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ID Mobile DATA Breach
Have a contract with ID Mobile. My data has been accessed and my phone number which I have had for years has been ported to a random person at a random company and I have been disconnected. I have just found there has been an attempted fraud on the bank that I set up the direct debit with originally so presumably they have…
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iPhone XS from MusicMagpie - Return or Keep
Hi all, I just wanted to gauge some thoughts from people who may have used MusicMagpie (MM) in the past to buy a used phone, as I am not sure if this is ok or not. I ordered a "Used-Good" iPhone XS from them a couple of weeks ago, it arrived last week and it's in pretty good nick overall, apart from an approx 1cm scratch…
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Mis Sold Three Mobile Contract
Hi, Someone from 3 called me and offered me an IPhone upgrade for £29 per month. I accepted the deal and several times throughout the call he said it was £29. I received an email summarising the call and it stated it was £39. I called straight back to query this and the person I spoke to confirmed £29 and resent the call…
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Dumb Android + Gmail question
So far, I've always used Gmail on a laptop, but now I've gone all hi-tech and got myself an Android phone too. It looks like incoming mail to my Gmail accounts comes up on the phone as well as the laptop. Does it follow that if I delete an email on one, it vanishes from t'other?
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Storage, storage,. storage!
At the risk of sounding like a tech dummy(!) Can someone please advise how I ensure I have enough storage on my phone. My family has a very important holiday coming up and I want to be in a position to take loads of videos and photos (and I mean loads!!) I understand I can increase my iCloud storage for back ups but how do…
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Xiaomi Mi2 lite
Got a Xiaomi Mi2 lite and everything been ok however grandchild got hold of phone today and now unable to receive text messages I have taken sim card out and placed in an old i phone 5 and loads of text has come through when I put it back in my Xiaomi Mi2 lite no text can someone please help me.
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Moving from Three PAYG with £30 credit and porting to Smarty - Do i lose the credit ?
Hi folks A quick query i cant seem to find answer to I am with Three PAYG 3-2-1 deal, that has served me well, i usually use about £10 a month. I saw great off for Smarty £10 per month, unlimted mins/text and 30gb data I wish to port to Smarty ASAP but i have recently just topped up £30 to my Three PAYG account My question…
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Accessing contacts on broken iPhone
Hi all My daughter has an iPhone 5s which is broken insofar as the screen won't work. In her wisdom, she didn't back up the contacts to iCloud and they're not on her SIM card. Is there any way that I can get the contacts from the phone? (I know the answer here is 'no' but it's worth a shot!0. Thanks for looking. C
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O2 call forward and call waiting error
Hi, My partner and I are on an identical O2 sim only monthly plan (the exact same plan £20 p/m both taken out in November). I PACed in from EE, she PACed in from Three Mobile. The problem is her call waiting, call forwarding etc will simply not work for my partner, every time we access the menu (Or use the T ** 21 * phone…
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Apple Upgrade Scheme
Hi all I have been looking at upgrading my iphone and wondering if the Apple Upgrade scheme is any good as I do like to change my phone every year or so. It seems too good to be true. So wanted to check if anyone has had any experience with it and or additional knowledge about the scheme. Thanks
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Cheapest Sim only net £2 per month
1GB data, unlimited calls, unlimited texts on Vodafone, also means you get VeryMe rewards as well. Costs £11.00 a month, but with redemption is a net £2.00 a month. 12 month contract. Via Fonehouse. Not sure how long this offer will last. Gio onto fonehouse website, SIM only and sort by "Effective Monthly Cost".
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o2 payg sim classic 123
a supermarket has the o2 classic 123 sim on its website, but going to o2 to see the terms there is nothing there, and doing a live chat it seems that they are no longer doing this. If i go ahead and purchase the sim from the supermarket will i be able to use it and get the 123 pricing ? I ask as i only use about £10 in a…
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Best network for Pay as you go or monthly
Hi Can anyone advise re the above as need to get a sim only for my son Need some data not many mins text as will only be used for emergency calls Await your response
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WhatsApp
Hi, Does Anyone know if my iPhone 6s will be affected? when WhatsApp stops working on smart phones from next month, If yes, shame as I just took this out September last year with EE on a monthly contract and I like WhatsApp, my version is: iOS 13.3.
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STAC codes
Hi, At the beginning of December I was out of contract with EE and requested a STAC code to move to 3 and get a new number. A couple of days after receiving my new phone I realised my old sim was still working, a 3 employee told me the process can take 30 days. At the end of the 30 days, during which EE billed me as…
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Phone locked to Vodafone
I hope someone can help me with this. Almost three weeks ago I decided to change mobile phone provider having been with Vodafone for 20 years. I know my number has been transferred as requested as you can use my new providers SIM card on my older phone. The problem is my phone that I finished paying up my contract with…
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Three network down in inner and central London?
Not sure if anyone working or living in central and inner London is being affected by a three outage – as I haven’t had any connectivity/service since last night. Tried their outage postcode checker and you get the message below for much of Greater London (from Wimbledon to the West End to the City and east End). Nice that…
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Temporary sim for transferring out and back in again?
My current provider, plusnet won't let me transfer my number to another plusnet sim so I'm going to have to get a PAC code then transfer out to a another provider's payg sim then transfer back in again to the new plusnet sim. Ridiculous right? But that's the way it is. So, I'm looking for a free payg sim that won't force…
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Lebra Nightmare
I have a Lebra sim for use in my ALARM not phone,It has credit on it but the alarm cant receive texts or make phone calls to warn us, all it states is phone switched off....Iv tried logging onto my account at Lebra to no availe it just states sending text to verify and to input a number which is great except its not a…
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How to work out data requirement?
It's still late last century here, but I'm finally bracing myself to get us a smartphone. So far I'm doing OK working out what we actually need, except for one thing - data usage. I need to have an idea of how much I might use each month so I know which contracts to be looking at, so ... The primary requirement is to keep…
