HELP! i don't see that this got resolved and i am now having this issue. i've worked with Apple and Verizon and i get odd feedback like "we've never seen this before" but also "that's normal." these are contradictory statements! i need help. my situation is potentially wonkier than those described above, or others didn't review the spreadsheets of data usage.
on June 1, 2020, ALL 4 lines on our family plan started having System Services use a lot of data 4 times a day. this literally was not happening through May 31, 2020. my sister and i live alone, my parents live together. we are all on wifi almost 100% of the time since we are all at home due to the pandemic.
when i identified the increased data usage, i downloaded the data use spreadsheets from verizon. upon review, i found that the 4-times-per-day System Services data usage is the ONLY data our phones used. the information below shows the ONLY data used on those days.
also note the trend of:
9:31 AM / 9:31 PM
3:32 AM / 3:32 PM
DATE ----------TIME-------KB
08/03/2020 09:31 PM 588970.76
08/03/2020 03:32 PM 107499.42
08/03/2020 09:32 AM 3922.82
08/03/2020 03:32 AM 47.23
08/02/2020 09:32 PM 3006.04
08/02/2020 03:33 PM 20275.93
08/02/2020 09:33 AM 140517.67
08/02/2020 03:33 AM 186.57
08/01/2020 09:33 PM 258.62
08/01/2020 03:34 PM 2951.25
08/01/2020 09:34 AM 484.02
08/01/2020 05:56 AM 31.74
07/31/2020 11:56 PM 207766.12
07/31/2020 05:56 PM 183855.87
07/31/2020 11:57 AM 226.21
07/31/2020 05:57 AM 647.05
07/30/2020 11:57 PM 31.81
07/30/2020 05:57 PM 627.63
07/30/2020 11:58 AM 57769.69
07/30/2020 05:58 AM 57.92
i have done the assessments to reset statistics on all phones.
we did not all download the same app or manually change the same setting, or all update to a new iOS at midnight on June 1st. at least 2 of us do not allow autoupdates of iOS. i recently got my dad a new phone. it continues to happen on his line.
we do not have an unlimited data plan and we are running out of data each month.