It seems that data is everywhere these days. Data on the left, data on the right. Data right in front of you, and data is behind you. We really at times can't keep up with where is all of our data going to and coming from. So next, we are going to be covering some tips and tricks on where to look for your data and how to keep track of your data. Your data is usually being sucked up through your applications on your mobile devices and your sites you visit on your browsers. There are also applications that you can download in app stores as well to help you view and monitor your data. Lets take a look and read some of these things.
There are many ways of how to check and track your data for your mobile devices. Lets take a look at some of the steps and directions.
When using some android devices, the fastest way to check your data usage is through going to your settings, then looking for your data usage tab or your mobile data network tab. You will select these options and then you will see which apps and programs and even broswers are using up data and that are not using your data.
When wanting to know what sites are using up the most data on your browsers on your mobile devices and PCs, using chrome for instancesv, you select your internet settings in browser, then selectt data usage, and then you will find your most recent sites viewed and how much data is being used up to view that particular site. Your data browser information and settings also gives you the option for you to delete or clear your data usage out of browsers.
The apps. Yes, there are apps as well to keep up with your usage and to track where all of your data is going as well. But most cell phone carriers usually includes this partiular app on their services and plans and you can even check from your online accounts as well for your phone services and plans. Even with your Internet modems and mobile hotspots as well. You would hope to think that your carriers will send text alerts or notify you via text or email alerts. But, just in they don't or maybe some consumers aren't knowing about this such thing, one app I would recommend for anyone to install onto their Android mobile devices, rather its a smartphone or tablet, is the Onavo Count app. This application allows you to setup the amount of data which get each month from carrier and set up your start and end date of when your data is up. Then it asks you how much you have used up so far to keep the app running accurately. Make the app a homescreen widget on your device so you will know exatly how much data you have used and how much you have left. It will also show apps and browsers and other programs as well that are using up your data. It even gives you tips on how to save your data. You may download this app now for free. Check it out on the Google Play Store.
So, there you have it. These are just some ways you can check your data usage on your mobile devices through your applications and browsers also. If you feel your apps are taking up or using too much data, you can clear the data from the apps in the settings menu. This also goes for the same thing in your browser settings. Screenshots will be shown as well. How To video coming soon... Please leave a comment on your thoughts and any other information you would like to share related to this article below.
This image shows a glimpse of the data usage on a Samsung Android Device.
Image above shows the widgets for Onavo Count application monitoring your data usage and shows if you are using data or Wi-Fi.
This image is in Chrome Beta App, You head to the chrome browser, click settings, then click or select site settings. Then select Storage Tab to track your data coming from sites you browsed.
In the image above, shows your site storage. This indicates how much you have used browsing on a website. Yes, that does say 4KB.
