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Working From Home - Hotspot
As most of us now work from home, we're relying on our household amenities a lot more which made me think. Scenario - You're working from home and your electricity goes off. The power company said it should be on later in the afternoon but you need the electricity to power your broadband router. As the only option is to…
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need new mobile urgently
my mobile has died and i need to replace asap. i am not too fussy. i used to always have old iphones, moved to samsung a ocuple of years ago and am not in love with samsung. i use it mainly for messaging, camera, browsing and quite lot of apps (it get a lot of use but nothing really 'serious' as it were). i am googling…
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Apple legacy two year EU warranty if product bought before BREXIT transition period ended?
Repair shop told me that if we were still in the EU, my iPad mini which was bought only 18 months ago would still be covered by the apple warranty even though I bought it from Currys who only offered the one year cover. That got me thinking because at the time I bought it we were still in the transition period when as I…
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Can't assign specific ringtone to contact or group on samsung galaxy S22
Looking through the posts, this seems to be an issue with newer Samsung phones. I tried the suggestions from those posts and they didn't work with the Galaxy S22. Does anyone know how to assign a specific ringtone to a group? Failed, how to assign a unique ringtone to a contact? I want to know when my family is calling but…
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SIM for USA trip
Hi guys. We planned a trip to Florida about 3 years ago and due to covid it's been cancelled 3 times. hopefully this summer we'll finally get there 4th time lucky. However, my previous research telling us to get a 3 SIM card is apparently not the best idea now due to new costs using them abroad. So our main giffgaff SIM…
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Cheapest way to get kids sim
Hi My son is really too young for a mobile yet, but we've set him up a hyper jar/go Henry type card and to access the kids app he needs to have a mobile number to register it against on a phone. Both my husband and I already have the app so we can't use our phones so we need a way of getting a separate phone number. What's…
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Roaming Charges
So Sky have finally gone for roaming charges and that's about the lot. However – I cannot find anywhere, in forums or in google searches, WHY mobile companies have to charge. Bottom line, can anyone tell me if they are passing on genuine charges that they now incur post-Brexit or just profiteering? Thanks Martin
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International calls - to Canada from UK - cheapest options?
I live in the UK, have a SIM only mobile phone plan with Vodafone (which is out of contract and costs me 11.25 a month) and usually phone a friend who lives in Alberta, Canada at least once a month (ideally I would like to call her more often). My friend is elderly and has early stage dementia. She has a Canadian landline…
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O2 Roaming
I was on o2 a couple of years ago and had the worst service from then I've had from any company, ever. Nevertheless, as so many of the other mobile companies have got rid of free roaming, I was tempted to look at o2 again as they're making a big deal of the fact that they're the only one of the big 4 who still provides…
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Roaming iPhone SE 22
I have just returned from Italy. I have a iPhone SE22 and I am with Giffgaff. While there I had roaming on and I could get data but I wasn’t able to text or make calls, I had to use WhatsApp. I contacted Giffgaf and they said all was in order with my account and I tried various things to try to get the calls and text but…
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Daisy chaining o2 for free disney+
I’m 6m into 24m o2 sim only and if I renew today for 24m my charges roll back to before this years rpi/cpi increase and I get 6 months free Disney+. The new 24m sim only lets you do the same after 3m. Am I missing something? If you’re happy with o2 and don’t want a free phone for a while isn’t this rolling free disney+?
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Virgin down this lunch time
I have recently switched to Virgin and today I lost all service for a couple of hours. Does that happen very often? It has never happened to me before - on other networks I mean.
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Over 100,000 Vodafone customers unable to redeem Airtime Rewards to put towards their phone bill
More than 100,000 Vodafone customers have been unable to redeem Airtime Rewards against their mobile phone bill since the start of May due to a technical glitch. Read the full story: Over 100,000 Vodafone customers unable to redeem Airtime Rewards to put towards their phone bill If you haven’t already, join the forum to…
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Search history not clearing on Andriod
I have a Samsung A12, even though I go through > Google chrome > history > clear browsing data > "advanced" "> all time" > clear data, browsing history doesn't clear, any idea's please?
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Is the idea that you can save more money using Apps fair on older people?
I read Martin's latest tip today saying "12 ways you can save but only on Apps ..." I am elderly (77 yrs) but fortunate that I understand my smart phone and technology. However, I have many friends who don't even have a smart phone and others who do not understand Apps. They also do not have much money. Technology is…
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O2 to Smarty network….??? Worse service
Afternoon all wife has just moved her number from a sim only on O2 to the Smarty network….60GB for £10 special offer however I have noticed that the call quality is so much worse than the O2 network. I know variations in coverage etc but there is a distinct worsen of call quality. is this something to expect from Smarty…
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RWG dialing cut off
I'm with RWG, friends have commented there's often a problem with my phone since moving to them. I called my phone last night from my landline and my mobile rang for 30 seconds then cut off stating the phone was currently unavailable. It clearly was available and in a very good signal area. Previously with giffgaff the…
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My entitlement under UK GDPR
I am wondering if anyone can advise me on this point. Under our mobile phone contract, I tried to transfer my daughter to a zero cap plan, but somehow it went wrong and moved her to an unlimited plan. I have asked my mobile phone provider for copies of the emails and text messages they sent to me in the last 45 days,…
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Three to 02
Been with three for two years now use around 4/5gb data per month, contract has ended and I was thinking of maybe trying the 02 network, three have offered me 8gb for £6 per month which is a good deal and can get 15gb for £8 on o2. My question is will I notice any difference between three and 02? data is used mainly for…
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O2 iPhone SE2022 deal
Hi I decided to take advantage of your 'best deal on offer' regarding the above and so progressed to O2 site to register. I was just about to enter my authorisation for monthly direct debit when I realised they were asking me to authorise payment for £11 more per month than the offer stated which was £21 per month. I…
