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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sub69:
Sorry, but if you're a heavy data user, then Three's One Plan is fantastic value. It's the only plan that allows tethering without additional costs, and truly unlimited data.

Vodafone and O2 both charged me huge sums for going over my fair usage limits, and that was before I even started using my phone as a portable hotspot.

With Three, I have no worries at all about data usage, and I've even been able to start tethering my netbook on the train. £25 per month on their Sim-Free One Plan, and I'm using an average of around 12Gb per month.

Can you show me another plan that allows tethering and will do me a similar deal (with only around 200 minutes of x-network calls)...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ayrlupine:
o2 allow tethering, but you're right that you don't get unlimited. I'm going for 500MB and I'll up the bolt-on to 1GB if I need it. I won't need more than that though, as far as I can see! I'm too scared to go with Three for two years as I'm about to graduate, and if I manage to get a good job I want it to be more-than-likely I'll get good coverage!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deanoaka:
Become and member of Quidco or Topcashback, visit the o2 site through either of those sites you sign up-to, buy your product and then it should track back into your cashback account. Once it's in there, you can transfer it back to your bank account!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
Personally I think topcashback is the better site. It gives slightly more than Quidco and doesn't take any yearly administration fee. Quidco takes £5 a year.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RedBlueGreen:
Where? I havent seen any rumors about it =/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DVC1985:
The closest thing I've heard about an SGS3 is that Samsung 'aim to deliver 2GHz processors to phones by next year'. That could mean anything from next week to December 2012.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueflash:
no DHL pickups from o2 till tuesday :( guess I can stop refreshing now then..

gutted had phone in hand in phones4u but like many they wont do online offers in store
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] padlad:
Not in O2 stores until Tuesday :( Just rang a couple of them up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
Hi

Are you sure you can terminate the data allowance (which isn't described as a bolt-on) after 30 days? I can't see where it says it in their t&c but if it's right, this is probably the way I will go (even though I can't get the VAT back).

TIA

norm
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
When did you order it? I ordered on Thursday and the status says its now at DHL Leeds so if I'm lucky may get out for Tuesday delivery but I'm saying Wednesday just to be sure.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4nts:
I'm going with the 12 month contract @ £20pm with e2save and TalkMobile inc £46 cashback. As this will be my new contract phone will be ~ £263 for me. (no real change in monthly bill.) I know most people already know this but for more info from Money Saving Expert on price comparison + on cashback.

Just to point out that bestcontractmobilephone (as some people have mentioned them earlier in this thread) display the effective monthly cost incorrectly IMO.

When selecting say contacts up to 24 month - The displayed table/page fails to recalculate the averaged monthly costs for phones with shorter contracts the max value chosen.

So a 12 month phone with a monthly contract of £20 and a cost of £240 is displayed as having a avg monthly cost of £40 wheras it should be £30 when spread over 24 Months. This appears to be quite misleading to me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
This appears to be quite misleading to your customers to me.

Should that not be directed at the company not XDA .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayzee:
thanks for this fab info - i originally ordered the PAYG, but have cancelled that and gone for the Monthly 13.50 and cashback thingy - Now I get to give the sim to my daughter and she will not have to top up her PAYG sim :)

Easy to cancel as the order was still sat there waiting as I believe they are not in stock yet...

Anyway, I'm in no real hurry as got my desire Z running smooth and sweet til then...

Dayz xx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilal671:
I ordered on Thurday at about 6pm and my order is still stuck on "Order status: In Progress" :(. Not the best time for a bank holiday :P..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AaronUK:
I ordered o2 PAYG about 3pm on Thursday. I am also In Progress. They are out of stock and only sending contracts I think.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Hmmm, as you say. Not sure I trust these online chats though, the operatives never seem too clued up!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
I know why couldn't the bank holiday be next week so we could have our phones early lol

Officially the phone's on backorder till 3rd May but they do have stock they just can't release it but seems you're right about the contracts as mine was on contract and they've dispatched it so will most probably release the PAYG handsets Tuesday.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p4nts:
I've tidied up the post to make try and it clearer and explain why I posted it here. I have sent a message to the company directly as well - FWIW:eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilboa1:
"oh its me XXX ill redirect you to ZZZ!"

"Oh I'm ZZZ and i'll redirect you back to XXX"

"oh it's XXX again"

sigh lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicolopolus:
Ordered my SGS2 through buymobilephones.net on a T-mob contract. Already have a sim only contract with them and got a text about an hour ago saying ' thank you for taking out an extra line. This is now active'. Just waiting for the phone now! Apparently they'll be sending them out Tues for Wed delivery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naymyomgmg:
i ordered from buymobilephones.net as well on 3 network. 900 minutes and 1 GB data 30 pound monthly fees for 24 months contract and free phone cost. As for me the minutes, text and data are unimportant. I already have a SGS from that website in september 2010. All i want is that phone. I am thinking that i will sell that sim card to one of my friend who is a heavy talker.

comparing to other websites, i rather this one cos the prices are reasonable.

they will start shipping SGSII on 4th may. I hope i will be in that batch. But still don't get the comfirmation email from website. Still waiting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbailey:
Thank me....as I cancelled my buymobs early pre-order for a payg one :) you have a greater chance of that first batch ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
I think you may have a wait. I was told by a manager that they can currently only ship 3 branded phones for the 3 network and they do not know when they will arrive. That's why they're still showing as Preorder. I hope he is wrong but it's why I took the O2 offer. See my earlier posts in this thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DavidMc0:
I'm not certain about being able to cancel the £3 data add on, I just heard it from someone else, so I hope they were right, but it's still a great deal if you can't.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subvertbeats:
I used quidco yesterday to buy the SGS2 on a 24 Month contract with o2.

I'll be using the phone with my GiffGaff sim however.

Upfront cost £149.99

Total cost of phone + 24 months contract with quidco cashback works out at £315.

Haven't seen any cheaper deals. Was a no brainer for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subvertbeats:
Agreed, ill be using my GiffGaff sim so will also be left with a sim to give to my son for his phone. Great deals all in all!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turborider:
thats the place i got mine too and paid £19.99.for the Phone and got 18 months contract with T-Mob for just £30.64 wich is in full nearly £571.51 and if u buy Sim Free It Cost Ya over £500 so what i get is 600 cross-network mins + 500 texts + Unlimited data • 18 months £ 30.64 a month for just £71.51 fantastic :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanchless:
Spoke to someone at 3store and he sent me a text today saying they'll have stock on Monday. I'm guessing that's when 3 will start advertising it on their website as well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sherwood W:
Any chance he mentioned anything about pre-ordering it if you're already on a contract with them?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sanchless:
Sorry, never asked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmj12:
O2 Pay & Go £399 deal

Does anyone know that if the current deal (link below) from O2 for SGS2 on Pay & Go for £399 comes with the 16gb internal storage and

unlocked

?

http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/pay_and_go/init/Samsung/Galaxy_S_II

I need to be sure that the phone does come unlocked to avoid any potential future update release delays by O2.

Also, with this deal I assume you're not obliged to do the top up monthly, right?

I know there are other monthly deals out there that work out cheaper than this but I would like to continue to use my giffgaff SIM card. I don't really want to be tied down with contracts.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
The first wave of O2 owners will be Tuesday/Wednesday as that's when the phones will be delivered so I (on contract) and others (on PAYG) should be able to say whether the phone is carrier locked or not. Only thing to remember is that this has no bearing on whether you'll be able to use manufacturer updates or O2 only updates. If it's OTA updates then O2 may just not allow this without going through their testing phase or they may agree with Samsung that all phones go with the generic updates. It's all down to the operator unfortunately as I've been stuck in this situation before with my HD2 only getting O2 specific updates which they later changed for later phones sold but that was based on the way serial numbers were registered with HTC and nothing to do with being locked or unlocked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Can you confirm this was ordered from o2 online and you were able to cancel by logging on to your account? Some say that their money was taken immediately when ordering with o2 despite the phone not being in stock.

I want to place a payg order but ONLY if I am able to cancel if I wish and definitley only if they hold off taking payment until ready for despatch.

Appreciate the clarification, thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] entropia:
Just ordered from O2 but not sure I will get it next week

I had a strange experience with O2 today.

I placed an online order for £399 to be shipped on Tuesday. After not getting a confirmation email for two hours I called them and after a few minutes of investigation the support guy said the order was processed but then the device was out of stock so it was cancelled.

He suggested to transfer me to sales. The sales girl took my order again, and confirmed it will be shipped on Tuesday or Wednesday and I should expect it by Friday. Didn't want to wait until Friday but it seems the demand is high so I didn't want to risk going to a store on Tuesday and find out they are out of stock.

I received an order number. Again I waited for a confirmation email which did not arrive. I called again and was asked for the order number as well as an O2 customer password (?!) which I did not receive. The support guy said he can't help me unless I give him the password and he said he can't do anything without it, even though he verified my details and I explained I never received a password.

I am still not sure the order was processed. My cards were not charged yet in both cases.

Did anyone else had such issues?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
entropia - there was no way you could log in to the website to track your order?

Surely o2 offer order tracking?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
There are alot of us who can't get onto the order tracking part of the site keep getting an error very annoying.

Swyped from my Desire HD using XDA App
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] entropia:
No way to track for Pay and Go customers. Also, a few site errors, like edit personal details page not working.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evan79:
check in store

for those who ordered online with o2 and only receiving phone next week, have you tried your local shop, cancel your order and buy from store, my o2 shop has stock and will be buying one tomorrow so no waiting for delivery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Thanks entropia / niks ... poor system!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] entropia:
Anyone who ordered online on O2 Pay and Go and received a confirmation email?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueflash:
ordered Friday morning

Parcel data received awaiting coll.	29/04/11	LEEDS SERVICE CENTRE

was hoping they may collect Friday evening, oh well
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmj12:
Thanks, AVRS for your response.

What if the phone does come with locked? Is there anyway that it can be unlocked?

So, are you obliged to maintain the monthly top ups (text & web, simplicity etc) with the O2 PAYG £399 deal?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] entropia:
I thought about it and it's probably what I'll do.

Next - SIM unlock and root
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
Most I spoke to said Tuesday Ill call around again in the morning, my GumMobile order shipped today but I could do with the £100 saving!

Swyped from my Desire HD using XDA App
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinokirk:
Holy craz, thats a good deal!:

http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobi...le/T-Mobile-30-(18mths)-inc.-Internet/9637480

Even better than:

http://www.mobiles.co.uk/t-mobile-samsung-i9100-galaxy-s.html

Gonna wait to see what t-mobile offer me on the 13th first....probly naff all....they're shi*e with deals! ATM they are offering me Omnia 7 700min/400txts/3gb for 18m/£35 AND phone is £211!!! Balls mate absolute balls.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tankcmy:
Can you get cashback if you buy in store? Or are you only allowed to get cashback if you buy online?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
Online only I'm afraid.

Swyped from my Desire HD using XDA App
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteHartMart:
I've gone with the O2 deal for £13.50 pm over 2 years with just over £100 Cashback - thought the overall cost was fantastic on that.

Will enter my Unlock request as soon as number known.

Just checked my status and order is complete so hoping for Wednesday delivery :)

Just got to cancel my phones4u order now ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turborider:
arggg i wish it was wednesday to put my hands on SG2 cant wait :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dannyboyni:
I am currently one three, and I would switch to o2 if that deal is true.

Ive looked at the o2 website and I cant find that deal you mentioned, could you tell me where you got it thanks. Also how much minutes/text and data does that deal include.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incarniac:
It's here, then change the data allowance to 'basic' (£3/month).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dannyboyni:
And with that contract do you get free o2 to o2 texts/calls?

Also where is the cashback offer available?

Thanks.

PS. what happens if you go over the data limit on o2, do they cut you off? or is it charged per mb?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jambonator:
the only good deal imo is the O2 deal, £149.99 for the phone, 1 month at £13.50, then drop down to £10.50 for the next 23 months, with £90.90 cashback via topcashback. TOTAL COST £314.09

The contract is only 50mins/250 texts but who cares, keep as a spare or give it to a relative, and sign up to a sim only plan to use. For example, Three's 12 Month Sim Only 600 plan, £15/month x 12 = £180, minus £80.80 cashback = £99.20 or £8.27/month.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
IF they allow you to drop the data after a month - I don't think that's been confirmed yet though?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
Most phones are able to be unlocked and I'm sure this won't be any different once it's fully released I'm sure the online/local unlocking companies will offer it. There's a thread on here with people saying they've contacted a few and they've said it's one big database which they issue you a code and that's it you're unlocked and they will be offering the SGSII.

You're not obliged at all but they normally do say that if you don't top up every 30 days you won't qualify for any freebies that you may get (not sure what you get with O2 PAYG). Other than that they're only really charging you for the phone as the SIM's are free anyway.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Komatoes:
I would not stop the data until you have the cash back ;-) The phone can be unlocked already, just Google it :-P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incarniac:
Can't see anything about any of their tariffs saying it includes free O2 to O2, so I presume not.

Try Top CashBack - not used them myself.

If you click on "View charges outside your allowance" on the page you'll find all charges detailed. For 'UK browsing' it's maximum £1/day.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dannyboyni:
"If you click on "View charges outside your allowance" on the page you'll find all charges detailed. For 'UK browsing' it's maximum £1/day."

So say you go over your data allowance of 500MB on day 3 of the month of May, and you only get charged £1 for that one day. Then on the other days of the month you use your assisted gps which uses less than 1MB of data, but you do not use any other data, you would still get charged £1 each day you used the gps. So that adds £28 to the bill for that month?

Also could you use 10GB of data one day and still only be charged the £1 extra?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dayzee:
Got my confirm details through from o2 and have my new number and access to MyO2 - from there it clearly shows that you can change your bolt ons very easily (and data is a bolt on, not part of your tarrif) it has these options next to data bolt on

4 buttons are £3 basic, £6 mid, £10 full and none. Also says if you choose no data bundle, you will automatically be on the £1 a day for up to 50mb tarrif for any data you use.

So i think you can knock off the data bolt on but possibly not before you have cashback as it might break it. Dunno why it should, but just to be safe xx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
Thanks for the clarification :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
Also on all contracts through O2 you can change your bolt-ons every 30 days so it's pretty flexible for say if you know you're going to be away from an internet connection for a while you can use a web bolt on and then take it off the next month, very handy indeed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incarniac:
No, there are Terms and Conditions (pdf) attached to the tariff. Specifically about the £1/day Web Daily allowance:

As with anything, read all terms and conditions before signing up for anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subvertbeats:
Why are folks ordering the 399 deal from o2 PAYG?

If you got the 315 deal on contract surely if you really wanted you could buy out of your contract and save 85 quid?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
I think someone suggested O2 are prioritizing contract orders and it looks like he was right. I ordered a PAYG on Thursday evening and it's still showing up in my account as In Progress. When I realized how much better the contract deal with cashback was, I ordered one on another account yesterday morning but didn't cancel the PAYG order just in case anything went wrong with the new order.

Like others, I was unable to track my order on the new account but when I got home this afternoon I founf the trackyourorder was working and it showed as completed with a DHL tracking number although not collected yet. The PAYG order from 36 hours earlier is still in progress.

Still waiting for Quidco to confirm tracking on the contract order as without it, it works out more expensive than PAYG. It took 36 hours for the tracking of the PAYG order so I hope it should show up by tomorrow on the contract order.

I don't mind if the phone is locked but I do hope it has no O2 firmware.

norm
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilboa1:
for me its more the opposite

i don't care if the phone has o2 bloat but i'd rather have it unlocked hehe

easier to flash new fw on top than unlock (and free)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmj12:
I know I know...and I would've gone for the contract too if it wasn't because of the credit rating issue. To cut the long story short, I've been a victim of identity fraud and ever since I've been having problem with the credit score until it's resolved. So, I just can't be bothered to go through the hassles...not that I have much choice. I just want to get my hands on the phone.

Anyway, I've heard that the O2 normally put a lot of bloatware on the phone, is that true? And if so, would it be possible to remove these unwanted nuisance?

AvRS, I'm glad I don't have to carry on with those monlthly PAYG bolt on stuff. I intend to use the phone with giffgaff.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
Not from my experience, I've had a fair few phones from O2 and none have ever had bloatware (I class this as apps and services). All you get is a O2 welcome splashscreen, possibly the bubble wallpaper and all the O2 bookmarks to their wap sites which I'd hardly call bloatware as doesn't take up system resources and is mostly all visual which can be changed/removed easily. A few previous phones have also been unlocked which is always a bonus as gave them to family members on other carriers or makes it easier to sell. Keep saying it but really can't wait for mine to arrive!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zen123:
I tried the O2 contract deal via topcashback but was refused by o2. I then got an email from my credit card company saying that there has been a suspicious transaction for £149 & to contact them to unblock my credit card.

Is ther a problem with that site as tried a different card & same thing happened
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
This seems quite common. I had the same with my first order. Had to call my credit card company and they told me they often block orders with O2 because of the risk of fraud. Once I went through the security checks, they cleared the block so I could go ahead and order it again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteHartMart:
No problem at all with TCB in my experience.

The credit card debit would have been from O2 - TCB are only a go between?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
Phoned O2 about my PAYG order and was told the PAYG and contract phones are dealt with by different warehouses and that the PAYG phones are out of stock although new stock is due by Tuesday.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pet family:
Anyone here heard any rumour about whether the simfree/PAYG price will drop below 399 pounds in the next 2 weeks or even 1 month? Do you think this is still the early-release price so it will drop very soon?

How is it usually the pricing for high-end/flagship phone like SGS II?

Been living in UK for only around 8 months or so and haven't pay attention to phone & electronic stuffs pricing here