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Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by UgwuKristian: 9:39am On May 02, 2017
Ok

Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 9:41am On May 02, 2017
WAtch and see the man that got his head drilled on live camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ORvPAm_Pl0
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by josh77(m): 9:42am On May 02, 2017
Am using firewall to save my data usage

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Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by stiflerdrug: 10:11am On May 02, 2017
Lol OP the way you wrote it..is even more exciting than the actual lesson... Nice one homeboy
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by MakCoby(m): 10:21am On May 02, 2017
NaijaTechGuy:


It's on all devices. Select your network then select any app
I Can't Particularly Turn off one except all the App is off
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 10:49am On May 02, 2017
hoshodie:
data slayers

Which Network provider you use?
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by NaijaTechGuy(m): 10:50am On May 02, 2017
stiflerdrug:
Lol OP the way you wrote it..is even more exciting than the actual lesson... Nice one homeboy
Thanks smiley

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Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 11:17am On May 02, 2017
My L9+ has a dedicated power saver button that helps me minimise data usage.
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Hoodfriend(m): 11:30am On May 02, 2017
I no see twitter lite version ooo
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Daddybright1986(m): 11:32am On May 02, 2017
NaijaTechGuy:
"Your Data Subscription Is Finished, Please subscribe to renew your data bundle".





This was the heart breaking message I got the first time I used Instagram. My hard earned 10MB was gone, I had no idea of what was going on... I guess it was probably because that was my first android phone. My ISP was probably like...





Instagram is always buzzing with about 4.2 billion posts daily and countless hash tags, I probably got carried away and my 10MB was gone in 60 seconds. I'm more experienced today though.

This does not totally leave out the other culprits. The vampires that use up your data and most times storage space.

This isn't Vampire Diaries so we're certainly not going after them with sticks or vervain. Simple tricks would have saved you from heartbreak.

Here are a few ways to save yourself from pain and reduce the data these apps use.


#1. Use The App's Lite Version

Facebook, Messenger, Twitter and Skype have Lite versions. These are versions of the app that
are basically smaller and don't use up a lot of data. The apps were basically developed for those with 2G connections and saves you a whole lot of data. So head over to playstore and grab a Lite version. If you're not comfortable with the Lite version of Facebook, you can also turn on the data saver feature.

#2. Limit The Number Of Videos You Watch

"Discretion is the greater part of Valor " this was quoted by Falstaff in King Henry the Fourth by Williams Shakespeare. I'm not giving you a history lesson on Shakespeare, I'm not even good at that. Basically you should know that streaming unnecessary videos take a lot of data. Why will you spend your data looking at girls on Snapchat that would keep staring at the camera without saying anything?.. It's your data but if you want to save it, you'd better watch videos once in a while. If you're data connection isn't too strong, buffering will definitely eat up a lot of data. You could find third party apps that let you download the video instead.


#3 Turn Off Background Data For All The Apps

This is the first rule of saving data. For most Android devices, head over to your settings and select data usage. Click on any of the apps then turn off background data. Turning this feature off simply means that you won't receive any messages or notifications from the app unless you're running the app. So your data is safe and protected from waste.



4 stop visiting Nairaland constantly
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by ManirBK: 11:44am On May 02, 2017
Funmisco:

Mine is off but...I use 1.5 G for 7days
PLS EXPLAIN NUMBER 3 FOR ME IN LAYMAN VOICE?
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by ManirBK: 11:49am On May 02, 2017
Sapiosexuality:
Please, who knows how to stay offline on Facebook Messenger once one puts on mobile data? It automatically connects one online once data is on.
ALWAYS LOG OUT OF THE FB ACCOUNT TO AVOID AUTO CONNECT WHEN USING OTHER APP
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 12:00pm On May 02, 2017
20 gig in one month

Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by cuteme88(f): 12:08pm On May 02, 2017


If i hear!!!! all this i do but yet my data till sucking like straw. 1.5gb last for just 3wks. i hardly watch videos.
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by fredie107(m): 12:21pm On May 02, 2017
#3 Turn Off Background Data For All The Apps

This is the first rule of saving data. For most Android devices, head over to your settings and select data usage. Click on any of the apps then turn off background data. Turning this feature off simply means that you won't receive any messages or notifications from the app unless you're running the app. So your data is safe and protected from waste.


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I disagree with this point. When you off background data for an like WhatsApp or Facebook, that doesn't save data in a any way or does it stop people from sending you messages. The moment you put it on, all the messages that have been sent will still be received on your phone thereby consuming the same data for which you turned it off. So what's the sense...?
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 12:23pm On May 02, 2017
NaijaTechGuy:
"Your Data Subscription Is Finished, Please subscribe to renew your data bundle".





This was the heart breaking message I got the first time I used Instagram. My hard earned 10MB was gone, I had no idea of what was going on... I guess it was probably because that was my first android phone. My ISP was probably like...





Instagram is always buzzing with about 4.2 billion posts daily and countless hash tags, I probably got carried away and my 10MB was gone in 60 seconds. I'm more experienced today though.

This does not totally leave out the other culprits. The vampires that use up your data and most times storage space.

This isn't Vampire Diaries so we're certainly not going after them with sticks or vervain. Simple tricks would have saved you from heartbreak.

Here are a few ways to save yourself from pain and reduce the data these apps use.


#1. Use The App's Lite Version

Facebook, Messenger, Twitter and Skype have Lite versions. These are versions of the app that
are basically smaller and don't use up a lot of data. The apps were basically developed for those with 2G connections and saves you a whole lot of data. So head over to playstore and grab a Lite version. If you're not comfortable with the Lite version of Facebook, you can also turn on the data saver feature.

#2. Limit The Number Of Videos You Watch

"Discretion is the greater part of Valor " this was quoted by Falstaff in King Henry the Fourth by Williams Shakespeare. I'm not giving you a history lesson on Shakespeare, I'm not even good at that. Basically you should know that streaming unnecessary videos take a lot of data. Why will you spend your data looking at girls on Snapchat that would keep staring at the camera without saying anything?.. It's your data but if you want to save it, you'd better watch videos once in a while. If you're data connection isn't too strong, buffering will definitely eat up a lot of data. You could find third party apps that let you download the video instead.


#3 Turn Off Background Data For All The Apps

This is the first rule of saving data. For most Android devices, head over to your settings and select data usage. Click on any of the apps then turn off background data. Turning this feature off simply means that you won't receive any messages or notifications from the app unless you're running the app. So your data is safe and protected from waste.


bro u try but I can't just help subscribing almost every 10 days depending on network speed...u for get to add opera mini use extreme data saving modes u can use up to 3GB for 1 year
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by PotatoSalad(m): 12:28pm On May 02, 2017
I still don't care. 25GB a month. little though

Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Arrow24: 12:33pm On May 02, 2017
switch to Airtel....1.5gb for #300...25days
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 12:49pm On May 02, 2017
Having a smartphone and doing all these silly things is akin to dating a supermodel but only taking selfies with her.

3rd world country tinzs.
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by MurphyTheory99(m): 2:54pm On May 02, 2017
What using ur data to play radio stations.
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Sapiosexuality(m): 4:01pm On May 02, 2017
TechEnthusiast:

Restrict background data or better still use greenify if your device is rooted
Thanks. But wouldn't that also block messages from my mail and whatsapp?
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Sapiosexuality(m): 4:02pm On May 02, 2017
ManirBK:
ALWAYS LOG OUT OF THE FB ACCOUNT TO AVOID AUTO CONNECT WHEN USING OTHER APP
Yes. This sounds like it.
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 4:33pm On May 02, 2017
Opera max data savings is simply the answer. you can completely disconnect some apps from using data and background data
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 5:17pm On May 02, 2017
kevoh:

I agree. Some people will just upload stupid memes that are not even funny.
Like that "a Chinese man said... "bullshit. And the guy kept posting it on multiple fp threads.
Oga Seun abeg work on that dislike button. Maybe it will discourage people that post nonsense.
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 5:18pm On May 02, 2017
Sapiosexuality:
Thanks. But wouldn't that also block messages from my mail and whatsapp?
It will. Disabling background data turns your smart phone to a dumb phone.
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by zanga420: 5:51pm On May 02, 2017
NaijaTechGuy:


It's on all devices. Select your network then select any app
at your #2, what's the best 3rd party app that's better to download videos without it's own wahala? Thanks for the write up
Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Sapiosexuality(m): 6:08pm On May 02, 2017
Mementoes:

It will. Disabling background data turns your smart phone to a dumb phone.
Thanks. Exactly my thought. I think logging out is the solution.

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Re: How To Reduce Data Usage While Using Social Media On Your Smartphone by Nobody: 7:23pm On May 02, 2017
9twalker:

Which Network provider you use?
Airtel..

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