Mobile phone/wifi/data and bluetooth question

[Dave7]

I am on Virgin so have 'free' mobile phone data usage.
I very seldom use the phone outside the house so my monthly allowance is sufficient for me.
However.......
I have been notified that I have used 95% of my data for this month.
The only thing I am doing differently is............. I have been 'bluetoothing' music to my radio, a new thing for me.
Could that be the reason ?
If so, is there a solution ?

 

[fossyant]

Have you got the phone connected to your home wifi, if not, it will use it's own data connection and gobble it up.

 

[fossyant]

Don't ask @Drago though 👅

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Or do you mean you're connecting it to your car radio whilst out & about?

 

[cougie uk]

Where is the music coming from on your phone ? Are you streaming from Spotify, or BBC sounds or something and playing that over the car radio ?

On BBC Sounds you can download whole 3 hour shows at home on the wifi and then play that over the bluetooth in the car.

 

[Drago]

Don't ask @Drago though 👅

If I were on a virgin like Dave then I wouldn't be wasting time on my phone!

 

[Dave7]

Have you got the phone connected to your home wifi, if not, it will use it's own data connection and gobble it up.

I 'think' I have. How do I check ?

 

[Dave7]

Or do you mean you're connecting it to your car radio whilst out & about?

No......never do that.
At a guess 95% is at home.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

No......never do that.
At a guess 95% is at home.

Where are you getting the music from, if it's off the internet and you're using mobile data from the phone it'll soon run through it

 

[Dave7]

Where is the music coming from on your phone ? Are you streaming from Spotify, or BBC sounds or something and playing that over the car radio ?

On BBC Sounds you can download whole 3 hour shows at home on the wifi and then play that over the bluetooth in the car.

Its a home radio that has bluetooth option.
The only way I know Is that 1) I pair phone and radio up 2) I google a song I want and press play.

 

[Dave7]

I google it so it is normally youtube

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Its a home radio that has bluetooth option.
The only way I know Is that 1) I pair phone and radio up 2) I google a song I want and press play.

You're getting the songs off the internet thats whats burning through the data.

 

[cougie uk]

Is there a Wifi icon at the top of the screen on your phone ?

And in settings you can disable mobile data so that you don't use up data like this again.

 

[vickster]

Don't know what type of phone, but if you're connected to wi-fi there should be a little wi-fi symbol on the home screen when connected

 

[vickster]

You're getting the songs off the internet thats whats burning through the data.

Not if connected to wi-fi