As you probably know, there was first 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G which is starting to land on our territory. The more modern the internet evolves, the more tasks you can accomplish with your Alcatel 3X. It is particularly practical! And for those who knew the beginnings of the Internet, it was compulsory to switch off their fixed smartphone in order to be able to use the Internet and download an image in several minutes, and up to several days for a film… Now it only takes a few minutes for a film in 4K for those who are equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will change everything. However, our internet plans are not completely unlimited plans, and we are often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most high-end plans. It is therefore essential, depending on your consumption, to manage it well so as not to end your months with an internet connection at the speed of a Minitel.
This is precisely what we will present to you today, we will learn how to choose a mobile data limit on your Alcatel 3X. In this context, first of all, we will briefly teach you a little more in detail why it is essential to manage your internet plan. Then, the different ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Alcatel 3X.
For what reasons should you set a mobile data limit on your Alcatel 3X?
We therefore start this guide by briefly telling you the reason why it is appropriate to manage the mobile data consumption of your Alcatel 3X. You probably don't know this in the event that you have so far used very little of your internet plan or in the event that you have WiFi at home, however, most current 4G plans are limited data volume and bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once you exceed this volume.
It is when you go away from home or the internet at home does not work and that you use your Alcatel 3X for connection sharing that you realize that data is consumed particularly quickly ... Watch some videos or getting lost on social networks are particularly greedy activities and your internet plan may not hold up in the event that you plan to do this for a whole month.
It is mainly for this type of situation that it may be advisable to use a limitation of the data of your Alcatel 3X so as not to be surprised and end up with an ultra slow connection, something we are moreover. not at all used to it and that we generally live particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Loading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, several minutes for a heavy web page, and you shouldn't even think you can watch a video, even in poor quality ...
How to block the consumption of mobile data on your Alcatel 3X?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will reveal to you how to limit the internet data consumption of your Alcatel 3X. Despite everything, this solution is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to control your consumption on the internet.
You can define a data consumption alert threshold to alert you whenever you exceed a certain consumption. And one limit which when exceeded will block mobile data connections to avoid over consumption. In the event that you wish you can also learn how to save battery on your Alcatel 3X.
How to choose a mobile data consumption alert threshold on an Alcatel 3X?
First of the solutions that we wish to present to you, it is just a means of prevention, it will be used to alert you each time you exceed a first threshold of internet data consumption, nevertheless without blocking your package. A good way to leave 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 3X
- And then in the "Connections" menu, tap on "Use of mobile data"
- In the parameters of this tab, you will be able to define a threshold "Data warning" , you just have to click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to be alerted by notification
How to set a data consumption blocking limit on an Alcatel 3X?
In the event that you want to be more radical and you want, after setting a warning, find a solution to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having launched a non-essential update, the best method going to be to set a blocking limit for your internet package. This way, there is no more risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We recommend that you set this limit to 80 or even 90% of your plan to make sure you keep enough for the mandatory things:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your Alcatel 3X, 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
- You will only now have to activate first in the event that it is not already done "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to fix the blocking
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