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Archives for June 2015

mobile phone replacement battery
Looking to buy a replacement battery for a Samsung galaxy s3 mini but am hearing that there are a lot of fakes out there. Is there any website that people would recommend to buy genuine mobile batteries? Thanks.
iPhone 4/6 same SIM card?
My iPhone 4 is finally on its way out and it's time to get the iPhone 6 is it a straight swap with the SIM cards? Cheers
Talktalk - What should I do?
In the early hours of Monday morning my router went down. As a result my daughter's phone started using data (mostly whatsapp updates - she was asleep at the time). As a result she went over her 1gb allowance and incurred charges of £52 in the next couple of hours :eek: before she woke up to a text from Talktalk informing…
vodafone credit refusal
sorry if this has been posted before but i applied for an iphone in carphone warehouse ,it was with vodafone ,when they did the credit check i was refused , ive taken the 30 day trail with experian abd my credit score is 834 ? has this happened to anyone else and what can i do
Contact with Orange / EE
Do these have an online form or even better an email address where I can report ongoing reception issues at a home address. We have no landline and both of our (Orange) handsets are not working from home address. Ideally dont want to spend a Friday night two miles up the road where reception may be better.
Old phone on T Mobile, which network?
My friend has an old Samsung Galaxy S3, she had it on contract on T Mobile network, she hasn't been using it for quite a while, she wants to give it to someone else to use, but T Mobile don't exist anymore. I suppose it is locked to the T Mobile Network, but if she uses an EE PAYG sim card, will it work?
I agreed to a 12 month contract now they are saying its 24.
Okay so what happened is i got a phone call with a promotional offer, 10GB of data a month + a free tablet on a 12 month contract. now i remember the guy promoted it as being 12 months as he stated it more than twice and i would not have agreed to 24 months at the time and have gone 6 months now thinking it was 12 months.…
Best basic emergency phone for children
Dear All, I have a 10 YO daughter and want to give her a phone that is mostly for emergencies, but also does texts But doesn't do internet, apps etc. It all seems quite complicated: I want PAYG, and ideally free texts, or low cost ones, and low cost calls. I need a phone and a service as it were. Any ideas? cheers, Albert
Thinking of buying a phone from giffgaff be aware...
I've noticed an increasing number of posts on the giffgaff community from people who have purchased a phone from giffgaff and need after sales support. Here's a recent example and may be worth thinking about if you expect good after sales support and plan to but though giffgaff -…
Cancel Vodafone contract FOC & Keep phone?
Hi all, I'm new here so bear with me please. I've just seen a post over on Facebook and it looks too good to be true. Apparently if you are on one of several selected plans you can cancel your contract early and keep your phone. As I am a new user I can't post links but if you go to FB search for '10 ways to have more…
EE charged me £2 a day for 1MB data!
I wanted to share what happened with me with EE recently. At the beginning of June, I realised that my mobile bills were extremely high. I was on a £8.99 per month sim only contract, yet my bills over the last few months had been as high as £70. I rang up and was told the high bills were for data. I switched to a higher…
Self terminate Vodafone..
Hi all.. I am looking to cancel my new contract with Vodafone after 3 months as every month since the beginning they have failled to get my bill correct. I have been a customer 11 years now and this March when I upgraded I agreed to pay an upfront cost of £119 for my phone, S6 Edge which then brought the monthly bill to…
(Another) Vodafone issue
Hopefully the polite sounding Vodafone person who posts on here may be able to help me. I upgraded in Feb 2015, initially agreeing a date for delivery on a new handset. It failed to be delivered. I chased up on the day and was told it would be, but then later on followed up again and was told there was no order on the…
Unlocking a phone
I'm going away in November/December (on holiday rather than at Her Majesty's pleasure!) and am thinking of getting a temporary SIM in Australia, mainly for data use but also the occasional phone call. Vodaphone Australia have a plan which costs $60/£30 a month and can be cancelled after a month and gives 4GB data…
Sudden batch of text messages from 66066?
I have just had four text messages in a short space of time from 66066, all weird and slightly garbled regarding free bets. The last one says to text STOP to cancel. Does anyone know what this is, if I will be charged for receiving these four messages and if I would be charged to send the cancellation text (or indeed if I…
o2 Incoming call rings NOT Heard, but are turning to o2 alerts(missed call at 18.23?
Samsung Galaxy s6, o2 When incoming calls have come, they are Not heart, the phone doesn't ring nor vibrate, and this is when the phone is on (no apps running) etc. But after a short while, get a text from the o2 alert saying You missed calls from me at 18.23 24 June. This is a free cal alert from 02. To disable this dial…
Iphone/ipad simms for a visitor to the UK
Hi, We're visiting the UK for a couple of weeks (we live in Australia), and need simms for 2x iphone and 1x ipad (all unlocked) need to just rock into a high st shop and get them. We're looking for local calls/SMS and 1-2GB each to last 2 weeks. Can anyone let me know which shop I should go to (O2, EE, Voda etc). I'm not…
need help with accessing whatsapp, going online etc...
hello all, I have a nokia lumia 520 and for some reason i get my whatsapps or go online. I have checked my wifi settings, still noithing, anyone got any suggestions?
New mobile contract
Hello, I am looking upgrade my current mobile phone for a smartphone. I am willing to pay up to £15 per month on a contract or up to £120 if it's on PAYG and then I could add a sim only contract to it. I am so confused and have been looking at various websites with no clue as to what is best. Does anyone know the best…
EE pay monthly deposit
Hi, i started a brand new monthly contract with EE last month, and was told i needed to pay £119.99 deposit as my credit rating was a little low. I paid this, and was told i would get it returned after 3 successful monthly direct debits. Last week they took the first DD of £19.99, and now my account says its £100 in…

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