Do Cable Companies Fake Data Useage

Smartphones use data and the iPhone uses a lot of it, regardless of settings. AT&T will not allow you to activate an iPhone on their system without a data plan. Anyone with a smartphone would be wise to get a data plan, or prepare themselves for sticker-shock........

rockhillmanor wrote:
I don't have cable. But I did just buy a phone with unlimited data with a lot of verbiage about throttling you back if you use too much.

I do NOT use any data. I actually shut the data button off.

Within the 10 days it was showing I was nearing my data cap for the month! Try it. Do not use any data and watch how much is used.

If you go into the settings it shows that google, apps and a whole bunch of other stuff USES the data whether you have it turned on or not. What I am seeing is these guys are paying for the data usage and the companies are allowing them to access our electronics and use the data. Many of the settings I tried to shut off access to data to stated I could not turn off their access to data.

I found this out to be absolutely true when I bought my first iPhone WITHOUT a data plan and was charged for data "I" did not use.
The bill was 6 pages long of all what accesses your data in the foreground and background other than you.

At that time I probably was the only owner of an iPhone without a data plan. My provider was as shocked as I was and didn't know what to do with the charges.

So when I hear complaints about how quick everyone is reaching their limits? My guess after seeing my printed bill of data on my first iphone and now on my new straight talk phone I am experiencing a good 1/3 plus of the data is being used by the apps and phone function applications on the electronic device itself.

I'll note here that the walmart smart phone I have now is made in China and they DO show you all WHAT is using your data AND HOW MUCH each one is being used right in the settings. There is a pie chart of data used by each one!!

And it allows you to shut it off foreground and background. EXCEPT when it comes to the google stuff, can't stop them from using the data in the background because it's tied into everything and functions of the phone itself. Google is your biggest sucker of your data.

You will NOT find this info showing 'how much' data is being used by each application in the settings of an iphone....THEY don't want you to know!:W