As soon as I find any more info and if there is a widespread problem affecting O2 & Tesco Mobile networks I will post it here
Update on 15/11/12:
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| Tesco Mobile Down No O2 Network Signal on 15/11/12? |
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Tesco Mobile Down No O2 Network Signal on 15/11/12?
There seem to be a lot of seaches hitting this blog today (15 November 2012) for Tesco Mobile signal down so it looks like the O2 network may have another fault meaning Tesco Mobile customers have no signal again.
As soon as I find any more info and if there is a widespread problem affecting O2 & Tesco Mobile networks I will post it here
Update on 15/11/12:
I've checked my O2 mobile and it is showing a full 3G signal so it looks like this is a localised or intermittent problem with O2 signal down - exactly the same situation as occured last month with O2 network and back in July 2012 as well.
As soon as I find any more info and if there is a widespread problem affecting O2 & Tesco Mobile networks I will post it here
Update on 15/11/12:
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Review - The Smarter Smartphone?
Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Review - The Smarter Smartphone?
Having now had my Lumia 800 for over a month as a trial to decide if I should upgrade to the Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 I am very impressed with the phone and features compared to my previous iPhone 3GS.
Possibly the most useful feature I have found so far is that you can write text messages when you have no signal and they will automatically send as soon as your signal reappears. One of my major annoyances with the iPhone is that if no signal you have to manually resend a message until it goes - a real pain if you are on a train going through many tunnels!
The key features on the Nokia Lumia 800 for me are as below:
Camera - direct button to access
Music - free downloads
Text sending when no signal
Group text - built into message app via people hub (Never available on iPhone!)
Group contacts into logical groups (family, friends etc)
Reject call when locked
Zune vs iTunes, ease of use
Value for money
Pinning apps to home screen
Live tiles
No need to constantly enter password to install free apps
Speed of web
The downsides of the Lumia 800 are:
Lack of apps and support
Text different mobile for a contact (you can only text one number for a person)
The apps will hopefully improve in time but I would like to see the ability to text multiple numbers for a contact to be resolved in WP8 when it is released.
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| Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Review - The Smarter Smartphone? |
Sunday, 21 October 2012
How to Forward SMS Text Messages on Nokia Lumia Windows Phone
I've recently switched from iPhone to Nokia Lumia Windows phone and this week wanted to forward an SMS Text Message from my Nokia Lumia phone to a friend.
At the time I couldn't find any option on the Nokia Lumia phone to be able to edit or forward a text message once it was sent. Having got home I checked online and found the answer.
It is possible to forward an SMS text message on a Nokia Lumia phone but you have to press/hold down on the message you want to forward and a new menu will appear that gives you the option to forward it.
This seems to be one of the big differences between Nokia Lumia phone and iPhone - a lot of the context menus require you to press/hold down on the screen in order to display the new menu. On the iPhone many of these menuy links are visible eg forwarding a message has a tick box next to the SMS text that when selected allowing forwarding.
At the time I couldn't find any option on the Nokia Lumia phone to be able to edit or forward a text message once it was sent. Having got home I checked online and found the answer.
It is possible to forward an SMS text message on a Nokia Lumia phone but you have to press/hold down on the message you want to forward and a new menu will appear that gives you the option to forward it.
This seems to be one of the big differences between Nokia Lumia phone and iPhone - a lot of the context menus require you to press/hold down on the screen in order to display the new menu. On the iPhone many of these menuy links are visible eg forwarding a message has a tick box next to the SMS text that when selected allowing forwarding.
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| How to Forward an SMS Text Message on Nokia Lumia Phone |
How to Forward an SMS Text Message on Windows Phone
I've recently switched from iPhone to Nokia Lumia Windows phone and this week wanted to forward an SMS Text Message from my Windows Phone to a friend.
At the time I couldn't find any option on Windows phone to be able to edit or forward a text message once it was sent. Having got home I checked online and found the answer.
It is possible to forward an SMS text message on Windows phone but you have to press/hold down on the message you want to forward and a new menu will appear that gives you the option to forward it.
This seems to be one of the big differences between Windows phone and iPhone - a lot of the context menus require you to press/hold down on the screen in order to display the new menu. On the iPhone many of these menuy links are visible eg forwarding a message has a tick box next to the SMS text that when selected allowing forwarding.
At the time I couldn't find any option on Windows phone to be able to edit or forward a text message once it was sent. Having got home I checked online and found the answer.
It is possible to forward an SMS text message on Windows phone but you have to press/hold down on the message you want to forward and a new menu will appear that gives you the option to forward it.
This seems to be one of the big differences between Windows phone and iPhone - a lot of the context menus require you to press/hold down on the screen in order to display the new menu. On the iPhone many of these menuy links are visible eg forwarding a message has a tick box next to the SMS text that when selected allowing forwarding.
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| How to Forward an SMS Text Message on Windows Phone |
Monday, 15 October 2012
Nokia Lumia 920 Release Date
Nokia recently revealed their new Lumia 920 running Windows Phone 8 but didnt give a release date for the handset.
Microsoft have now given the date for Windows Phone 8 (WP8) to be released of 29 October 2012 and the Nokia Lumia 920 will be available from that date.
Microsoft have now given the date for Windows Phone 8 (WP8) to be released of 29 October 2012 and the Nokia Lumia 920 will be available from that date.
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| Nokia Lumia 920 Release Date |
Saturday, 13 October 2012
Tesco Mobile Update 13 Oct 2012: Problems Fixed
Tesco Mobile Update 13 October 2012
O2 have announced that the problems with their network are now fixed and that all Tesco mobiles using the O2 network should now be working ok.
If your Tesco mobile still has a problem the advice is to turn it off and back on which should restore the signal. If you had switched off 3G to get the phone working yesterday you should now be able to switch it back on again.
Please leave a comment if you are still experiencing problems with Tesco Mobile or feedback on your experiences yesterday.
O2 have announced that the problems with their network are now fixed and that all Tesco mobiles using the O2 network should now be working ok.
If your Tesco mobile still has a problem the advice is to turn it off and back on which should restore the signal. If you had switched off 3G to get the phone working yesterday you should now be able to switch it back on again.
Please leave a comment if you are still experiencing problems with Tesco Mobile or feedback on your experiences yesterday.
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| Tesco Mobile Update 13 Oct 2012: Problems Fixed |
Friday, 12 October 2012
Tesco Mobile Down October 2012 - No Phone Signal - 0 Bars Showing
It appears that O2 have another signal/network problem with numbers not working which is affecting Tesco Mobile users - apparently affecting phone numbers across the UK as it isn't limited to a specific region. Despite their network problems O2 is still one of the cheapest places for the new Nokia Lumia phones
Update on O2 Network Problems: 12 Oct 2012 @2100
Apparently a lot of customers are able to get an O2 signal back by turning off the 3G connection on their phones. If you then use WiFi you can still access data services and make calls so it appears there is a problem in the O2 3G network again.
If you're still bored of waiting for your O2 signal to come back you can always check out the modelling photo gallery!
Update: 12 October 2012@ 1908
Problems are continuing - customers all over the UK are affected but not all O2/Tesco customers. 2 Phones in the same location may have one working and one not so it appears to be some form of corruption or error in the O2 database that manages network access which was the same problem that happened in July 2012.
Update: 12 October 2012 @ 1700
We are aware of Tesco mobile customers across the UK that have problems with no signal and unable to make calls from Kent to Birmingham to Scotland.
The details are on the status page of the O2 website but hopefully will not be as major as the outage in July 2012 that affected millions of Tesco Mobile users over 2 days.
You can read about the O2 Network downtime in July 2012 here
Update on O2 Network Problems: 12 Oct 2012 @2100
Apparently a lot of customers are able to get an O2 signal back by turning off the 3G connection on their phones. If you then use WiFi you can still access data services and make calls so it appears there is a problem in the O2 3G network again.
If you're still bored of waiting for your O2 signal to come back you can always check out the modelling photo gallery!
Update: 12 October 2012@ 1908
Problems are continuing - customers all over the UK are affected but not all O2/Tesco customers. 2 Phones in the same location may have one working and one not so it appears to be some form of corruption or error in the O2 database that manages network access which was the same problem that happened in July 2012.
Update: 12 October 2012 @ 1700
We are aware of Tesco mobile customers across the UK that have problems with no signal and unable to make calls from Kent to Birmingham to Scotland.
The details are on the status page of the O2 website but hopefully will not be as major as the outage in July 2012 that affected millions of Tesco Mobile users over 2 days.
You can read about the O2 Network downtime in July 2012 here
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