Hi Mary, I don't know about iBooks, but it's definitely possible to download large files via cellular data since I have downloaded Audible books which were over 400 Mb in size. When you said you went to the "appropriate settings" do you mean you went either to Settings > Cellular to make sure iBooks was allowed to download via cellular or to Settings > iBooks? You can turn cellular data for iBooks on either place, it's the same. I just made sure by turning it off in Settings > Cellular, then I went to Settings > iBooks and turned it on. When I went back to Settings > Cellular it was now also on for iBooks and when I turned it back off and went back to iBooks settings it once again was off also. I don't see why Apple would allow third-party apps to download large files via cellular and disable it for iBooks especially if the setting to allow it is there. I think this limit which once existed of 50 Mb is long gone as people tend to have large data plans and also as Apple has made it possible to control exactly which app you allow to use cellular data. The one exception here still is Software Updates, Apple does not allow you to enable this via cellular and on the one hand that makes sense since software updates can be close to 2 Gb, but on the other hand it also doesn't make sense since there are countries where people may not have easy access to WiFi. As you said, if somebody has 5 or 10 Gb of data it should be there choice whether to download a 1.5 or 1.8 Gb software update via cellular.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 9:33 PM To: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Downloading a book over cellular data This morning, using my iPhone, I purchased an iBook which was over 100 MB long. I got a notification upon completion of the purchase stating that the book would not be downloaded until I was on Wi-Fi. I went into settings and make sure that the appropriate setting for using cellular data was checked and that the setting for downloading books was also checked. But the book did not download until I was back on my Wi-Fi at home. I want to know if there is some setting whereby I can tell iBooks or the phone or whatever that it is fine to download large files. I have 10 GB per month on T-Mobile, so downloading a large book is not a big deal. Surely, I should be able to download a big file over cellular if I want to. Mary Sent from my iPad -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
