Midnight large data usage

[Anonymous]

Hi all

I've a Sony Z3 Compact with a 500mb monthly limit.

Since I've had this phone (about 3 months) I've come close to using my full allowance, with regular midnight, 00:00:00, data grabs.

All the data is used by mobile.o2.co.uk (as is all the data)

Examples:

15/07/15 83637kb

16/07/15 52012kb etc

Large amounts of data, often 40mb+, is grabbed also at crazy times such as times around 3am or 5am randomly when I'm not using the phone, so I'm getting frustrated as to what is using up my allowance without my express permission.

I know the house wi-fi will not work when the phone is in standby, so this can only happen when the phone is in standby. O2 helpline gave some general comments amounting to all the updates waiting till the wi-fi is off before doing their thing, so were not much help.

Does anyone know if O2 add up all your data for the day then put it on your allowance at midnight - if so I won't be able to stop what it's doing without religiously switching off mobile data for 99% of the time to stop apps helping themselves.

Also, is there a way to find out where exactly this data allowance is being used by?

As an aside, my wife's phone is also a Sony xperia but uses data from wap.o2.co.uk - is this the same company as mobile.o2.co.uk.

All I can think of do is:

1) Uninstall everything I know I don't use

2) Physically switch off the phone at night then monitor the usage

3) Go through all the apps and try and set them not to update or look for new pictures etc.

Any comments would be gratefully received!

Thanks

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:
your wife should also be using mobile.o2.uk now. The wap profile is an old one.

Changed her Access point name - her download speed here in North Durham was 0.21Mbps. It's now reliably over 8Mbps. Nice one!

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[jonsie]

Makes you wonder how she struggled along previously. It will be like a new phone for her now.

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

Makes you wonder how she struggled along previously. It will be like a new phone for her now.

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You might think so, but she only uses her phone for messaging 95% of the time...

Oh, at least I know it's faster signal.

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@MI5 wrote:
your wife should also be using mobile.o2.uk now. The wap profile is an old one.

Changed her Access point name - her download speed here in North Durham was 0.21Mbps. It's now reliably over 8Mbps. Nice one!

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Nice

[Anonymous]

Usung loafs od date my allowance is out in days once new bill sets. On wap is there a link to go o2 mobile.

[jonsie]

Change the apn settings to mobile.o2.co.uk

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:
Usung loafs od date my allowance is out in days once new bill sets. On wap is there a link to go o2 mobile.

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Use wifi and download less on mobile data.