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    Very high mobile data consumption through System Services-->Software Update

    On my iPhone XS (iOS 17.2.1) mobile data consumption has been extraordinarily high (almost 8GB in 14 days) through 'System Services --> Software Updates'. I double checked with repeated mobile data usage statistics resets. This is despite Low Data Mode and Low Power Mode turned on, Automatic...
  2. Helmsley

    iPhone 13 Mobile Data Last Reset

    In Settings > Mobile Data, it says my data usage was last reset on 31st January 2023 at 01:08. My iPhone 13 was manufactured on 4th February 2023. Just out of interest, how can this be?
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    Use shortcuts to change Mobile Data settings

    I would like to know if anyone knows a way to use the Shortcuts app to change settings in the Mobile Data area of the Settings app. I use my iPhone with 2 SIMs, personal and work. I switch the work one on workdays in the morning and off in the evening - manually. Additionally, when I turn...
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    Apps that aren't open using mobile data on iOS 15

    Noticed a few days ago that Tinder had used about 40kb of mobile data out of the blue. The problem is that I have background app refresh disabled, and the app in question wasn't open. Actually, it hasn't been used since I updated to 15.2 several days previously. Has anyone else noticed closed...
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    Cellular/Mobile data bug present on ios 14.4-14.6

    Bug description: When turning off wifi, when mobile data is also turned off, the data usage under mobile data-system services- DNS services will go up, despite mobile data being off. Reproduction steps: Note the value of DNS services of Cellular/ Mobile data. Make sure it is turned off, and...
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    System Services using data even when mobile data is switched off.

    Just noticed this this morning after updated to 14.5.1. Last night, system services had used 131kb. This morning it was 200kb more, all from DNS services. Reset it again and 20 minutes later, it was up to 10kb, all from push notifications. Now the data obviously isn't high, but that is not the...
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    What is system services using push notifications for?

    The only two apps I have mobile data allowed for are Whatsapp and Signal. Now I am assuming that any data usage for them will be registered under them in mobile data. However, yesterday I reset my statistics and checked after an hour, and push notifications uses twice as much as either of them...
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    iPhone Uninstalled apps using mobile data even after uninstallation.

    Under mobile data it shows that uninstalled apps are using data. This is despite the fact that it still appears even after I reset the statistics. If I stay in mobile data, it randomly uses 10kb a day. However, given that the apps are uninstalled, how is this still happening? Has anyone else...
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    Mail not fetching over mobile data

    Hi, i’m not getting email notifications unless on wifi, however my mail and fetch settings I believe are set to receive notifications over mobile data. How can I enable for gmail emails to fetch automatically over mobile data too? what is interesting is that at the bottom of the first...
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    My iPhone 6 restored itself to factory settings and will not connect to anything to activate

    This evening my iPhone six that I've had for just over a year now decided to randomly shut off and when I turned it on, it had restored itself to factory settings. It's saying I need to connect to wifi or use mobile data to activate it but it keeps saying my wifi password is wrong (when it's...
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    iPhone wastes 100s of megabytes on mobile data when connected to Wifi

    I just got off the phone with my network provider after finding out my iPhone for the last couple of months have been wasting hundreds of megabytes of mobile data. Despite being connected to my own wireless network. The phone has been lying still on the table, and suddenly I get a message from...
  12. Ben777

    iPhone: internet works only with facebook and gmail, shows "No internet data" with the rest

    Hi, I am using iPhone SE. All sites work well with WiFi - facebook, gmail, youtube, browsers, Appstore, weather apps and rest. But if I am using internet with "Mobile Data" on (Settings > Mobile data "on") for some reason only Facebook and Gmail works. Browsers, Youtube, Weather apps show...