You can learn how to find out how much data you use on your phone in the current billing cycle.You can also find out which apps use the most data, as well as set data usage warnings and limits to help you stay within your provider's limits.
Step 1: Open the settings on your phone.
The easiest way to do this is to move your finger from the top of the home screen to the right corner.
Step 2: You can tap a network or internet connection.
The option you see depends on the model.
Step 3: You can tap data usage.
You might have to scroll down to find it.
Step 4: There is a total mobile data usage near the top of the screen.
The total amount of data used is shown.The first day of the month is usually the final day.If you leased your phone from your provider, the dates may reflect your actual billing cycle.If you want to change the billing cycle dates, you have to tap.If you want to change the billing cycle dates on most other Androids, you have to tap, tap the gear, and then tap to make your date selections.
Step 5: For more information, tap Mobile data usage.
You might have to scroll down to find it.
Step 6: To select a time period, tap the down-arrow.
If you want to see your data usage from a different time period, you should choose to update the graph.
Step 7: To view data usage per app, scroll down.
Below the graph, you can find a list of apps that have used mobile data.Each app shows how much data it has used.
Step 8: You can open your settings on your phone.
A quick way to do this is to move your finger from the top of the home screen to the right corner.
Step 9: You can tap a network or internet connection.
The option you see is different depending on the model.
Step 10: Data usage can be tapped.
You might have to scroll down to find it.
Step 11: You can open the data warning settings.
The steps to do this vary by operating system, but here are some common locations.You can tap the gear icon if you want.
Step 12: The billing cycle should be reflected in the listed dates.
You can specify a range now if you don't see the correct dates.
Step 13: The "Set Data warning" switch should be moved to the On position.
You can create an alert when you're close to reaching a certain amount of data if you turn this switch on.tap to continue if you see a warning message
Step 14: tap Set if you want to enter a data amount.
If you have 2 gigabytes of free mobile data included with your plan, you may want to be warned if you reach your limit in the billing cycle.
Step 15: There is a limit on the amount of mobile data that can be turned off.
The menu has it at the bottom.If you want your mobile data to be disabled automatically when you reach a certain amount, do this only.Before mobile data is deleted, enter the maximum amount of data you want to use.
Step 16: Control the use of mobile data by individual apps.
If you're running into trouble with certain apps consuming too much data in the background, you have a few options for gaining control over their usage.To turn this on, tap the back button to return to the screen, and then use the "Use Data Saver" switch to On.If you want to prevent an app from using mobile data in the background, go to > (or ), select the app, tap and then turn on the "allow background data usage" switch.