The rate at which we surf the web these days is becoming higher than ever.
Also, the speed at which data plans are disappearing is something to talk
about. You will not want your MB to be wasted or consumed without
giving you
your desired results. In light to this, everyone wants to cherish their MB.
What measures are you putting in place to reduce your mobile data usage? Of course you might have your individual data saving strategy
but you need to apply the ones outlined here. Feel free to adapt these tips for
the specific data consuming apps you use frequently or your particular usage
habits. No matter the methods you use, if the following five are not put
into practice, then you haven’t started yet. Here are the five easy tips you
need in order to save your MB:
1. COMPRESS CHROME PAGES
Let’s say you are using Google Chrome browser to surf the
web all the time, compressing the pages alone can save you about 30-35% percent
of your data consumption for your mobile browser. Chrome pages compressing, which
is now known as Data Saver in the settings, enables all web pages to be
compressed before they are loaded into your browser.
Although Using Data Saver does come with its own
disadvantages, one of which is slowing things down a little bit, you need it to
save data usage. You don’t need to worry about the speed as you’ll sooner or
later get used to it. To see your data savings record, all you have to do is to
just launch Chrome browser, tap the three dots in the top right hand corner, and
scroll down to Settings then to Data Saver. Watch the graph always to notice
how your data savings grow.
2. DITCH THE FACEBOOK APP
For android users, Facebook has become one of the most
used apps, leading to loss of data and even draining of battery. To save your
data, replace it with an alternative app such as Tinfoil for Facebook which is
simply a web app that displays the Facebook website. Even the Facebook Lite
which we are made to believe reduces data consumption by 50% is not recommended
because it still wipes hundreds of data monthly.
3. RESTRICT BACKGROUND DATA
Surely, if you tell your apps or your device itself to
restrict background data, you’ll have done a great favor for yourself. Features
such as email syncing, weather widgets, feeds updating etc. are examples of
background data that you should disable because they use your data even if you
are not actually using them.
In light to this, you can also adjust some settings on
your smartphone to restrict background data in Settings > Data usage >
Restrict Background Data. If you want to adjust the settings for a particular
app, go to Settings > Apps. Note that this depends on the particular version
of android you are using. To change your sync settings for Google services, go
to Settings > Accounts > Google > select the account. When this is
done, all you should do is to simply uncheck the services you don't want
syncing automatically.
4. DISABLE AUTO-UPDATING APPS
Google play apps updating is yet another factor that
drains your MB. If you set the play store to automatically update apps, your
internet subscription data will be wiped out without you even noticing it.
How then do you disable auto-update apps? To do this,
simply go to the Play Store and have the left-hand navigation drawer swiped out.
Open the settings and there is Auto-Update Apps at the top, then tap it. Ensure that it is either set to ''Do Not
Auto-Update Apps'' or “only over Wi-Fi.” For individual apps settings, go to My
Apps, choose the app you want to disable and then tap the overflow menu to
check or un-check Auto-Update.
5. SAVE RATHER THAN STREAM
If you are always streaming music and videos from Streaming
sites such as YouTube, Vine and other
video and music sites, then you are in for drastic data consumption because
online streaming consumes data more than you thought. The best option for you
here is to always download these files (music or videos) to your device.
You can also save the music for offline listening, if you are not the
type that likes stuffing music or videos on your microSD card. Take note that
if you can reduce to the least minimum your online streaming attitude, then you
will save a lot of data usage and your subscription will last for you.
These are the five sure steps to curb mobile data usage. What other
methods do you use? Feel free to list them here.
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