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Asda Mobile appalling customer service
Back in October 2021 Asda mobile cut off my wife's PAYG mobile phone for what appeared to be for no reason, we then find that the reason was they had changed carriers but did not inform us. After many emails and two waste of time phone calls it was agreed that her outstanding credit due was £ 4.60p not a fortune but we had…
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Unhelpful Virgin Mobile
Hi i am looking for some help / advice please. I took out a mobile plan with Virgin in Sept 2020. The contract is for 2.5years. At the start of January my handset a iphone 11 pro max died. On taking this to the apple genius i was told the phone had shortcircuted inside and it was a fault with the handset and nothing i had…
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Carphone Warehouse - Unsolicited calls
Hopefully this is the right forum board I have been receiving a number of calls in the past week, all from similar numbers 020 3458 4615 020 8954 4725 020 8954 4239 020 8954 4472 020 8954 4597 most of them I don’t answer, the odd one I have it turns out it’s a foreign call centre for Carphone Warehouse. besides blocking…
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I'd mobile
The vary worsted company iv had the sorry misfortune to have dealings with.you can not ring them that charge £6 a minute so you have to go online so before I placed my order I asked about network coverage and was told I was there's (not true they use 3)all so asked when I will start paying not till February I was told (not…
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Does a Dual Sim phone need a special Network Unlock Code?
Hi Everyone, I've purchased a second hand network locked dual sim phone (Samsung Galaxy S10) from a well known second hand store chain. I usually purchase a network unlock code from eBay as these can be as cheap as 99p. I have had no issues in the past with using these on single sim phones. This is my first dual sim phone…
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3 Roaming
I have read about 3 stopping free roaming on new contracts and have been checking my emails about the sameI recieved this email on 26/10/21 Your minimum contract period is ending on 16/11/2021. Right now, you pay £8.00 a month† for a plan with 12GB of data, Go Roam, Unlimited texts and Unlimited minutes. And on average…
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Some Bank Holidays missing from my iPhone calendar
I’ve always had ‘UK Holidays’ enabled on my iPhone calendar but this year some of the Bank Holidays are missing. New Year and the Easter and Christmas Bank Holidays are showing, but the two in May and the August Bank Holiday I’ve had to add in myself. Randomly, Christmas Eve is showing as a UK Holiday. I’ve had the same…
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About speedtest-cli with Termux.
Hispeedtest-cli does a neat job with Termux on Android phones.Tested it with Aldi's wifi this morning. B) https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-clihttps://termux.com/ ~ $ ls
downloads speedtest-cli storage
~ $ ./speedtest-cli --version
speedtest-cli 2.1.4b1
Python 3.10.2 (main, Jan 16 2022, 02:59:01) [Clang 12.0.8…
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Moving from Three to SMARTY, anything I should know?
I'm about to switch over from Three to Smarty. Despite being a loyal customer of 10+ years they just can't beat the deals Smarty have on offer. Is there anything I need to know or be aware of that might not be getting on Smarty, kind of a like-for-like? Three SIM 30GB Unlimited minutes - Current Contract * 30GB 5G data a…
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Plusnet £40 mastercard with sim
Has everyone but ME received the mastercard after 45 days included with the November deal. I was told to ring Blackhawk myself but they say I'm not on their system Then plusnet said to wait a week so now Ive waited 2 calendar months.
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Tesco mobile won't stop texting me
I have a mobile phone just for texts from my children (who are all grown up). If it pings I will immediately check. I'm on Tesco PAYG It's a real problem that Tesco Mobile keeps sending marketing texts urging me to "add a bundle". I got one today at 8:04 from 28948. It woke me up. (I'm chronically ill an had a very bad…
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Asda bundle £7 a month - but how do I format my phone to use it?
Hi everyone I set up the SIM card ok and bought a £7 bundle but it's telling me "phone is not formatted" to use the bundle of free texts and calls etc. what does "formatting the phone" mean and how can I get the phone (Android) to recognise the bundle? I've gone into Settings but the "Asda mobile" is not highlighted so…
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Overpaying my contract for 2 years!!
Good evening all, Unfortunately I have been overpaying my mobile phone contract with EE for nearly 2 years now. The contract was £55 a month for a 24 month plan and handset. I've been reading online that other providers have agreed to refund customers for the overpayments however EE have apparently refused. Has anyone had…
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End of 12month Three £15 pcm contract
Hi Will my £15 pcm contract increase in April which I took out last January 2022? Also will I still have free EU roaming if I keep this contract rolling? Three called me back in December to say my contract was due to end in January and they had offers. I wasn’t able to continue the call as I was busy. The cheapest Ive seen…
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New O2 contract cancelled before PAC activated - old account also closed
Hi Hopefully someone can give me some advice on this. I took out a new contract with O2 on the 21st Jan and gave them the PAC from Vodafone. New sim arrived on Saturday so I left it until late Sunday to put in (as I know number port can be take longer due to weekend). Tested what the reception from O2 was like and found it…
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Navigation Bar
After charging my Xiaomi Redmi Note8T I have noticed this addition to the navigation bar. Any idea what it is?
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Martin Lewis: Pay more than £10/mth on your mobile phone bill? You're probs burning through cash
Mobile phone users are likely to be burning through cash if they pay more than £10 a month on their bill, MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) founder Martin Lewis has warned. Read the full story: Martin Lewis: Pay more than £10/mth on your mobile phone bill? You're probs burning through cash If you haven’t already, join the…
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Ordered new phone from Online Samsung shop via link on this site. What’s going on.
Hi, ordered a Samsung S20 FE 5G phone on Three network on 22nd December. Upfront money taken out of account on 23rd December. Delivery date for phone 30th December. There was £100 cash back on this model phone plus it could have been added to another cash back promotion they were doing at the time.Delivery date postponed…
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Do note trade in with Samsung
I'm compelled to write this story as I'm so frustrated at
the Samsung care. As a long-term buyer of their products, I followed up to
exchange my wife's phone and my own. They went through their usual trading
procedure having a discounted purchase price subject to me returning my old
phones to them in good condition. I…
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New mobile phone
Hi, can anyone give me some advice on how to get the phone I want without paying a fortune? I have been with O2 for nearly 4 years and swapped to a sim only deal with them in around October last year as at the time I was ok with the phone I have. This is a 1 year contract. This phone is now starting to play up as I've had…
