The Sims 4 is using up all of my bandwidth

GabrielleAlicia​  Did you restart the game and your computer after disabling Online Social Access?  It shouldn't matter, but perhaps something got stuck with the game or the EA App.

Additionally, does this happen if you set your phone as a mobile hotspot (using data, not your home wifi) and connect your computer to it?  This shouldn't use much data at all with the EA App in offline mode, and it's a useful test.

I did restart the game after disabling online features, I’ve also restarted the EA client. I have tried with my phone on the WiFi as well as disconnecting my phone from the WiFi with no change. I fully shut down my computer after work each day so it’s always a fresh boot up when I start everything.

GabrielleAlicia​  I specifically meant connecting your phone to your computer while your phone is using data, as in, your computer is using your phone's data rather than your home wifi.  I was wondering whether there was some kind of issue related to your home wifi network, not that it's broken overall but that it and Sims 4 aren't playing well together.  So please try exactly that if you haven't already.

Separately, do you know when this started?  The most recent patch created a file that looks like EA data collection to some of us, and it's created even with the App in offline mode; the only way to stop it, other than to deny permission to the folder it's in, is to take the computer offline.  So I'm wondering whether this is just a result of the newest patch (and perhaps this new "feature") or preceded it.

My issue started on 5/29 which is also when I downloaded everything, I will have to try out using my phone as a hotspot to see if that changes things

My phone offers a significantly faster WiFi speed (60MBPS) when not using the game after loading up the game with EA in online mode the speed goes down to 17MBPS which would be fine if that’s what my typical speeds were however that is not the case as of now. When EA is in offline mode the WiFi speed stays at 60MBPS so I’m not sure why my regular WiFi is being tanked.

GabrielleAlicia​  I'm not sure either, but you can try blocking everything EA-related in the Windows firewall, or a third-party program if you use one.  This is separate from your antivirus.  You may find several distinct entries, so try them separately and together.

I'm not in front of a Windows PC at the moment and so can't give a better description, but if you need me to, I can look again later today and see what looks suspicious.