As you probably know, after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to be deployed all around us. The more modern the internet evolves, the more things you can do with your Samsung Galaxy S5. 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 only a matter of 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 really unlimited plans, and we are generally 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 end your months with an internet connection at the speed of a Minitel.
This is precisely what we will teach you in this article, we will learn how to set a mobile data limit on your Samsung Galaxy S5. In this context, first of all, we will briefly explain to you in more detail why it is important to manage your internet package. Then, the different ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Samsung Galaxy S5.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Samsung Galaxy S5?
We therefore start this article by briefly showing you why it is advisable to manage the mobile data consumption of your Samsung Galaxy S5. You probably don't know if you have so far only used very little of your internet plan or if you ever have WiFi in your home, nevertheless, the vast majority of current 4G plans are limited in volume of files and the bandwidth (download speed) is drastically reduced once this amount is reached.
It is when you go on a trip or the internet at home does not work and that you use your Samsung Galaxy S5 for connection sharing that you realize that the data leaves quickly ... Watch some videos or losing on social media are really greedy activities and your internet plan may not hold up if you ever plan to do this for a whole month.
It is mainly for this type of situation that it may be advisable to use a limitation of the data of your Samsung Galaxy S5 so as not to be surprised and find yourself with a particularly slow connection, something to which we are advised. 'on the other hand not at all used to and that we generally live particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Loading a photo can take several tens of seconds, a few minutes for a heavy web page, and you shouldn't even think you can watch a video, even in poor quality ...
The technique to block the consumption of mobile data on your Samsung Galaxy S5?
We now move on to the practical part of this article, we will show you how to limit the internet data consumption of your Samsung Galaxy S5. Fortunately this solution is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to manage your consumption on the internet.
You will be able to adjust a data consumption alert threshold to warn you when 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 want you can also learn how to save battery on your Samsung Galaxy S5.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Samsung Galaxy S5?
First of the solutions that we want to reveal to you, it is just a prevention solution, it will be used to alert you each time you exceed a first threshold of internet data consumption, however without blocking your package. 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 Samsung Galaxy S5
- And then in the "Connections" menu click on "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this tab, you will be able to set 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 file consumption block limit on a Samsung Galaxy S5?
In the event that you want to be more radical and you want after setting a warning, find a way to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having launched a non-essential update, the best solution will be to set a blocking limit for your internet package. Therefore more risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We suggest that you set this limit at 80 or even 90% of your package to be sure to keep enough for essential things:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your Samsung Galaxy S5, 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
- Now you just have to activate first 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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