Rant: iphone 5...Help!

[docellis]

I vote porn video.

[Schlich]

I vote porn video.

yup

[thrill]

99% sure it's porn, yeah.

[Maclowery]

Maybe he's just super hooked on Netflix showing Breaking Bad or Mad Men?! (That's like 80% of my Netflix use the last six months)

[in5in06]

Do you know offhand if his account/phone is set up to act as a Personal Hotspot? My account/phone is set up for this, and the Hotspot setting is just below Bluetooth when you tap Settings to open it.

I'm just guessing here (and trying to give you more options to look at for possible data consumption), but at times when I utilize the hotspot feature because the company I work changes their mind on WiFi usage almost daily (long story), I notice a fairly significant amount of usage between my iPhone and iPad.

Just a thought...

[cardinalkarp]

I just ordered the iPhone 5 myself today. My 4 was starting to crap out, constantly dropping calls & the reception in my house was awful (and mine seemed to have that problem when I grabbed it on the sides the reception strength dropped considerably).

Luckily, they grandfathered me in w/ the unlimited data package for $30...so if my usage gets too high the speed slows but I don't get billed.

I know they just announced the iPhone 6 is right around the corner but I never drop the $400 or so they want for the new one. $150 for the 16GB 5 will do for me.

[CT Defector]

We finally got in to the Apple Store, it took about 5 seconds for the guy to say it was a firmware issue, he reset the phone as new and said he was 99.9% sure that was the problem. He said even though my son was shutting down apps they weren't really shutting down and were running in the background. That made sense because I noticed that there would be big chunks of data being used as soon as my son would leave the house and wi-fi, and I know he wasn't starting up a video or anything while driving. Well, 2 days later and it is happening again. Today while he is at school in class, which has wi-fi, and also he can't be watching videos in class, so it isn't that. Back to the Apple store tomorrow.

[CT Defector]

Do you know offhand if his account/phone is set up to act as a Personal Hotspot? My account/phone is set up for this, and the Hotspot setting is just below Bluetooth when you tap Settings to open it.

I'm just guessing here (and trying to give you more options to look at for possible data consumption), but at times when I utilize the hotspot feature because the company I work changes their mind on WiFi usage almost daily (long story), I notice a fairly significant amount of usage between my iPhone and iPad.

Just a thought...

No, not that either, I have looked at all the settings to make sure all that stuff is turned off.

[cardinalkarp]

Well, after getting it all set up this weekend this thing is awesome. I was so used to my slow POS iPhone 4 this thing is like getting a high powered super computer.