One thing with Android smart phones especially those that uses strong and high speed network connection such as the 3G and 4G networks is their high rate of data consumptions.
So in this article we would be highlighting the best top 3 ways to minimise data consumption on your Android phones.
So Let Get To It Below Are The Top 3 Ways To Minimise Data Consumption On Your Android Devices.
1. STOP APPS FROM USING BACKGROUND DATA.
There are two ways which applications installed on your devices consumed data ( especially those that need data connections to function).
Firstly data apps consumes data In what that is known as foreground’, this is when the application is being launched and used, Secondly apps also consume data in what that is known as background; in this case the said app is not in use but it keeps running in the background collecting data, this is common with social media apps.
Allowing apps to run in background data enables them to send you notifications even when you are not online, but this consumes a good amount of data.
Below Is a picture Showing Chrome Browser data consumption both in Foreground And Background.
From the above picture we can see that the data consumed by Chrome in the Fore ground was 7GB while that consumed in the background was roughly above 700MB.
Stopping Chrome from running in the background data would have saved the over 700 MB consumed.
HOW TO STOP APPS FROM RUNNING USING THE BACKGROUND DATA
Now that we have established that switching off back ground data usage for some apps helps to minimize data consumption, follow the steps below to switch off back ground data usage for any app;
- Go to Settings on your devices.
- Click on Network
- Click on data usage
- Click on mobile data usage
- You will see a chart showing your data usage with a list of apps down starting with those that consumes more data, click on the app you want to switch off back ground data usage.
- You will see enable background data usage, switch it off.
- You are done.
2. AVOID STREAMING HIGH QUALITY VIDEOS ONLINE.
Online video streaming is one major way which our data gets exhausted easily.
Whether you are streaming those videos online using YouTube, Netflix, Instagram, Facebook or any other online streaming platform the amount of data you would use is determined by the quality of videos you watch.
HD videos though are brighter and clearer the consume more data than streaming normal videos.
It is advisable to choose the quality of videos you stream online based on the amount of data you can afford.
Only stream high quality videos or HD videos when you are using a free network (Wi-Fi), Or when you have enough data.
3. SET A DATA USAGE LIMITS.
Setting a data plan is a sure way to minimize data consumption, this is because you get a data usage warning when you are exhausting much data.
Once you set a data limit on your phone either monthly, or weekly, or daily, when ever your data usage for a period of time gets to the amount you set as your limit for that particular time your data connection goes off automatically. There by helping you avoid over usage of data.
HOW TO SET DATA LIMIT.
Follow the simple steps below to set up data limit on your Android phone.
- Go to Settings
- Click on Networks
- Click on Data usage
- Click on billing cycle
- You will see set data limit, click on it and set.
