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Archives for December 2005

The 0709 mobile phone scam
This is a scam operating on uk Mobile Phones. A Missed Call comes up. The number is something like 0709 020 3840. The last numbers may vary but certainly the first numbers will remain the same. If you call this number back, you will be charged anything up to a ridiculous £50 per minute. People have complained about their…
Nokia 6111 at £100 with 200mins a month (12month contract)
8 Months FREE Line Rental on OVP Anytime 200 Free w/e calls N/A Your first 3 months will be billed at £15.00* by Orange. Orange will then bill you at £30.00 per month for the remainder of your contract. To gain the remainder of your line rental / cash back please send your 4th, 8th and 12th monthly bills within 30 days of…
Ubnlock Motorola V545
Hi, Does anyone know how to unlock the Motorola V545? Happy New Year to all. Rob
Nokia 6030 on 02 PAYG for only £29.99
Can't see that this has been mentioned before but I came across this deal from 02. The Nokia 6030 on Pay As You Go is priced at £49.99 on the 02 website but with this link http://shop.o2.co.uk/o2offers it comes up at £39.99 when you click on 'Pay and Go Great Deals' in the left hand column and then click on 'BUY NOW'. With…
Siemens CL75
I have a problem with a Siemens CL 75 which i bought from Virgin this week, if i put a virgin sim in it it comes up SIM MEP lock failed and wont work just sos calls But it will work with a Orange sim card,:confused: any idea what the problem is. Also can these be unlocked remotely, i want to use a o2 sim.
turning off answer phones
Hi, Can anyone help, please? I would like to switch off the answer phone on my motorola v547, and also my sony ericsson z200. If I can't turn them off, then how can I leave my own message asking people to text me rather than leave voice messages? any help would be appreciated, thanks! Mumxx
Voda Contacts now 9m before tariff Downgrade
Apparently for all Voda contacts connected starting 2006, tariff downgrade is not permitted for the first 9 months rather than 6. OSPS are already applying this as conections will not happen till Tuesday - this ruins my plan to conect on a high tariff with lots of cashback and then downgrade at M6 :-( . If only I had got…
easymobile- it's cheap but is it any good?
Hi all, I've finally bit the bullet, got my mobile network-unlocked and want to ditch orange payg. Easymobile.com seems to be the cheapest on the market, at 5p for texts and 15p/min xnetwork anytime. BUT, I've heard from a motorola employee that easymobile have poor reception and signal strength, even tho' they use the o2…
Mobile Contract Cost Calculator - Find out YOUR cost based on the mins & txts YOU use
I've been looking at various new deals for mobile phones, it's easy to see how much they cost each month, how many free mins you get, how many free texts, and you can compare them. But what if you go over your free minutes? what if you aren't using all of them? I knocked together a pretty crude spreadsheet which helped me…
New Fone - New Contract
My contract with T-Mobile expires in Feb and to be honest is quite crap. My average bill is around £22 a month and I get 25 anytime mins and 100 txts. I am after something with more txts even if its only 200 and not too bothered about minutes. I want to pay between £15-£20 (Less if possible) and want a new Fone (Possibly…
Best deal for overseas texting???
Hi, This is my first post so forgive me if you have discussed similar to this before! My girlfriend is an Air Hostess for Virgin and she presently has a PAYG Vodaphone which is costing approx £30 per month for what I consider to be light use. Because of her job she sends around 30 overseas texts per month form overseas and…
Orange Website sending SMS - Help
I've been trying without luck for the last couple of days to log on in order to use my 25 or so monthly free SMS's. Keep getting bombed out with number/password error - Has anyone else had this problem
How to send New year text to Home phone ?
Anyone help ?
Putting Orange Contract SIM in an Orange PAYG phone: will it work?
Hi guys Wondering if anyone can help me with this question: If I buy the Orange SPV C550 from the orange website Pay As You Go, and then take out one of the 12month free contract's on Orange that are available, will it work if I put the contract Orange SIM card in to the PAYG SPV C550? Thanks guys Ian :snow_laug
Did I make a mistake?
I wanted to upgrade my orange phone and I wanted the Orange C600 free, 1000 text and 120mins for £25 plus £50 airtime (Student offer). Orange eventually agreed to me having this offer which apparently was only open to new customer. However they offered me the Orange c600 for £15, 1000 text and 120 mins for £25 and no…
Cancelling contract before it's up
...got a t-mobile phone for business but not really in need of it as i have discovered. What are they like if u want to pull out b4 the contract has ended?
NEC 411i + DVD recorder + b/tooth h/set
O2 student site have the complete package for £129.99. The only thing it says about the DVD recorder is it's made by Bush. Doesn't seem a bad package, the phone has a 1.3 megapixel camera although battery life looks a bit poor.
cheapest rs mmc card on high street please?
cheapest i have seen is £15 for a 128 in the link, it needs to be high street as well please, not online.
PUK for Nokia 6310i ???
My mum has handed me her T mobile nokia 6230i Enter PUK code. Where do i find this? She is a silly one. When I turned it on, it said i needed a pin no. She gave me one and it didn't work. I did it 3 times and it then said I need a PUK code? Mum was giving me her new mobile pin!!!! She had no info on the phone anymore so i…
Vodafone Contract
I have a contract with Vodafone which I took out at a shop. Does anyone know if I can negotiate knew deal over the phone, quoting internet deals or do I have to return to the shop? The deal I have suits me, but the shop seems very reluctant to do any deals for phones. Thanks.

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