As you certainly know, after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to land on our territory. The more modern the evolutions of the internet, the more tasks you can perform with your Xiaomi Poco M5. It's really practical! And for people who had the chance to test the first versions of the web, you had to turn off your fixed smartphone to be able to use the internet and display an image in several minutes, and up to several days for a film... Now it's a question of only a few minutes for a 4K film for those who have fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will revolutionize everything. Despite everything, 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 find yourself running out of mobile data.
This is precisely what we will present to you today, we will learn the technique to set a mobile data limit on your Xiaomi Poco M5. In this context, first of all, we will briefly explain to you in a little more detail why it is essential to manage your internet plan. Then, the different ways of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Xiaomi Poco M5.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Xiaomi Poco M5?
We therefore start this guide by briefly describing why it is interesting to manage the mobile data consumption of your Xiaomi Poco M5. You probably don't know if you have used your internet package very little until today 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 is when you go away for the weekend or when the internet at home does not work and you use your Xiaomi Poco M5 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 non-stop pace.
It is in these cases that it may be interesting to use a data limitation on your Xiaomi Poco M5 so as not to be surprised and end your month with an ultra slow connection, something which we are moreover more concerned about. at all accustomed and that we live in most cases particularly badly so we are used to broadband. Loading an image can take several tens of seconds, several minutes for a heavy web page, and you shouldn't even think of being able to watch a video, even in poor quality...
How to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Xiaomi Poco M5?
We now move on to the practical part of this guide, we will reveal to you how to limit the internet data consumption of your Xiaomi Poco M5. Fortunately this technique is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to manage your consumption on the internet.
You have the possibility to define 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 wish you can also discover how to save battery on your Xiaomi Poco M5.
How to set a mobile data consumption alert threshold on a Xiaomi Poco M5?
First of the possibilities that we want to reveal to you, it is simply a prevention technique, it will serve to alert you each time you exceed a first threshold of internet data consumption, however without blocking your package. 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 technique to respect to configure it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Xiaomi Poco M5
- After that in the "Connections" menu click on "Mobile data usage"
- In the settings of this tab, you will be able to choose 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 data consumption blocking limit on a Xiaomi Poco M5?
In the event that you wish to be more radical and you wish, after setting a warning, to find a solution to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having launched an unnecessary update, the best method will be to set 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 plan to be sure to keep enough for essential things:
- Go to the “Connections” menu of your Xiaomi Poco M5, 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 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 fix the blocking
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