Prevent Automatic Downloads Etc. (Only) When Tethered to Personal Hotspot?

[rhyzome]

How do I make the iPad Pro prevent automatic doenloads and ubdates, etc. when the iPad is connected to a personal hotspot or usingg cellular data and _only_ when it is connected to a personal hotspot or using cellular data?

I like the convenience of automatic downloads when on wifi networks but I'm often using friends' personal hotspots or my own duringn fieldwork and don't want to waste our data!

 

[Shirasaki]

My solution is to give up automatic download completely and opt to manually check the update.
Also, I don’t think iOS (up to 11) can set certain connection as “metered” connection and prevent automatic downloads. (Windows 10 has such feature but cannot set any connection as metered connection)

 

[Abazigal]

I don't think you can. That's why I opted for a 4g iPad instead of running it off a hotspot or mifi device, because my iPad would keep syncing and downloading stuff in the background when connected to wifi and chewing up my limited data cap.