As you probably know, after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to roll out all around us. The more internet developments evolve, the more things you can do with your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2. It's particularly convenient! And for people who knew the beginnings of the Internet, it was mandatory to switch off their landline mobile phone to be able to use the Internet and display an image in several minutes, and up to several days for a film... Now all you need to do is a few minutes for a 4K film for the lucky ones whose accommodation is equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will revolutionize everything. However, our internet packages are not completely unlimited packages, and we are generally 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 find yourself running out of mobile data.
This is precisely what we will explain to you in this article, we will find out how to set a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2. To do this, to begin with, 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 ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2.
Why set a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2?
We therefore start this article by briefly showing you the reason why it is beneficial to monitor the mobile data consumption of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2. You probably do not know this in the event that you do not use it until today very little internet mobile data or in the event that you have WiFi at home, however, most of the current 4G plans are limited in data volume and bandwidth (download speed) is strongly reduced once this amount is reached.
It's when you go away for the weekend or when the internet at home doesn't work and you use your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 as a mobile access point that you realize that the data goes quickly... Watching a few 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 without being able to use a WiFi connection.
It is in these cases that it can be beneficial to use a data limit on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2 so as not to be surprised and end your month with an ultra slow connection, something we are sure on the other hand, not at all accustomed to and which we generally experience particularly badly, so accustomed to broadband. Loading a photo can take several tens of seconds, a few minutes for a loaded web page, and you shouldn't even hope to be able to watch a video, even in poor quality...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2?
We now move on to the practical part of this article, we will teach you how to limit the data consumption of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2. Fortunately this technique is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to manage your consumption on the internet.
You can 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 want you can also discover how to save battery on your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a HUAWEI Mate Xs 2?
First of the options that we want to expose to you, it is just a means of prevention, it will serve to alert you when you exceed a first threshold of data consumption, nevertheless, 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. D2Cover below the procedure to implement to adjust it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your HUAWEI Mate Xs 2
- After that in the "Connections" menu tap on "Mobile data usage"
- In the settings of this tab, you can set 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 data usage blocking limit on a HUAWEI Mate Xs 2?
In the event that you want to be more radical and you want, 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 the download of a non-essential update, the best solution will be to determine a blocking limit for your internet plan. In this way, there is no risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We advise you to 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 HUAWEI Mate Xs 2, you will find it in its 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
- Now you just have to activate to start if you haven't already done so. "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to set the block
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