I've got a 3G Moto G with a 50Mb monthly contract and have restricted every app I could from using background data, and installed a data manager app to keep an eye on things.
Having monitored both the app and the phone's own data usage regularly since taking out the contract, I was happy with the way things were going - I had used less than 3Mb of data up to this past weekend, according to the app.
But on Saturday I got a warning from my service provider that I had less than 10Mb of data left!
There's a free number to call to see what is left on my account for the month, and it showed 9Mb on Saturday. I checked on Sunday, and it showed 8Mb. On Monday, it was down to 7Mb.
I disabled all data access from the data usage section, but a couple of days later it was showing I have 5Mb of data left.
My provider confirmed my phone was using data even after I'd supposedly disabled it. They advised me to remove the Access Point Name from the phone for now, and add it back when my allocation resets at the start of next month.
But all the while, my phone - both the data manager app and the data usage in the settings - is telling me that I have used 0Mb data in the last two days.
What could be leeching my data away without leaving a record of it, and how do I stop it?
Having monitored both the app and the phone's own data usage regularly since taking out the contract, I was happy with the way things were going - I had used less than 3Mb of data up to this past weekend, according to the app.
But on Saturday I got a warning from my service provider that I had less than 10Mb of data left!
There's a free number to call to see what is left on my account for the month, and it showed 9Mb on Saturday. I checked on Sunday, and it showed 8Mb. On Monday, it was down to 7Mb.
I disabled all data access from the data usage section, but a couple of days later it was showing I have 5Mb of data left.
My provider confirmed my phone was using data even after I'd supposedly disabled it. They advised me to remove the Access Point Name from the phone for now, and add it back when my allocation resets at the start of next month.
But all the while, my phone - both the data manager app and the data usage in the settings - is telling me that I have used 0Mb data in the last two days.
What could be leeching my data away without leaving a record of it, and how do I stop it?