Mobile internet usage - is your allowance still being used even when you're not browsing the internet?

[wdaniel84]

Yes you allowance is still being used. I suggest you go to your settings menu and under the "accounts & sync" option, switch off "background sync".

I know that the FB and Twitter widgets use a lot of data so it might be best to only use those applications when you want to or maybe just reduce the auto update interval. Your Yahoo Mail could also be the issue especially if you are receiving emails with attachments of HTML emails which would show up with pictures and web links in the email itself.

Some apps do continue to use data so be sure to check any apps that you may have downloaded to your phone, including some games as well. But its not to do with the operating system, a huge percentage of the current phones on the market have an "always on" internet connection, so its best to make sure that only the apps and programs you want to be updated are not consuming too much data.