You surely know that after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G which is starting to land on our territory. The more modern the internet is, the more things can be accomplished with your Lenovo K10 Plus. This is particularly useful! And for people who knew the beginnings of the Internet, it was compulsory to switch off their landline in order to be able to use the Internet and download an image in several minutes, and up to several tens of hours for a film ... Now it is a 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 turn everything upside down. Despite everything, our internet plans are not completely unlimited plans, and we are most often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most high-end plans. It is therefore important 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 guide, we will see how to set a mobile data limit on your Lenovo K10 Plus. In this context, first of all, we will briefly show you in a little more detail the reason why it is important to manage your internet plan. Then, the different ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Lenovo K10 Plus.
For what reasons to set a mobile data limit on your Lenovo K10 Plus?
We start this guide by briefly showing you the reason why it is interesting to manage the mobile data consumption of your Lenovo K10 Plus. You surely do not know it in the event that you only use very little of your internet plan until today or in the event that you have WiFi at home, however, the vast majority of 4G plans data are limited in data volume and the bandwidth (download speed) is drastically reduced once you exceed this volume.
It's when we go for a weekend or when the internet at home is not working and we use our Lenovo K10 Plus for tethering that we realize that the data leaves quickly ... Watch some videos or getting lost on social networks are particularly energy intensive activities and your internet plan may not last long in the event that you plan to have this rhythm for a whole month.
It is in these cases that it may be interesting to use a data limitation on your Lenovo K10 Plus so as not to be surprised and end your month with a particularly slow connection, something we are also experiencing. not at all used to and that in most cases we live particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Loading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, several 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 limit the consumption of mobile data on its Lenovo K10 Plus?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will tell you how to limit the data consumption of your Lenovo K10 Plus. 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 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 want you can also discover how to save battery life on your Lenovo K10 Plus.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Lenovo K10 Plus?
First of the options we want to show you, it's just a prevention solution, it will be used to alert you each time you exceed a first level of data consumption, but 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. D2Discover below the procedure to implement to adjust it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Lenovo K10 Plus
- And then in the "Connections" menu, tap on "Use of mobile data"
- In the parameters of this section, 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 be alerted by notification
How to set a data consumption blocking limit on a Lenovo K10 Plus?
In the event that you want to be more radical and you want after setting a warning, find a technique to completely block your data consumption so as not for example to use everything by having started the download of a non-essential update, the best method is going to be to set a blocking limit for your internet plan. Therefore 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 essential things:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your Lenovo K10 Plus, you will find it in the settings of the latter
- 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 set the block
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