http://tidbits.com/ Glenn Fleishman found 140 MB of data used while he was driving and using the Podcasts app. Does it suck? en-us Copyright 2012 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 EDT editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_16421 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:03:19 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_16421
Personally, I think the switch needs to apply to all cell data usage in Podcasts...]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_16416 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:58:12 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_16416
Simple test: turn off wi-fi, switch cellular to off (Settings->Podcasts), go play a podcast that isn't downloaded.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_16415 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:56:50 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_16415 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_16132 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:34:16 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_16132
I have a case open with Apple and they seem to think there's something in my backup that's causing the issue.

I've restored my phone to factory settings and used the podcasts app and it seems to behave. Its only if i use it with my restored data is it ever an issue.

Right now, i just have the podcasts app and my data restored and while on my way to work I watched my 3G data usage jump 250MB! Only think is Subscriptions is on,what is subscriptions doing????!!!

My case after last night's call with Apple had been given to engineers.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15925 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:39:06 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15925 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15924 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:32:38 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15924
I'd talk to Verizon more in light of its updating carrier settings. It's very difficult to figure out how to establish responsibility. But if you're not intentionally using data and you see your phone consuming it, it hardly seems you should be paying for it.

Proving it will be a different matter. You might contact the attorney general's office in your state. In the past, AGs in various states have pursued action against cellular carriers based on terms of service. (AGs can't go after them for pricing and so forth, but can if they don't meet obligations.)]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15923 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:25:04 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15923
To add to my comment:

I'm also seeing strange activity with the Tethering information within the Cellular Usage of the Settings app.

Sometime it display a reading of relatively low data consumption and other times I won't see anything.

To this date I have not activated tethering.

As it stands right now I've switched to using 3G on the iPhone 5, Deleted the Podcast app, Restored as New (3 times) Turned off some location aware apps in the hopes that another carrier setting or General iOS patch will come out cause I'm an fresh out of ideas here.

Thoughts?

Correction regarding Tethering location:
Settings/General/Usage/Cellular]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15921 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:01:45 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15921 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15913 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:48:17 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15913
However I have not been fortunate enough to be on wifi when this happens. Last week I tested turn by turn in maps and for ten minutes of use I used over 150mb, is that normal?

All in all I'm now on my third iPhone 5 (because of hardware faults) and from September 21st I've used a combined total of somewhere in the range of 3/4 gb of data.

I recently switch to a Verizon's family shared plan. Ported my number from an AT&T account that I had since the first generation iPhone where I averaged 1.5gb a month.

Verizon they told me to take it up with Apple and and a employee told me that Verizon use apple as "crutch" because the the buildings Are in close proximity.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15911 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:40:06 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15911
Verizon isn't charging its customers for excess usage this month that took place because of an apparent iPhone 5/iOS 6 configuration bug. We haven't heard a peep yet from whether AT&T has the same issue in place. This is separate from Podcasts, but the same principle.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15910 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:06:50 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15910 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15905 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:24:46 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15905 I have auto-download turned off over cellular and it still did that!]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15897 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:49:05 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15897 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15800 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:28:02 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15800 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15799 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:25:15 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15799 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15769 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:51:14 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15769 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15732 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:44:56 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15732 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15720 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:56:28 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15720 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15719 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:28:25 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15719 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15717 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:58:21 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15717 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15715 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:51:06 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15715 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15704 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:37:51 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15704
I don't really know why Apple created the Podcast app. There are third-party apps that work so much better.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15693 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:28:25 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15693 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15688 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:08:33 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15688
It was strange to see this story right after looking at my ATT report for the first time after changing to a shared data plan- we generally use about 1- 1.5 GB in a month, but I wanted to track to see how we were doing and found this amazing amount of data in just half a day!]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15686 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:27:45 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15686 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15674 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:32:51 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15674 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15673 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:28:11 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15673
You can see currently downloading podcasts in the Downloads section of the iTunes app—at least, it works for me. But frequently, they're already downloaded before I realize this is going on.

Separate from automatic downloads, the Podcast app will also start playing the next Podcast in a list when you finish he previous one, and if it's not downloaded, it seems to stream it.

My data use has gone up since installing the Podcast app.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15672 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:46:47 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15672 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15670 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:58:26 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15670
After 2 months we removed the app, and added podcasts via iTunes. Now data usage is back to normal.

A coinsidence? I think not...]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13266?rss#comments_15669 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:40:19 EDT http://tidbits.com/article/13266#comments_15669