RE: Galaxy Note 2: suddenly using all my monthly data allowance

Question

I never use up my monthly data allowance.

Now, suddenly, I'm using up all of it and then some long before the end of my month.

Checking my account I see that there have been days when my data usage has been as little as 0.0001 to as high as 0.18102 GB per day.

What could account for this?

I recently, in the last 2-3 weeks, had a software upgrade to the device that Verizon did, and that I agreed to.

Any idea why suddenly it started using up so much data?

Is there an app that could tell me what is draining my data that I can trust?

Thanks.

wdfarmer · Accepted Answer

The Note 2 has data usage tracking built in.  Go to Settings / Data Usage.  You may want to check the boxes labeled "Limit mobile data usage" and "Alert me about data usage".  Then scroll down the screen, and you'll find a listing of the apps that have used Mobile Data, sorted by usage.

It also allows you to change the cycle to correspond with your billing cycle.