Hi Nothing community,
I’m reporting a reproducible network issue on CMF Phone (1) with Airtel, observed after recent Nothing OS updates.
Issue summary:
• Phone shows 5G connected
• However, daily 4G data quota is consumed rapidly
• Once daily data is exhausted:
# 5G completely stops working
# Unlimited 5G does NOT continue
Critical observation (with evidence):
While uploading Nothing network/debug logs (~142.79 MB / 0.14 GB):
• My daily data usage jumped:
# from \~50%
# to 90%
# and then close to 100%
• Airtel sent multiple data-usage alerts during this short upload
• This data consumption is disproportionate to the actual upload size.
Images :




At the same time:
• 5G icon was active
• Network batching / aggregation was ON
This strongly suggests that:
• Data is being charged as metered 4G, despite 5G being shown.
Additional regression:
• Earlier versions had a “Smart 5G” option in SIM/network settings
• This option is now missing after update
• After its removal, this issue started occurring again.
Steps already tried:
• 5G enabled
• Manual preferred network selection (5G )
• Network reset
• Device restart
• Software up to date
Issue still persists.