What is spending your data allowance and what is wearing your battery — and stop worrying about the things that do neither.
You will know what is spending your data allowance and what is wearing your battery — and stop worrying about the things that do neither.
Key points
Wi-Fi at home costs nothing against your allowance; mobile data is the metered one
Video, video calls and photo backups spend almost all of it
Overnight charging is fine, running it all the way down is not required, closing apps saves nothing
Heat and years wear a battery — and a battery is a replaceable part
What to remember
Both meters are on your phone already, itemised by app. Neither of them is a guess, and neither is bad news by itself.
Video, video calls and photograph backups. Almost every allowance that disappears went on one of those three.
Settings shows exactly which apps spent the allowance. It is almost never the ones people suspect.
A tired battery is a part, not a phone. Replacing it is often the difference between buying a new handset and keeping this one three more years.
Try this
Open Settings and find the data usage list for this month. Most people discover one app has taken more than half of it, and it is rarely the one they expected.