Today, I woke up to 7 texts about the data overage charges that were accrued last night while I slept. Apparently my phone used nearly 8 GB of data, with no apps open, while I was sound asleep, leaving me with a $63 fee. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I finished a 2 hour Skype call with my girlfriend, only to realize I was using mobile data. FML
Today, I woke up to a bunch of missed calls from a number I didn't know. I had called an Uber in my sleep. They charged a cancellation fee. FML
Today, my cell phone service was interrupted because I owed the company 27 cents. It cost 36 dollars to reinstate my service. FML
Today, I got my cell phone bill. I pay for 700 minutes per month. I used 9 last month. FML
Today, before going to bed my phone lit up and I got all excited because I thought it was a text message. My phone was finished charging. FML
Today, I arrived at my college dorm. To help me sleep, I listened to my local radio from my phone. Little did I know, they turn off the wifi for part of the night, and hours of music were streamed onto my phone. Guess who now owes the phone company all my money. FML
Today, I got the cell phone bill for my family and saw that my son had gone over his limit by around 1,000 messages. Curious to see what he was talking about that much, I read the messages. Apparently, my 15 year old son is having it off more than me and my wife. FML
Today, I'm locked out of my phone, out of my email, and out of my credit card. All websites to restore access to all of these send text messages to your phone or an app to unlock them. On top of that, I only got 3 hours of sleep. FML
Today, I overdrew my account and ended up paying an extra 35 bucks for a 1.99 item. It was an application on the iPhone that is supposed to help me keep track of my money. FML
Today, I had a text message when I woke up. I was excited as I usually don't get texts from people. Turns out it was from T-Mobile. They text me more than actual people do. FML
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Top comments
Tripartita 45
Shit, this is like the conclusion of a modern day ghost story. "But when the OP awoke the next morning, their phone had used $63 worth of data—without any apps open! OooooooOOOOooooo!"
GhostFox 34
Check your setting, under cellular data it should show what apps used data, and when. Some phones even let you to individually toggle what apps are allowed to use your cellular data.
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Comments (24)
arioch_fml 20
That bytes Op, I would definitely get your phone checked out, like others are saying could be a virus or something along the lines of that. Then again, do you live alone? If not someone could just be screwing you over.
Ghetis 396 11
I think there was a story about how Verison dicked a bunch of people over like this
rekijan 6
Well there are options to prevent this, so you did it to yourself.
triformed 14
Make sure no body is tethering off your phone.
Dajana Jonynaitė 10
wtf are those prices??? I pay 4€ a month for 8gb :D
Cali 57
American cell plans / prices can get pretty bonkers. From what I've seen in Europe, you guys have it way better!
Jillian51894 12
God do I love Verizon's safe mode!! Has prevented this situation for us a lot, especially with me being on my phone a lot.
öKANEö 12
Put it on airplane mode lol