Saving Data on Mobile Devices.

DID YOU KNOW? 

•  That when streaming a video on YouTube, YouTube automatically scales up the quality of video you download or stream, and this increases your data consumption?

•   That Connecting to any available Wi‐Fi can save your data, Data used over Wi‐Fi does not count against your high‐speed data plan?

•   You can uninstall any apps or widgets that you don't need. Some apps access data even while the screen is not on?

•  You can edit your Facebook settings to turn off automatic video play while connected to cellular data?

•  To avoid Facebook auto play on your IPhone you can change your settings so that it only streams if you are in Wi‐Fi. Go to Settings > Facebook > Settings and scroll down to Video and switch to Auto‐play on Wi‐Fi only?

•  That to view how much data you have used on your IPhone go to Settings > Cellular and scroll down to see your Cellular Data Usage?

•   That calls received on Viber, Skype, Whatsapp and Face time will charge from your data

•  You can Stop iCloud Drive using cellular data on your IPhone Go to Settings > iCloud > iCloud Drive. Here you can turn off Cellular Data so that your iPhone only updates iCloud Drive when you are on a Wi‐Fi network?

•   Using Apple's iWork apps, such as Pages or Keynote would sync your large documents over your cellular data connection?

•  You can save data if you turn off Push Notifications on your IPhone?

•  You can manage iPhone data usage by stopping the option to push email automatically. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and if Push is turned on, turn it off?

•   Switching off mobile internet temporarily when not in use saves battery and finances?

•   Permanently deactivating all background app notification on your handsets saves battery and finances too?

•  Estimating your data usage is important? It is an easy way to monitor your data expenditure.

•   Limiting Your Background Data Use significantly reduces your data expenditure?

•  You can restrict app updates to Wi‐Fi only by launching the Play Store app, pressing the menu button, and then selecting Settings –> Update over Wi‐Fi only.

•  Mobile advertisements are a surprisingly big data sink? Remove Ads to Decrease Data Consumption. 

•  Browsing mobile versions of websites where possible uses less data and loads faster?

•  Opera Mini (Android, iOS) browser is designed to compress data and dramatically reduce your usage when browsing?

•   Preserving your Internet cache (which is a common way to free up some space on your phone) means you won’t have to download images from frequently visited websites every time you visit them?

•  The Onavo Extend app (Android, iOS) is designed to compress your data and potentially extend your data plan by up to five times?