Selecting cellular networks – Sony Xperia XA1 User Manual

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To Set a Data Usage Warning

1

Make sure cellular 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 Cellular Data Limit

1

Make sure cellular data traffic is turned on.

2

From your

Home screen, tap .

3

Find and tap

Settings > Data usage.

4

Tap the slider beside

Set data limit.

Once your cellular data usage reaches the set limit, cellular 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

To view information about the amount of data transferred via cellular data

connection, tap

Cellular data usage.

4

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

the

Wi-Fi data usage.

Selecting Cellular Networks

One WCDMA network

One GSM network

One WCDMA and one GSM network

One LTE, one WCDMA, and one GSM network
Your device automatically switches between cellphone networks depending on which

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

use a particular cellphone 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 icons on page 31 to see what the

different status icons look like.

To Select a Network Mode

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > More > Mobile networks.

3

Tap

Preferred network type, then select a network mode.

To Select Another Network Manually

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > More > Mobile networks > Network operators.

3

Tap

Search mode, then select Manual.

4

Select a network.

If you select a network manually, your device will not search for other networks, even if you

move out of range of the manually selected network.

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