How To Limit Data Usage On Iphone 8 Plus

Some users are experiencing higher than normal cellular data usage on their new iPhone vi, iPhone half dozen Plus and older models, co-ordinate to users on the Apple Support Communities, MacRumors forums and InsideCupertino.

The problem exists in iOS viii and iOS viii.0.2. Users, after checking their data usage, are seeing college than normal usage (including ourselves). Part of the problem may exist perhaps related to new options in iOS 8 which employ cellular data every bit part of iCloud. Here are some possible fixes to try and reduce your data usage.

Nether Settings > iCloud > Documents & Information, toggle off 'Use Cellular Information' and any other apps you don't want to use data.

I would highly suggest toggling off WhatsApp before launching it on a newly restored device setup as a new iPhone. Why? At the first launch (if you're not in Wi-Fi range), the app sees your iCloud backup and starts restoring from it and volition do so over cellular. The same goes for Photographic camera+, especially if you lot accept lots of photos being stored in iCloud.

Another expanse is under Settings > iTunes & App Store, make sure Utilize Cellular Data is off. Besides, another step would exist to toggle off My Apps and App Shop if y'all don't care for suggested apps based on your location (battery drain).

Another style to manage data is to go to Settings > Cellular, then coil down to see which apps are allowed to use data. You can turn off data usage for individual apps hither. Under 'System Services', you can also run into what is using your data likewise. In our example, Documents and Sync leads with 115MB of usage.

We also recommend installing DataMan Next ($1.99) or DataMan Pro ($4.99) to track your data usage. There's a widget that tin be added to Notification Middle so you can quickly come across your data usage. Compared to the Fido My Account app used to rails our usage only now, DataMan was off merely past showing 10MB under official Fido information.

In iOS 8.0.two, we've already used close to 500MB of data in just the starting time five days of our billing cycle. That is unusual equally normally we are typically inside Wi-Fi range.

Last month's billing cyle saw our data cap over our our allotted Fido 2GB data saucepan, which hasn't happened in a long time. And so peradventure at that place'south something else causing high data usage, similar to what Rogers, Bell and Telus users experienced with iOS 6 back in 2012?

The 'Last Resort' Pick: Setup your iPhone as New

I user on the Apple Support Communities forums suggests restoring your iPhone and setting it up as completely new, as it apparently solved his iOS 8 data bleed bug:

Settings > General > Reset > Erase all Content and Settings

Nosotros did this after our iPhone 6 Plus restored from our iPhone 5s iCloud backup was causing excessive battery drain in iOS eight. The event? Battery since then has been phenomenal. iCloud brought back contacts, pictures and settings, simply we had to redownload our apps and set them upward once more, which takes a lot of time. But we were able to purge a lot of unused apps. Did it solve the early data dilemma? Non really, but we continue to monitor our usage.

Worst example scenario, if you're however experiencing loftier data usage, turn on Airplane Mode at home and then re-enable Wi-Fi, so you tin can still exist connected somewhat.

Are you experiencing high amounts of data being used on your iPhone in iOS 8? How much data accept you used so far and on what device?