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Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 15, 2009, 11:45:54 AM11/15/09
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So I go into ASDA this morning and they were pushing orange samsung E1120
mobiles for �10 with �5 credit so stupid here bought one, my first orange
phone for many years....anyways it tells you to stick in the sim and you
will receive a welcome text message with your new phone number and once
activated to go with sim number and imei number to the orange web site and
claim your �5 free credit....still waiting for the text.....


Usenet Nutter

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Nov 15, 2009, 11:58:35 AM11/15/09
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"Jim Stewart ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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Call them to register.

Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 15, 2009, 12:12:01 PM11/15/09
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"Usenet Nutter" <spamme...@lololololololololololololol.uk> wrote in
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naw...I would rather just trash the phone and the sim and use the battery
and chager as spares for my o2 samsung E2100E.........


Roger

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Nov 15, 2009, 3:30:34 PM11/15/09
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"Jim Stewart ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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So why do you think anyone here is interested. How do you think that
posting
a message in an unrelated newsgroup to the product and company will do
anything?


Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 15, 2009, 4:22:49 PM11/15/09
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"Roger" <roger2...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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sorry I thought this was the thrash Orange news group.......


Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 15, 2009, 4:28:12 PM11/15/09
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"Jim Stewart ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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sorry again.... just looked back at your previous postings......the problem
really is that you are a plonker.......


Steve Terry

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Nov 16, 2009, 2:24:19 AM11/16/09
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"Jim Stewart ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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It is bizarre that Orange are still the only UK network that insists on
registering
PAYG sims before they work.

Orange believe they are keeping an accurate database of PAYG users

Do they realise how hard it is to remember all the fake names and addresses
we've had to give them!

Steve Terry
--
Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up
http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276


R. Mark Clayton

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Nov 17, 2009, 3:00:05 PM11/17/09
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"Roger" <roger2...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Jim Stewart ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:6fWLm.5451$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...
>> So I go into ASDA this morning and they were pushing orange samsung E1120
>> mobiles for �10 with �5 credit so stupid here bought one, my first orange
>> phone for many years....anyways it tells you to stick in the sim and you
>> will receive a welcome text message with your new phone number and once
>> activated to go with sim number and imei number to the orange web site
>> and claim your �5 free credit....still waiting for the text.....
>>
>
> So why do you think anyone here is interested.

Er let me see the group is called uk.telecom.mobile and this was a mobile
telecoms device bought in the UK. Just a guess, but perhaps this is the
right group to post in about it.

> How do you think that posting
> a message in an unrelated newsgroup to the product and company will do
> anything?
>
>

Well there are three things that might happen: -

1. Someone will tell him to take the phone back to ASDA for a refund.

2. Someone will tell him what to do to get it to work (e.g. take the battery
out and re-insert it; take the cling film off the SIM etc.).

3. Other group members will avoid this crap product and but something more
reliable. You wouldn't buy this as a main phone, but you might have
considered buying it for a visitor from overseas for instance.


Jon

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Nov 17, 2009, 3:36:42 PM11/17/09
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In article <6fWLm.5451$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
jim.g...@ntlworld.com says...

ASDA kit is rarely pre-activated. You will need to register on
08000790006 before the phone will show any signs of life.
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Regards
Jon

Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 17, 2009, 5:44:07 PM11/17/09
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"Jon" <sp...@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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>Regards
>Jon

the copy says you wait for a text message with your new phone number then
you go online or phone them for the �5 credit......no text message came....


Lars Homestead

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Nov 17, 2009, 6:29:53 PM11/17/09
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"Jon" <sp...@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
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> claim your �5 free credit....still waiting for the text.....

ASDA kit is rarely pre-activated. You will need to register on
08000790006 before the phone will show any signs of life.
--
Regards
Jon

Bollox


Steve Terry

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Nov 17, 2009, 8:33:08 PM11/17/09
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"Lars Homestead" <lars.ho...@sky.com> wrote in message
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> Regards
> Jon
>
>
Or chuck the sim and put a LycaMobile sim in, already actvated,
with a number, and generally cheaper to use on Orange network

The futures bright, the futures Lycamoble on Orange

Jon

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Nov 18, 2009, 5:00:16 AM11/18/09
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In article <XGFMm.6214$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
jim.g...@ntlworld.com says...

If the phone is not receiving signal then it requires registration
first. No text will arrive until registration is carried out.

If the phone is displaying signal immediately then it has been "pre-
activated" and is anonymous until registered, but free credit offers
usualyl are conditional on full registrtation of personal details.
--
Regards
Jon

Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 18, 2009, 4:33:48 PM11/18/09
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> Or chuck the sim and put a LycaMobile sim in, already actvated,
> with a number, and generally cheaper to use on Orange network
>
> The futures bright, the futures Lycamoble on Orange
>
> Steve Terry

Mmm...good idea .....


Steve Terry

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Nov 18, 2009, 10:36:23 PM11/18/09
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"Jim Stewart ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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I wonder if Orange have realised that Lycamobile with unregistered
sims have ruined their database of Orange network users and made
Sim registration pointless?

Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 19, 2009, 3:00:39 AM11/19/09
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"Steve Terry" <gfou...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> "Jim Stewart ..." <jim.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:0LZMm.6496$Ym4....@text.news.virginmedia.com...
>>> Or chuck the sim and put a LycaMobile sim in, already actvated,
>>> with a number, and generally cheaper to use on Orange network
>>>
>>> The futures bright, the futures Lycamoble on Orange
>>> Steve Terry
>>
>> Mmm...good idea .....
>>
> I wonder if Orange have realised that Lycamobile with unregistered
> sims have ruined their database of Orange network users and made
> Sim registration pointless?
>
> Steve Terry
>
I wasn't wondering that..........


Jim Stewart ...

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Nov 19, 2009, 3:02:34 AM11/19/09
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> I wonder if Orange have realised that Lycamobile with unregistered
> sims have ruined their database of Orange network users and made
> Sim registration pointless?
>
> Steve Terry

they won't be able to sell it then ...


Jon

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Nov 19, 2009, 1:39:57 PM11/19/09
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In article <he2efv$l23$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, gfou...@tesco.net
says...

> I wonder if Orange have realised that Lycamobile with unregistered
> sims have ruined their database of Orange network users...

Since Orange have not insisted on full registration for about 3 years, I
doubt it.
--
Regards
Jon

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