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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 13:28:00 GMT
It's a mi thing, they sell them on three, called xiomi red something now. It s not in any mode, it was working last night, I put it on charge and now it won't go 'live' it did this a week ago, and miraculously came back to life overnight. I have been poking the pin down every orifice and probable done some damage, also the sim has fallen on the floor a few times, not to mention being forced in to a the sim card holder with fingers. I started of with help from chat but it did not behave as predicted, then the next day it did! It s not turning on at the moment, as in, dead, no lights, nothing at all. What I think, is that the phone, Which I bought from Three two years ago was a payg phone, and the top up is this monthly £20, is that the case? PS if it is the case, then all I have to do is put the sim into new phone, I assume it will then link to the contract, in that no one at Three knows which phone is being used. PPS you say sub £100are not much use, but Idon't understand this,my phone does GPS and takes Photos and if the thing is set up correctly it connects to the Internet. I'm not sure what more is required of a phone. Slightly better camera, but I DON'T use the camera, and I can listen to the radio as well Ref the PAYG question - if you pay by Direct Debit, it's probably a Contract, if you have to buy tokens or similar and tap in codes it's PAYG. Respectfully, you would have had to arrange one or the other when you first got the phone, so should know. It might be P&G with auto top-up; It may be an expired contract.If you phone 3, they will try to sell you a phone with a new network agreement as that's where they (the company and the sales person) make their money. If you search around for phones only you may find a deal that suits you. Already said thisRef the phone prices - cheap phones are prone to not last very long - two years sounds about right - are unlikely to have the latest operating system and possibly not be capable of being upgraded. I tend to stick to either Samsung or Motorola, all of which have lasted at least 5 years, at least the ones I haven't lost or dropped into the cut do. The worst crappiest phone I ever had was a Samsung; Motorola have developed a strong reputation of crappiness in recent years. My phone is a Motorola, I paid £40.00 for an offline phone. Its 4G, and does what I want it to, mainly perform ok as a router. Not yet a year old; never had a phone that lasted more than two years.Ref the usefulness of Apps, each to their own, but I find Google Maps, online banking, various social media Apps, Spotify, BBC News, Email, Photo storage, remote access to my businesses security cameras, access to my French road toll account, campsite finders, train ticket booking, weather reports, paying for parking and of course Track and Trace very useful - and they are best supported on a reliable phone running the latest operating system, and capable of being upgraded. I hear other people find those things useful. Since 4G there is no need to have home broadband as well.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 13:35:03 GMT
Given your connectivity issues this may not be all that great a suggestion but...I bought a brand-new twin-sim 4g unlocked phone for only £40 on t'web. I very much doubt you'll get a deal like that in a high street shop. But you should be able to buy some kind of unlocked phone easily enough. However your sim may not be active...ask the network... SIM is active.There is phone on amazon which is harfury 4g unlocked it has dual SIM it's £64.99 which sounds OK. I just want a phone, Internet would be nice Its my penchant to try to screw as much out if the network whether you need it or not. If you have unlimited internet you can do any amount of web surfing at no penalty other than your sanity (and in your case battery potential). The only advantage Amazon has over Ebay (for boaters) is that Amazon will deliver to a post office of your choice.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 13:36:44 GMT
I expect there is no need to have two systems, but if the phone dies, then that s the end of communications, so no good for me.I am pretty sure I never signed up for the sim only contract, but it s their word against mine, the idea is to get a working phone, anyway, as they won't send a phone here, I won't buy one from them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 13:38:57 GMT
SIM is active.There is phone on amazon which is harfury 4g unlocked it has dual SIM it's £64.99 which sounds OK. I just want a phone, Internet would be nice Its my penchant to try to screw as much out if the network whether you need it or not. If you have unlimited internet you can do any amount of web surfing at no penalty other than your sanity (and in your case battery potential). The only advantage Amazon has over Ebay (for boaters) is that Amazon will deliver to a post office of your choice. Oh, there is no PO, I assumed they would post it to my desired address, and update me on delivery so I can collect it from the designated black plastic box. Which is at the postcode.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 13:46:42 GMT
OK, another morning on Three chat, Apparently I am on a sim only contract that runs for a very long time. I know nothing of this. 1 I can't get anything sent here as its not my registered address 2 I can find out my secret code unless I can get on to My 3 3 My 3 won't let me access them,at this time, this is where the secret code is stored 4 to get my phone fixed I need to call them! I am going to look on ebay or amazon and get an unlocked phone, is that correct thing to do? Can you be more specific about this 'secret' code, as in whats it for?
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Post by twbm2 on Dec 18, 2020 13:49:46 GMT
OK, another morning on Three chat, Apparently I am on a sim only contract that runs for a very long time. I know nothing of this. 1 I can't get anything sent here as its not my registered address 2 I can find out my secret code unless I can get on to My 3 3 My 3 won't let me access them,at this time, this is where the secret code is stored 4 to get my phone fixed I need to call them! I am going to look on ebay or amazon and get an unlocked phone, is that correct thing to do? Who set all this up?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 14:08:43 GMT
OK, another morning on Three chat, Apparently I am on a sim only contract that runs for a very long time. I know nothing of this. 1 I can't get anything sent here as its not my registered address 2 I can find out my secret code unless I can get on to My 3 3 My 3 won't let me access them,at this time, this is where the secret code is stored 4 to get my phone fixed I need to call them! I am going to look on ebay or amazon and get an unlocked phone, is that correct thing to do? Who set all this up? I ca n t be expected to remember every little detail, initially I went to a Three shop, a d a guy set me up with a smart phone, which I used to hand to other people so I could get call through. That was two years ago, then I was asked to pay more for the same deal or pay the same. Last year I went back to a Three shop, got a new mifi and a tablet.so I have two contracts, a tablet, and a dud phone. I can also connect to a laptop which I own. I probably own the tablet as they don't want it back at end of contract., and the phone which cost £60
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 14:16:18 GMT
Have done the My3 registration / reset password thing. I can do it for you if you tell me your phone number and email address. Strongly suggest you PM these things if you want me to do it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 14:47:13 GMT
Its easy to see how people get conned on such things when I read your posts Socks..
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 15:05:20 GMT
I m not sure about being conned, I asked for a phone and it worked for two years, the phone cost, £60and the contract unlimited was £20a month. I can't remember much about the mi fi, but I had Internet for two years without much hassle. Cheaper than a Bt land-line with internet. The only thing that does not work, is the phone which has had a lot of hammer recently, probably due to Three systems going down. I have had to mess about with slots and sims etc. Probably its killed it. I expect a phone company to replace a phone I bought from them, but they say they never sold it. That's not true. I am quite happy to pay another £60 for a replacement, thenew one is now £99, OK, but they don't seem to call it a replacement, they call it a PAYG. I don't care what they call it, as long as I don't have a monthly charge, and it uses my sim.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 15:16:49 GMT
Have done the My3 registration / reset password thing. I can do it for you if you tell me your phone number and email address. Strongly suggest you PM these things if you want me to do it. I'll have another try myself, the site seems to open now, but as I have my own number, I wonder if that is the confusion, and there is another number involved. I suspect it is picking up on the tablet number This secret number is also known as memorable place, then it was memorable place or name, and aS I have two contracts, I have no idea what the actual memorable name or place is now. I have tried several without success.. I Don, t know why this obsession with layers of security, I am giving them money not the other way round. One of the staff told me it is not my password!
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Post by patty on Dec 18, 2020 15:17:56 GMT
Its easy to see how people get conned on such things when I read your posts Socks.. Ref being conned..my credit card was used fraudulently...2k this week.. A phone call allegedly from the bank advised 'activity' and wanted to clarify security details... I didn't answer but then checked the number...not the bank After 2 hours of run around finally managed to talk to the fraud people in the bank....The bank had the wrong phone number listed so was these loverly fraud people who were contacting probably to assure me that they had picked up on fraudulent activity or to acquire other details. Seems the 2k will come out of my account as it takes 5 days to process change and then the bank will reimburse.... I did advise that I did not expect bank charges as I'd be overdrawn.. Waiting a statement to see where else they've been shopping Happy Christmas....tis the season of.....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 15:21:23 GMT
I m not sure about being conned, I asked for a phone and it worked for two years, the phone cost, £60and the contract unlimited was £20a month. I can't remember much about the mi fi, but I had Internet for two years without much hassle. Cheaper than a Bt land-line with internet. The only thing that does not work, is the phone which has had a lot of hammer recently, probably due to Three systems going down. I have had to mess about with slots and sims etc. Probably its killed it. I expect a phone company to replace a phone I bought from them, but they say they never sold it. That's not true. I am quite happy to pay another £60 for a replacement, thenew one is now £99, OK, but they don't seem to call it a replacement, they call it a PAYG. I don't care what they call it, as long as I don't have a monthly charge, and it uses my sim. The phone offered is p&g because they appear to think you are not due a free upgrade (which I would advise not to take anyway) and they are not required to fix or replace a phone for free which is a) broken by the user or b) out of warranty and it sounds like your phone fits both categories. What is still unclear are the terms of your contract and how many you have - sometimes it seems like you have two. I could figure these things out if I could access your profile on the my3 website.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2020 19:09:11 GMT
Now I've ordered a phone, from amazon, prime, to get it ASAP. Ive got my tablet working now, and I think it is, potentially a phone, but presumably it has a different telephone number to my phone? How do I find that without looking at the sim card? I tried to add money, and got put thru, it said my balance is £10, not sure if that is some sort of cash they have given me, what do you think. Needless to say, I did not put any more in. So, I suppose I will be able to make phone calls using this £10..,is that the idea? I only bought it cos my laptop thing is dead slow and very temperamental. I expect there is a YouTube about tablets, but I seem to be unable to sign in to anything, maybe I need to set up Synchronisation, there is also something about cloud, I will leave all that for another day. I got a new contract when I bought the new mifi and the new tablet, but obviously I just took what they offered, I want to watch the racing, and it does that. PSif I take the sim out of the dead phone and put it in this tablet, will the tablet become my phone?
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Post by brummieboy on Dec 19, 2020 21:19:04 GMT
PSif I take the sim out of the dead phone and put it in this tablet, will the tablet become my phone? Yes
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