My 3G consumption as of today
Four days ago, I called Alfa to ask them about the 77Mbytes that I presumably consumed in the first 8 hours of my new cycle and I was told I only consumed 11Mbytes and I have to wait till the system resets.
I kept checking my balance daily and it reached 111.31 MB today, which means the 77MB were not removed. I called Alfa again and was told there’s nothing wrong and I did consume those 77MB on the 9th of June 2012 at 7:29am, noting that I turned my 3G on at 6:49am.
I don’t have that many Apps on my iPhone, all push notifications and most location services are turned off, I use 3G only when I am out and rarely for updates so that’s just weird. Added to that, is 3G in Lebanon that fast to download 80 mbytes in half an hour?
Nevertheless, I can’t be sure that I did consume them or not, and I don’t know why Alfa misinformed me the first time, but to be on the safe side, I just downloaded a data usage monitoring app (DataUsage).
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i doubt kell l nhar te2dar tnazzil 77mb msh noss se3a !! khsouse bl alfa !!
Out of curiosity why do you keep turning on and off your 3G?
When I am home, I don’t need it so I turn it off so that in case electricity goes off when am sleeping and there’s no generator, it doesn’t switch to 3G and start consuming for no reason, plus to extend iPhone Battery life (Doesn’t make much of a difference though).
I switch WIFI off when am out and using 3G, mainly for battery saving.
By switching off 3G you’re not switching off internet which might explain why your phone is still consuming from your limit. If you want to turn Internet on and off your phone you need to turn off Data. By turning off 3G you’re just telling it to use Edge.
Check your consumption from Settings>>General>>Usage>>Cellular Usage>>Cellular Network Data
I have an Alfa line with the 500Mb 3G option and i never turn off my 3G connection. Yet i rarely go over the 200Mb consumption /month using only my iPhone unless i use it to share 3G to my laptop.
Is your iPhone factory unlocked?
I had a 500mb limit and i every month I used to exceed it which is why I now have the 1GB plan. This is just the phone I don’t tether to other devices.
By switching off 3G, I meant switching off 3G and Cellular Data.
The only time I switch off 3G only is to use Edge and save some battery life.
If you are only switching off 3G you can’t download 70 mb cause edge is to slow
This happend to me but they fixed it
then u’re downloading and updating your apps using 3G or using youtube alot… i don’t think u can exceed the 500mb plan by only using facebook and browsing…
My sister and I had the same problem. $20 were sucked out of her recently recharged line. And no notifying SMS warning that you have exceeded her consumption, or it will be renewed. She got a warning that the bundle will be renewed 2 days after it was renewed. And still after that, the data and her credit kept on being consumed.
I faced a similar issue to yours. I renewed my subscription at 8:30 am and had the settings as usual (auto-sync off, and no updates running) By the time I got into the office and had a few chats over Whatsapp, I check my consumption at around 10 am, it was 96MB. I instantly turned it off and even restarted the phone a few times and worked on checking and killing all running apps. I use Galaxy S II
This is crazy, theft.
teb please can someone tells me what to do???? cz my 500MB were consumed in 3 days and I only chat over whatsapp and I don’t have that many Apps on my iPhone, all push notifications and most location services are turned off!! What the hell is happening???