On android how to turn off wifi download only

 · On this video you can know How to Enable or Disable Download over wifi only in Youtube App. Youtube version is , and android phone using Samsung Gala. We occasionally hear from customers with an Android phone that successfully downloads mail on Wi-Fi networks, but not on cellular networks. The symptom is that when it’s not on a Wi-Fi network, the phone will either act like there’s no mail waiting, or it will download some parts of the mail but not attachments. It is a clear warning, telling us that we will save money if we only download over WiFi. Sometimes we may not be able to do that, and we'll need to download over mobile networks. We can see it is currently on because the box is blue with a white check mark inside. To turn it off, press down on the box.

The second you get to the edge of the Wi-Fi hotspot or if your Android phone connects to a bad Wi-Fi network, your Internet will be messed up. Even though you see a functional Wi-Fi signal strength, that doesn't mean it will also work. By default, smartphones do not check for the quality of the connection when connecting to Wi-Fi. This concludes the tutorial on how to turn on or off the option to download articles only from WiFi in the Newsstand application on the HTC One M8 If you have any questions or comments about this video, or about the process that you have seen in this video, then please leave them in the comment section below, and we will answer them for you. Method 2: Disable WiFi for Specific Apps. Now, we will show you how you can block the data to the apps even on a WiFi connection. Within the DataEye app, select the " three-dotted " option on the top right corner of the screen and select Settings section. There you will find the option " Manage traffic on WiFi ".

Now I can't find the option to not use data for downloading! Solved! Go to Solution. Solution! PM. Open sidebar, go to settings and choose download over wifi only. Many thanks. You can do this from the Home screen shortcut or by navigating to Settings and turning off Wi-Fi. If Google Play Store doesn’t want to download apps without Wi-Fi (Waiting for Wi-Fi), go to the Play Store settings by swiping from the left and select Settings. Then, go to App download preference. In the pop-up screen, select Over any network. Be sure to turn off mobile data while connected to Wifi if so that you don't accumulate data use. PS On a different note. Streaming music didn't work for me because I turned off background data enabled for the streaming app. The settings say turn off background data for mobile data only, but it seems to also disrupt wifi.