Managing Your Data Usage - HTC Desire 612 User Manual

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Managing your data usage

If you're on a limited data allowance, it's important to keep track of the activities and apps that
usually send and receive data, such as browsing the web, syncing online accounts, and sending email
or sharing status updates.
Here are some other examples:
§ Streaming web videos and music
§ Playing online games
§ Downloading apps, maps, and files
§ Refreshing apps to update info and feeds
§ Uploading and backing up your files to your online storage account
§ Using HTC Desire 612 as a Wi-Fi hotspot
§ Sharing your mobile data connection by USB tethering
To help you save on data usage, connect to a Wi-Fi network whenever possible and set your online
accounts and emails to sync less frequently.
Keeping track of your data usage
Monitor your data usage to help prevent going over your monthly data allowance.
Data usage measured by HTC Desire 612 may differ from, and be less than, your actual data
usage.
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Data usage.
2. On the Mobile tab, select Limit mobile data usage and tap OK to automatically disable your
data connection when you reach the set limit.
3. Drag the upper LIMIT line to set your monthly data limit.
4. Select Alert me about data usage, and then drag the lower ALERT line to set an alert before
you reach your monthly data limit.
5. Tap Reset data usage, and then set the day of the month when your usage cycle resets. This
date is usually the start of your monthly billing cycle.
6. Drag the vertical line markers to see how much data you've used during a particular time
interval.
If you're connecting HTC Desire 612 to another portable Wi-Fi hotspot, tap
to restrict background data from downloading that may incur extra data fees.
Viewing the data usage of apps
1. Go to Settings, and then tap Data usage.
2. Drag the vertical line markers to see how much data you've used during a particular time
interval.
> Mobile hotspots