As you probably know, there was first 3G, then 4G, now 5G is starting to land on our territory. The more recent developments in the internet, the more things you can accomplish with your Alcatel 1V. It is really useful! And for those who knew the beginnings of the Internet, you had to switch off your landline to be able to use the Internet and download an image in several minutes, and up to several tens of hours for a film ... Now you just need a few minutes for a film in 4K for the lucky ones whose accommodation is equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will revolutionize everything. Despite everything, our internet plans are not completely unlimited plans, and we are often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most expensive plans. It is therefore important, depending on your consumption, to manage it well so as not to find yourself short of mobile data.
This is precisely what we will teach you today, we will see how to set a mobile data limit on your Alcatel 1V. In this context, first of all, we will quickly explain to you in a little more detail the reason why it is important to manage your internet plan. Then, the different ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Alcatel 1V.
Why should you set a mobile data limit on your Alcatel 1V?
We therefore start this guide by quickly describing to you the reason why it is interesting to control the mobile data consumption of your Alcatel 1V. You probably don't know this if you only use very little of your internet plan so far or if you have WiFi at home, however most current 4G plans are limited in Data volume and bandwidth (download speed) is drastically reduced once you exceed this volume.
It is when you go on a trip or the internet at home is not working and you use your Alcatel 1V for connection sharing that you realize that data is consumed particularly quickly ... Watch some clips video or getting lost on social media are really greedy activities and your internet plan may not last long if you plan to do this all the time.
It is in these cases that it may be interesting to use a limitation of the data of your Alcatel 1V so as not to be surprised and end up with a particularly slow connection, something to which we are moreover more dubious. very accustomed and that we generally live particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Loading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, a few minutes for a loaded web page, and you should not even expect to be able to view a video, even in poor quality ...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Alcatel 1V?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will reveal to you how to limit the data consumption of your Alcatel 1V. However, this technique is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to control your consumption on the internet.
You have the possibility to configure a data consumption alert threshold to alert you as soon as you exceed a certain consumption. And one limit which when exceeded will block mobile data connections to avoid over consumption. If you ever want you can also discover how to save battery on your Alcatel 1V.
How to configure a mobile data consumption alert threshold on an Alcatel 1V?
First of the solutions that we want to reveal to you, it is just a means of prevention, it will be used to alert you when you exceed a first threshold of data consumption, but without blocking your package. A good solution to leave you a margin while being warned that you will have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. D2Cover below the technique to follow to adjust it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Alcatel 1V
- Then in the "Connections" menu click on "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this section, you can set a threshold "Data warning" , just click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to receive your notification
How to set a data consumption blocking limit on an Alcatel 1V?
If you ever want to be more radical and you want, after setting a warning, to find a solution to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, having launched a non-essential update, the best method will be to set a blocking limit for your internet package. This way there is no more risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We advise you to set this limit at 80 or even 90% of your package to be sure to keep enough for the mandatory things:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your Alcatel 1V, you will find it in the latter's settings
- In the "Use of mobile data" tab, you can access the settings by clicking on the small cogwheel at the top right of your screen
- All you have to do now is activate first in the event that you have not already done so. "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to set the block
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