How do I restrict mobile data transfer (to save traffic)? How to keep track of how much traffic is being spent? What applications consume internet traffic? All this data can be tracked in the settings of your smartphone.
Let's go to Settings – Network and Internet – Data transfer. This section provides all the statistics on the consumption of Internet traffic over the mobile network and Wi-Fi. Let's take a closer look.
Data transfer
Shown statistics of mobile data usage for the last month. Additionally, you can set up a warning about excessive monthly traffic. This is convenient when on your tariff plan, say, 10 Gb / month, we just set a warning for 9.9 GB so as not to spend extra money. And we are waiting for the end of the month to activate the mobile traffic package again.
Additionally, there is an option “Save traffic”. When this mode is activated, background data transfer will be disabled for some applications. The application you use frequently can receive and send data (whatsApp, Instagram, for example), but less frequently than usual. For example, Instagram photos will not upload until you click on them. This mode significantly saves the mobile traffic package.
You can also configure those applications that can use the Internet without restrictions.
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Mobile Internet
You can turn off mobile Internet or view statistics on the use of mobile traffic here for the last month.
At the same time, indicate the billing cycle (usually the 1st day of each month) so as not to get confused with the traffic count. In the settings, specify the start of the cycle, the warning threshold and the traffic limit. After reaching the set limit, data transmission over the mobile network will be disabled.
When choosing a restriction, please note that the operator's statistics may differ from the phone's statistics (the operator can round off traffic packets up to 100 Kb).
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Wi-Fi data transfer
Data transfer statistics are collected for the last month. You can see which applications have used up how much traffic.
Watch out for especially “gluttonous” and do not forget to turn them off when you leave for another region and get into roaming – this way you will save a lot of money and nerves.
How can I monitor the traffic of a specific application? Just click on the selected application. Statistics on data usage in active and background modes are available. You can turn off the background mode to save traffic. Or if the application is particularly important (for example, an online translator or maps), activate unlimited data transfer for it. In this case, no other traffic restrictions will apply to this selected application.
We examined how to control mobile traffic, how to restrict data transfer for a specific application (and globally) and where to see the consumption of mobile and wi-fi traffic.