As you surely know, there was first 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G which is beginning to land on our territory. The more modern the internet developments, the more tasks you can perform with your HUAWEI Mate Xs. It's really useful! And for those who experienced the beginnings of the Internet, it was necessary to turn off their 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... From now on it is a question of only a few minutes for a 4K movie for those who have 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 most expensive packages. Depending on your consumption, it is therefore essential 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 guide, we will see the method to set a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI Mate Xs. To do this, to begin with, we will briefly explain to you in a little more detail why it is essential to manage your internet package. Then, the different techniques for limit the consumption of your internet data on your HUAWEI Mate Xs.
Why set a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI Mate Xs?
We therefore start this guide by briefly explaining to you why it is advisable to control the mobile data consumption of your HUAWEI Mate Xs. You probably don't know if you use very little internet mobile data until today or if you have WiFi at home, but most current 4G plans are limited in file volume and bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once you exceed this volume.
It's when you go away from home or when the internet at home doesn't work and you use your HUAWEI Mate Xs in connection sharing that you realize that data is consumed particularly quickly... Watch some videos or getting lost on social networks are really energy-intensive activities and your internet package may not last long if you have planned to have this rhythm for a whole month.
It is in these cases that it may be advisable to use a data limitation on your HUAWEI Mate Xs so as not to be surprised and end your month with an ultra slow connection, something that we are more all accustomed to it and that we live in most cases particularly badly so we are used to broadband. Downloading an image can take a few tens of seconds, a few minutes for a web page to load, 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 HUAWEI Mate Xs?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will teach you how to limit the data consumption of your HUAWEI Mate Xs. Fortunately this solution is very simple 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 want you can also learn how to save battery on your HUAWEI Mate Xs.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a HUAWEI Mate Xs?
The first of the possibilities we want to show you is simply a prevention technique, it will serve to alert you each time you exceed a first data consumption threshold, but without blocking your package. A good way to leave a margin while being warned that you have to start being careful to keep the package for the rest of the month. Here is the technique to implement to configure it:
- Go to the "Settings" of your HUAWEI Mate Xs
- After that in the "Connections" menu click on "Mobile data usage"
- In the parameters of this section, you will be able to choose a threshold "Data warning" , just click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to be alerted by notification
How to set a file consumption blocking limit on a HUAWEI Mate Xs?
If 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 started downloading a non-essential update, the best method will be to set a blocking limit for your internet package. 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, 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
- You will now just have to activate to start 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
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