(I posted this last week, I think it went into "Ask A Question", where it disappeared and/or there was no reply. Hoping for a better result here.)
New phone, LG Rebel 4 (LML212VL), Android version 8.1.0, Security patch level March 1, 2019. I use very little data and have a low-data plan.
Oreo has so many settings to limit data usage that I initially decided to leave data on and see how it performed. Many apps used more data than I could tolerate, even with background data disabled, data usage on my home and work wi-fi's disabled, etc.
So I turned my data off about a week ago and I've been watching the Settings - Network & Internet - Mobile Data numbers. The data usage of "Android OS" increases by about 0.1 MB every day. Even though data on the phone is OFF. My data balance reported by my carrier isn't changing.
So is the phone using data or not? I am curious to know.
New phone, LG Rebel 4 (LML212VL), Android version 8.1.0, Security patch level March 1, 2019. I use very little data and have a low-data plan.
Oreo has so many settings to limit data usage that I initially decided to leave data on and see how it performed. Many apps used more data than I could tolerate, even with background data disabled, data usage on my home and work wi-fi's disabled, etc.
So I turned my data off about a week ago and I've been watching the Settings - Network & Internet - Mobile Data numbers. The data usage of "Android OS" increases by about 0.1 MB every day. Even though data on the phone is OFF. My data balance reported by my carrier isn't changing.
So is the phone using data or not? I am curious to know.
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