As you certainly know, there was first 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to land on our territory. The more generations of the internet evolve, the more things you can do with your Huawei Nova 8i. It is particularly practical! And for people who experienced the beginnings of the Internet, you had to turn off your landline phone to be able to use the Internet and display an image in several minutes, and up to several dozen hours for a film... Now it is question of only a few minutes for a film in 4K for the lucky ones whose accommodation is equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G, which will change everything. That said, our internet packages are not really unlimited packages, and we are often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most high-end 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 show you in this article, we will find out how to set a mobile data limit on your Huawei Nova 8i. To do this, to begin with, we will briefly show you in a little more detail the reason why it is essential to manage your internet plan. Then, the different means of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Huawei Nova 8i.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Huawei Nova 8i?
We therefore start this article by briefly describing the reason why it is interesting to monitor the mobile data consumption of your Huawei Nova 8i. You certainly don't know if you have only used very little of your internet package until today or if you have WiFi at home, however, most 4G packages are limited in data volume and the bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once this amount is reached.
It is when you go away for the weekend or when the internet at home does not work and you use your Huawei Nova 8i in connection sharing that you realize that the data is consumed particularly quickly… Watch a few videos or getting lost on social networks are particularly energy-intensive activities and your internet package may not last long if you have planned to have this pace without being able to use a WiFi connection.
It is in these cases that it can be interesting to use a limitation of the data of your Huawei Nova 8i so as not to be surprised and end up with an ultra slow connection, something to which we are more all used to it and which we generally experience particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Loading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, a few minutes for a heavy web page, and you shouldn't even hope to be able to watch a video, even in poor quality...
The technique to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Huawei Nova 8i?
We now go to the practical part of this article, we will explain how to limit the data consumption of your Huawei Nova 8i. Despite everything, 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 want you can furthermore discover how to save battery on your Huawei Nova 8i.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Huawei Nova 8i?
The first of the solutions that we would like to present to you is simply a prevention solution, this will serve to alert you each time you exceed a first data consumption threshold, however without blocking your plan. 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 define it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Huawei Nova 8i
- After that in the "Connections" menu tap on "Mobile data usage"
- In the settings of this section, you can 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 data consumption blocking limit on a Huawei Nova 8i?
If you want to be more radical and you want, after setting a warning, to find a way to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having launched an unnecessary update, the best method will be to configure a blocking limit of your internet package. In this way, there is no risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We recommend setting this limit at 80 or even 90% of your plan to ensure you keep enough for the essentials:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your Huawei Nova 8i, 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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