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Cheap phone and tablet
Hi looking
for some direction please, my wife would like to replace her old phone and
tablet, we are talking old. Phone is a Moto
G5 that’s about 6 years old Tablet Samsung
Galaxy tab A 10.1 16GB +2GB Ram. That’s about 8 years old. As you can
see, both very basic gear. She has around £350 to £400 to spend. Phone is
just…
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Tethering a Mobile Phone
Having recently discovered tethering buried within an ISP’s Terms
of Service, I was wondering whether anyone has experience of doing this and
would like to comment on it? Jim Dolton last year made a YouTube video sharing
his knowledge of tethering and Kevin Thomas 4g.co.uk discusses it on his website. Tethering was not…
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WiFi Streaming
I can't get WiFi to work well on my TVs. I have Vodafone Fibre with excellent speed, TV near router works well on ethernet connection, but remote TV keeps buffering. Remote TVs will not, despite having strong signal strength, 383 download / 421 Mbps and 7ms ping at the remote TV. Initially WiFi works fine but then frequent…
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Occasional use printers
Hi, can anyone advise me on a very occasional use printer? It will mostly be used for occasional kids homework etc. mostly black and white printing but sometimes needs to be colour. Might not print every month. Some months might print a lot. Had a previous inkjet tank printer. Nozzle got blocked probably because of lack of…
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Gmail 'queued in outbox'..? Help!
I have been transferring various photos I've taken with my android smartphone over the last couple of years to my hotmail account which I access by PC. I use gmail on my phone to do this and it's always worked without a hitch. In other words I send from my gmail account to my hotmail account. Suddenly today I find the…
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Space on my Google Workspace
Apparently my 15GB of free space has been used up with Gmail etc. WhatsApp use this space? Whst should I do? I can't even save a Google docs to it. I've been trying to make cv into pdf through Google docs but dunno where to save it and then find it and upload it! Better to do make cv on pc? I don't have word
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Wireless Eathernet Adapter Hub to Tv
Hello, can anyone recommend a decent wireless eathernet adapter ? I don't really want to run a 30 feet cable from the hub to the tv. Any advice welcome most of what I see is for Samsung Smart tvs. If anyone has a solution for a reliable adapter that's efficient and not expensive that would be helpful.
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Update PC Or Buy New?
I've got a PC which is now ten years old. It's a Novatech Life NTI106, with Intel Core 4th Gen i5 Processor, 8GB Memory, 1TB Hard Drive and 128GB SSD.Everything is working fine, but it's running Windows 10 and can't be updated to 11 so I would like to do something about this before next year when MS will be withdrawing…
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Can I use spare cable from sky+ dish for Freeview setup.
Hi, We have a sky+ dish that is not being used for sky anymore. We have a Freesat box that only has one connection and therefore only one of the two sky cables is being used on it and it works perfectly for that. As a result there is a spare sky cable( that runs alongside the other one not being used. That spare one is…
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Possible Scam?
Hi.. couldnt find a category listed to ask this, here seemed most suitable, as computer related. I made an online purchase from Spain. GLS was the courier that end, with Parcleforce delivering this end. I received an email in my spam folder from glscs@ccllhr.com claiming to be from GLS, requesting me to pay customs fees to…
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Recommendations for a budget android phone with decent camera
As per title really, I don't mind buying an older version of a decent spec - all I really care about is battery life and having a good camera. Looking to spend no more than £250. I've currently got a Poco M3 Pro 5G which is nearly 3 years old now - battery life is good but camera is a bit rubbish. Any advice appreciated -…
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How many devices are connected to the Internet in your Home
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Any e-Bike technical experts on here?
About to buy a 'project' e-Bike, a non-runner. I know I know...I'll be looking for guidance on how to check and test each main component separately. Ta :smiley:
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Best Wi-fi PC1 card for an old computer
Hi folks, I have an old an old PCspecialist desktop (15 years old start of next year) and connected to EE full fibre though Ethernet cable, on a 500 down package and getting speeds of 400 Mbps which is fine. I am thinking of changing to Youfibre and may have to connect the above desktop wirelessly if on the install day,…
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LG OLED TV Repair Cost
Hi all I've had very helpful advice elsewhere on here so I thought I'd ask. I have an LG OLED TV, 65", quite posh for its day, bought in 2020. Yesterday, long story short, it stopped working. I've tested and changed the fuse in the plug, tested it on other sockets, power cycled it, drained the capacitors etc, it's a brick.…
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laptop with camera capable of using Teams SOLVED thank you
Short version of story. I am looking at buying a laptop capable of running Teams type applications with a requirement for a camera and mic. It won't be used constantly and I have been recommended to a site called Back market on the basis I don't need a brand new top of the range laptop just for work. I am aware that a…
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Good cheap tablet
Anyone recommend an OK tablet for my kid, don't wanna pay too much . 10 inch size
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iMac Running Very Slow - What To Do
My partner has an imac which is incredibly slow to start up, open apps, etc. It is a 2015 model running Monterey 12.7.6 and has a 1TB HD with less than 200MB used, 800 free.After a quick google, problems suggested seem to be lack of HD space and programs running in the background using lots of CPU, but there don't seem to…
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Is buying this over the top for mostly surfing
Is buying this over the top for not much more than surfing https://comet.co.uk/products/acer-veriton-n-vn4680gt-mini-desktop-pc-intel-core-i7-11700t-16gb-512gb-ssd-win-11-pro
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Hotmail problems
I have both Thunderbird and Outlook (office 2019) on my laptop - I am unable to receive Hotmail emails via Thunderbird, despite the password working in Outlook.The server settings are both using "outlook.office365.com" for the server.I have checked the password many times and it IS correct. Why should identical settings…
