Skipping Charges
Read the fine print. Any kind of premium texting service can put extra charges on your bill. You may accidentally sign up for one of these through "free" giveaways and other sweepstakes, and they can run up charges on your phone bill.
Pay attention to app charges.
Look for cramming charges.
Talk to your phone company. If you see any charges you don't think should be there, call your phone company. They can at least look at the charge to see where they're coming from, and they may be able to stop them
Know your plan. To avoid going over on your plan, you need to know how much data you're allowed each month, as well as how many texts and minutes you get each month. You can find that information online or on your bill each month.
Monitor your usage each month. When your billing cycle comes around, reset your data statistics. That way, you can see how much you're using so you don't go over.
Avoid data usage. If you are nearing your data limit, it's time to start avoiding data usage. How drastic you are depends on how much data you have left. One option is just saving data-hungry entertainment, such as streaming videos and music, until you're on WiFi, so that you're not using data.
- You can turn off data for individual apps under settings. You can also turn off push notifications for each app and auto-syncing, also under settings.
- Another option is turn off cellular data altogether, so you can't run up any data. Turn it off under settings.
Use messenger apps. If you're running out of texts, you can turn to messenger apps. While these run off of data, you can also use them on WiFi instead. Basically, you use a messenger app instead of sending text to people, and they work pretty much like text messages.
Use a VoIP app to limit minutes. If you're running low on minutes, you can use a VoIP app. Like messenger apps, these apps use data or WiFi. They let you make calls to other people without using minutes.
