You certainly know it, first there was 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G which is starting to be deployed all around us. The more generations of the Internet evolve, the more tasks you can perform with your Honor 9. It's particularly 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 change everything. Despite everything, our internet plans are not completely unlimited plans, and we are generally 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 find yourself short of mobile data.
This is precisely what we will show you today, we will see How to set a mobile data limit on your Honor 9. To do this, first of all, we will quickly 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 Honor 9.
For what reasons should you determine a mobile data limit on your Honor 9?
We therefore start this tutorial by quickly showing you why it is advisable to manage the mobile data consumption of your Honor 9. You probably do not know it in the event that you only use until today very low mobile internet data or in the event that you have WiFi at home, however most current 4G plans are limited in volume of files and the bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once this amount is reached.
It's when you go for a weekend or the internet at home is not working and you use your Honor 9 as a mobile access point that you realize that the data leaves quickly ... Watch some Video clips or getting lost on social networks are particularly 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 advisable to use a data limitation of your Honor 9 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 a photo 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 ...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Honor 9?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, we will teach you how to limit the internet data consumption of your Honor 9. 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 will be able 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 wish you can furthermore discover how to save battery on your Honor 9.
How to configure a mobile data consumption alert threshold on an Honor 9?
First of the possibilities that we want to show you, it is simply a means of prevention, it will be used to alert you when you exceed a first level of internet data consumption, however without blocking your package. 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. D2Discover below the technique to follow to configure it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Honor 9
- Then in the "Connections" menu click on "Use of mobile data"
- In the parameters of this section, you will be able to configure 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 file consumption block limit on an Honor 9?
If you want to be more radical and you want after setting a warning, find a way to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having started the download of a non-essential update, the best of the alternatives going to be to determine 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 at 80 or even 90% of your plan to make sure you keep enough for the essentials:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your Honor 9, 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 fix the blocking
If you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Honor 9, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Honor 9.
