Sounds like gentle and persistent education may be you're best bet.
Tell her that unless she listens to music all day or lots of movies every month, she should be well below her data limit. Then show her each month what she has used.
She is possibly on a limited budget and $70 a month is a lot for a phone bill. With my current under-employment my $80 a month is a lot. Does she really need a smart phone? Does she really need an internet connection on a cell phone? That is really a small display for 75 year old eyes.
Brent
On May 30, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Gijzette Strickland wrote:
The AT&T app is good but not updated real time.
Dataman is no longer free. There is a .99 version and a 9.99 version. Only
problem is it says the app must be started before a reboot & she shuts her
phone off every night. Not sure she'll remember to do that. I wonder if all
the apps require this? I am trying to get her to use Do Not Disturb instead
of shutting off but time will tell.
Thanks!
On Thursday, May 30, 2013, Barry Warfield wrote:
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> I use DataMan and is free or was free. Easy set-up, enter data plan limit,
> date of billing cycle and it will alert you as the limit approaches.
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> B.
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> All,
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> My mother just got her first iPhone (wish me luck I don't kill her before
> she's had it a week). Anyway since she's on a limited budget she only has
> the smallest data plan that AT&T offers and now she's paranoid about how
> much data she is using. She only opened one website for 2 minutes and
> called me in a panic thinking she used too much data. I did walk her
> through looking at data usage in settings but you have to remember to
> reset that at the beginning of each billing cycle. She's 75, I doubt she
> will remember even if she sets a reminder.
>
> Does anyone use a data tracking app that will alert her when she's reaching
> her limit that doesn't care if it is not open in the background.
>
> Thanks
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