As you certainly know, after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to roll out all around us. The more modern internet developments are, the more things you can do with your Fairphone 4. It's really practical! And for people who experienced the beginnings of the Internet, it was necessary to turn off their fixed smartphone to be able to use the Internet and download an image in several minutes, and up to several days for a film... From now on it is a question only a few minutes for a 4K film for those who have fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G, which will change everything. However, our internet packages are not completely unlimited packages, and we are most often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the largest packages. 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 show you in this article, we will find out how to set a mobile data limit on your Fairphone 4. In this context, first of all, we will quickly teach you a little more in detail the reason why it is essential to manage your internet plan. Then, the different techniques for limit the consumption of your internet data on your Fairphone 4.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Fairphone 4?
We therefore start this article by quickly revealing to you the reason why it is interesting to monitor the mobile data consumption of your Fairphone 4. You certainly do not know it if you have never used until today very little your internet plan or if you ever have WiFi at your home, however the vast majority of current 4G plans are limited in data volume and the bandwidth (download speed) is considerably reduced once this amount is reached.
It's when you go away for the weekend or when the internet at home isn't working and you use your Fairphone 4 for connection sharing that you realize that the data goes quickly... Watch a few videos or losing on social media are really energy-intensive activities and your internet plan may not last long if you ever plan to do this for a whole month.
It is in these cases that it can be interesting to use a data limitation on your Fairphone 4 so as not to be surprised and end your month with an ultra slow connection, something to which we are more we're all used to it and that most of the time we experience particularly badly because we're so used to broadband. Downloading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, a few minutes for a loaded web page, and you shouldn't even think of being able to watch a video, even in poor quality...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Fairphone 4?
We now move on to the practical part of this article, we will explain how to limit the internet data consumption of your Fairphone 4. Fortunately this manipulation is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to manage your consumption on the internet.
You can set a data consumption alert threshold to alert you when 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 fairphone 4.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Fairphone 4?
First of the possibilities that we want to expose to you, it is simply a prevention solution, it will serve to alert you when you exceed a first threshold of internet data consumption, however 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. Here is the procedure to follow to fix it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Fairphone 4
- After that in the "Connections" menu tap on "Mobile data usage"
- 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 be alerted by notification
How do I set a data usage blocking limit on a Fairphone 4?
In the event that you wish to be more radical and you wish, after setting a warning, to find a technique to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having launched an unnecessary update, the best alternative will be to define a blocking limit of your internet plan. So there is no risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We recommend that you set this limit at 80 or even 90% of your plan to be sure to keep enough for essential things:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your Fairphone 4, you will find it in the settings of the latter
- 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
- Now you just have to activate it first if you haven't already done so. "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to fix the blocking
If you are ever looking for a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Fairphone 4, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: 4 Fairphone.
