There is little traffic left to check traffic and settings. Completely disconnecting applications from the Internet

Mobile traffic consumption is the amount of data downloaded to and sent from the device via the mobile network. To reduce traffic consumption, we recommend checking and, if necessary, changing your data transfer settings.

Traffic saving mode

On Android devices 7.0 and later versions, a special mode is available that helps consume less mobile traffic.

How to check mobile traffic consumption

Follow these steps:

How to set traffic consumption warning and overall limit

Limit background traffic for applications (Android 7.0 and earlier)

You can limit background traffic usage for individual applications. Please be aware that this may affect their functionality. For example, you won't receive messages from apps until you open them.

First, go to the settings of the app you want and check if you can limit its data usage. After that, follow the instructions below.

To view and limit background traffic for an application:

Disable data transfer while roaming

If you are in an area where your carrier does not have coverage, you can connect to other carriers' networks using internet roaming. Your carrier may charge you extra for this. To reduce traffic costs, disable this feature.

In some places, internet roaming may be the only way to connect to the Internet.

Not many mobile network operators provide unlimited access to the Internet, so we, as a user, have to set an Internet traffic limit. Many users may say that this requires downloading special applications, and I agree with them to some extent. But now I’m going to talk about a method for which you don’t even need to download any applications, because Android has such an option.

So let's look at how to set an Internet traffic limit and how to use it correctly.

To do this you need to take a few simple steps:

• Step 1: go to system settings and find the “Data transfer” item;

• Step 2: in the menu that opens, select the desired network (in two SIM versions of smartphones there will be two of them, as in this case);

• Step 3: check the box next to “Set limit” and agree to the notification that appears;

• Step 4: now it remains to set the Internet traffic limit on the chart, the one you need. The orange line is responsible for a warning, and the red line is for turning off the Internet when the set limit is reached.

This method allows you to set an Internet traffic limit for an entire month. If you need a daily limit, then you will need to change the start date of the statistics period every day, and set the limit value itself to what you need for one day. Yes, don’t forget to set your Internet traffic limit according to the tariffs of your operator.

Example 1. Your Internet provider provides you with 5 GB of Internet traffic for a month. Everything is simple here, go to the settings, check the “Set limit” checkbox and set the desired Internet traffic limit on the graph.

Example 2. Let's say your mobile operator gives you 50 MB per day. We check the box next to “Set limit”, set the desired limit for the day (first set a warning, and then the limit value), and then set the date of the statistics period for the day you need. Don’t forget to change the start date of the statistics period every day.

But that's not all the possibilities. In this menu, you will have access to detailed statistics on Internet traffic consumption; to do this, you need to scroll down. Using these statistics, you can find out which application uses the most traffic. Oh yes, I almost forgot, there is also such an item in the limit settings - “Show when blocked”. This item is activated automatically when the limit is enabled. With this option, an air circle appears on the lock screen displaying information about traffic consumption. For myself, I always leave this option enabled.

This is the functionality Android has. I hope the article was useful for you. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask them in the comments.

Stay tuned, there is still a lot of interesting things ahead.

Cellular networks provide faster and faster access to the World Wide Web, and traffic consumption by mobile devices is only growing. However, mobile Internet is still not a cheap pleasure: many people still use tariffs with a traffic volume of 4 GB, and many people travel, and the Internet while traveling is much more expensive.
In this article, we will look at seven ways to save mobile traffic, from the simplest ones available in the Android settings, to means of compressing transmitted data, a complete ban on data transfer, and completely unobvious approaches, such as installing an ad blocker.

And then our monitoring and economics skills lose momentum and we exceed the daily traffic limit. But there is a way to solve the problem, and sometimes it won't take more than a few clicks. And when the time comes to pay the bill, we find, although we have used a few kilobytes per hour, consuming a significant portion of our salary. Just go to Settings and then select Mobile and then you can turn off all mobile data or just data roaming. You can also view some statistics about how much data you consume on your device.

1. Standard Android tools

A few simple steps can help reduce the amount of data transferred.

1. Go to the Play Store settings and in the “Auto-update applications” option, select “Never”. Uncheck the box next to “Availability of updates”.
2. Go to Settings → Location and turn off Location History.
3. “Settings → Accounts”, “Menu” button, uncheck “Auto-sync data”. Internet usage will decrease noticeably, but mail and application notifications will stop coming.
4. Now go back to settings and go to “Data Transfer”. Click "Menu" and select "Limit background activity." As a result, the battery life of the smartphone will increase and Internet consumption will decrease, but notifications from instant messengers will no longer be received. Therefore, a better solution would be to go through the list, find not very important applications and limit their access to background data and/or data on cellular networks.
5. Open Google Settings and go to Security. I don’t recommend disabling “Check for security problems,” but unchecking the “Anti-malware” checkbox would be the right decision. At your own peril and risk, you can disable “Remote device search” and “Remote blocking”.
6. In the same “Google Settings”, go to “Data Management” (at the bottom of the list) and set “Application Data Update” to “Wi-Fi Only”.
7. Go back and open Search & Google Now. Go to the “Personal Data” section and turn off “Send statistics”. In the menu “Voice search → Offline speech recognition”, download the package for offline recognition and disable its auto-update or select “Only via Wi-Fi”. You can also go to the “Feed” section and turn it off. The Ribbon is the left screen of the Google Start or home screen of the Google app. Here you can disable “Screen Search” (Google Now on tap). Well, at the very bottom, turn off the “Recommended applications” item.
8. Don’t forget to turn off auto-checking and auto-downloading updates in “Settings → About phone.”

2. Get rid of advertising

Oddly enough, one way to reduce traffic consumption is to block ads. The indispensable AdAway program will help with this. It completely denies access to ad servers, blocking it at the system level. In other words, when an application accesses an address that is in its database, the request goes nowhere. By the way, activity tracking services (those that monitor user actions) are also blocked. The application requires root permissions (and S-OFF on HTC) to run.

But the main thing here is the "Use mobile data" section: here you can find a list with all your applications and services that use data. In this section, you can disable applications that use your Internet connection to download updates, etc.

When it came time to pay the bill, we discovered that even though we were using a few kilobytes per hour, it was consuming a significant portion of our wages. There you can turn off mobile data or set your mobile data limit. Check the last option and you will see a red horizontal bar on the data usage graph.

When the blocking is enabled, problems may arise with the operation of some applications for making money from advertising (for example, NewApp, AdvertApp, CoinsUP - the latter did not show anything at all until recently). Other incompatibilities are also possible: six months ago, the Weather Underground application did not work due to AdAway. In the latest versions, everything has become ok (either Weather Underground changed something, or AdAway corrected the host addresses).

You can then set the threshold that best suits your data plan. But things have changed significantly. The same goes for third-party apps: they will show lower-resolution videos, delay non-critical updates, or even pause all background network activity. Very useful, especially when you are about to reach your data limit and still need to be online. These are some actions you can take to limit your mobile data and understand why you've reached that limit.

3. Saving using your browser

There are not so many browsers with a built-in data saving mode. I selected five and tested them by opening seven web pages.

Firefox

Used for benchmark testing. There is no saving mode here.

Consumption: 13.33 MB

#2 Limit your mobile device usage and set a warning for you

Well, that's not easy to answer because it depends on how much you want to do online. My advice is to spend half an hour using the data assessment tool. There are others, but this is a very good job and it is required. It also tells you when you reach a certain limit.

Go to Settings, tap Data Usage, and then move the sliders to your personal limit. Tap the switch under Mobile Data Limits. If you frequently reach your plan's limit, it's important to check which apps are actually responsible for that unnecessary consumption. Some may be obvious and caused by their use, others you may not even be aware of.

Opera Mini

The most economical browser. Allows you to save up to 90% of traffic (on average up to 70–80%). The data is compressed so much that you can browse the Internet on Edge or even GPRS networks. It all works by using its own engine, which represents web pages not as text, but as binary code. And Opera servers are responsible for converting pages into this code. Plus a built-in ad blocker, video and image compression.

These are cases where you need to open an application and try to figure out how to stop this secret consumption or simply delete an application that you no longer need. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, it's not surprising that it consumes several hundred megabytes, as the card data can be quite large.

If the tablet can make calls and send SMS, USSD requests

This includes all the landmarks, all the streets, everything. You won't miss any messages. Turning off these settings results in you being able to decide what to download on your device. Check the settings of any messaging app to disable the automatic download feature. If your messaging app doesn't have this control, it might be time to look for a new one.

There is also a super-saving mode, which includes aggressive compression methods, which in some cases break pages. For example, the Eldorado store website did not open at all in this mode, YouTube opened in the WAP version, the map could not be viewed on the OpenStreetMap website, and the article from xakep.ru opened with distortions. With the super economy mode turned off, these problems disappear.

Consumption: 12 MB

Opera

It differs from the Mini version in a different interface and the absence of a super saving mode. But it works faster.

Consumption: 12.15 MB

Chrome

This browser also has a data saver, but no ad blocker. According to the developers, savings average 20–40% depending on the content. But in practice, in almost a month I saved as much as 4%.

To activate, you need to go to settings and enable the “Traffic saving” item. There are no settings, statistics on saved megabytes can only be assessed by traffic, there are no statistics on sites, there is no ad blocker and support for extensions (for installing the blocker).

The saving mode itself works completely unnoticed. The quality of the pictures does not suffer, and the page loading speed remains almost unchanged. That is, Chrome was and remains one of the fastest browsers. And he turned out to be the most gluttonous.

In short, even if you are not convinced of my enthusiasm, you can always try without spending a single euro. Currently, if the Internet arrives to your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device through an available broadband connection, there is no need to limit data traffic. Moreover, even when you are on the move, you can have a mobile internet connection for a fairly affordable amount.

But they can be solved, and sometimes with just a few clicks. Considering that in bills it is often rounded up to 100 kilobytes and sometimes megabytes, a device that uses only a few kilobytes per hour can easily consume most of your wages. Now you can turn off any data traffic or just roaming data or see how much mobile data you are consuming. But the highlight is the "Use Data on Your Laptop" feature, which allows you to access a list of all your services and apps that consume data.

Consumption: 15.5 MB

Puffin

Desktop versions of YouTube and Play Store sites opened instead of mobile ones. But the savings are obvious.

Consumption: 5 MB

4. Lazy reading services

Pocket lets you save articles to read “for later.” And it has an interesting property that will help save traffic. When you add an article (no matter from a PC or mobile device), if there is a Wi-Fi connection, it is immediately downloaded to the device and becomes available for offline reading. Only the text and images from the article are saved, and all other garbage is deleted, and it becomes possible to change the font size and background.

You can now drag the Off button to prevent apps of your choice from being accessed online. All applications that are in “On” mode are available even when you travel. Travel data is often rounded up to the nearest 100 kilobytes, and sometimes even to the nearest megabyte, so for a device that only uses a few kilobytes per hour, the bills could easily represent a significant portion of your paycheck.

There are several simple tools to manage your data traffic, as well as special software from which you can view the amount of data you are downloading and also alert you before you reach the limit. From there, you can turn off mobile data traffic or set a maximum amount. If you select the latter option, you will see a red horizontal bar on the graph representing data traffic.

Pocket has a competitor - Instapaper. In terms of functionality and quality of work, it is almost identical.

5. Auto-sync files over Wi-Fi

If you often use Dropbox and other services to access your files from your smartphone, pay attention to
FolderSync. It can synchronize selected folders with a smartphone immediately when files are changed and only when connected to Wi-Fi. So you never have to download files to your smartphone over the mobile network if you forgot to do it while at home.

You can then set the limit according to your subscription. A few years ago, operating systems did not have built-in functionality to monitor time spent on the Internet; the only option was to integrate third-party software into the network settings.

Lazy reading services

But a lot has changed since then. Here we call it connection counter. The same goes for apps developed by a third party: videos will be of lower quality, updates that aren't urgent will be delayed, and background network activity will be suspended. This is very useful, especially when you are about to reach your data limit and want to stay connected. Data usage is the amount of data your device downloads or downloads over the mobile network.

6. Completely disconnect applications from the Internet

AFWall+ allows you to disconnect selected applications from the Internet. You can unhook both installed applications and system services, such as ADB. Unlike the built-in restrictor in Android, AFWall blocks access not only in the background, but also in the active mode. You can also use it to give Internet access to only one application in the system. This feature will certainly appeal to users who pay per megabyte (hello, roaming!).

How to Use Less Data in Data Saver Mode

To ensure you don't consume too much data in your data plan, you can view and edit your data. Note.

Manage mobile data usage

In CyanogenMod 13, you can restrict network access through “Settings → Privacy → Protected Mode.” This feature has not yet been added to CM 14.1.

7. Data compressors

The market has several very unique applications. They create a VPN tunnel, compressing traffic along the way. Two striking examples: Opera Max and Onavo Extend. Their developers promise up to 50% savings. But we won’t take their word for it and will conduct our own test.

For example, you don't need to receive messages from the app until you open it again. Before you use the Settings app on your device to limit data usage, make sure you can limit data usage in your app's own settings.

How to view and restrict apps from using background data. When your carrier doesn't have coverage in the area where you are, data roaming will allow your device to use other carriers' networks. Some data roaming operators charge a fee. If you turn off data roaming, you can keep the data and fees for that service.

So, the amount of transmitted traffic without savers:

• Websites: 14.62 MB (five pieces)
• YouTube 173 MB (1080p video)

The changes became noticeable immediately: the time it took to open sites increased due to some pause after clicking on a link. And the pages themselves began to load a little longer. The video on YouTube (more precisely, the advertisement before it) took a very long time to load. Moreover, the download speed was almost zero. But what’s most interesting is that Opera Max itself consumed 12.5 MB.

• Websites: 11.59 MB
• YouTube 3 MB (video did not start)

Onavo Extend

The situation here is almost the same. Everything became slower, although not as much as in the case of Opera. And the video started without problems in 1080p. Total:

• Websites: 14.73 MB
• YouTube 171 MB

We track and control internet consumption

The standard traffic manager in Android (Settings → Data transfer) is very convenient and quite functional. For most users who use tariffs with a monthly Internet limit, this will be enough. However, I recommend that others use the analogue from the Play Store. And third-party applications show much more useful information.

A graphics tablet will be useful wherever you need the freedom of movement and fluidity of these fast as well as gradient efforts. With quick pen strokes the track is much better than when you pull out the mouse, add pressure control to it and you have a great device. to. Manual photo retouching - digital painting of all ointments - handwriting and handwriting.

Of course, it's important to note that the gradation depends on the software you're working on. I can only say from my own experience that there are more clicks and movements than drawing and retouching, so buying an expensive model is a bit of a goal. In the case of digital drawing, a graphics tablet is already as important as breathing air.

Xposed module showing data transfer speed. It can be perfectly customized and consumes virtually no battery power.

Are unlimited tariffs so unlimited?

The line of postpaid tariffs “Everything” from Beeline, “Unlimited Black” from Tele2, “Smart Unlimited” from MTS and some other tariffs, according to the operator, offer full-fledged unlimited Internet on a smartphone. Is it possible to blindly believe these loud promises? Is everything really so rosy and the Internet will soon become completely free?

It's actually not that simple. Everyone knows about restrictions on torrents and using a smartphone as an access point, and in addition, often after reaching a certain amount of data received, the speed is limited.

As a study of many forums has shown, almost all operators with so-called unlimited speeds reduce the speed after reaching 30 GB in 3G networks (up to 512 Kbps), and in 4G it’s different for everyone. However, people downloaded 700 GB per month (you have to try...) from some companies without cutting the speed.

The author on Tele2 used about 170 GB of 4G Internet last month and there were no restrictions. And after reaching the 100 GB threshold, almost any operator will probably begin to analyze your traffic and apply restriction methods if you use the Internet too intensively. Long questions and pestering of the operator actually confirmed this: “When a subscriber creates a large load on the network, the speed may be limited until the day the statistics on the server are reset.” But they seem to have an honest unlimited limit.

Conclusion

As you have already seen, the most effective way to save traffic is to buy a more expensive tariff. And all super compressors not only degrade the quality and make the Internet more sluggish, but they also don’t always save as much as possible. But if there is no way out, then they will help you save something.

Last updated by at February 9, 2017.

Those who not only use computer networks, but also pay for them, are very familiar with the concept of traffic, on which the amount of payment often depends.

However, for most users the Internet has long become unlimited, and they do not need to monitor traffic. Still, you need to know what it is, not only for computers, but also for mobile devices.

Word "traffic" translated from English means transport, movement. You can often come across the expression “traffic on a highway, street, road” - it means the intensity of traffic flow. Accordingly, computer traffic is the “movement” of packets with information over communication networks.

There are incoming and outgoing traffic - the amount of information that your computer receives and transmits during information exchange. Traffic can be local, i.e. what happens inside your home or office network, and externally when computers on global networks participate in the exchange.

In the early years of the Internet, fees were charged according to the amount of information received and transmitted. In order to connect one user to the Internet, the Internet provider had to incur quite significant costs, which were recouped only from the customer’s subscription fee.

Therefore, the Internet was paid on the same principle as water or electricity - according to the meter. Then limited tariffs appeared, which set “wholesale” prices for traffic, and exceeding the limit was paid at a significantly higher price. Such tariffs are still sometimes maintained by some wireless Internet operators.

But paying for traffic is the side that concerns users. From the point of view, traffic is a resource, the use of which requires competent maintenance. The bandwidth capabilities of Internet networks and server equipment are not unlimited.

To ensure that the provider does not have to constantly replace laid cables, he must take into account the prospects for traffic growth, both due to increased Internet use by already connected clients, and due to the emergence of new connections.

In the same way, the work of Internet sites and portals that are designed for a certain level of traffic is organized, i.e. traffic. If it is exceeded, the site crashes.

Until now, some Internet providers provide limited traffic services. Most often this concerns mobile Internet provided via cellular networks.

Sometimes it happens that the monthly traffic volume ends, and there are still a few days left until the end of the month. Today, no one wants to be left without the Internet for at least one day - it’s inconvenient, and for many it also narrows their professional opportunities.

If you run out of traffic, you need to immediately contact your operator (provider) and discuss the conditions for providing traffic in excess of the prepaid limit. As a rule, this service is significantly more expensive, but sometimes there is simply no other choice.

Different providers can provide traffic packages for a day, a week, or simply count the number of mega- or gigabytes that you use by the end of the month and add them to your next Internet bill.

Mobile is Internet traffic organized using wireless mobile (cellular) networks. Because it relies on the bandwidth of expensive cellular equipment, mobile Internet capabilities tend to be limited compared to cable.

Mobile traffic is used by tablets, laptops, communicators and other computer devices that are convenient to carry with you.

Operators that provide unlimited mobile Internet actually also limit its use, but traffic is reduced in this case by reducing the speed of data packet exchange. If you downloaded several movies or games in one day, you may notice that your mobile Internet speed is dropping.

As a rule, mobile companies monitor users' daily traffic and regulate it in this inconspicuous way.

Google monitors each user's traffic, and if their computer exhibits unusual activity, it issues a "suspicious traffic" message.

This means that your computer is either sending requests or directly pumping large amounts of information. Both may be the result of computer scammers or. Often, “suspicious traffic” is your search activity, when you send many search queries per unit of time. Then you simply answer Google's suggested test question and move on.

If you are not searching, but see a message about suspicious traffic, it is advisable to disconnect the device from the Internet and scan it with a special anti-virus program.

The Android operating system has a handy feature called Data Transfer that allows you to track how much mobile data has been used. However, you may have noticed that there is no button to clear used data statistics. Let's see how you can reset data transfer statistics on Android.

Why do you need to reset Android data transfer?

There are several reasons for this. For example, last month I was on vacation, so I used mobile Internet a lot. I purchased an additional mobile data package from my operator several times. Since data transfer statistics count all the data used for the month, the Android smartphone was not able to show exactly how many MB I spent from the last data package I purchased. So I decided to figure out how to reset the data transfer statistics.

How to clear statistics of used data?

If you have Root rights on your Android device, then the easiest way for you is to reset the data transfer statistics. However, even if you do not have Root rights, you can still use one tricky method.

For Android smartphones with Root rights

First you need to open files1st manager(if you don't have it, install ES File Explorer). Then go to /data/system/netstats. In the netstats folder, delete all files and reboot the device. This way you will clear the statistics of the data used.

For Android smartphones without Root rights

If ROOT rights are not open on your Android device, you will not be able to reset data transfer statistics without resetting to factory settings. By the way, read. However, without ROOT rights, you can change the data usage period and get the desired results.

First turn on your mobile internet (important), then go to “Settings” -> “Data transfer”" -> click on " Statistics period» -> « Change period» -> and select present day. This will allow you to track how much mobile data has been spent since today. Of course, this is not a complete reset of data transfer statistics, but it is still better than nothing.

Note: The "Change period" option is hidden by default. To make it visible, first turn on your mobile Internet.

Reset data transfer using the application

To fully control mobile Internet and data transfer, I recommend using special applications, for example, My Data Manager. These kinds of apps allow you to track various parameters such as how much data each app consumes, how much data you spend per day/week, etc.

We want to present you with some tips that will help reduce data usage by unnecessary applications and a few tricks that will reduce traffic consumption to a minimum. These tips work on Sony, Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola and other smartphones running the Android operating system.

Install Opera Max

Turn off automatic updates

To disable automatic updates, go to Google Play -> " Settings" -> "Auto update app" and select " Never" or " Only via WiFi"depending on what you need.

Data compression in browsers

To enable compression for Google Chrome, go to " Settings" -> "Traffic control" -> "Reducing traffic" and move the slider to "Enable".

Data preloading and caching

Turn off automatic sync

You can do this by going to " Settings" -> "Data transfer" and uncheck the box " Auto-sync".

Turning off mobile data and setting a limit

This option is available in " Settings" -> "Data transfer" - > "Set limit". Move the red slider up or down to set the desired limit.

You can also . After this, advertisements will no longer be shown in applications, and accordingly, precious megabytes will not be spent on them.

These few very simple steps can help you control your data usage and reduce your internet costs.