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Please, please help me.
Not great with mobiles. I have a Samsung J6a mobile.I have a SD card in it. I moved all 500, odd pictures to SD card 3 times and then deleted pictures. But the new albums were deleted as well. I've spent over an hour on Google but the help there does not help me as possibly they are referring to a different mobile I can't…
Insurance for Motorola G60s
New phone - want to insure - the model does not come up on any of the insurance comparison sites? Any ideas?
I feel conned by EE
I was forced by EE to take out a new account so they can charge me for roaming. I am retired and go abroad often, so EE would charge me £28 for my fortnight's holiday if I have read it right. I am looking at moving to Sky mobile and will probably move my land line from EE as well.…
How long can a 3 SIM be inactive before 3 insist on online login and 6 digit code?
I’ve got a basic phone on 3 that I keep for backup purposes, I’m aware that I need to make a call or send a text every now and then to keep the account alive, I think it’s every six months so every 3 months or so, just to be sure, I make a quick call to myself and answer it. Anyway, I’ve recently found that the phone won’t…
USA Data Romaing SIM Question
Hello all, Quick question, I have a Vodafone SIM card with global roaming, so will work in the USA with my plan data. Hoever, my other half has a SKy sim that does not include USA roaming. Does anyone know of a 30 day sim that would work with an in contract Iphone on Sky that includes roaming. WIll only be for 10 days, but…
Tap2Bill Con
Without my permission since October 2021 I have been charged numerous £1.50 charges via my Three Mobile Phone Shortcode messages by Tap2Bill. I have never subscribed to this company and certainly never had anything for my money. Tap2Bill has been moved around by various companies but at one time I tracked it down to a…
Best mobile option for 4wks in USA?
Hi all, thanks in advance for any suggestions you can make, I am a bit stumped! I have a old SIM only contract with O2 paying about £14/month. Yes I know I should look for a better deal but that's for another day. My issue is....I've got to spend c.4 weeks in the US in Feb/Mar looking after my niece. I looked up how much…
Any PAYG tariffs for a phone to only use for incoming Paypal verification texts?
I only use my mobile for my family and never give out the number. Paypal is an exception as they insist on a mobile number and text it with a verification code occasionally to allow purchases. However they have now started giving out my mobile number to merchants and consequently I'm starting to get spammed. This can't be…
Asada mobile, don't want a bundle but just a PAYG
I've been with three for years and was wondering why my credit as being zapped ASAP. When I joined it was 3p a min per call. To my shock it's 10p a min. Last night I was looking at mobile PAYG deals on this site and Asda stood out. I've requested a free PAYG sim today. Looking at their email asking me to register online,…
Talkmobile - LTE
Hello All, I've just switched to a monthly SIM only deal with Talkmobile. All is fine except that I just seem to have LTE or 3G coverage and not 4G. I didn't know what LTE was but a google suggests it's on older inferior 4G speed and not true 4G. I was getting 4G with my previous supplier and the same handset so am…
EE, Sim Only Customers.
To help give a guide to the cost of the EE service. Kindly share how much a month. (Calls/Texts/Data ect).
Emergency phone for kids
Hi, hopefully one of you clever people can help... we would like our children to carry a phone for emergency use only (they are 7 and 9 and we don't want them using for other purposes until we can resist no further!). The last time we bought a pay as you go phone we were able to just load say £5 of credit and then would…
EE, Vulnerable Customers Q
Anyone please kindly share experience regards period of time EE provided vulnerable customers (Unlimited calls, texts & data). Start/end/Ongoing.
EE
I am at the end of my EE contract next month and need to consider my options of sim only, or with new phone. I currently samsung A3 £13.50 a month for 2 gig of data. I was with Orange & transfered over to EE. What have EE retentions offered you. Any guidance would be so very much apreciated.
Unlimited Data
I would really appreciate kindly sharing how much a month you pay for Unlimited Calls, Text, Unlimited Data. I am currently with EE. Experience in speed vary between companies? Kindest Regards x
I need to move to a provider for support of a cellular Apple Watch, who has the best plan?
I’m currently with giffgaff and am looking at getting a cellular Apple Watch but it requires an esim plan, which giffgaff sadly don’t support. Does anyone here please know which providers offer esim support and what’s a good deal? I’m currently on the £10/m deal at giffgaff which is:15 GB data+1 GB on reserveUnlimited…
Roaming
If I take out a 1 year SIM contract for my mobile that includes free roaming. Can they remove the free roaming mid contract.
Lebara Unlimited calls to any number
My wife and I recently took out MSE's Lebara sim deal Unlimited mins / texts / 3g data, half price for the first 6 months. I wanted to ditch the cost of calls we were paying BT, especially as the minimum is now 700 minutes @ £7.31 so Lebara seemed like a no brainer. I am now somewhat confused as to what the unlimited mins…
Tesco mobile unlocking
I have a 2nd habd tesco mobile Moto G7 the i need unlocking and the usual ebay person i use cant get the codes from the motorola servers i got a tesco PAYG sim and tried subbimitting a request tesco but seems they dont either has anyone had this problem with tesco mobile and unlocking?
Can't access new Plusnet account
I got a new SIM about 10 days ago from Plusnet. £6/pm with 5GB data. Got a warning from Plusnet today that I have used 80% of my data. My phone tells me that in the last 30 days I have used 3GB data which would be my usual usage. My main problem is that I can't access my account. Their online forum, helpline, app, chat all…

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