Here is Why Your browsing Data Don’t Last long See How to Control it

It is no longer now that lot of subscribers are experiencing massive mobile data depletion without any major downloads


Most subscribers’ complaints about Airtel and MTN illegally deducting there data which is yet to be fixed as at the time of writing. Some couples of months ago, MTN gave reasons why data get exhausted on time on user’s smartphone.


However, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given subscribers the main reasons why data get depleted all the time on their smart devices.

According to NCC, “the reasons for the rise in data consumption and depletion, which is classified by some users as ‘illegal deduction’, include the advancement in technology, which has led to the rise in applications, updates and services that leverage on this technology and advancement of supportive data infrastructure.”

Others, according to him, are increase in video-based advertising content by social media companies which in some cases are layered on free services offered by the companies; auto updates of apps on the phone over mobile data network without any sort of prompting or intervention by the user of the mobile phone.

If you are a Subscribers of any of the telecom providers above, and your data get exhausted everytime, here is how to fix it.




How to Stop Your Mobile Data from Exhausting on time

>>Stop Apps from auto-updating themselves.

In general terms, follow the guide carefully.

1. Turn off Facebook Auto-play:

Go to your Facebook option icon (the three horizontal bars at the top right corner)

Click on App Settings (Under help & settings)

Click on AutoPlay

Select Never autoplay Videos.

In addition, you can activate the “Data Saver” option

Navigate to the option icon,

Then go to settings & Privacy

Select Data Saver,

Toggle the data saver on.

2. WhatsApp – Deactivate Auto Download:

Go to the “settings” section in your WhatsApp APP

Click on “Data and Storage Usage”

Select Media Auto Download option

Deselect all options under “When Using Mobile Data”

You can also enable low data usage for WhatsApp Calls.

3. Instagram – Use less Data:

Open Instagram options

Go to Settings

Select Cellular Data Use

Then tick Use Less Data.

4. Twitter – Deactivate Auto Play:

Go to your Twitter Profile icon.

Click on Settings and Privacy

Select Data Usage

Set Video Autoplay to Never

5. Snapchat:

Go to Snapchat Settings

Click on “Manage” under “Additional Services”

Tick the “Travel Mode” box

6. YouTube – Limit mobile data usage:

Open the YouTube App

Tap on the profile icon at the top right corner

Select Settings

Click on General

Turn on “Limit Mobile Data Usage”

7. Playstore – Update Apps on Wi-fi Only:

Go to the Google Play store

Click on Menu & go to Settings

Click on Auto-update apps.

Select “Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only”.