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Archives for July 2011

Sold my faulty phone
Having put up with a water damaged Samsung Galaxy s for a few months, I stuck it on ebay and surprisingly got £125 for it. I've got about another 100-150 to put towards a new phone and would like to get the new Galaxy S ii, although looking at prices, I might have to opt for the same one again. What's the best way to save…
Vodafone lost my sim card!
Ive had a nightmare with vodafone my old phone was sent off to fixed they sent my sim card with it im on pay as u go. after x amount of weeks and a whole heap of messing about i went down the shop to find out what where they are at with my phone the person in the shop who i handed it into was not there so a different…
Vodafone problem..
Hi - I wonder if anyone would care to comment on a dispute I currently have with Vodafone regarding my son's mobile phone contract. I took out the 'rolling' 30 day contract in April 2011, the bundle includes 300 call minutes, unlimited texts, access to Blackberry emails etc and 1gb of internet usage. The first bill I…
HTC Sensation
My son is looking to purchase a HTC Sensation. The cheapest price he has found it for is £411 but he has found one on Amazon US for $199. I know that there would be VAT and import duties but would there be any other problems with purchasing from the USA?
Did you sign up to Vodafone with the CPW
If any of you went to the carphone warehouse and signed up to a deal with vodafone and you can't get a signal or aren't yet connected, you may have a free phone. Their computers went down over the past few days and the credit checks came back as a yes but didn't go through to vodafone. On the CPW computers it then showed…
Can I downgrade a mobile phone on contract?
Hi, my daughter and I both have a phone on a vodafone contract and we are not using up even a fraction of the minutes/texts. I am sure I have read on the DFW forum that phones can be downgraded. Is this possible? The reason why I ask is because I have recently phoned up vodafone and asked this question and they said that I…
Blackberry Curve 9300 Downgrade Problem
My daughter upgraded her BlackBerry Curve 9300 to OS 6 and it is very slow and very difficult to use. People say that you can downgrade it but I cannot figure out how. Can anyone please help me out with this!?
Orange DOUBLE charge
Might not sound like the end of the world, but I don't pay my Orange bill by direct debit. More fool me, but I'm self employed and having a few day's flexibility is better than a returned direct debit charge from the bank! But, I have TWO phones on ONE bill, yet I'm charged TWO non-direct debit fees 2x £2.98+vat After a…
iphone won't restore, think its downgraded version, itunes error 1015? can any1 help?
Hello Well I got a friends iphone and having problems restoring it. My old one was 3GS 32GB and think this one is an older version iphone. I've went to itunes to try and restore and keep getting this message 'The iphone could not be restored, an unknown error occured (1015)' Before I sold my newer version iphone I backed…
vodafone top up online not working
hi trying to top my mums phone up online and its not working , tried her card and mine and still no luck. need it topped up by tomorrow as vodafone family £7 comes out and she hasnt got enough credit..any one else having problems
will my brother have to do a lie detector
Thanks think they have their answer now
Texting/calling EIRE regularly from the UK?!
Hi! Any help or suggestions much appreciated - my boyfriend lives in Ireland, I live in the UK. He is getting fed up of my texting him costing him as well as me, and my offer that I just contribute a fiver or so a month to his credit has not been taken up! (:huh:) Any ideas? I visit EIRE regularly as it is, so have been…
T-Mobile - Fixed/Capped 12 Month Contracts & Phone - Launches Monday
Just been on the phone to T- Mobile regarding an additional line and they told me from Monday they are relaunching the 12 month U-Fix contracts with a range of phones [Including Blackberry] - The minutes offer for a 12 month Blackberry was 75 minutes, 75 text, BBM, plus booster including unlimited text, data, landline…
orange inactive sim
Mornign all, I have an old phone on orange, and yesterday my new rio was delivered from the orange shop, I tried to put sim in, it says inactive sim, so I call customer services 4 times (25p a go grrrr) the man says he has sorted it and for me to wait an hour, well that was yesterday, my old orange phone now is showing as…
Roaming in Portugal,What local sim to buy ?
Hi I wish to use data whilst on holiday in Portugal and was pointed towards getting a local sim card. Anyone done this and can tell me which one to get and how to top up ect ?
Carphone Warehouse Phone care insurance help
Hi, Just wondering if anyone's had any experience of claiming with CPW phone care insurance? It's the type that I got with my 24 month HTC Desire contract (July 2010 start date) from mobiles.co.uk. My phone recently developed a fault with the microphone, so I need it repaired or replaced. It's made to sound fairly simple…
Massive orange phone bill
I have just came back from holiday to a phone bill of £1400. I have been told it is because data roaming was not switched off, which i know nothing about. They said i should have called them before i went abroad to get information on data roaming. I didnt receive any text or info when i arrived to tell me to keep data…
Calling UK Phones in other countries, from England, on Orange
My girlfriend is currently away in Greece and I'm just curious how much it is costing me every time I text her and/or call her. I found out the default price for texting Greece is 20.5p, but I'm not sure if this is the case if I'm calling a UK mobile that happens to be in Greece? I'm with Orange and she's with O2. I do…
Virgin Blackberry Curve offer a scam!!
I recently had an offer of a Blackberry Curve 8520 for £10.21 per month. I rang Virgin to take up this offer, BUT at the end of all this they suddenly said they had to cancel the order as my Bank account was blocked!! I rang my bank, they assured me all was ok. Rang Virgin back but they passed me from pillar to post but…
Camera Phone for my Mum
Right... the forum decides...! It is my Mum's birthday soon and I want to get her a new phone. She has to take a few pictures in her line of work (not of a pro quality, but good enough for someone to be able to use on a powerpoint presentation or something of the sort) so it has to have a fairly decent camera. She…

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