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I recently tried backing up my iPhone to my PC by cable connection using the Apple Devices app, but within a few minutes got a message from my phone service provider saying i had exceeded my data limit. Why? Why should transferring data by a physical connection cost mobile data? And how can i avoid this cost?
iPhone SE, iOS 17
CopaMike wrote:
Something else was certainly going on. Two suggestions:
(1) The phone was set with mobile data on and therefore the backup used mobile data - the phone companiy’s suggestion..
(2) The back up included photos, although these are stored in the cloud and not on the phone. So my photos were downloaded from the cloud and then copied onto my phone. This would normally have been done via wifi but because I had mobile data switched on …
Any comments?
Review the apps that are using Cellular Data at Settings > Cellular. Choose the last billing period to view the data usage of each app. This should help pinpoint the culprit
CopaMike wrote:
Something else was certainly going on. Two suggestions:
(1) The phone was set with mobile data on and therefore the backup used mobile data - the phone companiy’s suggestion..
(2) The back up included photos, although these are stored in the cloud and not on the phone. So my photos were downloaded from the cloud and then copied onto my phone. This would normally have been done via wifi but because I had mobile data switched on …
Any comments?
Review the apps that are using Cellular Data at Settings > Cellular. Choose the last billing period to view the data usage of each app. This should help pinpoint the culprit
It does not. Backing up to a computer does not use mobile data in any way.
If you used mobile data while backing up, then something else was goin on at the same time as the backup to PC, but it had nothing to do with the backup to the PC.
CopaMike wrote:
Something else was certainly going on. Two suggestions:
(1) The phone was set with mobile data on and therefore the backup used mobile data - the phone companiy’s suggestion..
No, again, backup to a PC does not use mobile data in any way. Something else entirely may have used it, but it has nothing to do with the backup.
(2) The back up included photos, although these are stored in the cloud and not on the phone. So my photos were downloaded from the cloud and then copied onto my phone. This would normally have been done via wifi but because I had mobile data switched on …
Any comments?
No, if you have iCloud Photos turned on, the backup will not include them.
Something else was certainly going on. Two suggestions:
(1) The phone was set with mobile data on and therefore the backup used mobile data - the phone companiy’s suggestion..
(2) The back up included photos, although these are stored in the cloud and not on the phone. So my photos were downloaded from the cloud and then copied onto my phone. This would normally have been done via wifi but because I had mobile data switched on …
Any comments?
Why does backing up by cable cost mobile data?
