Apps that are not actively used but run in the background often draw mobile data – this is particularly annoying if you want to buy a mobile ticket or search for directions via Google Maps.
With a simple trick, you can manage your mobile data manually and control consumption so that you only use your flat rate when you really want to.
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You can use the quick access bar to Turn off mobile data completely on your Android smartphone. To do this, swipe down from the top of the home screen and tap on the icon with two arrows pointing up and down. In older versions, a transmission tower is displayed instead of the arrow symbol.
a notice: If you are not connected to the WLAN afterwards, apps that require Internet access, such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, will not work.
Alternatively, you can also manually switch off the background activity of certain apps and prevent them from eating up data volume unintentionally on the go. Go for it Settings > Connections > Data Usage> Mobile data usage. Here you can now turn off data usage for all apps on your smartphone.
Additionally you can use the function data saving activate. To do this, choose below Settings > Connections > Data Usage. Activate the feature and specifically throttle the data consumption and background updates of apps.
You can find more tricks in our large collection of 5 practical tips that can save you a lot of data volume.