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 the Internet evolves, the more tasks you can accomplish with your HUAWEI P40 Pro. It is particularly convenient! And for people who had the chance to test the first versions of the web, you had to switch off your landline mobile phone to be able to use the Internet and download an image in several minutes, and up to several days for a film ... now it only takes a few minutes for a film in 4K for the lucky ones whose home is equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will change everything. However, our internet plans are not completely unlimited plans, and we are generally limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the more 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 show you in this article, we will see the technique to set a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI P40 Pro. To do this, first of all, we will quickly explain to you in a little more detail the reason why it is essential to manage your internet package. Then, the different means of limit the consumption of your internet data on your HUAWEI P40 Pro.
Why set a mobile data limit on your HUAWEI P40 Pro?
We therefore start this tutorial by quickly telling you the reason why it is interesting to manage the mobile data consumption of your HUAWEI P40 Pro. You probably don't know this in the event that you use very little mobile internet data so far or in the event that you have WiFi at home, however, most current 4G plans are limited. in data volume and bandwidth (download speed) is particularly reduced once this amount is reached.
It's when you go on a trip or the internet at home is not working and you use your HUAWEI P40 Pro as a mobile access point that you realize that data is consumed particularly quickly ... a few video clips or getting lost on social networks are particularly greedy activities and your internet plan may not hold up in the event that you plan to do this for a whole month.
It is mainly for this type of situation that it can be interesting to use a limitation of the data of your HUAWEI P40 Pro so as not to be surprised and end up with an ultra slow connection, something we are moreover. not at all used to it and that we generally live particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Downloading an image can take several tens of seconds, a few minutes for a heavy web page, and you should not even hope to be able to watch a video, even in poor quality ...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your HUAWEI P40 Pro?
We now go to the practical part of this tutorial, we will explain how to limit the data consumption of your HUAWEI P40 Pro. Fortunately this manipulation 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 whenever 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 P40 Pro.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a HUAWEI P40 Pro?
The first of the possibilities that we want to explain to you, it is simply a prevention technique, it will be used to alert you when you exceed a first threshold of data consumption, however without blocking your package. A good way to leave a margin while being warned that you will have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. Here is the technique to use to adjust it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your HUAWEI P40 Pro
- After that in the "Connections" menu click on "Mobile data usage"
- In the parameters of this tab, you will be able to define a threshold "Data warning" , you just have to click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to receive your notification
How to set a data consumption block limit on a HUAWEI P40 Pro?
If you want to be more radical and after setting a warning, you want to find a solution 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 method 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 advise you to set this limit at 80 or even 90% of your package to make sure you keep enough for the essentials:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your HUAWEI P40 Pro, 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 now just have to activate first 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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