Hi Keith,
First of all, if you have a WiFi connection the iPhone will use it and not data. So, if you hear "3 of 3 bars, WiFi connection" that means you are connected to WiFi and the iPhone will never use data if WiFi is available. Secondly, there is a 50 Mb download limited for downloading over 3G. If you are using Enhanced or even the level below for your Audible books, I think there are few that are less than 50 Mb which means even if you weren't on WiFi, you couldn't download these files. You can go ahead and try it some time, make sure your Audible book file is over 50 Mb and try to download it on 3G, the iPhone will show you a message telling you it can't do so. Lastly, many apps like Downcast or radio streaming apps have settings which allow you to limit downloads and streaming to WiFi. If you are concerned you may accidently download too much over 3G or you don't want to stream music unless you are definitely connected to WiFi, then just turn on these restrictions in whichever app you are using. Ootunes has it for sure, so does Downcast for Podcasts. If you use Skype, keep in mind that Skype will work via 3G just fine, but it does use about 3 Mb per minute of a voice call. You could also get an app like Dataman which will show you how much data has been downloaded and uploaded not only via 3G, but also via WiFi. Dataman I think is 99 Cents or maybe $1.99 and it's accessible. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:46 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Downloading via data or WiFi -- Advice requested on how best to monitor Hi, I'm new to iPhone, having used only iPodTouch. When downloading, is there a way to restrict downloading to WiFi, or monitor if WiFi is in fact being used instead of data? Last night I used my iPhone to download a book from Audible while at home. My WiFi was working fine; I was online with my PC monitoring work-related emails which dripped in over the evening, as is common. The download took much longer than usual with the iPodTouch via WiFi, but eventually completed. This morning, just curious, I checked data usage on the iPhone, there has been 75MB of data downloaded in 1 week (about the size of the book I downloaded), and I haven't even used the phone for anything much yet. The WiFi connection appears good on the iPhone. I suspect the download was via data and not WiFi. I double-checked the status bar last evening while downloading and the data bars were 1 of 5, and the WiFi bars were 3 of 3. I presumed the download was via WiFi, but now suspect it was not. At any rate, are there settings I should know about to prevent this from happening again when there is WiFi, or best practices advised to stay ahead of this? Thanks in advance. Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
