data plan

[Teaos]

The only thing I can think of is a total wipe and reboot, which I think they can do in store and not send it away.

[Tyyr]

Yeah, the store should be able to completely wipe it and start over fresh which should fix the issue.

Even with unlimited data I'd want to get this fixed since it's burning battery to run the radios for that and taking up bandwidth when you want it.

[Teaos]

And if it is spyware you want that the hell out of your phone.

[Tyyr]

I'd bet money that's what it is. There are a couple bits of spyware that I know get stuffed into a lot of apps, stuff that's supposedly just to push ads but what it does is datamine your phone and report it all back to the mothership. Always look at the permissions an app wants and better yet, look it up online.

[McAvoy]

Well I am going to have to do that on Thursday or Friday.

592 MB. It is right behind my Facebook app. That is at 652.

[Reliant121]

You might want to do a hard reset. Most phones I know that are android its both the volume buttons pressed then the power button. It sounds like you've got malware or spyware somewhere; my Note II takes up roughly about 8mb per month of my data tariff; there is no WAY it should take up anywhere NEAR that much.

[Tyyr]

If the Galaxy S3 hadn't been on sale for $50 when I went to upgrade I'd have gotten a Note II. I was concerned about trying to use it as a conventional phone but I can live with talking into a skateboard for that screen real estate and the stylus. Pretty sure my next phone will be a Note 3 or 4, whatever they're up to when I go for it.

[McAvoy]

You might want to do a hard reset. Most phones I know that are android its both the volume buttons pressed then the power button. It sounds like you've got malware or spyware somewhere; my Note II takes up roughly about 8mb per month of my data tariff; there is no WAY it should take up anywhere NEAR that much.

Done that so many times. The phone freezes at least once a day. I did do reset to factory specs but that didn't do anything.

[Tyyr]

There are ways to stick apps in so that even a reset won't take them out. Odds are that you've got a piece of malware from one of your apps that's pulled that trick. Getting Verizon to completely wipe the phone and reinstall the OS is about the only way you're likely to be able to dig it out without clear knowledge of what it is.

[stitch626]

Too bad there isn't a Malwarebytes for the phone...