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Unknown data use on new Motorola G62/Labara contract
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peter021072
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According to the details of my Labara usage, I normally use very little data on my new smartphone, just a few Mb now and again. However after staying at an hotel for 3 days I noticed there are tens or hundreds of Mb downloaded every single night, just after midnight whilst I'm asleep. Each of these are proceeded by smaller download use a few minutes before. I was using my phone at the hotel in the evening, so could this be my own use but labelled several hours later, or something more sinister? All the security settings seem to be up to date. The contract mentions that it can take up to 3 hours to show, but I assume the times displayed will correspond with actual use.
Since the data used is still below my monthly allocation it probably doesn't matter this time, but I'm just trying to understand what is happening.
Since the data used is still below my monthly allocation it probably doesn't matter this time, but I'm just trying to understand what is happening.
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Just a thought, but have you checked update settings? Mine are set to update overnight unless I tell them not to.1
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And ensure auto updates set to wi-fi only, you can update manually over data if you wish.
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The system update history indicates the last one was more than a month ago, not long after I bought it, and these updates were during the last week.
Google play I'm not sure, I've pressed every icon but can't find anything which controls updates.
I've set updates to wifi only so hopefully that'll prevent any unusual data use.
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peter021072 said:The contract mentions that it can take up to 3 hours to show, but I assume the times displayed will correspond with actual use.1
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Look in settings - mobile networks - your SIM at app data usage and it will show what's using your data1
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Also check if the times recorded are GMT/UTC rather than BST, that can often explain an hours discrepency.1
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Lorian said:Look in settings - mobile networks - your SIM at app data usage and it will show what's using your data0
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