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Samba Mobile Broadband - Is it Really Free?

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  • rutters
    rutters Posts: 127 Forumite
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    Before I trim down the sim does anyone know if it will work in an Ipad mini locked to 3?

    With ref to an above post, I have the sim working perfectly in a STAR (S3 clone)
    Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
    That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
  • Blue_Max
    Blue_Max Posts: 725 Forumite
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    rutters wrote: »
    With ref to an above post, I have the sim working perfectly in a STAR (S3 clone)
    I have heard about STAR S3 at gizchina.com and aliexpress.
    Then saw a Lenovo A820 at etotalk.com at a big discount. $120. They also rooted the phone and installed new ROM and some English apps. $177.85 total incl DHL.

    Did you have to set up a new APN in 'Mobile network settings' ? If so, what did you use? Thanks
  • rutters
    rutters Posts: 127 Forumite
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    I didn't have to do anything..just slid it in next to a contract sim. I does ask you which one you want to use for voice/text/data etc.
    Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
    That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
  • rutters
    rutters Posts: 127 Forumite
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    Anyone know how to get Samba Battery going? Mine's permanently greyed out!

    Using firefox and Win7

    cheers
    Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
    That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,433 Forumite
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    rutters wrote: »
    Anyone know how to get Samba Battery going? Mine's permanently greyed out!

    Using firefox and Win7

    cheers

    Palemoon/Firefox/Win7 here, just tried it, all ok.

    You are logged in correctly?

    Using Adblock or NoScript?
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • rutters
    rutters Posts: 127 Forumite
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    Thanks for replying

    Using Adblock or NoScript? neither

    when I hover over the battery I get "Your Samba Mobile Battery is not running yet"
    Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
    That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,433 Forumite
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    rutters wrote: »
    when I hover over the battery I get "Your Samba Mobile Battery is not running yet"

    I get that when I'm not logged in.

    Again, are you are logged in? :)

    Left click battery to get login page.
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • rutters
    rutters Posts: 127 Forumite
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    Yes I'm logged in.

    When I left click it takes me to an 'Unable to connect' page
    Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
    That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
  • culpepper
    culpepper Posts: 4,076 Forumite
    adindas wrote: »
    It is free but it is complete waste of time.
    If you think that you could stay on your PC for so many hours and then just get 20-30MB then it might be for you.

    Your cost : Opportunity cost siting hours in front of computer, electricity, depreciation cost of you r computer. Is it worthy ? I believe people could easily draw conclusion...

    Initially it is promising but after several days you could only earn so little credit.

    Read here people real experience.
    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samba-sim-rrp-5-a-100mb-data-bundle-worth-2-for-just-1-with-mse-1649472?page=5#comments

    This month I have earned 765mb of data so far (18th sep).
    That's 42mb a day and I only look at ads for a few minutes in the morning, again at lunch time and Once more in the evening.
    Over the last 7ish months we have accrued about 9.5GB so the amount you earn in any given month/or day is not fixed.

    Give it a chance, it will soon add up.

    No need to leave your computer running all the time or anything. You can easily have two browser windows open so that you can check your emails etc in one pane and click on the samba ads in the other.

    As for depreciation of your computer, you would have it anyway, you didn't buy it to merely view samba ads.

    It seems to me it would be ideal for students to have . They can top it up when home for the hols and when on the uni wifi or in those take away wifi hotspots. No need to have the sim with them or even to install the 'battery plugin' for viewing the ads.
  • redux
    redux Posts: 22,976 Forumite
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    adindas wrote: »
    It is free but it is complete waste of time.
    If you think that you could stay on your PC for so many hours and then just get 20-30MB then it might be for you.

    Your cost : Opportunity cost siting hours in front of computer, electricity, depreciation cost of you r computer. Is it worthy ? I believe people could easily draw conclusion...

    Initially it is promising but after several days you could only earn so little credit.

    Read here people real experience.
    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samba-sim-rrp-5-a-100mb-data-bundle-worth-2-for-just-1-with-mse-1649472?page=5#comments

    You start with an exaggeration. It's not true that you'd spend hours earning 20 or 30 MB. Most adverts are 30 seconds, some more are a minute to one and a half, and usually there are only a couple of 3 to 5 minutes.

    As for the discussion you point to, there seem to be some new users with intensive use for a few days, then they've not been presented with many.

    What they haven't yet realised is perhaps there is some arrangement to show a certain advert only a certain number of times to each user, and that there isn't an infinite supply of new ones. If they relax a bit, they will find there will be a steady amount.

    People who have modest regular or occasional intense data use may find Samba an interesting option, though it's true those who need several gigabytes every month may be disappointed.
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