You surely know that after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to be deployed all around us. The more modern the Internet generations, the more tasks you can perform with your Honor Play 8. It's particularly convenient! And for people who have had the chance to test the first versions of the web, it was necessary to switch off their landline to be able to use the Internet and display an image in several minutes, and up to several tens of hours for a film… Now it only takes a few minutes for a 4K film for those who are equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will turn everything upside down. However, our internet plans are not really unlimited plans, and we are most often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most expensive 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 present to you in this article, we will see how to set a mobile data limit on your Honor Play 8. In this context, first, we will briefly explain to you in a little more detail the reason why it is essential to manage your internet package. Then, the different techniques for limit the consumption of your internet data on your Honor Play 8.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Honor Play 8?
We start this article by briefly telling you the reason why it is interesting to manage the mobile data consumption of your Honor Play 8. You probably do not know it in the event that you only use so far very little of your internet plan or in the event that you have WiFi at your home, however, most of the current 4G plans are limited in file size and the bandwidth (download speed) is particularly reduced once you have exceeded this volume.
It is when we go on a trip or the internet at home does not work and that we use our Honor Play 8 for connection sharing that we realize that the data leaves quickly ... Watch some videos or watch losing on social networks are particularly greedy activities and your internet plan may not last long in the event that you plan to do this without being able to use a WiFi connection.
It is mainly for this type of situation that it can be interesting to use a data limitation of your Honor Play 8 so as not to be surprised and end your month with a particularly slow connection, something to which we are concerned. 'elsewhere no longer at all used to and that we generally live particularly badly because we are 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 you can watch a video, even in poor quality ...
How to block the consumption of mobile data on your Honor Play 8?
We now go to the practical part of this article, we will show you how to limit the data consumption of your Honor Play 8. Fortunately this solution is very simple 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 warn you when 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 also discover how to save battery on your Honor Play 8.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on an Honor Play 8?
First of the solutions that we want to present to you, it is just a prevention solution, it will be used to alert you when you exceed a first level of data consumption, however, without blocking your package. A good solution to leave you a margin while being informed that you will have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. Discover below the procedure to follow to configure it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Honor Play 8
- Then in the "Connections" menu click on "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this tab, you can set a threshold "Data warning" , just click on it to set the data volume from which you want to receive your notification
How to set a file consumption block limit on an Honor Play 8?
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 set a blocking limit for your internet package. So 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 package to be sure to keep enough for essentials:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your Honor Play 8, 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 fix the blocking
If you want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Honor Play 8, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Honor Play 8.
