iPhone data usage. How to find out the consumption of Internet traffic on iphone. Turn off high quality music over cellular
Hello! Despite the fact that the number of gigabytes (included by mobile operators in their tariffs) is growing every year, while the price, on the contrary, is falling, still not many can afford completely unlimited Internet on the device. Yes, and here it’s rather not a matter of “allowing”, but simply not many people need it. There is a conditional one gigabyte per month and it is enough - why pay more?
But in some cases (especially when switching to an iPhone from another device), these same gigabytes suddenly begin to be missed - when turned on, an Apple mobile phone starts wildly eating traffic and eats up the entire available limit in a few hours. And this is where the screams begin: “The iPhone is bad, I just inserted a SIM card - I don’t do anything, and the traffic goes away on its own (and the battery is running low too!)”. Ai-ai-ai and all that…:) Why is this happening? Believe me, not because the iPhone is bad and the company decided to ruin you. No.
The thing is that the iPhone, like any modern smartphone, has a number of settings that you just need to pay attention to in order to avoid such “arbitrariness” of your smartphone with your own Internet.
But first, a small list of where iPhone traffic can go without your knowledge:
An experienced reader and user will say: “Yes, there is still a lot where traffic can flow!”. And he will be right - mailbox updates, push notifications, browser, etc. all this also affects the number of gigabytes consumed, but:
- Say that push notifications, mail downloads, etc. downright strongly devour the entire cellular Internet - it is impossible. They use it, if at all, in very small quantities.
- And if you turn all this off, as they suggest on many sites (the most ingenious advice I have come across is turn off the Internet in the settings so that it does not waste you), then why the iPhone?
Therefore, let's try to get by with little bloodshed - we will prohibit the iPhone from consuming the Internet on its own, but without much damage to us.
Update or download apps from the App Store
Current applications and games can reach 2-3 gigabytes in size, and Apple has taken care of saving traffic - you can’t officially download a program larger than 150 megabytes from the App store (though we know). But at the same time, there is a large number of programs smaller than this threshold (150 MB). And that's it they can devour your Internet package.
Here we are talking not so much about downloading (you see what you are downloading), but about updating these programs on your own via a cellular network. Therefore, such an update must be disabled:
That's it, now the programs will no longer use the cellular network for their update, and will only do it via Wi-Fi.
How to find out which application "eats" traffic on the iPhone
Installed programs, in addition to simply updating their version, can consume the Internet in order to perform their usual functions. Therefore, if you really feel that megabytes are running away, it makes sense to check - or maybe some application is too “snacking”? You can do this:
Just in case, remember this moment so that in the future you will not be surprised why these cards (for example) refuse to work and update their data.
Sending "service information" can also waste the Internet
In fact, of course, this option does not consume the mobile Internet so much and I myself have not encountered this, however, I have seen several stories that tell about this particular “glitch”, or a failure, when this very service information was sent constantly. Therefore, I decided to include this item here - it will not be superfluous to disable sending it for sure. How to do it?
As you can see in the explanation, this information is sent daily, and it does not carry any special load other than helping Apple improve its products. Therefore, if you turn off its transmission, then nothing terrible will happen, and traffic (even if small) will be saved.
"Help with Wi-Fi" - traffic on the iPhone flows away very quickly
"Wonderful" option, which is enabled by default for some reason. Its essence is that if your Wi-Fi signal “does not pull”, and the cellular network can provide the best speed, Wi-Fi will automatically turn off and data transfer will go through the SIM card.
I myself fell for this bait not so long ago - I sat watching videos on YouTube, did not bother anyone. Then the iPad didn’t like something in my Wi-Fi (bad signal, insufficient speed) and he considered it necessary to turn it off (which is important - no notifications come!), And I continued to enjoy the video via cellular connection in happy ignorance. I came to my senses only after the operator sent an SMS message with the text: "Your Internet package is coming to an end."
Therefore, in my opinion, if you do not have an unlimited tariff, this option should be disabled immediately. How to do it:
I repeat, this option should be turned off in almost any case, so that there are no surprises with the disappearance of traffic.
iCloud services sync eats up mobile data
iCloud is really good and convenient, and backups are generally beyond praise. However, if you care about saving precious megabytes on your tariff, then in this case the "cloud" will have to be turned off.
We are now talking about iCloud Drive - this is a kind of cloud data storage (I already talk about the principles of its operation). So, synchronization (downloading and uploading data) with this storage can occur over a cellular network. And it’s good if you sent a small object there, but what if it’s 100-200 megabytes? While it is downloading, all traffic will go away.
Yes, and ordinary programs can store their data there. And who knows how much they will load there? But it's good that all this can be turned off:
After that, the "cloud" will synchronize exclusively via Wi-Fi.
It would seem that each of the actions is quite simple and does not require much effort. But disabling and completing all items:
- Firstly, it will not cause much damage to the functionality of the iPhone.
- Secondly, it will help to save traffic and the Internet will not disappear anywhere.
P.S. Write in the comments if, even after performing all these steps, your iPhone is still too “gluttonous”.
Cellular operators every year provide all Better conditions use of mobile Internet, however, not everyone can afford unlimited tariffs. In the absence of an alternative, users have to be content with what they have and try to save money. In this tutorial, we'll show you simple ways to save data on iPhone and iPad that can help you stay online much more than usual.
Tracking data transmitted over a cellular network
The main "destroyers" of traffic on the iPhone and iPad are the Safari browser and social networking applications that users actively use. But other applications are not averse to stealthily spend valuable 10 or even all 100 megabytes of traffic. How to detect these "pests"?
Back in iOS 7, Apple introduced the standard settings for mobile operating system a section responsible for tracking data transmitted over a cellular network. This section contains all applications that use cellular data and the exact amount of consumed traffic is also indicated here.
Fortunately, users can not only see which application is “eating” all traffic, but also prohibit it from doing so. To do this, go to the menu Settings -> Cellular Data and scroll to the very bottom. To reduce the data consumption of your device, simply deactivate the switches located opposite the most "gluttonous" applications. It is worth remembering that as soon as the application is denied access to the Web, all its online elements will stop loading.
Disable Background App Refresh
The default iPhone or iPad updates apps automatically the first time you go online. In this case, the device can use both Wi-Fi and a cellular network, and this, in turn, often leads to a very fast end of traffic reserves.
In order to turn off the background application refresh function, go to the menu Settings -> Main -> Update content and set the switch of the same name to the inactive state. After that, you will have to update applications manually from App Store, but the traffic will be consumed much more slowly.
Prevent iCloud Drive from syncing over cellular
It's news to many active iPhone and iPad users that their device can sync with iCloud Drive over cellular. And in the meantime, dozens of megabytes of data can be sent to the “cloud”, depending on the amount of work performed on the device.
Preventing iCloud Drive from syncing outside of a Wi-Fi network is very simple. Go to menu Settings -> iCloud -> iCloud Drive and uncheck Cellular Data.
Blocking iTunes Match from Accessing Cellular Networks
Similar to iCloud Drive, iTunes Match can also consume valuable data, provided, of course, that it is allowed to do so. iTunes Match subscribers can deal with "flying away" traffic by preventing the service from accessing cellular networks.
You can do it in the menu. Settings -> iTunes Store App Store, where to uncheck the item "Cellular data".
Using the Reading List in Safari
The regular Internet browser iOS Safari is designed to consume traffic. Not everyone knows that the browser can do this wisely. The Reading List feature, developed by Apple engineers back in iOS 7, allows you to save any page of the global network for offline viewing by pressing just one button.
As an example, you can save interesting pages to your Reading List while in a Wi-Fi coverage area. After that, without having an Internet connection, these pages can be opened and calmly studied. And the traffic is intact and informational hunger is satisfied - everything is in the black. 
In order to save a web page in the "Reading List" you just need to click the corresponding button located in the Send menu of the Safari browser (the icon looks like glasses).
Get rid of unnecessary push notifications
Push notifications of almost all applications consume traffic. Users, on the other hand, really need only some notifications, for example, from their favorite social network or sports application. This means that by disabling unnecessary push notifications, we can reduce the traffic consumption of the mobile device.
You can choose which applications are worthy of your attention and which are not, in the menu Settings -> Notification Center.
Long gone are the days when providers kept track of the megabytes spent by users on the Web. Tariff plans for home Internet these days differ mainly in speed. But mobile operators are in no hurry to provide completely unlimited Internet and, as a rule, allocate only a certain amount of traffic.
But today, not only people, but also smartphones themselves cannot live without the Internet: it happens that he himself will steal something there in the middle of the night, update a couple of applications, and in the morning there is no more left to download attachments from the mail. Well, let's think about how you can deal with this and how to save on mobile Internet.
1. Disable automatic app updates
The first thing to do is turn off automatic software updates. Many applications download updates in the background, which means you may not even know about it. Allow updates only to those that you really need constantly. You can do this on iOS in the "Settings - General - Content Update" section.
Android owners need to go to the "Settings - Data transfer - operator" section. You can also see in detail which application consumes how much for a selected period of time. Clicking on each of them opens detailed settings for a particular program. We need to “Limit background traffic”, and if you wish, you can turn off auto-updating data.
2. Set a traffic limit
To control the consumption of Internet traffic, set the required limit in accordance with your tariff plan or option directly on your smartphone. On iOS, just download a third-party app from the App Store. The free Traffic Monitor utility is just one of those. On Android, you can limit data transfer as follows: go to "Settings - Data usage - Set limit".
3. Opt out of sync
Regardless of which network you use to access the Internet - 4G / LTE, 3G or EDGE / 2G, the smartphone regularly synchronizes available applications with remote servers. In order to avoid this and, accordingly, save money, you just need to disable such synchronization. On iOS, this can be done in two steps: first go to "Settings - iCloud - iCloud Drive - turn off Cellular Data", then "Settings - iTunes Store and App Store - turn off Cellular Data". On Android, just go to "System settings - Accounts - Turn off synchronization / Wi-Fi only"
4. Disable Widgets
Many smartphone users install widgets. Statistics show that one-time Internet surfing in the browser consumes significantly less traffic compared to requests from a widget that requires an uninterrupted Internet connection.
5. Download data in advance
The navigator applications Yandex.Maps, Yandex.Navigator and Google Maps can actually work offline. You just need to download the maps first. In Yandex, this is done like this: "Yandex.Maps - Menu - Download maps - Moscow - Download". And in Google like this: "Google Maps - Menu - Your places - Download map area - Select a map - Download."
The times when we paid for home Internet based on the traffic spent are long gone. Now almost everyone in the apartment has their own "unlimited", limiting the use of the Internet except perhaps by speed. Nevertheless, the problem with the amount of downloaded traffic for our portable devices, such as a smartphone or tablet, has not gone away, so we have to constantly monitor the spent megabytes every day so as not to be left without the Internet at one fine moment. But here's how it is most convenient to track it - the question, of course, is an interesting one.
Business in Russia is another topic of eternal debate. After all, there is always the possibility that the operator will turn off your Internet for exceeding the limit at a time when it has not yet been reached. And how to check it? Suddenly you are being deceived?
Of course, on your smartphone or tablet, you can always view statistics on the used megabytes, but this is not so convenient. In addition, you should always remember this. Well, let's look at the options available to us, and then decide which one is best for traffic accounting. So what do we have:
1) Using the built-in iOS solution for collecting statistics.
2) Installing a separate application from the telecom operator.
3) Installing a third-party application from the App Store to check statistics.
4) Jailbreak and subsequent installation of third-party software from Cydia.
5) Buying an unlimited package for the Internet.
1. iOS already knows everything
Absolutely every iOS device has a built-in tracker that counts your spent megabytes. Its use is perhaps the simplest of all the above options. You can find usage statistics on iOS by going to Settings – cellular and go down a little lower in the menu to the item Fare statistics by cellular.
Here we have general traffic statistics for all your activities, and just below - for each individual application. At the very end of the list there is a statistics reset button, by clicking on which the countdown will start from zero - this will be relevant for counting traffic at the beginning of each month. In addition, among the applications you use, you can disable those that, in your opinion, should not consume too many valuable megabytes, thus preventing them from accessing the network.
Pros:
- Already in every iPhone and iPad.
- Ease of use.
- Work in the background.
- Statistics for each application.
- Ability to disable certain applications.
Minuses:
- Statistics need to be reset every month or painstakingly monitor it.
- No notifications when the limit is reached.
2. Trust your carrier
Every self-respecting operator a few years ago allowed the subscriber to manage their tariffs directly by making a personal account for each. However, progress does not stand still, and the LC in the web versions has been replaced by applications that replace it. However, the quality and usability of the applications themselves leave much to be desired. It often becomes quite difficult to find the necessary information in an overloaded interface, so this option is only acceptable for users of mobile operators somewhere in America or Europe.
Pros:
- The most accurate statistics directly from the mobile operator.
- The application is free.
- Notifications about reaching the limit (not always).
Minuses:
— Usually a disgusting support.
- Terrible application optimization (for operators in Russia and the CIS).
- Not an intuitive interface.
- Often justified distrust of the operator.
3. Applications from the App Store
In addition to official applications from telecom operators, there are many other solutions in the Apple app store that will help you keep track of precious megabytes, and at the same time notify you when a certain threshold of downloaded traffic is reached. Perhaps the most popular of these is data usage with a modest price of 33 rubles. However, there are others, even free analogues, but, unfortunately, of different quality. Separately, it is worth highlighting the application Traffic Monitor, which has proven itself well for a long time.
Pros:
- Automatic reset of statistics and counting on a new one.
- Notifications about reaching certain traffic limits.
- Restrictions can be set by yourself (for example: daily, weekly, etc.).
- User-friendly interface, graphing.
- Independent traffic count.
Minuses:
- Not all (and not always) applications can work correctly in the background.
— You have to pay for quality (as an exception, you can try Traffic Monitor).
4. Applications from Cydia
Here, of course, everything is clear: first you need to jailbreak your device in order to gain access to the Cydia application store. However, hacking the device does not mean that now you can install anything for free. Not at all. As with the App Store, Cydia has a fair amount of apps, but most of them also cost money.
Perhaps the most popular are WeeTrackData, which, in addition to working in the background, can be built into the notification center for quick access to it, and CCMeters, which can also be displayed in the CU, however, to install it, you will have to install an additional software CCLoader.
Pros:
— Of course, work in the background.
- Quick access to the application from the Notification Center.
- Notifications about reaching the limit.
Minuses:
- Jailbreak required.
“It often costs money.
— Depending on the software, you may need to install additional components.
4. Down with restrictions!
One of the most simple ways forget about the headaches about traffic costs - connect unlimited Internet. Undoubtedly, this option can “fly a pretty penny”, but if this is not a problem for you, this method will be the most painless. Another thing is that not all operators offer unlimited tariffs. There are packages for 80-100 GB, but they run out anyway. On the other hand, you don't download Blu-Ray movies on iOS for days, do you?
Alternatively, if there is an operator in your city that provides truly unlimited traffic, then you can simply use its services, as I did.
Z.Y.
If you look at the problem from the other side, then you can think not about counting traffic, but minimizing it. For example, use third-party browsers with this capability. By the way, Opera Mini has long been able to compress it. Or if you can't stand anything different from Safari, you can try Onavo Extend, a standalone application that works on the same principle. Unfortunately, it is not available in the Russian version of the App Store.
How much traffic do you spend per month? Is what the operators offer enough? Tell us about it in the comments!
Every new day starts with my iPhone. Recently also with the iPad. When I wake up, I check my mail for incoming messages, I can skim through social networks, and only after that I start the day, returning to an upright position. While I was acquiring fresh information, my device was tirelessly winding up megabytes of traffic, for which, accordingly, I have to pay. Due to the frequent use of the Internet, conditionally unlimited tariffs are connected on both of my devices. If the threshold of gigabytes per month or megabytes per day set by the operator is exceeded, the connection speed is significantly reduced, which is not good. Of course, I have the opportunity to monitor the consumed traffic using the counter built into iOS in the "statistics" menu, but this is very inconvenient - there the traffic is rounded up to hundreds of megabytes when a gigabyte is exceeded, the total traffic is not shown, and of course there is no way to be notified of the excess limit. Therefore, alternative solutions have to be found.
As it turned out, in the AppStore for the purposes of tracking traffic for 2 years there has been an excellent product from our compatriots - Download Meter. According to the authors, their product is the first in the AppStore for tracking traffic, and managed to enter the top ten best-selling utilities in 54 countries around the world. It turns out that the closest analogues-clones appeared only six months later.
The program is a universal application that works on both iPhone and iPad (and of course iPod).
The main function of the program should be considered a warning to the user about the imminent exhaustion of the traffic limit. To do this, you must specify the type of limit and its size, as well as the date from which the reporting period began. Monthly, daily, weekly, two-weekly, 30-day (according to the authors - this is for the American operator AT & T) limits are supported, and of course an unlimited tariff.
After setting the limit, the program will show the amount of traffic consumed in the current reporting period (as a number, and as an indicator like a battery), calculate the balance, show the remaining traffic divided by the remaining number of days and other important parameters.
But in fact, after setting up the program, you don’t need to open it - it will work in the background and monitor traffic automatically every 10 minutes (on devices and firmware that support multitasking - that is, on iPhone 3GS and higher, on iOS 4.x and 5.x). When you approach certain limit consumption levels - for example, 60%, 70%, 95% - the program will show a notification.
The exact levels at which a notification will be shown can be configured in the settings.
You can also configure the program so that it shows the percentage of traffic consumed, or the amount of traffic consumed in megabytes - on its icon.
Also in Download Meter there is a set of counters that take into account traffic for different periods. When you launch the application for the first time, three counters will be available to you: “since the last launch of the application”, “for the entire time of operation” and “since the device was turned on”. The user is also able to create counters by specifying the necessary parameters, as well as stop and start the created counters (below is a screenshot with the New York counter created by the user):
Each counter is a separate opportunity for the user to check the amount of traffic used for a specified period. So, if you are sure that your device eats up data overnight, then before going to bed you should try to create a counter and in the morning, you will be able to know, to the nearest byte, how noticeable this night will be for your tariff plan and wallet. In the morning you can stop this counter, and in the evening you can start it, as a result, on the morning of the second day, you will see the total traffic consumption for both nights. Given that you can create and turn on a lot of counters at once, this opens up endless possibilities for research - up to the point that you can make a counter “traffic consumption at work on Thursdays and Fridays”, and so on.
When you tap on the account, detailed information is shown and it becomes possible to rename it, reset it, stop it or correct it.
For the simplest purposes of measuring traffic, the “since the last run” counter built into the program is used. It shows the data consumption since the last time you opened the program. So in most cases, you will not need to create your own counters.
The application will also be useful for owners of iPod and iPad Wi-fi, as it can measure wi-fi traffic. As you know, there is no way to measure Wi-Fi traffic consumption on iOS without using third-party applications! And this can be useful to assess your traffic needs in places where there is no Wi-Fi - that is, at home we go to the Internet via wi-fi, see what our traffic needs are, and after that we can determine which tariff the plan will suit us, for example, for traveling when there is no wi-fi.
Also, some cafes have a limit on the amount of traffic that can be received on their guest network (for example, McDonald's), so it's useful to see how much free Wi-Fi traffic is left to use.
The app supports everything iOS devices running on iOS 3.0 and above and translated into twelve languages, which allows you to increase the number of users around the world. It seems to me that this is really a very useful application for every owner of an iOS device.
Name: Download Meter
Publisher/Developer: HedonicSoft
Price: $1,99
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