You probably know, first there was 3G, then 4G, now it's 5G that is starting to roll out all around us. The more modern the internet evolves, the more tasks you can do with your Sony Xperia L4. It is really useful! And for those who knew the beginnings of the Internet, it was compulsory to switch off their fixed mobile phone in order to be able to use the Internet and display an image in several minutes, and up to several tens of hours for a film… From now on it is a question of only a few minutes for a film in 4K for those which are equipped with the fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will revolutionize everything. Despite everything, our internet plans are not really unlimited plans, and we are generally limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most important 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 are going to teach you today, we will see how to choose a mobile data limit on your Sony Xperia L4. To do this, to begin with, 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 Sony Xperia L4.
Why should you determine a mobile data limit on your Sony Xperia L4?
We start this article by briefly showing you the reason why it is appropriate to manage the mobile data consumption of your Sony Xperia L4. You probably do not know this if you have so far used very little mobile internet data or if you ever have WiFi at home, however the vast majority of current 4G plans are limited in volume of files and the bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once this amount is reached.
It is when you go on a trip or the internet at home does not work and you use your Sony Xperia L4 as a mobile access point that you realize that data is consumed particularly quickly ... Watch a few video clips or getting lost on social media are really energy intensive activities and your internet plan may not hold up if you ever plan to do this without being able to use a WiFi connection.
It is in these cases that it may be advisable to use a limitation of the data of your Sony Xperia L4 so as not to be surprised and end up with a particularly slow connection, something to which we are moreover more at all accustomed 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 loaded 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 your Sony Xperia L4?
We now go to the practical part of this article, we will teach you how to limit the data consumption of your Sony Xperia L4. 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 can set 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. In the event that you want you can also learn how to save battery on your Sony Xperia L4.
How to choose a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Sony Xperia L4?
First of the options that we want to reveal to you, it is just a prevention technique, it will be used to alert you each time you exceed a first data consumption threshold, 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. D2Discover below the procedure to implement to adjust it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia L4
- Then in the "Connections" menu click on "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this tab, you can choose 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 file consumption block limit on a Sony Xperia L4?
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 of the alternatives going to be to determine a blocking limit for your internet package. Therefore more risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We recommend that you set this limit at 80 or even 90% of your plan to make sure you keep enough for the essentials:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your Sony Xperia L4, 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 now have to activate to start if you haven't already. "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to set the block
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