You probably know that first there was 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to land on our territory. The more internet developments evolve, the more tasks you can accomplish using your Wiko Y82. It is particularly convenient! And for people who had the chance to test the first versions of the web, they had to switch off their landline 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 only takes 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 change everything. However, our internet packages are not completely unlimited packages, and we are often limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the most high-end packages. Depending on your consumption, it is therefore essential to manage it well so as not to find yourself running out of mobile data.
This is precisely what we are going to present to you today, we will learn the technique for choosing a mobile data limit on your Wiko Y82. To do this, first of all, we will quickly teach you a little more in detail why it is essential to manage your internet package. Then, the different means of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Wiko Y82.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Wiko Y82?
We therefore start this guide by quickly explaining to you why it is advisable to control the mobile data consumption of your Wiko Y82. You probably don't know this if you have only used your internet package very little so far or if you have WiFi at home, however the majority of current 4G packages are limited in data volume and bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once you exceed this volume.
It's when you go away for the weekend or when the internet at home doesn't work and you use your Wiko Y82 as a mobile access point that you realize that the data goes quickly... Watch some video clips or getting lost on social networks are particularly greedy activities and your internet plan may not last long if you plan to do this all the time.
It is in these cases that it may be advisable to use a data limitation on your Wiko Y82 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 so we are used to broadband. Loading an image can take a few tens of seconds, a few minutes for a heavy 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 Wiko Y82?
We are now going to the practical part of this guide, we will show you how to limit the data consumption of your Wiko Y82. Despite everything, this technique is very simple and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to control your consumption on the internet.
You can 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. In the event that you want you can furthermore learn how to save battery on your Wiko Y82.
How to choose a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Wiko Y82?
First of the possibilities that we want to show you, it is simply a means of prevention, it will serve to alert you when you exceed a first threshold of data consumption, nevertheless without blocking your plan. 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 technique to respect to define it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Wiko Y82
- After that in the "Connections" menu click on "Mobile data usage"
- In the settings of this tab, you can choose a threshold "Data warning" , you just need 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 Wiko Y82?
In the event that you want to be more radical and you want, after setting a warning, to find a way 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 determine a blocking limit for your internet plan. In this way, there is no 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 the mandatory things:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your Wiko Y82, 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
- You will only now have to activate first in the event that it is not already done "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to set the block
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