Connect & transfer
Data use
You can track the amount of data uploaded and
downloaded by your smartphone, and set a limit on your
monthly data use to avoid additional charges.
Note:
Usage information is provided to help you manage
your smartphone. This may not match the amounts
charged by your service provider, as they’re not
measured in the same way.
Find it:
Tap Apps
>
Settings
>
Data usage
Data usage
Mobile data
Set mobile data limit
Sep 27 - Oct 26
Data usage cycle
Oct 19
- 26: about 38.65MB used, as
measured by your phone. Your carrier’s data
usage accounting may differ.
Browser
14.46MB
7.28MB
ON
limit
5.0
GB
warning
3.0
GB
Set data restrictions,
or show
W
i-Fi usage.
Touch an app to show or
restrict background data.
Drag white bars to see data
use for this date range.
Drag bars to change your
warning (orange) or li
m
it (red).
Activate a data li
m
it.
• Mobile & Wi-Fi usage:
The main graph shows data
use on your mobile network. To show a tab for data
use over a Wi-Fi connection, tap Menu >
Show Wi-Fi
usage
.
• Data use warning:
Drag the right side of the
orange
bar up or down to set when your smartphone warns
you about data use.
• Data use limit:
Check
Set mobile data limit
, then drag
the right side of the
red
bar up or down to set the level
when you want mobile data turned off. Your
smartphone will notify you when you reach the limit
(and many of your smartphone’s features will stop
working).
• Restrict app background data:
Below the graph,
apps are listed from highest to lowest data use. Some
apps transfer data in the background when you're not
viewing them—to stop an app from doing this, tap it
and then check
Restrict background data
.
Tip:
Apps that use a lot of data might also use a lot of
battery power.
• Restrict all background data:
After you set a data use
limit, you can also turn off background data use. Just
tap Menu >
Restrict background data
.
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