HTC Desire 21 pro 5G‎

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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 21 pro 5G 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.

Data Saver

Data Saver helps you limit cellular data costs by restricting background data usage. You can also set applications to always have access to a data connection—such as your email app—to be ignored by Data Saver.
  1. From the Home screen, tap Settings > Network & internet.
  2. Tap Data Saver and then tap the On/Off switch to turn it on or off.
  3. Tap Unrestricted data, and then tap the On/Off switch next to those apps that you want to still have access to data connection even if Data Saver is turned on.

Turning data roaming on or off

Connect to your mobile operator’s partner networks and access data services when you’re out of your mobile operator’s coverage area.

Warning: Using data services while roaming may be costly. Check with your mobile operator for data roaming rates before you use data roaming.
  1. On the Home screen, tap Settings.
  2. Tap Network & internet > Mobile network.
  3. In dual SIM phone models, switch to the tab of the SIM card that you want to set.
  4. Tap the Roaming On/Off switch to turn it on or off.

Keeping track of your mobile data usage

Monitor your mobile data usage to help prevent overages.
Note: Data usage measured by HTC Desire 21 pro 5G may differ from, and be less than, your actual data usage.
  1. From the Home screen, tap Settings > Network & internet.
  2. Tap Mobile network.
  3. In dual SIM phone models, choose the SIM card you use for your data connection.
  4. Make sure Mobile data is turned on.
  5. Tap Data usage.

    You'll then see a graph that displays your mobile data usage to date.

  6. Tap Settings icon. Do the following to set display options for the graph:
    • Tap App data usage cycle to set the day of the month when your data usage cycle resets. This date is usually the start of your monthly billing cycle.
    • Turn on Set data warning. Tap Data warning to set how much data is used before you get alerts.
    • Turn on Set data limit. Tap Data limit to set how much data is used before your data connection automatically turns off.
    Tip: When setting a data warning or data limit, tap to change the unit to megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB).

Viewing app data usage

  1. From the Home screen, tap Settings > Network & internet.
  2. Tap Mobile network.
  3. In dual SIM phone models, choose the SIM card you use for your data connection.
  4. Make sure Mobile data is turned on.
  5. Tap Data usage.
  6. Scroll down to see a list of apps and their data usage info.
  7. Tap an app to see more details.
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