Android newbie in need of help

[Francois1988]

Hi,

At the end of the month I am eligible for an upgrade from my BlackBerry Z10. I am considering getting the Xperia Z2.

My data plan is very limited however. I will get either 250mb or 300mb. I don't mind topping it up, but I don't want to do it every three days. At home and at malls etc I just going on the WiFi network. That is a no-go at work though. But I mainly check the news there and maybe do a little surfing, but that I can manage for the most part.

My big worry is that the phone will be running auto-updates in the background. What would the best ways be to manage my data-usage through the OS? And is it relatively easy to manage that. ie, do I just turn off an auto-update option in general, or must I turn it off for every app and game I have loaded?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Golfdriver97]

The Play store can be set to update over wifi, and most apps can have background data restricted. However, I am not sure how well one can get by on 300MB per month. I consider myself a light-medium user and I go through about 1.5 GB per month

 

[Francois1988]

With minimal at-work use I can easily get by on my Z10. I do most off my browsing at home with WiFi. I do have to top up sometimes. It's not the end of the world. Though in South Africa data is rather expensive for relatively little. For $3 I can get 150mb for instance.

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[Nerf72]

Android is helpful here.
Set play store and everything else to download by WiFi only. Sync only what you really need, set warning and limit in the mobile data settings, and use bandwidth management on chrome.
You'll be surprised just how little data you need ( I use < .5 GB/m at the worst)

Keep an eye on your usage stats to look out for data munching apps

 

[GreyLike]

For surfing i would recommend UC Mini Browser. It consumes very little data.

 

[SigmundSL]

If you want, you can turn off the Auto-updates on Cellular Network in Play Store Settings, also you can use Opera Mini or Opera Mobile browser, it will compress the data a lot, so you can use it a little more (When checking emails and that king of text stuff i normally achieve a 80% of compression)