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Convert to Wireless Charging
I bought a desktop/mobile phone for my Mum. I want to convert it to wireless charging so she can just put it on a mat. I have looked at wireless chargers on Amazon but alllllllllllllll are only compatible with phones that already support wireless charging. I know its possible to convert it because a Couple years back I…
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Texts from PayPal 62 226
Bought a few high value items from eBay last week and paid through PayPal. Shortly after paying, received a text on my mobile from 62 226 asking me to reply with 1 if it was a genuine PayPal transaction or 2 if it wasn't. Its something which my CC provider (MBNA) also do occasionally so wasn't too surprised but…
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what are my best options for texting someone in the EU?
Looking for the cheapest options for texting someone in sweden. Currently I am on o2 and use their big bundle £10 payg 1000 texts ,250 mins, 500mb of data. this bundle doesn't carry over to texting someone in the european union. the options on o2 are a bolt on, or switch to international sim which will be 14p per text. Are…
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COOP mobile insurance offers an alternative replacement... which one to pick?
Hello, I'm a total noob when it comes to phones. I was mostly happy with my Nexus 5 running EE '6MONTHWEB' PAYG booster. When the thing broke, COOP mobile phone insurance (which is usually better than this) offered me a choice of replacements:* Samsung Galaxy J3 * Huawei Honor 8 * Sony Xperia XA1 * Or £130 but I don't know…
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Talktalk Refund
Hi All, Looking for advice and possibly small claims court details. I had a Talktalk mobile account a few years ago for the kids and when i managed to get a deal on 3Mobile i decided to cancel the Talktalk. This was on the 7th Jan 2017. When i canceled the mobile account i was asked if i needed a PAC code and as the kid…
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is there any competitive sim only contracts that include 0845/70 numbers?
are there ** as it seems they still charge a premium for them? I mean, included in the free call allowance
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Patricia
can anyone advise me please. I wish to buy a cheap smartphone out- right £100 ish. I want real PAYG , no monthly topups or contracts and I would like to keep my existing phone number. It would be for making and receiving calls and receiving sms texts. I am presently on a very old unsmart mobile with Vodafone. All help…
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Paying 2 year contract for over years!
As a loyal/forgetful idiot, after buying a mobile phone from Tesco Mobile on a two year deal, the purchase of the phone being included in my monthly fee, I have been paying for a little over three years!!! I was just wondering if I contact them now, what if anything, might I be able to negotiate as recompense? (Mods: The…
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Are iPhones sold in Dubai duty free still without Facetime?
Hello all. I'm in the market for an iPhone XR, and am transiting through Dubai airport very soon. An Apple iPhone XR 128GB (Product) Red is AED3,134.05 with the 5% pre-order discount, which is about £663 (versus £799 in the UK). There are a handful of articles and online from circa 2016 about UAE retailers being obliged by…
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Cancelling old Orange contract
We're having no success cancelling an old unused Orange contract by phone. Stopped the DD which resulted in debt collection letter as they did not have our current address. Paid that and cancelled the contract by phone but further bills have been sent to the old address. They say that they have been unable to contact us…
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Huawei or Range Rover or Three fault???
Happy New Year Everyone go a bit of a dilmea Want to know were I stand with the following situation. So have a Huawei P10 moblie on Three contract due to end in July. I purchased a new Range Rover Velar begining of October 2018. Since then had nothing but trouble connecting the phone to the media system via bluetooth. Once…
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Nationwide Mobile phone Insurance - Used/secondhand phones?
Hi. Does nationwide bank allow you to insure used mobile phones say bought from eBay etc or do they have to be purchased new with receipt? Thanks.
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rights advice carphone warehouse repair
Update 25/1/19, see post 11 I'm currently fighting with Carphone Warehouse. I bought my Nokia phone in May and it developed a charging problem with the USB c port. A common fault that many people experience. I sent my phone away for repair and was told that Carphone Warehouse do not repair or stock this model so I could…
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Access to another phone
Please bear with me on this as I am not very clued in to phone technology.My sister is going through a divorce.Before the divorce began, her husband was using her old phone as his own.He was able to track her messages, emails and texts.She went to an Apple store to block his access to her phone, on solicitor's advice, but…
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Virgin Mobile Purple SIM
Any one else using one of these? There was some unhappiness a while ago with people using them. I upgraded my package and they are going to send me a new sim! !!!!!!! :mad: Apparently its so the app will work with it. I didn't bother to ask, as the call had already been fairly long. Tempted to leave my old sim in. I…
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Huawei phones and contracts
Hi guys, I hope someone could give me some advice please?! I upgraded my phone contract with Three in August and got a new Huawei phone. This was just before there was lots of news coverage about concerns the Chinese could use these phones to 'spy' on people, to the extent that certain governments banned Huawei from their…
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Three - U.S. local calls on sim only
Hi. I have bought a three sim only for my trip to Florida. My question is how to best make local calls ( within U.S.). From what I know so far, local calls will not be possible with the add on. I chatted with someone at three and they told me I would need an add on ( for data and calling home ) and a separate top up for…
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Restricted Mobile Telephone Provider Choice
Any tips for me please. We have very poor mobile telephone reception except for Vodafone and O2. So my choice of provider is very limited, I'm a sim only user. Any help would be welcomed. I'v tried 3, Virgin, ID, EE. My contract runs out with Vodafone in about a month, I usually sign up for a 12 month contract.
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Anyone know how to contact the recycling page author?
Apologies for starting a thread on this but I've tried emailing and Twitter etc to no avail! I'm referring to this page: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/phones/mobile-recycling , I run a UK mobile phone/gadget recycling company and we compare CeX prices as well as 15 other recyclers (more than the websites listed!). I…
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Broken Phone, Repair or Replace?
Hi, I have a broken Google Pixel 2 Plus phone, no insurance so it's going to cost almost £400 for an early upgrade as I still have ~10 months on the contract. I've never broken a mobile in my life, owned phones since 1994 so I didn't bother getting insurance! The phone has a badly cracked screen, it was working OK today…
