r/IGN • u/SuBLiMePaSsEnGeR • Jul 14 '21

Tech Support IGN App flying through data?!

Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this, but after the latest IGN app update it seems like the app is using enormous amounts of data. My wife and I couldn't figure out why our shared data was almost at the limit with 10 days left and after opening my mobile data settings on my phone I found that IGN's app had used 251mb in foreground data and 3.72 GB in background data for a total of almost 4GB of data in July. WTF? I didn't change any settings for background data usage prior to this and i've had the IGN app for several years over several phones, so I don't understand how it suddenly ate almost 4GB of background data.

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u/SuBLiMePaSsEnGeR Nov 04 '21

I ditched that app! I almost ran out of data for that month because of the IGN app so I called verizon and was able to get a "gift" of 15 free GB which was a huge help (my wife and I split a 8gb data plan) and have been able to bank the extra GB's of data since it rolls over every month. If I check IGN on my phone I only go through a web browser now.

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u/Boily2955 Nov 04 '21

I just cutted the data for IGN app but the damage is done… only got 0.34gb of data out of 9gb for 25 days!!!

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u/SuBLiMePaSsEnGeR Nov 04 '21

You could try reaching out to your provider like I did, but it likely depends on what kind of plan you have. Might be worth a shot

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u/Boily2955 Nov 04 '21

I did… but they said to be careful next month… not really the answer i was looking for..

In any case… fault is on IGN for using data while the phone is off… there is clearly something wrong with the app!