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Title: iphone
Post by: macdanger2 on August 10, 2009, 09:24:54 PM
Well

Anyone have any experience of buying an iphone online? Don't feeling like getting the free fisting that comes with the O2 iphone!!!!

Thanks
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Jim Bob on December 11, 2017, 05:36:23 PM
FFS. had an old iPhone 4 and I decided to put a o2 SIM card into it. Turns out it won't accept it until Vodafone unlock my iPhone. Now have to trip to the Vodafone shop miles away. I suppose they ll charge for this as well. Anyone know anything about this?
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Boycey on December 11, 2017, 05:42:46 PM
If the contract on it is up they'll do it for nothing and it can be done over the phone or online.. I think :)
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Owen Brannigan on December 11, 2017, 05:50:54 PM
Quote from: macdanger2 on August 10, 2009, 09:24:54 PM
Well

Anyone have any experience of buying an iphone online? Don't feeling like getting the free fisting that comes with the O2 iphone!!!!

Thanks

New?
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Syferus on December 11, 2017, 05:51:00 PM
The old trick with o2 when you contacted them was to say you were going on holidays in a few days and it sped up the process.

Just do it online, contact Vodafone through their Boards.ie forum as the reps that man it are usually more senseable than the ones you get through their website.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Main Street on December 11, 2017, 07:44:52 PM
I recently went through the vodafone online process to unlock an iPhone 4s.The process was enacted digitally, there was no interaction with a human in a vodafone uniform.
I received the unlock code by email.

Title: Re: iphone
Post by: macdanger2 on December 11, 2017, 09:34:32 PM
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on December 11, 2017, 05:50:54 PM
Quote from: macdanger2 on August 10, 2009, 09:24:54 PM
Well

Anyone have any experience of buying an iphone online? Don't feeling like getting the free fisting that comes with the O2 iphone!!!!

Thanks

New?

That was 8 years ago!!
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: LooseCannon on December 11, 2017, 10:20:38 PM
Quote from: macdanger2 on December 11, 2017, 09:34:32 PM
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on December 11, 2017, 05:50:54 PM
Quote from: macdanger2 on August 10, 2009, 09:24:54 PM
Well

Anyone have any experience of buying an iphone online? Don't feeling like getting the free fisting that comes with the O2 iphone!!!!

Thanks

New?

That was 8 years ago!!

Oh well. Hope you got sorted out.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 05:11:25 PM
Have a samsung galaxy 2017 which I want to trade in for an iPhone.
Who would do this apart from car phone warehouse who offered me a poxy 60 quid for my phone.?
It's a straight swap as I want to stay on same contract   
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 05:46:45 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 05:11:25 PM
Have a samsung galaxy 2017 which I want to trade in for an iPhone.
Who would do this apart from car phone warehouse who offered me a poxy 60 quid for my phone.?
It's a straight swap as I want to stay on same contract

Not aware of anyone who does straight swaps for phones. None of the networks or major retailers want least year's models.

What iPhone are you looking?

What's the exact model of Galaxy you're trying to trade in? If it's an S8 or an S8+ in good condition, you'd sell it on your own for more than 60 no problem.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 06:17:38 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 05:46:45 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 05:11:25 PM
Have a samsung galaxy 2017 which I want to trade in for an iPhone.
Who would do this apart from car phone warehouse who offered me a poxy 60 quid for my phone.?
It's a straight swap as I want to stay on same contract

Not aware of anyone who does straight swaps for phones. None of the networks or major retailers want least year's models.

What iPhone are you looking?

What's the exact model of Galaxy you're trying to trade in? If it's an S8 or an S8+ in good condition, you'd sell it on your own for more than 60 no problem.

It's an A5 in good nick.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 06:40:24 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 06:17:38 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 05:46:45 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 05:11:25 PM
Have a samsung galaxy 2017 which I want to trade in for an iPhone.
Who would do this apart from car phone warehouse who offered me a poxy 60 quid for my phone.?
It's a straight swap as I want to stay on same contract

Not aware of anyone who does straight swaps for phones. None of the networks or major retailers want least year's models.

What iPhone are you looking?

What's the exact model of Galaxy you're trying to trade in? If it's an S8 or an S8+ in good condition, you'd sell it on your own for more than 60 no problem.

It's an A5 in good nick.

Ah, assumption when you say Galaxy is that it's an S series or a Note.

The A5 is an 18 month old budget phone. You'll definitely not get any value from the networks for it. Certainly nothing that you'd come close to start swapping for an iPhone.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 06:50:58 PM
Trying to use my iPhone 4g as a hotspot for my laptop,showing up as a weak connection at best but usually won't connect.4g is fine on my phone and it's right beside the laptop,assume I have my settings wrong on one if not two of the devices 🤦‍♂️Any ideas or help would be great
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 08:09:57 PM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 06:50:58 PM
Trying to use my iPhone 4g as a hotspot for my laptop,showing up as a weak connection at best but usually won't connect.4g is fine on my phone and it's right beside the laptop,assume I have my settings wrong on one if not two of the devices 🤦‍♂️Any ideas or help would be great

4s? There's no iPhone 4g.

Showing up as a weak connection on the laptop? It should be excellent as it's referring to the WiFi signal being broadcast by the hotspot, not the speed of that connection, which will be alright but not great. iPhone 4 could only carry 3G I think.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Syferus on June 12, 2018, 08:13:04 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 08:09:57 PM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 06:50:58 PM
Trying to use my iPhone 4g as a hotspot for my laptop,showing up as a weak connection at best but usually won't connect.4g is fine on my phone and it's right beside the laptop,assume I have my settings wrong on one if not two of the devices 🤦‍♂️Any ideas or help would be great

4s? There's no iPhone 4g.

Showing up as a weak connection on the laptop? It should be excellent as it's referring to the WiFi signal being broadcast by the hotspot, not the speed of that connection, which will be alright but not great. iPhone 4 could only carry 3G I think.

The 4s supported LTE.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 08:17:23 PM
Quote from: Syferus on June 12, 2018, 08:13:04 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 08:09:57 PM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 06:50:58 PM
Trying to use my iPhone 4g as a hotspot for my laptop,showing up as a weak connection at best but usually won't connect.4g is fine on my phone and it's right beside the laptop,assume I have my settings wrong on one if not two of the devices 🤦‍♂️Any ideas or help would be great

4s? There's no iPhone 4g.

Showing up as a weak connection on the laptop? It should be excellent as it's referring to the WiFi signal being broadcast by the hotspot, not the speed of that connection, which will be alright but not great. iPhone 4 could only carry 3G I think.

The 4s supported LTE.

Pretty sure it didn't.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 08:25:12 PM
It's an iPhone 6 and I meant the data as in 4g,was badly worded on my part.so I turn on my wifi hotspot on phone and it shows up as a wireless connection on my laptop as 'iphone' but I can't connect to it.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Syferus on June 12, 2018, 08:28:19 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 08:17:23 PM
Quote from: Syferus on June 12, 2018, 08:13:04 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 08:09:57 PM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 06:50:58 PM
Trying to use my iPhone 4g as a hotspot for my laptop,showing up as a weak connection at best but usually won't connect.4g is fine on my phone and it's right beside the laptop,assume I have my settings wrong on one if not two of the devices 🤦‍♂️Any ideas or help would be great

4s? There's no iPhone 4g.

Showing up as a weak connection on the laptop? It should be excellent as it's referring to the WiFi signal being broadcast by the hotspot, not the speed of that connection, which will be alright but not great. iPhone 4 could only carry 3G I think.

The 4s supported LTE.

Pretty sure it didn't.

True.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 08:44:36 PM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 08:25:12 PM
It's an iPhone 6 and I meant the data as in 4g,was badly worded on my part.so I turn on my wifi hotspot on phone and it shows up as a wireless connection on my laptop as 'iphone' but I can't connect to it.

Is the hotspot broadcasting at 2.4 or 5GHz? Laptop might only be capable of connecting to 2.4 depending on age.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 09:11:28 PM
Not sure what that means or how I would check,it's showing up as a wifi option on the laptop screen but just won't connect and shows up as a weak option when I didn't think it would considering I have 4g on my iPhone
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 09:15:32 PM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 09:11:28 PM
Not sure what that means or how I would check,it's showing up as a wifi option on the laptop screen but just won't connect and shows up as a weak option when I didn't think it would considering I have 4g on my iPhone

The 4G on the phone is to do with the speed of the internet connection, not the strength of the WiFi connection between the laptop and the phone, which should be strong if phone is right beside computer.

If you go into your hotspot setup options, of its anything like Android, there'll be an option along lines of "Select AP Band".

How old is laptop?

Aldo, for the sake of it, try forgetting the network coming from the phone on the laptop and restarting both it and the phone.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 11:08:20 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 06:40:24 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 06:17:38 PM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 05:46:45 PM
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 05:11:25 PM
Have a samsung galaxy 2017 which I want to trade in for an iPhone.
Who would do this apart from car phone warehouse who offered me a poxy 60 quid for my phone.?
It's a straight swap as I want to stay on same contract

Not aware of anyone who does straight swaps for phones. None of the networks or major retailers want least year's models.

What iPhone are you looking?

What's the exact model of Galaxy you're trying to trade in? If it's an S8 or an S8+ in good condition, you'd sell it on your own for more than 60 no problem.

It's an A5 in good nick.

Samsung Galaxy A5 bought last October for 339 from John Lewis. I am willing to trade it in for an iPhone but as I said carphone warehouse would only allow me 60 quid for it.

Ah, assumption when you say Galaxy is that it's an S series or a Note.

The A5 is an 18 month old budget phone. You'll definitely not get any value from the networks for it. Certainly nothing that you'd come close to start swapping for an iPhone.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Main Street on June 13, 2018, 12:09:07 AM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 08:25:12 PM
It's an iPhone 6 and I meant the data as in 4g,was badly worded on my part.so I turn on my wifi hotspot on phone and it shows up as a wireless connection on my laptop as 'iphone' but I can't connect to it.
What Operating System are you running on your laptop?
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: gallsman on June 13, 2018, 08:27:08 AM
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 12, 2018, 11:08:20 PM
Samsung Galaxy A5 bought last October for 339 from John Lewis. I am willing to trade it in for an iPhone but as I said carphone warehouse would only allow me 60 quid for it.

I understand what you're trying to do, I'm just telling you it's not going to happen. Certainly not for anything resembling a new-ish iPhone.

Your best bet is to try and sell the phone second hand privately and put it towards the cost of the iPhone you want.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Milltown Row2 on June 13, 2018, 10:31:19 AM
Quote from: gallsman on June 12, 2018, 09:15:32 PM
Quote from: bigfrank on June 12, 2018, 09:11:28 PM
Not sure what that means or how I would check,it's showing up as a wifi option on the laptop screen but just won't connect and shows up as a weak option when I didn't think it would considering I have 4g on my iPhone

The 4G on the phone is to do with the speed of the internet connection, not the strength of the WiFi connection between the laptop and the phone, which should be strong if phone is right beside computer.

If you go into your hotspot setup options, of its anything like Android, there'll be an option along lines of "Select AP Band".

How old is laptop?

Aldo, for the sake of it, try forgetting the network coming from the phone on the laptop and restarting both it and the phone.

I would use the hotspot on the Iphone for the laptop if I'm out and about, works fine, though sometimes I've to reconnect it a couple of times or turn it off and try it again..
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: BennyCake on October 09, 2021, 12:52:26 PM
Anyone had trouble installing the latest update?

A few apps weren't functioning so decided to update, but it keeps failing.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: screenexile on October 09, 2021, 08:54:22 PM
Quote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2021, 12:52:26 PM
Anyone had trouble installing the latest update?

A few apps weren't functioning so decided to update, but it keeps failing.

Needs a lot of storage 9gb I think I remember having to clear a lot of shite to get it to work!
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: StPatsAbu on October 10, 2021, 12:27:32 AM
Quote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2021, 12:52:26 PM
Anyone had trouble installing the latest update?

A few apps weren't functioning so decided to update, but it keeps failing.

Get the better Huawei for half the price. You'll never look back...
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: AustinPowers on August 10, 2023, 11:40:44 PM
Quick question...........

Text messages  sent from an iPhone to  another iPhone don't seem  to count as part  of your normal monthly text  allowance.

Does that mean text messages  to any other iPhone  no matter where they are  In the world is free also?
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Puckoon on August 11, 2023, 12:27:08 AM
If you are communicating using iMessage (blue background to blue background) that is data (internet or wifi) driven and is not considered an SMS and is free from one iPhone to any other iPhone (or indeed iPad) and wouldn't/shouldn't count towards a text message allowance on a plan.

Which drives me mental when the parents and brother have iPhones yet insist on texting me using WhatsApp "Because WhatsApp is free".

Title: Re: iphone
Post by: imtommygunn on August 11, 2023, 09:14:59 AM
Surely it's the same thing as they're both at worst using your data allowance or at best your wifi for free anyway?
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: AustinPowers on February 18, 2024, 09:52:16 PM
Do you need to  backup your photos before doing an iPhone update?

Will photos , podcasts or apps be lost  after updating?

It's been so long  since I did an update, I can't remember
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: thebigfella on February 19, 2024, 09:40:31 AM
Quote from: AustinPowers on February 18, 2024, 09:52:16 PMDo you need to  backup your photos before doing an iPhone update?

Will photos , podcasts or apps be lost  after updating?

It's been so long  since I did an update, I can't remember

Depends how long since your last update? If you're jumping up major releases of iOS then I would say yes.

Is it not all backed up to iCloud account anyway? If not, pay for any additional non-free space required, backup and update. You can remove the iCloud storage after but unless you've a massive photo/video library it's so cheap why bother.

People really need to keep devices up to date. The amount of security patches you are potentially missing would be a concern.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: Would ye whist on February 19, 2024, 02:06:44 PM
I recently got a new iPhone 15 and it will not let me send text messages to android/non iphones, anyone ever have this and if so did you manage to sort it?
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: AustinPowers on February 20, 2024, 04:05:03 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on February 19, 2024, 09:40:31 AM
Quote from: AustinPowers on February 18, 2024, 09:52:16 PMDo you need to  backup your photos before doing an iPhone update?

Will photos , podcasts or apps be lost  after updating?

It's been so long  since I did an update, I can't remember

Depends how long since your last update? If you're jumping up major releases of iOS then I would say yes.

Is it not all backed up to iCloud account anyway? If not, pay for any additional non-free space required, backup and update. You can remove the iCloud storage after but unless you've a massive photo/video library it's so cheap why bother.

People really need to keep devices up to date. The amount of security patches you are potentially missing would be a concern.


I don't use iCloud.  The iPhone says I've used 3 GB on the cloud , but I e no idea how that happened , as I just use the phone memory  to store  photos/videos.

I remember  once moving photos  to my laptop a via windows explorer . So was hoping to do that again , but the windows explorer won't  recognise the iPhone when connected.

Any  way to sort this?
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: thebigfella on February 20, 2024, 04:17:54 PM
Quote from: AustinPowers on February 20, 2024, 04:05:03 PM
Quote from: thebigfella on February 19, 2024, 09:40:31 AM
Quote from: AustinPowers on February 18, 2024, 09:52:16 PMDo you need to  backup your photos before doing an iPhone update?

Will photos , podcasts or apps be lost  after updating?

It's been so long  since I did an update, I can't remember

Depends how long since your last update? If you're jumping up major releases of iOS then I would say yes.

Is it not all backed up to iCloud account anyway? If not, pay for any additional non-free space required, backup and update. You can remove the iCloud storage after but unless you've a massive photo/video library it's so cheap why bother.

People really need to keep devices up to date. The amount of security patches you are potentially missing would be a concern.


I don't use iCloud.  The iPhone says I've used 3 GB on the cloud , but I e no idea how that happened , as I just use the phone memory  to store  photos/videos.

I remember  once moving photos  to my laptop a via windows explorer . So was hoping to do that again , but the windows explorer won't  recognise the iPhone when connected.

Any  way to sort this?

What's be sorted? You can upgrade iOS without deleting the data but it's wise to have a backup in case something goes wrong.

Otherwise just pay for enough additional iCloud storage for a month to cover the backup. Do your upgrade and if successful, cancel the iCloud storage. I wouldn't bother trying to fcuk around manually backing up, you'll waste the 3 quid worth of time which cloud pay for the iCloud storage.
Title: Re: iphone
Post by: GAABoardMod5 on February 20, 2024, 07:21:26 PM
Or just email the photos to yourself