A few years ago I bought a £15 mobile in Comet to keep in the car for emergencies. I bring it in and charge it up and test it occasionally and a couple of times it has failed to register the SIM (it's a Nokia phone on the Virgin network). I called Virgin and they performed some magic to re-connect it. It's now done it again. Before I try and get it re-connected is there any mobile or...

We have two phones with Virgin pay-as-you-go on Direct Debit SIMs in them. The SIMs have been moved between phones a few times as we've changed and upgraded. We have a problem now where, when you call one of the numbers and the call isn't answered, you get through to the voicemail of the *other* number. Even more confusing is what happens when you call one phone from the other, it tries to go...

Hi guys looking for clarification on porting. My 12 months minimum term with Orange finishes on the 18th June. I have requested my PAC today as I want to take the number to Asda mobile. The PAC expires on the 17th June. Can I phone the PAC through to Asda on the 17th, which should result in

Is there a way of finding a PAYG Vodafone sim's ip address without having the sim in hand? We have one in a remote piece of kit which I would like to download data from other than going there and connecting a notebook to it. AJH

Someone was just complaining on BBC's Watchdog programme that the latest Samsung iphone-killer is so full of bloatware that although billed as 16GB there's only 9GB free so when they upgraded from the previous model they couldn't fit all their existing apps onto it! You'd think Sansung would make sure that a new model gave you more free space not less, people are unlikely to want to reduce...

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Some cousins of mine who live in Australia are visiting the UK this summer and asked me to suggest a UK SIM to put in their phones while they are here and in other parts of Europe. I thought that Giffgaff might be suitable. I'd happily post them a couple of SIMs, and assumed that they would be able activate them before leaving so they know their new temporary numbers in advance, and would...

WHY DID PROPHET MUHAMMAD MARRY AISHA THE YOUNG GIRL? This is an important book talks about a common issue misunderstood but misused by lots of thinkers and orientalists. It is “Why did Prophet Muhammad marry Aisha the young girl?” The author shows the reason behind their discussion. They want to distort the picture of Prophet Muhammad not criticize the marriage of young girl. Also if this...

I have one Ovivo SIM running on their "buy it for £15 and then pay nothing more" deal and don't see any problems. I'm thinking of getting one for my wife's phone too, similar fairly low usage will fit in the free allowances most months with very occasional extra usage. Am I missing something obvious or is this really by far the best deal for a fairly low usage mobile phone? It's certainly a...

We have two Virgin "Pay as you go on DD" phones, we had a query about a call recently and I was studying out recent calls carefully. I suddenly realised that roaming calls from France back to the UK were *cheaper* than calling the same numbers in the UK! Calls to landlines etc. within the UK cost 40p/minute, calls from France to the UK cost 30p/minute. We use the phones very little so they're...

My Nokia Lumia 820 says that leaving the phone on battery-saver mode is 'not recommended'. However, the phone can still receive calls and texts so I don't see the problem. The battery definitely seems to last a bit longer between charges. Am I missing something?

Want to buy a replacement battery for a Blackberry Curve 9300. There are a lot around at only about £3. Would they likely be alright at that price? Grateful for any recommendations.

A friend of mine recently picked up a WorldSIM sim card before travelling to a number of countries abroad. It promised free incoming calls to a UK number and cheap calls from abroad. The UK number actually turns out to be allocated to the Isle of Man, so UK networks charge to call or text it. Their website gives completely different call rates to the enclosed leaflet, in other words it's...

Hi, I was wondering, how is it possible to tether to an android from a windows phone, as it seems the Andriod will not pickup adhoc servers, only the full wifi style routers??? That WMWifirouter program for the phone doesnt seem to work, unless im config it incorrectly. Does seem silly paying for two data contracts if i can aviod it!!

I have an old phone with an Orange OVP SIM in it - which I'd like to keep for emergencies. Does anyone know how often you have to use it to stop Orange disabling the SIM and giving someone else the number? And is it sufficient to receive a call/text, or does it have to make one? I have a vague recollection this has been discussed on this group before, but I couldn't find the thread, and...

I can't be the only one that needs a compact robust mobile phone that doesn't need recharging every day and does the basics very well. I have had a Nokia 6303i for ages and that was ideal until it had a terminal encounter with a bucket of water. I have gone back to my previous 6300 but its battery life was never much good when new and is much worse now. I am in the market for a new mobile...

My father in law is looking for a big button mobile phone. He just needs basic voice and text functions. Reliability and battery life are more important than bells and whistles. He has suggested a Binatone SM300. Anyone with any experience of these? Anything better available?

Is there any app that will run on Android phones and either block any mobile data connections (in the interest of preventing roaming data charges whilst abroad) Is there any app for same that will block a specific app/number of apps from connecting to the internet whether over mobile data or wireless (due to privacy concerns and ad blocking) Thanks

Hi, My contract with o2 online expires on the 30th October and I don't think they're going to be able to offer me anything on upgrade that'll make me want to stay. I'm thinking about moving to Orange (with an SL55 if I can find one in stock) and one of the Square Deals they're offering just now. afaik the Square Deals end on the 31st October so my main question is: What have people's...

Greetings, I am the proud possessor of two smartphones, both Huawei. I have a Blaze (U8510) running Android 2.3 and an Ascend G300 (U8815) running Android 4.0.3, and both have the same problem. The opening screen presentation is the same on both, and whilst both phones show the correct time in the top right corner (and if the clock app is run) the blue panel that occupies the top third of...