Selecting A Sim Card For Data Traffic; Selecting Mobile Networks - Sony Xperia M5 Dual User Manual

To control the data usage of individual applications
1
From your Home screen, tap
2
Find and tap Settings > Data usage.
3 Tap the application that you want to control, then tap the Restrict app
background data slider and tap OK.
4
To access more specific settings for the application, tap App settings and make
the desired changes.
The performance of individual applications may be affected if you change the related data
usage settings.
To check your data usage
1
From your Home screen, tap
2
Find and tap Settings > Data usage.
3
Tap , then tap Show Wi‑Fi.
4 To view information about the amount of data transferred via Wi-Fi, tap the Wi-
Fi tab.
5
To view the information about the amount of data transferred via mobile data
connection, tap the Mobile tab.

Selecting a SIM card for data traffic

Either of the two SIM cards inserted in your device can handle data traffic, but only
one SIM card can be selected to handle data at any given time. You can select the
SIM card to use for data traffic during the initial setup of your device, or you can
select or change it later via the Settings menu.
To change the SIM card used for data traffic
1 From your Home screen, tap
2
Find and tap Settings > Dual SIM > Mobile data.
3
Select the SIM card that you want to use for data traffic.
For higher data speeds, select the SIM card that supports the fastest mobile network, for
example, 3G.

Selecting mobile networks

Your device supports the use of two different networks at the same time. You can
select from the following network mode combinations when two SIM cards are
inserted in your device:
•
One LTE network and one GSM network
•
One WCDMA network and one GSM network
•
Two GSM networks
For each SIM card, you can set your device to switch automatically between mobile
networks depending on which mobile networks are available where you are. You can
also manually set your device to use a particular mobile network mode for each SIM
card, for example, WCDMA or GSM.
Different status icons are displayed in the status bar depending on the type or mode
of network that you are connected to. Refer to
the different status icons look like.
To select a network mode
1 From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > More > Mobile networks.
3
Select a SIM card.
4 Tap Preferred network type, then select a network mode.
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