Is there a way for me to restrict data usage for specific apps to WiFi only? For example, if he opens up Google Chrome and is not connected to the WiFi, he cannot use this app. Essentially he gets a "connection not found" message. I have restricted background data for these apps, but my understanding is that he still can use these apps over a mobile network if he opens them up. Check NoRoot Firewall screenshot below in playstore. Screenshot click to enlarge.
As you can see from the screenshot, you can add custom filters to allow specific websites to work on Mobile data and also to restrict in WiFi too. You can restrict youtube and other data hungry apps not to work under mobile data. Not sure if you'd want to root but a for sure solution would be an app like Macrodroid like tasker and AFWall firewall to automate this using profiles and wouldn't end up blocking when unwanted.
These are all paid apps tho, rely on something like SuperSU, and they all run as device administrator with password protection to prevent changes to settings or removal.
On my Sprint plan, even if you use WiFi, if the data is concurrently enabled updown arrows in status bar highlighted , then Sprint will count is as data used. The central service cannot distinguish whether you are actually using WiFi, or cellular data if the mobile data setting is enabled. It counts it as data passing into the phone regardless of source with the mobile data on. So even if you stream Youtube or HD video through your home wifi, They do not tell you this, and some store clerks or IT help customer service reps don't even know it.
My brother got snagged on this while streaming spotify at work. Call them out on it and get your money back for the months you went over. They never explain this to customers and it's a big ripoff. You should use it only as a last resort, when the application absolutely does not work with specific screen configurations. Instead of using this element, you should follow the guide to Supporting Multiple Screens to provide scalable support for multiple screens using alternative layouts and bitmaps for different screen sizes and densities.
And bear in mind that marketing terms like "phablet" is ill-defined, and so your app may wind up shipping on some devices that you happen to think is a phablet or that somebody else thinks is a phablet.
There is an official guide that will explain a lot better than me, but essentially, you could do the following to restrict your app to handset devices only. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
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We understand that it seems rude to deny friends and relatives or some times even the neighbors the WiFi password when they ask for it. You end up sharing your password with multiple people who relentlessly consume your bandwidth and data regularly.
Therefore, we are here to provide you with a simple, elegant, and discreet solution to this problem. Instead of directly preventing people from connecting to your WiFi network, you can choose to reduce their internet speed and limit their bandwidth.
Doing so will not only save you from paying excessively for overusing the internet but also mean more bandwidth for you. The best part is that you can easily do this yourself without even using any third-party tool or software.
Most of the modern WiFi routers provide pretty decent administrative options to control several parameters like internet speed, available bandwidth, hours of access, etc. You can also block certain websites and rogue access points that could be potential hackers. In this article, we will discuss the various parental lock like features that you can utilize to prevent others from hogging your internet.
The reason behind not getting enough speed while using the WiFi is because too many people are using it. By default, a WiFi router uniformly divides the total available bandwidth among all the devices connected to the network. This means that the more the number of devices connected to a network, the slower is your internet speed. The only way to reserve more bandwidth for yourself is to limit the bandwidth for other devices.
This can be done by accessing the router settings. As mentioned earlier, every router has its separate firmware that can be used to edit several settings. Internet speed and the available bandwidth are just one of them. To restrict a particular person or device to a limited internet connection, you need to know their MAC address or their IP address. This is the only source of identification. If you have the correct MAC address, then you can easily set the upper limit for the bandwidth and in turn, the internet speed that the person will be entitled to.
You can set restrictions for multiple users or probably all users except you. Before we begin with the process, you need certain important information to access the admin settings of a router. A reasonably fast internet connection is essential to stop the many programs that require bandwidth from slowing your internet speed to a crawl. Doing a few things at once like downloading a torrent , downloading through your web browser and gaming online would probably cause the game to have high pings and be almost unplayable.
A way to get around this problem is setting limits for the programs or traffic you consider less important. That leaves more bandwidth and faster speeds for what you consider more important. A lot of software like downloaders, torrent clients , and game portal software such as Steam have a setting where you can set the maximum download limit so as not to flood the connection and let other applications access more bandwidth.
Some routers can prioritize internet traffic if they have a QoS feature built in, but not all routers can do that. Another way is using traffic shaping software so you can limit or prioritize which programs can have the most bandwidth. The amount of free software around that can shape or limit traffic is sadly very small, here we show you three we have found. All tools and methods were tested in Windows 7 and TMeter is quite a powerful application and one of its features is allowing you to control the speed of any Windows process accessing the network.
TMeter controls the speed of programs by assigning filters. With a filter, you can set the overall speed limit of a process, enable a traffic limit to block or change speed, create a schedule, enable packet logging, and enable host header logging. Download TMeter Free Edition and install it. On the first launch, you will be asked to select a network adapter to monitor. Check the box next to the adapter and select a network type, usually Private.
Click OK and Apply. Press the three dots on the right and locate an executable file. The Process Definition name is entered but you can change it if you want.
Press OK. Press the Source drop down and choose Local process near the bottom. In the Process Definition drop down, select the definition name created in step 2. Click OK.
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