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Rant: Rip-off Plusnet data bolt-ons
I signed up to a 12m SIM-only contract a few months ago with Plusnet that was a great deal - £7pm with 10GB data, and cash redemption too. But this month I've found myself without broadband after moving house for 3-4 weeks, due to issues with taking over the line from the previous owners, and me and my partner both work…
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How safe is my iphone when in for battery replacement
I need a new battery fitting to my old iphone X, just ot get me through a year or 2. I've been given the number of a local guy who is a mobile fitter (n comes recommended), and takes him about 30 minutes outside your house. Should i back up my iphone and wipe it clear before handing it over? Or is it pretty secure if i…
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White Mobile taken over by Moblox
A few weeks ago I had an email saying White Mobile was being taken over by Moblox. The same email said I would lose my PAYG balance in October but they would give me a 3 month discount on their £6 per month plan. I challenged the loss of my balance as being illegal and unfair, and I told them I didn't want to move to any…
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Terrible service Onecom
Hi could anybody help with the following; I took out a SIM only contract for 3 years with Onecom which is part of Vodafone. Sounded amazing until they started charging me £49 from the 17th month when this was never agreed it was supposed to be 2 years of the deal and then to review for another tariff. I spoke to a onecom…
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30-Day Rolling SIM only deal .. How do I leave ?
I have a 30-day rolling contract but wish to change. I understand i can now simply send a text and will receive a PAC code in return. Do I then contract my new supplier, pick the deal and provide them with the PAC code ? I have to give 30 days notice to my old supplier, so I assume I end up paying twice, if I use the PAC…
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3 roaming USA
Some feedback of our experience using 3 PAYG for a trip to the US. We paid for a SIM bundle in advance, 30GB data, unlimited calls and texts, used a couple of times before we left in an unlocked phone. Actually 3 only give 40% of the data "Fair use" for roaming. Unlimited calls and texts were only to UK numbers whether…
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Roaming, America and EE
My 83 year old dad went to America to meet some first cousins he'd never met before (his dad died when he was a baby and his mum lost touch with the family). Before he went, we went into EE to find out how best my dad could use his phone when he was there. As he was with BT, they gave him a phone number to ring. So, he…
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Pixel 6a Camera Problem
I've just got a new Pixel 6a and everything is fine apart from the camera. It freezes after 3 or 4 seconds and then after a short while crashes the phone. This still happens in safe mode.I've cleared the phone cache and I think all of the updates have applied OK - Android 13 and the latest update is dated 5th October. Has…
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Lycamobile
MSE have blagged some exclusive sim-only deals with Lycamobile. Last week I decided to buy one as I was coming to the end of my 12 month sim-only deal with Vodafone. Boy how I wish I hadn't. I chose the 15GB 1 month rolling sim for £2.25 for 6 months then £6.99 which includes unlimited texts and calls. Sound's great right,…
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swap numbers between two SIMs
Maybe this will sound like a strange question, but here goes! I have two PAYG SIMs from two different networks A and B. What I would like to do is to swap the phone numbers between them. Is that possible? I know how to port a number from A to B, but then the A SIM would go dead (and I'd lose the credit), and I'd lose the B…
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Accidental 'free' data and calls...is it to good to be true?
Hello All, I wanted to see if this is a common thing. Two years ago I signed up to a new mobile phone contract, it was a two year cash back type contract and being a diligent kind of fella, I recovered all the cashback and the deal worked out to be a good cost effective way of getting a decent mobile, and then I'd just…
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Are Asda Mobile really completely hopeless?
I'm in the process of moving my number from Vodafone Basics to Asda Mobile and, rather too late it could be argued, I've been reading all sorts of bad reviews about them. I suspect it all went wrong when they moved their underlying network from EE to Vodafone and that most of the negative reviews relate to that move, so…
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What would be the cheapest way to call an Australian mobile ?
And about how much does it cost ? Dewi
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Lebara: no SIM card received after 8 days?
Hi all, Took the 1p per month deal about 9 days ago. Received order confirmation email, and then dispatch email for the SIM card 8 days ago: "Great news. Your Lebara SIM is on the way! It should be with you within the next 2 days via Royal Mail." Still not received the SIM card. I am assuming Royal Mail lost it during…
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Three back up call
I have a dual sim s20 5g with a three data reward sim in slot 1, and a rwg sim in slot 2,data was using the rwg sim,but as you can see the three sim was using the rwg data as back up as the signal was low ,was the three sim using it as wificalling? Never seen this before
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Lebara SIM not received
I have used Lebara in the long ago past and been very happy and impressed with their service. Has anyone had any issue with not receiving their new SIM card? A family member and I both took advantage of the offer for Lebara. They received their SIM within 5 days by post and had no problem activating the SIM and setting up…
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PAYG data SIM without expiring data? Is that a thing?
Does any network sell a data SIM with data that doesn't expire? Looking for a data SIM to use in a tablet. I infrequently use mobile data on it, as I’m usually near a WiFi connection. So looking for a SIM that I can top-up with around 10-50GB of data. Use for 12 months or however long it lasts. A monthly contract doesn’t…
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EE renew
Spoke with EE last week as the OH had come to the end of hers and her sons mobile contract. She was paying £55 month for 2 phones with 20gb of data on each one. I have access to the perks codes which gives us 20% off but the person i spoke to used the loyalty bonus instead as it was higher. managed to get total monthly…
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😢 jammed SIM card tray in new phone
Hi people, stressful day with phone. I got a new iPhone and rang apple( who are usually excellent at support) who weren't very helpful at all, didn't listen to me, and I ended up doing some things wrong, like resetting it. I managed to sort up the problems myself in the end but I rang to ask how to put the sim in , more…
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Hidden costs when buying through a reseller?
Hi, new here. Last year, I signed up for a 24 month contract for an iPhone with Mobile Phones Direct. It seems that the entire monthly cost appears as the tarrif once it gets to the network (O2). So once April comes around, the 3.9% + RPI is applied to the whole lot, rather than to the actual airtime portion. I think by…
