New Galaxy S5 using data instead of wifi

sskse
Newbie

New Galaxy S5 is using data instead of wifi at home.  The phone shows that it's connected to wifi and I checked the settings and they are set to wifi.  Used my entire 2 GB of data in 5 days.  Looking at the usage detail, it's showing data usage at times when I am at home connected to wifi.  Help!

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vzw_customer_support
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Hi sske - We certainly want to make sure that your phone is registering data connections properly. Is this happening on different routers/ WiFi networks or just at home? Have you tried forgetting the network and readding it? In Settings>WiFi>Advanced, turn "Auto network switch" to Off. I am eager to get to the bottom of this!


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Ann154
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You can also turn off the cellular data connection when you expect to be connected to a wifi connection while at home.

I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.

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acraftylady
Specialist - Level 2

Have seen a lot of people complaining after the update 4g remains on at the same time as wifi no matter what and eating up their data. Not having that issue myself. Mary

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GalaxyClass
Master - Level 1

It did with me and hurt data & battery life so I did a soft reset and it's back to normal.