Saturday, November 19, 2016

Save your Mobile Data by Background Data Restriction




Restring Background Data of your Mobile



Today's smartphones are designed to provide the best user experience. As soon as you turn on your mobile data all the updates will be coming automatically. And some programs will be running in the background. But for these services you may experience unnecessary data consumption. Today I'm gonna advice you to restrict background data to reduce the data consumption.




This option may vary from device to device. But the basic settings will be almost same I guess. This option is normally available in Network settings.


If you turn on this settings then no application will consume your mobile data in the background. And your mobile data will be active automatically when you run an application that requires Internet.. I think it's very handy to use.



How to Restrict Background Data?



Data Usage > Restrict Background Data




Follow the steps below with the help of above image -
  1. Go to the Settings > Data Usage.
  1. Hit on the 3 dotted option button as indicated by red circle.
  1. Choose Restrict background data.
  1. Finally you will get a confirmation message as below.
  1. Hit OK and you're done! 








Warning Message of Data Restriction




You will get two major benefits through enabling this settings: 

  • Save your mobile data 
  • Save your phone battery 

But the problem is, when you're downloading something, the download process will be interrupted when you close your program. In that case you should not restrict background data.



How to Remove the Restriction?


Removing the restriction is much easier. If you ever need to disable this settings you can follow the above steps again. Then you've to choose Allow background data.


Or you may see the restriction icon at the top of your phone screen. You can simply drop down the top bar and touch that option to remove data restriction.



Hope this post will be of good use. Thanks for visiting Marks PC . . .




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Saturday, November 12, 2016

Use your Android Phone as Internet Modem



USB Tethering to Share Mobile Data



Using your mobile device as an Internet modem is not a new thing. But there are some problems such as a phone must be capable of using Internet and it should have a software to make it compatible with the operating system. If you're using an Android phone then you don't have that hassle. 


Today's phones are designed for better sharing. One of them is USB tethering. With this option you can share your mobile data with your PC I mean in a laptop, desktop or notebook computer. 



How to Connect to the Internet using Mobile?

To do so, you just need a data cable to connect your mobile to the computer. Normally, when you connect your phone to the computer, several options appear on phone screen. Such as - 
  • USB Storage
  • USB Tethering
  • Media Device
  • Camera
  • Charge Only
  • USB Virtual Drive

Our focus will be on USB Tethering. After connecting your phone, you should touch the tethering option. And within few seconds your device will be tethered. Then you will see your Internet icon active. 


Make sure you've turned on your mobile data. 


USB Tethering to Share Mobile Data


Some Phones are Different . . . 


Some phones have different settings. You may not get the tethering options after connecting the USB cable. In that case, you can check your network options. 


Settings > Network > USB Tethering


  • First, go to the Settings option.
  • Then Wireless & Networks > More
  • Tethering & Portable Hotspot
  • USB Tethering > Turn it on. 

The above steps may differ from brand to brand. But the basic settings are almost same. 






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