As you probably know, after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to be deployed all around us. The more recent the Internet generations, the more things you can do with your Asus ZenFone 3. It's really practical! And for those who had the chance to test the first versions of the web, it was mandatory to switch off their fixed smartphone to be able to use the Internet and download an image in several minutes, and up to several tens of hours for a film… From now on it is a question of only a few minutes for a film in 4K for those which are equipped with the fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will revolutionize everything. However, our internet plans are not really unlimited plans, and we are generally limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most important plans. It is therefore important 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 explain to you in this guide, we will see the method to choose a mobile data limit on your Asus ZenFone 3. To do this, first, we will quickly teach you a little more in detail why it is important to manage your internet plan. Then, the different means of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Asus ZenFone 3.
Why determine a mobile data limit on your Asus ZenFone 3?
We therefore start this article by quickly telling you why it is interesting to manage the mobile data consumption of your Asus ZenFone 3. You surely do not know it in the event that you are only using until today very not much mobile internet data or in the event that you have WiFi at home, however most of the current 4G plans are limited in volume of files and the bandwidth (download speed) is greatly reduced once this amount is reached .
It's when you go away from home or the internet at home is not working and you use your Asus ZenFone 3 for tethering that you realize that data is consumed particularly quickly ... Watching a few videos or getting lost on social media are really energy intensive activities and your internet plan may not last long in the event that you plan to do this all the time.
It is in these cases that it may be interesting to use a data limitation of your Asus ZenFone 3 so as not to be surprised and end up with an ultra slow connection, something to which we are moreover more at all accustomed and that we generally live particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Downloading an image can take several 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 ...
The method to limit the consumption of mobile data on its Asus ZenFone 3?
We now move on to the practical part of this article, we will explain how to limit the internet data consumption of your Asus ZenFone 3. Fortunately 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 set a data consumption alert threshold to warn 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 learn how to save battery on your Asus ZenFone 3.
How to choose a mobile data consumption alert threshold on an Asus ZenFone 3?
First of the options we want to present to you, it's just a prevention technique, it will be used to alert you when you exceed a first level of internet data consumption, but without blocking your plan. A good solution to leave you a margin while being informed that you have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. Here is the technique to implement to configure it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Asus ZenFone 3
- Then in the "Connections" menu click on "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this tab, you can define a threshold "Data warning" , just click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to be alerted by notification
How to set a file consumption block limit on an Asus ZenFone 3?
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 determine a blocking limit for your internet package. So 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 Asus ZenFone 3, 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
- From now on, you will only 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 set the block
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