High traffic consumption in the background. Application updates under control

The lack of Internet in the suburbs or in the villages is quite common.

Since it is not always possible to conduct wired Internet, representatives mobile communications offered an alternative Mobile Internet. The quality of the mobile Internet leaves much to be desired and this type of Internet connection is more suitable for the phrase, but still it is better than nothing. Surfing the net via mobile internet is not only longer, but also more expensive.

Many tariff plans of various mobile operators combine a certain amount of traffic and fees.

But as we know, this traffic is not always enough for at least comfortable surfing the net, not to mention downloading music or pictures.

In this regard, there are many traffic measurements, for exact definition using it, but today we will rather not talk about measuring traffic (more on this in one of the next articles.

Not to miss) but about ways to save traffic. Now there are a lot of recommendations on this subject on the network that prompted me to put them all together + add a few chips from myself, since I myself had to look for ways to save traffic at one time.

Advertising is our main enemy, since when viewing sites and information on them, we are hardly going to click on it to buy something or go somewhere. But the lion's share of the page is very often occupied by advertising. It is with the disabling of advertising that traffic savings begin.

What is needed to disable advertising on the Internet? To do this, I recommend using an excellent plugin forFirefox Adblock Plus . Read about the intricacies of setting up and working the plugin.

If you are using a different browser, then you can search for an alternative by asking in the search engine Yandex inquiry - "Ad blocking opera » for example.

With the help of the plugins found, I recommend getting rid of all ads asflashas well as text. My traffic savings increased by at least half only due to ad blocking.

Traffic compression service

If you decide to surf a large number sites where you can find a large variety of all sorts of pictures, I recommend using the traffic compression service - Toonel.net.

This free service does real miracles of compression of html-code and images. It should be remembered that the service Toonel.net you should not use Google to work with it, as it will determine your location in Germany (servers Toonel.net are in Germany) and you will see everything on German. The rest of the sites will be fine.

Cash

A great thing for those who often browse the same sites - mail, news, blogs. Now in all browsers this function can be customized. Read about it in the article -. There are also special utilities such ashandycache. ViaHandycache you can save hundreds of megabytes of traffic daily, so I recommend it. You can download.

Images

Sometimes images take 80% of the spent traffic for themselves. Therefore, if you are looking for text or want to download something, instead of waiting for bulk images to load, I suggest simply turning them off.

Of course, images are important for some, but still, for the sake of experiment, I would advise you to try to surf the net without images for at least a week, then you can definitely decide if you need it or not.

Each browser has a function to disable images, if you have difficulty with this, write in the comments which browser you have and I will tell you how to set up displaying images on it.
So, it seems that he indicated everything, or rather, he painted ways to save traffic, now it's up to the small. It remains to configure all this for more effective work. Little advice: for mobile surfing, I recommend using the latest version of the browser.

First, install the plugin forFirefox-Adblock Plus .

We launch the downloadedhandycache. And in the proxy settingsFirefox (Options - advanced - network - settings) set port 8080 and HTTP proxy 127.0.0.1.

All cache is configured. In principle, I stop at this because the effect is quite enough for me. You can also disable images if you don't need them.

Also for those who have little connectionHandycache and Toonel.net. Download and install the programToonel.net set the compression ratio you need.

Further in the settingsToonel.net add proxy Host:127.0.0.1 Port:8090. All now we have all the requested data via the Internet will first be taken from the cache, and in case of absence, it will be compressed and cached throughToonel.net.

That's all. True withToonel.net sometimes there are some glitches, then the servers can’t withstand something else, so I don’t use it.

In general, even without usingToonel.net viasimple settings for caching and disabling images, you can surf the web much faster, longer and cheaper. What traffic saving methods do you use?

The concept of saving Internet traffic appeared during the existence of limited wired Internet. Nowadays, unlimited wired Internet comes at affordable prices. And here are the unlimited tariffs of providers supplying wireless Internet, not everyone can be affordable yet. How to save cash working with a metered internet connection? In addition to a conscious rejection of unnecessary operations for downloading files and visiting web resources, you can save Internet traffic using various ways and browser tools. What are these methods and what are these tools - more on that below.

1. Ways to save Internet traffic

1.1. Ad blockers

One of the effective ways to save traffic is ad blockers. Blocks with contextual advertising, especially if these are animated banners, they usually make up most Internet traffic. So ad blockers perform two whole constructive missions - they block ads and save money for users of limited Internet. The ad blocking function can be implemented in any browser that supports the installation of extensions. However, ad blockers on individual sites will have to be disabled. So, some media resources will not open access to free video viewing until the ad blocker is disabled for their sites. Among the popular ad blockers are, etc.

1.2. Traffic compression mode

Especially for a slow Internet connection, some browsers provide traffic compression modes. These are modes in which traffic passes through the servers of the technology provider, and on users' devices, site pages are already displayed in a compressed form - with reduced image quality, blocked flash animation, etc. Traffic compression modes are useful not only in conditions slow internet, but still when working with low-powered computers and slow sites. Also, traffic compression modes are used as a way to access territorially blocked sites. Thus, traffic compression involves the mediation of the servers of the technology provider, and they, accordingly, perform the same role as proxy or VPN servers. If the technology provider's servers are not located in the blocking country of the site, access to it will be allowed. Traffic compression modes are pre-installed in Opera and Yandex Browser. And in Google Chrome and browsers that support working with content from its store, the traffic saving mode can be implemented using a special extension.

1.3. Blocking the Adobe Flash Plugin

To save Internet traffic, you can set up a permission request before using the plugin Adobe Flash. Without the user's permission, the flash animation player will not start and, accordingly, consume Internet traffic.

1.4. Image blocking

Blocking images on web pages is a last resort. Image blocking is just like ad blocking. effective way saving traffic, plus, significantly speeding up web surfing, not only in terms of the speed of opening sites, but also as a method of focusing on useful information, not pictures. Image blocking is usually provided in the browser settings, but for this purpose it is better to install a special extension with easy access on the toolbar. For Chromium browsers and "heirs" of the Gecko engine, this extension is Chrome HTML Content Blocker, it implements image blocking buttons on the toolbar of browsers, as well as other types of content. The extension can be installed in Opera stores (for itself and Yandex.Browser), Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

Which of the methods described above to save Internet traffic are implemented in popular browsers and how to use these methods?

2 Opera

The Opera browser comes with two powerful traffic compression tools on board. In its settings (section "Basic"), you can activate a regular ad blocker.

And use the Opera Turbo function, a traffic compression technology patented by Opera Software.

As part of the operation of Opera Turbo, flash content is blocked automatically and launched manually by the user. You can completely block Adobe Flash or configure its operation outside the traffic compression mode in the Sites settings section of Opera. Image blocking is also configured here.

3. Yandex.Browser

With the permission of Opera Software, Opera Turbo technology has equipped a collector of the best from other browsers - Yandex.Browser. The traffic compression mode in Yandex.Browser is called "Turbo" mode. This mode is automatically activated in conditions of a slow Internet connection. You can enable it yourself in the browser menu, and configure it in the "Turbo" section of the browser settings.

Yandex.Browser is equipped with its own ad blocker, but not all, but only aggressive.

On board, we will find a flash data blocker in the add-ons section

and an image blocker are among the features of the Protect panel.

4. Google Chrome

The traffic compression mode using technology from Google in the Chrome browser and its clones appears after installing the "Traffic Saver" extension. To enable it, you need to activate the "Traffic saving" checkbox.

Without installing special extensions, you can block Adobe Flash and images in the Chrome settings by clicking the "Show advanced settings" option and clicking the "Content settings" button in the "Personal data" section.

5. Vivaldi

The Vivaldi browser is based on Chromium and supports installation of extensions for Chrome. You can implement the traffic compression mode in this browser using the same "Traffic Saver" extension. Vivaldi is notable for its built-in features and effects for web pages, including:

• image blocker;

• banner blocker and read mode.

Reading mode on board Vivaldi can be used as a tool to save traffic, since when it is activated for each individual site, the article materials of such a site will constantly open in reading mode, a book format cleared of web elements. You can set up Adobe Flash blocking in the Vivaldi settings, in the "Web pages" section.

6 Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox does not have its own data compression technology, nor is it implemented through extensions. But that's at the time of writing. There have been experimental "web accelerator" extensions in the history of the browser, and there may be more in the future. On the this moment You can save traffic when working with Firefox using extensions - blockers of ads and other content (Content Blocker), in particular, the mentioned HTML Content Blocker.

Have a great day!

In the settings of the mobile phone, you can find a section called "Data transfer" or "Data usage". In this section, there is a calculation of the traffic that the user spends on his phone.

But, many users do not know what traffic is and what to do with those traffic values ​​​​that are displayed in the mobile phone settings. If you also have not yet figured out this issue, then we suggest that you read our article.

Traffic is the amount of information that a mobile phone sends and receives from the Internet. Traffic can be measured in packets, bits, or bytes. But, in phones, bytes and their derivatives (kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes) are usually used as a unit of measure. Traffic counting is necessary so that the user can control their Internet costs.

When counting traffic, it is usually divided into several types. It can be incoming, outgoing, internal or external traffic. But, on the phone, there are usually no such detailed statistics on the use of traffic. Instead, the phone simply shows the total amount of traffic that has been used over a period of time. In some cases, a separate count may be maintained for mobile internet(traffic transmitted over cellular) and Wi-Fi.

If necessary, traffic counting can be organized on any device that is connected to the network or the Internet. For example, if you need to count traffic on a computer with operating system Windows, then you can use such programs as TMeter, NetWorx, BWMeter or DU Meter.

How to view traffic on android

In order to view traffic consumption on mobile phone with Android you need to open the application " Settings" and find the section " Data transfer" or " data usage". For example, on pure Android 8.0, to do this, you first need to go to the " Network and Internet", and then open the subsection" Data transfer».

Here you can see how much traffic was used in the last month and take advantage of the features that allow you to manage your mobile Internet costs. There is also information about the amount of information that was transmitted via Wi-Fi.

If the information that Android provides is not enough for you, then you can install special applications for calculating traffic. For example, you can use applications or.

How to view traffic on iPhone

There is a similar section with information about traffic on the iPhone. If you have an Apple mobile phone, then you need to open the settings application, go to the " cellular” and scroll the screen to “ Statistics».

Here you can see the total amount of data from the Internet, as well as the data that was received in roaming. In addition, the iPhone issues exact value traffic for everyone installed application. This allows you to quickly identify the applications that access the Internet most often and increase your mobile phone bills.

If the information that the iPhone provides is not enough for you, then you can install special applications for counting traffic. For example, you can use applications or.

How to save traffic on your phone

If your Mobile Internet costs seem too high for you, then you can take a number of measures in order to reduce the amount of traffic consumed:

• Turn off mobile internet when you don't need it. Simple but very effective advice. If you are severely limited in mobile traffic, then the mobile Internet should be turned off at every opportunity.
  
• Explore phone settings. Explore the settings that are available on your phone. You will most likely find many features and capabilities that will help you reduce data volumes and control your mobile Internet costs.
• Use a browser with a save feature. Many browsers have built-in tools to save traffic. For example, you can use the Opera browser. This browser passes all traffic through its own servers, where it is pre-compressed.
• Try to always connect to Wi-Fi. As long as you are connected to wireless network Wi-Fi you transmit traffic through this network, while the mobile Internet is actually disabled.
• Explore app settings. In the settings of many applications there is an item "Only via Wi-Fi", after enabling it, the application will use only the Wi-Fi network.

Smartphone screens are getting bigger and bigger, and mobile internet access is getting faster and faster. This leads to the fact that smartphones are increasingly being used to work with online services of music, video or to view full multimedia web pages.

All these services can at an alarming rate devour internet traffic. The solution may be to purchase additional gigabytes of traffic, but there are methods that do not require investment additional funds, which may be of particular interest to people who travel a lot abroad.

What these methods have in common is that they are all relatively easy to implement and, moreover, do not significantly affect how we use a smartphone or tablet.

Here are 12 ways limit data consumption on an android smartphone. What is important: all examples, titles and positions in the menu are obtained from "pure" Google Android 7.0 - the most popular (according to the site Developers.android.com) version of this system at present.

How to reduce traffic consumption - problem analysis

This should always be the first step: before you take on a problem, you need to look and understand what exactly it is. To do this, open the menu Settings and select the item data usage.

In section data usage You will find a list of applications that consume the most data, as well as information about how much traffic a particular program "ate". To get accurate statistics, taking into account the terms of payment, it is worth determining in which period the statistics should be taken (you must specify the time interval). But even in the main version, you can get a lot of useful information about which of the applications we use are the most "gluttonous".

You should be concerned, in particular, with how much data each application consumes in the active mode, and how much in the background. Remember that those that consume especially a lot of data use part of the traffic in the background.

Reduce unnecessary data transfer in the background

You already know which programs are different increased appetite on data, even when you are not using it (that is, it is running in the background). Run such an application and look in the settings for the possibility of limiting data consumption, etc. Use them if possible. In most cases, during normal use of the app, you won't see a difference, but the data savings can be significant.

It may happen that the application does not offer such an option, but this does not mean that you are powerless. You will find this feature in Android itself. Just go to the menu Settings → Applications, and then select the program of interest. Here you can disable the option Background data permission(this will prevent the app from downloading data in the background over the cellular network, it will only download when connected to a Wi-Fi network).

Note: If you block background data for messaging or email applications, you will no longer receive notifications of new messages. But, we guarantee that in any smartphone there are at least a few applications running in the background, the deactivation of which will not limit the functionality of the device in any way, and will also allow save valuable megabytes.

Reducing traffic consumption - control over autorun

If we single out one particular type of content responsible for the most high flow traffic is, of course, video. Especially since many popular apps have a nasty habit of automatically starting videos, whether the user wants it or not. Fortunately, in most cases, this can be turned off.

The obvious culprit is the Facebook app - the menu to turn off the AutoPlay feature can be found in Program settings(there you can determine exactly in which situation the video can automatically start playing). You can do the same in the Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat apps.

Moreover, using this advice, you do not risk anything at all - you can still launch each clip yourself.

How to consume less traffic - data compression

Another devourer of the Internet traffic package is the browser. This can also be easily fixed. The most popular Android browser, Google Chrome, has a tool called Save data. It is enough to enter the program settings and activate it.

This will cause the smartphone to redirect traffic through Google servers, where it will be compressed and adapted for mobile devices– Google promises that this will not only make web surfing cheaper, but also much faster and safer (due to additional malware scanning).

You don't have to limit yourself to just the Chrome browser, there are similar solutions in Opera Mini as well. The developers have equipped this browser with a standard compression function, both for traditional web pages and video clips, and when downloading files.

Reduce data consumption - optimize music applications

Music streaming apps can also be responsible for excessive data consumption (especially if you frequently watch your favorite recordings).

The easiest way to deal with this is to download via Wi-Fi favorites songs for offline listening. However, not everyone can and wants to use this option (if only because they do not have enough space in the device’s memory), so it’s worth looking for alternative solutions.

When Google Play Music should look in the menu Settings | Network quality. It is worth experimenting with the settings available there and checking if we really should have high level sound quality.

You will find similar features in other music listening software such as Spotify (Settings | Music Quality), Pandora or Deezeer. So it's worth taking a closer look at the multimedia programs installed on your phone and making sure that no feature consumes more data than it needs.

How to consume less traffic - YouTube on a diet

The YouTube client app launches each file in high resolution by default, but the benefits of such a solution are difficult to appreciate on a small smartphone screen. Therefore, it is worth considering the issue of limiting the maximum resolution of the video being viewed when using mobile data.

Open YouTube app and menu Settings → General You will find several interesting options. First team Play HD video only over Wi-Fi. Also on the same menu turn off autoplay(to prevent YouTube from continuing to play other videos if, for example, you have gone somewhere).

How to Consume Less Data - Download Media

Subscription audio and video streaming services are among the most useful services available to mobile device users. The fact, however, is that their use is associated with the consumption of a huge amount of traffic. Therefore, if possible, it is worth considering preloading - when your smartphone is connected to WiFi networks- the music you are going to listen to or the videos you want to watch.

Netflix or Spotify offer such options, and while of course it's not always possible to plan what media you want to use, of course everyone has a few favorite songs that they return to very often. In the case of films, if you follow a series, then use the function of saving the next episodes in the memory of your mobile phone or tablet.

This also applies to YouTube - if you have an active subscription to Google Play Music, you can download movies available on the site for later viewing (and if you don't have a subscription, you should consider using an application that offers a similar function - there are a lot of them in the Google Play store). many).

Reduced traffic consumption - offline navigation

The GPS navigation available on Google Map consumes a huge amount of traffic, however, if this application regularly accompanies you on the road, data downloaded from the network can bring real benefit. Moreover, the application offers offline navigation - just launch the application with a wireless connection, plan a route, specify the desired path, and then click Save in case of connection problems on the highway.

If you save more of these routes, you can conveniently manage them later using the menu. Maps offline in settings.

Application updates under control

The Google Play Store is one of those applications that can seriously empty the traffic package quite imperceptibly - primarily by triggering the application update process.

To avoid this, just open the tab Settings and change them so that updates are downloaded only when the device is connected to a Wi-Fi network.

How to consume less traffic - order in applications

When deciding on the main "megabyte eaters", it is also worth looking into other, less obvious programs that can receive too much information.

Review the list of applications installed on the system and remove (or at least disable) those that have not been used for a long time - or at all. Thanks to this, you will not only save some data, but also free up the memory of your smartphone / tablet.

Check what Android is syncing

Pick up your phone and open the menu Settings → Accounts..., it is possible that you will see a long list of active accounts on the device before your eyes. When you select any of the services offered in this provision, you will see exactly what is being synchronized within your account.

You can find quite a few things here that should be synced (mail, contacts, photos, etc.), but there is a good chance that many will be completely redundant. If you find such positions, turn them off or block them.

True, this may take some time, especially if you have active Accounts various services, but it's worth it.

Android 7 - data saving - a radical solution

IN latest version Android, bearing number 7, another one was applied interesting solution- somewhat radical, but at the same time very effective. This Data Saver function, which blocks most apps from using mobile data unless the app is currently active, meaning it's not being used by the owner of the mobile device.

However, this tool can be so "aggressive" that it limits the functionality of the device to some extent (by blocking the receipt of notifications, warnings, etc.), however, the effectiveness in reducing traffic consumption is amazing...

Hello friends. It's summer in the yard, many people go on vacation, or somewhere far away from the city, and of course there is a problem, but what about the Internet? After all, somewhere outside the city it most likely will not be, and then what? Panic begins, tears and all that :).

Well, of course there is a way out, you just need to get mobile Internet. Can buy GPRS or 3G modem. In the first case, the speed will be lower, but most likely it will stably receive a signal almost everywhere. In turn, 3G technology will provide greater speed, but the signal will not be as stable and you may need to buy an antenna. I wrote about setting up 3G Internet in an article.

I switched to modems, but I wanted to write about how to save internet traffic. Well, of course, both GPRS and 3G Internet are not very cheap now, even expensive compared to the urban network. That is why I decided to write today's article. So-as with right approach, you can save a lot of Internet traffic and traffic is money.

All tariffs of mobile Internet operators have package restrictions or fees for spent Internet traffic, and in the first and second cases, tips on saving traffic will be useful.

First of all, I advise you to install a program on your computer that will measure the Internet traffic that you spend.

I recommend the program NetWorx. This program has a clear Russian interface, and can do a lot. You can measure traffic by hours, days, or as you wish, you can set limits for a day or a month, and the program will warn you when your tariff plan that will save you from extra expenses, because traffic over the package is not very cheap.

Turn off the image

I remember when I was still using GPRS Internet through my phone, I always turned off displaying images in the browser. Graphics on web pages take a lot of traffic and this is very bad. It seems to me that surfing the Internet can be convenient even without pictures, but it’s a little not primary right away.

You can turn off the image in the settings of any browser. For example, in Opera go to “Tools”, “General Settings” tab “Web pages” and where the image is selected “No images” and click "OK".

Now you can try to use the Internet without images, by the way, this method also very effectively increases the speed of page loading.

Cache saves bandwidth

Cache, these are the elements of a web page that the browser saves on the computer and the next time these elements are accessed, it does not re-download them from the Internet. The cache is really good at saving traffic when you visit the same site many times. For example, you once logged into Vkontakte, the browser downloaded an image of your friends and saved them to your hard drive.

When you visit this site again, the browser will not re-download these pictures and thereby save internet traffic.

Internet traffic saving service

Although I am a supporter of all sorts of services and add-ons, I can advise Toonel.net to save traffic. This service compresses Internet traffic well and allows you to save money. By the way, the service is completely free.

Advertising is the main traffic eater

Something, but there is enough advertising on the sites now, even I have a little, but what about, I want to eat :). But advertising takes almost half of your traffic. Flash advertising does this especially well. To disable ads, you need to use add-ons for different browsers. Just type in any search engine " how to disable ads in opera(or other browser).

Separately, I would like to note an excellent feature in the Opera browser. Turbo mode helps save traffic and increase the speed of loading Internet pages with a not very fast connection. All traffic that you will request will pass and be processed through Opera's servers, and arrive on your computer already in a compressed form.

Activating Turbo mode is very simple. Go to the browser and find the button in the form of a speedometer at the bottom left (above the start button).

Click on it and select “Turn on Turbo mode”, the button will turn blue and the turbo mode will start working.

Offtopic: Just in a couple of days I'll pass the last exam and go home for the summer. Of course, I take the computer, but the Internet ... I decided to take the Internet from Intertelecom, I will buy a modem and most likely I will have to buy an antenna.

So these tips will also come in handy for me, although 1000 MB for 5 UAH. per day, it seems to me not very bad, we'll see what speed it will be. Good luck!

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Updated: January 11, 2015 by: admin