You surely know that after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to be deployed all around us. The more generations of the Internet evolve, the more tasks you can perform with your Sony Xperia 5. It's really convenient! And for those who knew the beginnings of the Internet, you had to switch off your landline in order 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 question 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 revolutionize 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 most important plans. 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 explain to you today, we will learn the method to set a mobile data limit on your Sony Xperia 5. To do this, to begin with, 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 techniques for limit the consumption of your internet data on your Sony Xperia 5.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Sony Xperia 5?
We start this tutorial by quickly describing to you the reason why it is appropriate to monitor the mobile data consumption of your Sony Xperia 5. You certainly don't know it if you only use very little of your device so far. internet plan or if you have WiFi at home, however the majority of current 4G plans are limited in data volume and the bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once you exceed this volume.
It is when you go on a trip or the internet at home is not working and you use your Sony Xperia 5 for tethering that you realize that data is consumed particularly quickly ... Watch some Video clips or getting lost on social media are really greedy activities and your internet plan might not hold up if you've been planning on doing this for a whole month.
It is mainly for this type of situation that it may be advisable to use the data limitation of your Sony Xperia 5 so as not to be surprised and end up 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 an image can take a few tens of seconds, several minutes for a heavy web page, and you shouldn't even think you can watch a video, even in poor quality ...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Sony Xperia 5?
We now go to the practical part of this tutorial, we will show you how to limit the data consumption of your Sony Xperia 5. Despite everything, this solution is very simple and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to control your consumption on the internet.
You will be able to define 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. If you ever want you can furthermore learn how to save battery on your Sony Xperia 5.
How to configure a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Sony Xperia 5?
First of the possibilities that we want to reveal to you, it is simply a prevention technique, 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 have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. D2cover below the procedure to implement to configure it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5
- Then in the “Connections” menu, press “Use of mobile data”
- In the settings of this section, you can 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 Sony Xperia 5?
If you ever want to be more radical and after setting a warning, you want to find a technique to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, having launched a non-essential update, the best alternative will be to set a blocking limit for your internet package. This way 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 be sure to keep enough for essential things:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your Sony Xperia 5, 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 only have to activate now to start if 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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