You certainly know that after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G which is starting to land on our territory. The more recent developments in the internet, the more tasks you can do with your HUAWEI Mate 20 X. It's really useful! And for those who had the chance to test the first versions of the web, you had to switch off your fixed smartphone 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 is question of only a few minutes for a film in 4K for the lucky ones whose housing is 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 completely unlimited plans, and we are often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most expensive plans. It is therefore important according to your consumption to manage it well so as not to find yourself short of mobile data.
This is precisely what we are going to present to you today, we will find out how to set a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X. To do this, first, we will briefly teach you a little more in detail why it is important to manage your internet plan. Then, the different ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X.
For what reasons should you determine a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X?
We therefore start this guide by briefly telling you why it is beneficial to monitor the mobile data consumption of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X. You probably do not know it if you have only used very little of the devices until today. Internet mobile data or if you have WiFi at home, however the majority of current 4G plans are limited in volume of files and the bandwidth (download speed) is particularly 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 X as a mobile access point that you realize that the data leaves quickly ... Watching a few video clips or getting lost on social media are really energy intensive activities and your internet plan might not last long if you plan to do this all the time.
It is in these cases that it can be beneficial to use a data limitation of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X so as not to be surprised and end up with an ultra slow connection, something to which we are on the other hand more of the very accustomed and that we generally live particularly badly because we are used to broadband. Loading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, a few minutes for a heavy web page, and you should not even hope to be able to view a video, even in poor quality ...
How to block the consumption of mobile data on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will teach you how to limit the internet data consumption of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X. Despite everything, this manipulation is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to control your consumption on the internet.
You have the possibility to define 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. If you ever want you can also learn how to save battery on your HUAWEI Mate 20 X.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a HUAWEI Mate 20 X?
First of the options that we want to show you, it is simply a prevention technique, it will be used 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 informed that you have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. Here is the procedure to follow to define it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X
- Then in the "Connections" menu press "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this tab, you will be able to choose a threshold "Data warning" , you just need 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 HUAWEI Mate 20 X?
If you ever want to be more radical and you want, after setting a warning, to find a technique to totally 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. This way, 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 essentials:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your HUAWEI Mate 20 X, 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 if 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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