You certainly know that first there was 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to roll out all around us. The more recent the generations of the internet, the more things you can accomplish with your Pocophone M4. It's really practical! And for people who knew the beginnings of the Internet, it was necessary to switch off their fixed 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 it is a question of only 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 turn everything upside down. 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 high-end packages. It is therefore essential, depending on your consumption, to manage it well so as not to end your months with an internet connection at the speed of a minitel.
This is precisely what we will show you in this article, we will find out how to set a mobile data limit on your Pocophone M4. To do this, first of all, we will quickly explain to you in a little more detail why it is essential to manage your internet package. Then, the different ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Pocophone M4.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Pocophone M4?
We therefore start this guide by quickly telling you why it is interesting to manage the mobile data consumption of your Pocophone M4. You certainly don't know this if you have only used your internet package very little until today or if you have WiFi at home, however most current 4G packages are limited in data volume and band bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once you exceed this volume.
It is when you go away from home or when the internet at home does not work and you use your Pocophone M4 in connection sharing that you realize that the data is consumed particularly quickly... Watch a few video clips or getting lost on social networks are really greedy activities and your internet plan may not last if you plan to have this pace without being able to use a WiFi connection.
It is mainly for this type of situation that it can be interesting to use a data limitation on your Pocophone M4 so as not to be surprised and end up with an ultra slow connection, something that we are on the other hand not used to it at all and that we live in most cases particularly badly so we are used to broadband. Loading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, several 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 Pocophone M4?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will tell you how to limit the data consumption of your Pocophone M4. Despite everything, this technique is very simple and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to manage your consumption on the internet.
You will be able to configure a data consumption alert threshold to warn you as soon as you exceed a certain consumption. And one limit which when exceeded will block mobile data connections to avoid over consumption. In the event that you wish you can also discover how to save battery on your Pocophone M4.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Pocophone M4?
First of the possibilities that we wish to present to you, it is simply a prevention technique, it will serve to alert you when you exceed a first threshold of data consumption, however without blocking your plan. A good way to leave 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 configure it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Pocophone M4
- And then in the "Connections" menu click on "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this section, you can set a threshold "Data warning" , just click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to receive your notification
How to set a data consumption blocking limit on a Pocophone M4?
In the event that you wish to be more radical and you wish, after having set a warning, to find a solution 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 method will be to set a blocking limit on your internet plan. So 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 Pocophone M4, 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 will only have to activate first if you have not already done so "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to fix the blocking
If you ever want as many tutorials as possible to become the absolute master of the Pocophone M4, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Pocophone M4.
