Swagbucking into 2017

SergioRam

thisone wrote: »

Yep. It doesn't cope well with these stupid ads, but they've been a relatively small part of the last 7 months. Who can tell if this will continue. Some off them run through, some stall and crash. They probably require a better specced phone, but to buy a better phone just because it'll run certain ads on SB would not be wise. The ads change and the apps change, the payback period would be too long. We don't know what tomorrow will be, let alone 6 months time.

Yeah maybe I've bought it at a wrong time. It's been cooking all day and managed 2sb from one round of Lifestyle! Is yours currently coping with the ads? I've tried Lifestyle, Sportly, Entertain now, all got same problem.

I wouldn't get another phone, if they carry on with the ads like this I might quit SB for good.

I'll give it a bit longer, see if apps improve, if not I'll cut my losses and sell phone.

SavvySaver007

SWAG CODE ALERT! LastMinGIft for 3sb before 7pm UK time

hickles69

thisone wrote: »

ncrave, I refreshed the page came back to them and they worked again., sometimes have to re-open them a few times before they start.

Except the Chic trends one which has remained blank all morning. No loss.

yep sis that and even tries a new tab.

hickles69

2 search wins not working for me today. put in code repeatedly and says I'm wrong

thisone

SergioRam wrote: »

Yeah maybe I've bought it at a wrong time. It's been cooking all day and managed 2sb from one round of Lifestyle! Is yours currently coping with the ads? I've tried Lifestyle, Sportly, Entertain now, all got same problem.

I wouldn't get another phone, if they carry on with the ads like this I might quit SB for good.

I'll give it a bit longer, see if apps improve, if not I'll cut my losses and sell phone.

It's been bad today. I've run SBTV using the 5 sec Star Wars clips and Swagbucks Watch using the Travel or News playlists. The Swagbucks Watch often only runs well in the afternoon and I can't force my way through the clips, just have to let it run through the whole video then it runs happily only occasionally going back to the playlist. It does surprisingly well usually going into bonus rounds.

If your phone is new it probably wants to update the operating system etc. When I had only 6 apps it was just about okay for room, but now with 7 and even with the micro sd card it tells me there's not enough room and makes me delete a couple of apps before it will update. I can then reinstall the apps when it's done

Edit: what am I talking about 5sec clips are in movies, sbtv has the odd 18-20sec clip that I use!

MissPop

So yesterday I did all but the Tomboy square on Swago, as that one didn't work. Just looked at my board and it's been wiped and all my squares are unchecked.

!!!!!! SWAGBUCKS (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

hickles69

Just waiting for the Marriot one to be fixed and then the noard can be ticked off.

Sportly running well on bonus rounds - if you have the time to delete the adds like with movie and indie

Ill be taking a SB break once baby is here - it's so tedious these days

Raffers

Just reading this. Is it confirmed that the Marriot one is problematic? There's always one isn't there? It was Tommy Boy last time around and I made the point then that maybe this is paid for by the problem one to delay credit. It's viewed as a problem of Swagbucks not the provider and is free additional publicity for them.

acc

MissPop wrote: »

I did all but the Tomboy square on Swago, as that one didn't work. Just looked at my board and it's been wiped and all my squares are unchecked.

hickles69 wrote: »

Just waiting for the Marriot one to be fixed and then the noard can be ticked off.

I completed my Swago board yesterday, except for one non-working square, but the board was then wiped clean as other people have reported.

However today I re-did all the squares, and the previously non-working square worked, so I submitted the board sharpish for 50 SB help to achieve my second daily goal.

acc

thisone wrote: »

these stupid ads ... have been a relatively small part of the last 7 months. Who can tell if this will continue. Some off them run through, some stall and crash. They probably require a better specced phone, but to buy a better phone just because it'll run certain ads on SB would not be wise. The ads change and the apps change, the payback period would be too long. We don't know what tomorrow will be, let alone 6 months time.

Exactly, the ads will run better in a higher spec phone, but if a phone is being bought just for running the SB apps, you need to calculate the payback time according to how many SB you can currently get and be reasonably confident that SB will continue to operate the apps in the current way for long enough.

When I posted about this (see below), at the beginning of October, a daily return of 70 SB (50p) was easily achievable, with more SB possible from any bonus runs and extra overnight runs. So the payback time for a £70 phone would be under 5 months.

However now, just two and a half months later, the extra and lengthy ads make it difficult to achieve a return of 60 SB (43p) per day, so the payback time for a £70 phone would be five and a half months.

A higher spec phone can still be worthwhile if it makes your life easier and enables you to achieve more SB than your current low spec phone does.

acc wrote: »

If you are thinking of buying an Android phone for running the SB apps and believe that SB will operate the apps in the current way for long enough, get a phone with at least 1 GB and preferably 2 or 3 GB memory for smoother performance and fewer memory issues, and with at least Android 6 and preferably Android 7 so that the phone will support the SB apps for longer into the future.

For example, the Cubot Hafury Mix has 2 GB memory and Android 7, and costs £70, for a payback time of 5 months, assuming the basic return of 50p per day from running the 7 apps once a day. The possible bonus runs and extra overnight runs, and any contributions to Swago, would help to reduce the payback time.