Selecting mobile networks – Sony XPeria XZ F8331 User Manual

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your mobile data connection, you can also set data usage warnings and limits to

avoid additional charges.

Adjusting data usage settings can help you keep greater control over data usage, but cannot

guarantee the prevention of additional charges.

To help reduce data usage

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Data usage > Data Saver.

To turn data traffic on or off

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Data usage.

3

Tap the slider beside

Mobile data to turn data traffic on or off.

When data traffic is turned off, your device can still establish Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®

connections.

To set a data usage warning

1

Make sure that mobile data traffic is turned on.

2

From your

Home screen, tap .

3

Find and tap

Settings > Data usage > Billing cycle.

4

To set the warning level, tap

Data warning, enter the desired data limit and tap

Set. You receive a warning notification when the amount of data traffic reaches

the level you set.

To set a mobile data limit

1

Make sure that mobile data traffic is turned on.

2

From your

Home screen, tap .

3

Find and tap

Settings > Data usage.

4

Tap

Billing cycle and tap the slider beside Set data limit, then tap OK.

Once your mobile data usage reaches the set limit, mobile data traffic on your device gets

turned off automatically.

To control the data usage of individual applications

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Apps.

3

Tap the application that you want to control, then tap

Data usage.

The performance of individual applications may be affected if you change the related data

usage settings.

To check your data usage

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Data usage.

3

Find and tap

Cellular data usage to view information about the amount of data

transferred via mobile data connection.

4

To view information about the amount of data transferred via Wi-Fi connection,

tap the

Wi-Fi data usage.

Selecting mobile networks

Your device automatically switches between mobile networks depending on which

mobile networks are available where you are. You can also manually set your device

to use a particular mobile network mode, for example, WCDMA or GSM.
Different status icons are displayed in the status bar depending on the type or mode

of network that you are connected to. Refer to

Status icon on page 31 to see what

the different status icons look like.

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