I don't know about other providers but Verizon has a widget that can be added to your notifications area to show data usage which is very convenient. Actually, I learned about this widget on this list. It shows up in the today view of notifications.
Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2016, at 11:17 PM, Feliciano Godoy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > , > If you want to keep track of the data usage, you can reset the data > statistics the beginning of your billing cycle. I have discovered that this > information does not match my providers usage data. So it is not 100% > accurate not sure if it is on the providers side of things or the iPhone > usage data technology. I suggest you have your provider send you > notifications of your data usage. > > > Regards, > Feliciano > For tech tips and updates, > LIKE wwww..facebook.com/theblindman12v > Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v > >> On Mar 29, 2016, at 7:58 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Tom, >> >> Unless you are doing a lot of streaming music or video over cellular 2 Gb >> won’t give you any trouble. One thing you may want to make sure is turned >> off is a setting called WiFi Assist. You find it under Settings > Cellular >> and it’s almost at the bottom underneath all your apps. In fact, if you do a >> 4-finger tap near the bottom of the screen you land on the information which >> tells you when you last reset the usage statistics for your device, swipe >> left three times from there and you are where you want to be. >> If WiFi Assist is turned on your phone may use cellular data to “assist” >> your WiFi connection if it is not good and a few people have reported that >> this has used up most of their monthly data allowance in a week or two. I >> think this is one setting which should be off by default, but it is not. >> Apart from that I really have to do a fair bit to reach 2 Gb a months >> provided I use WiFi when I’m at home which is where I do most of the data >> intensive stuff like downloading Audible books etc. Normal stuff like email, >> iMessage, using Safari, Facebook, most other apps and even Facetime calls >> don’t use all that much data. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Tom Rash >> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 3:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Need to watch data usage >> >> Now I need to watch my data usage. I have 2 GB per month. I rarely use my >> phone for other than a phone while I'm out. I notice under celular data >> that most of my apps are on. Does that mean only while I am out and access >> those apps, I will eat up celular data? I'm assuming this has nothing to do >> with me being at home and on a wifi or somewhere else where I'm logged in to >> a wifi network? I thought someone mentioned a long time ago some app you >> could get to warn you when you get close to your data alotment? 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