Alright, so I turned off mobile data on all of my families phones, and now my father is getting all paranoid about the phone because it was apparently using a megabyte of data in the background. Is there anything that I can do about that or am I going to have to listen to him yell about the phone?
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Data being used.
- Thread starter AGZealot
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AntimonyER
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Well, if you have turned off mobile data, the only way the phone is using data is if it is connected to wi-fi. Which is free. So shouldn't be an issue...
dkl1
Android Expert
I always thought that there are *some* things running in the background that actually up/download even though the device is *idle* no? Please set me straight!
Thanks
ebusinesstutor
Member
There are lots of apps that automatically look for updates. Here are a few of them:
Weather
Email
Calendars (if you are synchronizing)
Ads inside games and apps
Even normal apps like games may check for a new version on a regular basis. I have turned all my data off and restricted all my apps to use WiFi only unless I tell them otherwise.
Weather
Calendars (if you are synchronizing)
Ads inside games and apps
Even normal apps like games may check for a new version on a regular basis. I have turned all my data off and restricted all my apps to use WiFi only unless I tell them otherwise.