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You can conserve data usage by turning off access to data while you‘re on your mobile network.
If you do this, you won‘t be able to get any data over your mobile network, but you‘ll still be able
to use data when you connect to a Wi-Fi network.
To turn off data access over your mobile network, follow these steps:
1. Open your device's
Settings
app
.
2. Touch
Data usage
.
3. Use the switch next to "Mobile data" to turn it off, then touch
OK
.
4. To turn mobile data back on, simply move the switch to the
On
position.
Turn off auto-sync or restrict background data
Auto-sync allows your apps to automatically sync to the data you have on your device. You can
conserve data usage by turning this feature off. If you do this, you will need to sync your apps
manually whenever you need them to access data on your device.
Be aware that if you restrict background data, some apps and services won't work until you're
connected to Wi-Fi.
Follow these steps :
1. Open your device's
Settings
app
.
2. Touch
Data usage
.
3. Touch the menu icon
in the top right corner of the screen.
4. Touch
Restrict background data
.
5. When the dialog box "Restrict background data?" appears, touch
OK
.
6. To turn background data back on, touch the menu icon
in the top right corner of the screen
and then touch
Allow background data
.
View or restrict background data usage by app
Some apps transfer data in the background. This means that an app may download data for
future reference when you're not actually using the app.
To reduce your overall data usage, you can restrict background data usage for individual apps.
However, this may also affect the app's performance or cause it to malfunction. Check whether
data usage can be restricted from the app's own settings before restricting it here. You can
usually access data usage through an app‘s Settings menu.
To view and restrict background data usage by app, follow these steps:
1. Open your device's
Settings
app
.
2. Touch
Data usage
.
3. Make sure you're viewing the network for which you want to view or restrict app data usage. If
more than one is displayed, you can switch between them by touching the tabs at the top of
the screen.
