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A small bug that downloads enormous amounts of data?

From the article:

> I checked iOS setting/cellular and saw an uninstalled app used 700-800MB. I closed the settings and reopened it and it was 900MB. The uninstalled app[s] used 1.2GB data in less than 5-6 minutes…

It sounds like a reporting bug rather than a data consumption bug. I guess I'd like to know if they saw those same #s from their cellular company?

From the article, yes:

> I spoke with Verizon about the usage. They said it's getting categorized as audio and video streaming, but only because it's using network ports normally associated with those types of services.

Thanks!

> I just noticed this issue on my iPhone XR. I got a notification from my carrier that I’ve used 90% of my 8GB of data and I have 11 days left in my billing cycle. My data usage is usually around 4GB per month, so this was pretty strange. I noticed that System Services and Uninstalled apps were taking up the majority of my data usage…. This seems to have started around the time I installed iOS 13.3.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/uninstalled-apps-using-...

Thanks!

Could have omitted 90% of the article and just had that quote plus one more paragraph, but it wouldn't get as many ad views

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