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Another day, another mystery solved. Remember how we recently reported that Windows Phone 7 customers were losing data usage at an alarming rate due to an unknown cause? Well, it looks like the culprit has been found and it’s none other than Yahoo Mail who are to blame! The ‘phantom data’ issue first came to light [...]
Phantom Data Leak Traced to Yahoo Mail
p styletextalign justifya targetblank relattachment wpatt22875 hrefhttpblog.dialaphone.co.uk20110201phantomdataleaktracedtoyahoomailwindowsleakimg classalignleft sizefull wpimage22875 titleWindowsLeak srchttpblog.dialaphone.co.ukwpcontentuploads201102WindowsLeak.jpg alt width300 height225 aAnother day, another mystery solved. Remember how we recently reported that Windows Phone 7 customers were losing data usage at an alarming rate due to an unknown cause Well, it looks like the culprit has been found and its none other than Yahoo Mail who are to blame!pp styletextalign justifyThe phantom data issue first came to light as users reported their usage being far higher than what they had used that month. Microsoft said at the time that they had 8220determined that a thirdparty solution is configured in a manner that potentially causes larger than expected data downloads8221 and told users that they were looking into the problem.pp styletextalign justifyFast forward a few weeks and it turns out that the third party is in fact Yahoo Mail who apparently caused the data ructions due to an inefficiency in synchronizing Yahoo Mail with Windows Phone 7. Microsoft said This inefficiency can result in larger than expected data usage for a very small percentage of users.pp styletextalign justifyLuckily, WP7 users wont have long to wait until their Yahoo data leakage is under control, with a release expected in the next couple of weeks.pp styletextalign justifyIn the meantime, if you are affected you can control the situation by following the below instructionspul styletextalign justifyliFromthe Start screen of Windows Phone 7, click on the arrow in the top right cornerliliChoose 8216Settings8217 from the app listliliChoose 8216email amp accounts8217liliChoose 8216Yahoo! Mail8217liliClick on the setting under 8216Download new content8217liliSelect a less frequent setting. If you are using the default setting every 2 hours, change this setting to 8216manually8217liliClick on the setting under 8216Download email from8217lili styletextalign justifySelect a shorter time range. If you are using the default setting the last 2 weeks, change this setting to 8216the last 7 days8217liula targetblank relnofollow hrefhttpblog.dialaphone.co.uk20110201phantomdataleaktracedtoyahoomailMobile Phone Bloga
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