talk-to-frank in the UK...

[Orange UK]

Originally Posted by ste1164

You usually need to top up £10 to activate a sim and then orange take £5 off your £10 balance for the blackberry plan.

Orange stores allow top ups from 1p

[sylnat]

Originally Posted by Orange UK

Orange stores allow top ups from 1p

Really? Since when?

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[ste1164]

Recently orange have allowed customers to top up any amount on payg

[BBIsTheBest]

does orange charge for tethering ? im on a panther pay monthly package

[talk-to-frank]

Hi All... haven't had a dose of Crackberry for a while... mainly due to work... no rest for the wicked

Wanted to post on here a recent success story I've had with BB... firstly, I also jumped on the PlayBook bandwagon and am loving my newest BB family member. I literally take it everywhere with me and I can't wait to see if there will be a release of a remote desktop connection app for it, then I won't need to take my laptop to meetings although I have to say, if I get myself the necessary accessories I could be hooking up to projectors and what not all the same just means the horrible task of transferring files all the time...

Anyhooo - the success story goes like this... I got myself a Torch when it hit the shelves and transisted from the Bold 9700 quite easily and loved the new OS and touchscreen etc...

Then about 4 months ago I was out and about and the handset was stolen (definitely not lost, taken from my suit jacket (inside pocket) I hasten to add!) So I was really really miffed about that and obviously down in the dumps as I also did not have insurance (first time ever would you believe it!) So I reverted back to the Bold and after a few weeks the touching of the non touch screen became less and less of a mistake! but I could not get away from the fact that someone was walking around my city with my Torch, and i also thought that in this day and age with all the technology there must be a way of getting it back.. I had stupidly thought that Blackberry Protect would do what it does best (lock down and track etc) upon the loss of the phone, this was obviously not the case... Anyway, cutting to the chase I did some investigating using BB Pin messages, BBM, Facebook and Google, and after one conversation with the police I found that even after all my efforts, they probably couldnt help that much... this conversation with them was at 9.30 one morning not that long ago, and I also ended up 'teaching' the very nice police officer on how to bbm and pin someone ha ha, it was very educational for her I'm sure... anyway, it hurt when she left saying she knew I was right but due to the laws etc there was not much to be done.. at 2.30 that afternoon she returned, brandishing MY Torch, needless tp say I've only ever been as happy twice before, both times were when my children were born - she said she had spoken to her Commanding Officer and the CO had said after all the investigating I had done they should at least approach the person that had the phone, that person did the right thing and handed the phone back, apparently a couple of hundred pounds out of pocket which is never a nice thing for anyone, but the phone was returned to me in just as good condition as when I had last laid eyes on it

There are more details that I haven't divulged to keep the story from boring people and also to make sure that if any dishonest people ever read my post and have stolen a handset/bought a stolen one, they might just use it to avoid being found!!! and on the same note, if anyone could do with some tips etc I dont mind helping but I will only do this for members who have more than 1 years service or 150+ posts for obvious reasons

Good suucess story in my opinion!

Hope you're all well by the way...

T2F

[Wretch 64]

Orange are tight as **** with data - monthly, with Dolphin & the BlackBerry plan you'll only get 650mb of data without paying extra, I'd personally say £5 (with the £10 monthly top up for the extra 100mb) is a bit harsh for such a limited amount of data, I use about 1-2TB a month on my home broadband connection, and I'm with O2 - so I'm just going to go ahead and say O2 are probably the best in this field, please do correct me if I'm wrong as their mobile net department is probably different.

[catwoman66]

Originally Posted by talk-to-frank

Hi All... haven't had a dose of Crackberry for a while... mainly due to work... no rest for the wicked

Wanted to post on here a recent success story I've had with BB... firstly, I also jumped on the PlayBook bandwagon and am loving my newest BB family member. I literally take it everywhere with me and I can't wait to see if there will be a release of a remote desktop connection app for it, then I won't need to take my laptop to meetings although I have to say, if I get myself the necessary accessories I could be hooking up to projectors and what not all the same just means the horrible task of transferring files all the time...

Anyhooo - the success story goes like this... I got myself a Torch when it hit the shelves and transisted from the Bold 9700 quite easily and loved the new OS and touchscreen etc...

Then about 4 months ago I was out and about and the handset was stolen (definitely not lost, taken from my suit jacket (inside pocket) I hasten to add!) So I was really really miffed about that and obviously down in the dumps as I also did not have insurance (first time ever would you believe it!) So I reverted back to the Bold and after a few weeks the touching of the non touch screen became less and less of a mistake! but I could not get away from the fact that someone was walking around my city with my Torch, and i also thought that in this day and age with all the technology there must be a way of getting it back.. I had stupidly thought that Blackberry Protect would do what it does best (lock down and track etc) upon the loss of the phone, this was obviously not the case... Anyway, cutting to the chase I did some investigating using BB Pin messages, BBM, Facebook and Google, and after one conversation with the police I found that even after all my efforts, they probably couldnt help that much... this conversation with them was at 9.30 one morning not that long ago, and I also ended up 'teaching' the very nice police officer on how to bbm and pin someone ha ha, it was very educational for her I'm sure... anyway, it hurt when she left saying she knew I was right but due to the laws etc there was not much to be done.. at 2.30 that afternoon she returned, brandishing MY Torch, needless tp say I've only ever been as happy twice before, both times were when my children were born - she said she had spoken to her Commanding Officer and the CO had said after all the investigating I had done they should at least approach the person that had the phone, that person did the right thing and handed the phone back, apparently a couple of hundred pounds out of pocket which is never a nice thing for anyone, but the phone was returned to me in just as good condition as when I had last laid eyes on it

There are more details that I haven't divulged to keep the story from boring people and also to make sure that if any dishonest people ever read my post and have stolen a handset/bought a stolen one, they might just use it to avoid being found!!! and on the same note, if anyone could do with some tips etc I dont mind helping but I will only do this for members who have more than 1 years service or 150+ posts for obvious reasons

Good suucess story in my opinion!

Hope you're all well by the way...

T2F

All's well that ends well, glad all your hard work paid off in the end so glad you got it back and so surprised no one else has commented..

[Wretch 64]

Giffgaff is probably going to take over, in the UK, over the coming months.

[MasterBBuk]

Hey,

Really appreciate this help u offering people. I am a bit stuck and dont know what to do next. Iv had a torch for abt 10 months now, got it in end of Jan-early Feb as a migration deal from CPW o2 to O2 direct via CPW.

Anyways, It was all happy until abt August, when my screen started to freeze a lot and i got a lot of static display. I came back from holiday and popped down to CPW n turned in my phone for repairs. I got a new phone (replacement handset) after about 3 weeks.

I used it for like 15 days, but realized a lot of my contacts seemed to keep getting deleted of bbm. The freezing hadnt been fixed either (i guess that just may be the phone) and the screen was getting stuck in the wrong orientation. so i went in and gave it again. Now I have just recieved my new replacement yesterday and it seems to have a rattling screen. I think its just a bit loose or sumthing, like when i press on it, i can feel the keyboard move. Its ok if it was just that. But when the phone vibrates (and i do use this a lot [99% of the time]) it just makes a really bad rattling sound. Not to mention the fact that if you are typing when it vibrates, after a while u feel like ur fingers have been electrocuted due to the vibration and rattling of the screen.

I really do not want to give the phone back in for repairs, but i cant live with this. Im on a 24 month contract, do you think there is a way out of it, may be i can opt for an early upgrade. Or is there some repair clause i can exploit. Anything at this point to get rid of this phone. And i certainly do not want to live without a phone again for another 3 weeks, i mean iv been under a cloud of mobile uncertainly long enough. I depend on it more than I really should be.

Thanx for the help. I should be giving them a ring in the morning to have a word anyways.

Thanx again

[Blackberry_boffin]

Originally Posted by talk-to-frank

Hi All... haven't had a dose of Crackberry for a while... mainly due to work... no rest for the wicked

Wanted to post on here a recent success story I've had with BB... firstly, I also jumped on the PlayBook bandwagon and am loving my newest BB family member. I literally take it everywhere with me and I can't wait to see if there will be a release of a remote desktop connection app for it, then I won't need to take my laptop to meetings although I have to say, if I get myself the necessary accessories I could be hooking up to projectors and what not all the same just means the horrible task of transferring files all the time...

Anyhooo - the success story goes like this... I got myself a Torch when it hit the shelves and transisted from the Bold 9700 quite easily and loved the new OS and touchscreen etc...

Then about 4 months ago I was out and about and the handset was stolen (definitely not lost, taken from my suit jacket (inside pocket) I hasten to add!) So I was really really miffed about that and obviously down in the dumps as I also did not have insurance (first time ever would you believe it!) So I reverted back to the Bold and after a few weeks the touching of the non touch screen became less and less of a mistake! but I could not get away from the fact that someone was walking around my city with my Torch, and i also thought that in this day and age with all the technology there must be a way of getting it back.. I had stupidly thought that Blackberry Protect would do what it does best (lock down and track etc) upon the loss of the phone, this was obviously not the case... Anyway, cutting to the chase I did some investigating using BB Pin messages, BBM, Facebook and Google, and after one conversation with the police I found that even after all my efforts, they probably couldnt help that much... this conversation with them was at 9.30 one morning not that long ago, and I also ended up 'teaching' the very nice police officer on how to bbm and pin someone ha ha, it was very educational for her I'm sure... anyway, it hurt when she left saying she knew I was right but due to the laws etc there was not much to be done.. at 2.30 that afternoon she returned, brandishing MY Torch, needless tp say I've only ever been as happy twice before, both times were when my children were born - she said she had spoken to her Commanding Officer and the CO had said after all the investigating I had done they should at least approach the person that had the phone, that person did the right thing and handed the phone back, apparently a couple of hundred pounds out of pocket which is never a nice thing for anyone, but the phone was returned to me in just as good condition as when I had last laid eyes on it

There are more details that I haven't divulged to keep the story from boring people and also to make sure that if any dishonest people ever read my post and have stolen a handset/bought a stolen one, they might just use it to avoid being found!!! and on the same note, if anyone could do with some tips etc I dont mind helping but I will only do this for members who have more than 1 years service or 150+ posts for obvious reasons

Good suucess story in my opinion!

Hope you're all well by the way...

T2F

Hi
I'd like to know where exactly BB Protect fell short.
Did you manage to wipe it?
Did you manage to get it to display a message that it was stolen?
Did you fail to lock it down?
Lastly could you not map its location using its GPS?

[Solachica]

I didn't go thru all 14 pages of this thread plz forgive me for asking if it has already been asked.

I have an unlocked BB9300
I will be in London and I wanted to know if I can get a payg sim with unlimited data to use in my BB while around in the UK.
Wht is cost for something like tht? Am not to intrested in minutes or txt, just the data.

[BBIsTheBest]

Originally Posted by Solachica

I didn't go thru all 14 pages of this thread plz forgive me for asking if it has already been asked.

I have an unlocked BB9300
I will be in London and I wanted to know if I can get a payg sim with unlimited data to use in my BB while around in the UK.
Wht is cost for something like tht? Am not to intrested in minutes or txt, just the data.

As far as I know , there's no option like that, to get a better idea about what u can get in uk, have a look here
Mobile Phones | Broadband & Mobile Broadband UK Deals | Free Web Email | Orange.co.uk
Vodafone - Mobile Phones, Mobile Internet, Broadband and Email
Mobile phones, Mobile Broadband & SIMs from Three
O2 | Mobile Phones, Broadband and SIMs From The UK's Leading Provider

[Solachica]

Thank you for the links.

As I re-read wht I posted I think it came across like I was saying I didn't want any minutes or txt and ONLY data. Well, its not only data tht I want and know there would be no plan like tht. Thanks again

[BBIsTheBest]

well, i get ur point, u dnt care how many minutes u get as long as u get enough data
but the issue is they dnt offer unlimited data on payg, and also there r data only packages too, but u won't get BIS with that
on the plus side, u can still get BIS with a limited data allowance on payg

[Solachica]

Oh ic. Limited data.
Are sims etc easy to get? Don't want to spend to much time searching for a store.
Also, do I need a form of ID to to make the purchase? So I would know to walk with my passport on tht day.

Thanks