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small/compact budget android moto/pixel?
Hi all , looking to upgrade from a moto g5 which surprisingly still runs reasonably well on android 8.1. just low on storage all the time. my options: -newer moto eg g8 power used/refurb £50/60 ebay etc -brand new moto g13 £99 approx however these arent small anymore -refurb google pixel 5 around £150 never tried the pixel…
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Lycamobile Pay as you go SIM card: once, not twice
On the 4th of january, I bought a Lycamobile SIM with 40GB at Tesco for £10.I input the voucher number, everything looked fine. The same day I receive a text reading “You will receive a DATA setting which will follow this message, please save/accept the configuration”. I never received it, but it looked like the data was…
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Sky Mobile to hike prices for out of contract customers by up to £36 a year
If you're an out of contract Sky Mobile customer, you'll see prices rise by £1 to £3 a month – £12 to £36 a year – from Wednesday 14 February. But you don't have to accept the hikes – you can try to haggle or leave penalty-free. Read the full story: Sky Mobile to hike prices for out of contract customers by up to £36 a…
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International reverse charge call on Three
Hi all I need to place a reverse charge (collect) call to my broker in the US. They have a facility to accept reverse charges from the UK. I am able to do this via landline via an international operator (on 155) but cannot do this via my Three mobile. Any ideas how I can? Thanks.
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RWG: Get 10GB/month for £2.50/month trick
RWG have been offering a 12 month pay upfront bundle of 10GB monthly data and unlimited calls/texts for a one-off £60 payment for a while now. Their current January offer of doubling PAYG top ups states : Double top-up January* is back! All online credit top-ups applied during January will be doubled Maximum of £20 single…
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iPhone (SE, 3rd gen) new or reconditioned?
I need to replace a six year old SE phone with similar. I like small phones. Looking at iPhone 3rd generation. Please share your experience with reconditioned phones? There’s about a £100 difference, and limited budget. It’s not urgent, but needs doing. Thanks so much and Best wishes for 2024.
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EE mvno
That use the full 5g and 4g and has WiFi calling that's 30 day contract
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Warning: Problems with Smarty referral process
This is more of a Public Service Announcement really but I recently moved myself, my wife and my two children to Smarty for mobile contracts in order to take advantage of their £10 each referral reward, effectively £60 free, by me creating the first account, then referring the others. I have an @gmail.com account and take…
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Switching to a new provider without penalties
I hope someone can guide me here! My OH has a 2 year contract with 3, it ends on 2nd February. He has no idea what he is doing when it comes to this sort of thing, and too busy with other stuff, so looks like I will have to help him sort it out. Does he need to give notice to 3? If so, how long? I have seen 30 days…
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ASDA voucher after buying SIM trick?
I recently saw a deal/trick via the MSE site to get a free '£19' ASDA voucher if I clicked through the link to purchase a £7 per month SIM and make sure I set it to auto renew for 3 months -then receiving a £40 asda voucher after this period. This trick stated that I wouldn't have to actually use the SIM. Having done this…
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Lebara to Lebara Jumping?
Is it possible to be on one of these great sim only Lebara deals from MSE and jump to another one with Lebara via MSE if a better deal comes up? I'm guessing not, but thought I'd ask.
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Any PAYG SIM that does 24 hour data?
Hey, Staying in a caravan for 4 nights next month. We went last year and during the night we tried to watch Netflix but it was fairly difficult. As the data reception was fairly poor. I now have a 4G and 5G mobile SIM router. Rather than taking the SIM out of my phone and putting it in the router. Is there any pay as you…
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Galaxy A54 won't download and play music files
How do I get my Galaxy A54 to play music files? I belong to some music groups on Facebook and when I click on, for example, a post with a .wav file nothing happens. Other people can just click the icon and it plays. I can get them to play on my laptop, but I usually use Facebook on my phone so it would be more convenient…
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BEST SIM CARD FOR JAMAICA
My 16 yr old grandson is going to Jamaica next month with his rugby team playing some teams over there. He is going to take his old cheap i phone for obvious reasons. He is currently on Giff Gaff, but which is the cheapest Pay as you go sim card for him to use just to phone home and what's app etc for the 2 week period?
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Problems changing from Plusnet mobile to Smarty
I’m getting very confused and Smarty customer service not making anything clearer! I got a PAC code from Plusnet and gave it to Smarty when opening the account i received the Smarty sim i activated the Smarty sim Smarty says number port successful …but I still have my service with Plusnet!??! Smarty say I can’t use the new…
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Want to leave EE early - know the charges, but any way to avoid them?
My contract is up on April 2024. The service has been weirdly terrible in my part of London. Can't wait to leave. I would just take the £70 hit and leave early But is there any way to swerve these costs, arguing about poor service level? Or get bought out by a new provider somehow? Long shot but thought i'd ask anyway!
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Using PAC code when staying on same network
Hi everyone, I've finally had enough of Vodafone after twenty years as they offered me an "upgrade" on my finishing contract at double the price! I've found the phone that I want at half the price online and with no upfront costs (Vodafone want £30 for the phone as well) whilst staying on the Vodafone network...... The…
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5G Data Speeds across networks?
Hi all, I'm currently with EE on a 5G plan paying £12.49 a month which includes 17GB data at their 'best speeds' (custom deal).They offer plans with different speeds from 10mbps, through 100mbps up to 'best speed/unlimited' with prices varying quite a bit.I know there are unlimited/high data plans on other networks such as…
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Activating Lyca bundle [SOLVED]
HiI've started with MSE blagged lyca 3GB @ 1p for first 6 months. *137# shows...Your remaining allowanceUnlimited/Minutes and SMS blah blah 3032.00MB Data to be used by 20-04-2023 But smartphone doesn't connect to internet, and I don't think phone calls work either. I have seen posts saying use"You have to activate the MSE…
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Ditching landline
Seriously considering ditching the landline and relying on mobile. As I’ve always used PAYG sim, and used house internet for most things in the past I have no idea how much GB per month I’ll need on the mobile. I will need the mobile data on 24/7, about 30 mins phone calls daily, 1 hour social media daily, 30 mins email,…
