
Take control of your tethering background data usage and save money with this hotspot data usage calculator + firewall hybrid for Windows/Mac. I will not take in to store as I cannot trust as they charged me a $100 “deposit” for an upgrade that should have cost a penny, and it took 6 months and my local tv news to get it back.This must-have app will restrict background data on your laptop by allowing you to choose which apps can access the internet, which will help you cut down your mobile data costs. This stops for about 2-3 days after I call US Cellular Customer service to complain, then starts up again. But ALWAYS turns itself on when phone is NOT in use, then signals to connect back to wifi when I handle phone again. Don’t understand how possibly the Mobile data can turn itself on when background data is restricted. I have US Cellular, and also think they are doing this to try to send me over my data limit.

But often when I have set my phone down for a while then when I come back to it, when I pick it up I notice the “4G”, then it immediately switches back to “you are now connected to wifi” and pulling down the tools from the top I find the mobile data has TURNED ITSELF on. I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 and have gone into the settings, then to data, and Restricted Background Data. This tutorial applies to Android OS Nougat. You can turn Wi-Fi off while the device is sleeping under “ Settings” > “ Wi-Fi” > “ Menu” > “ Advanced” > “ Keep Wi-Fi- on during sleep“. This setting only applies to the wireless data network, not Wi-Fi. I disabled background data, but why are my background apps still exchanging data? If already disabled, the option will be different where you can select “ Allow background data” to turn background data on. Select “ Restrict background data“, then tap “ OK” to turn background data off.Tap the “ Menu” icon located at the upper-right corner.Toggle “ Background data” to “ On” or “ Off” as desired.Select the app you want to limit background data on.

From the Home screen, tap the app slider, then open “ Settings“.It has to be set for each individual app.

For Android 7.0 (Nougat), there is no way to set background data on or off of all apps at once.
