phone used 365,903 KB of data. YIKES! I wasn't even on the phone at that time; I was on the computer blogging using the high-speed cable internet connection that came with the lil' ol' farmhouse.
After having the call with AT&T dropped twice and going through three other techs, I was told that iPhones (and Androids) have recently acquired a nasty habit of reaching out on their own and gobbling up data. (do-dee-do-dee... Gives a whole new meaning to "ET phone home.") In other words, my iPhone has acquired a personality! And I'm having to pay for it! Well, I was. The last person I spoke with credited last month's charge and put in a pending credit for this month.
So, the only "fix" available right now is to go to Settings, General, Network and turn Cellular Data "off." If I want to send pics or surf the net or send/receive emails I have to go back in and turn it on. What a pain. It also explains why my battery life had suddenly dwindled to nothing. I can go to wireless.att.com/support and/or support.apple.com to keep checking for permanent solutions. There is also an app I can download, called app killer, that will automatically shut down an application I might have left inadvertantly running. (I didn't "inadvertantly" do nuthin'!)
Ah, the joys of modern day living... Do YOU have an iPhone?
So far I haven't had any issues with my data usage, but I will definitely keep an eye on it. If you have wireless available, you can set your iphone to use wireless instead of from your data plan.
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