yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 General] lombardo8:
We weren't doing anything dodgy so why use different addresses. The T&Cs says open to anyone taking out an N4 on contract. Why should she lose out because she is married to someone that bought an N4 too? No where does it say 1 per household in their T&Cs. I wanted her to query the decision but she never really wanted the phone because it was too big. She really wants an S3 mini but I kind of forced her to get the N4 because it was too good an offer to pass.

The morons just tell you, sorry not on this occasion, please see our T&Cs. F@*king plonkers! Why didn't they refer her to the exact part of it that made her ineligible.
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
New to Twitter, have just been asked to DM a photo of reciept

How do I do this?
[Nexus 4 General] mustyrash:
thats a right shame, but i guess its better than paying for a phone that she wont use or like. :) silver lining hey :)
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
First of all check if they're following you, if they are, click on the icon next to the blue compose a tweet icon, then click on direct messages, then just click new message and put @O2 for the recipient. Don't think you can upload a pic through DM so upload it through an imagehosting site like tinypic and send them the link in the DM. Good luck!
[Nexus 4 General] fataltrain:
Does anyone know if there is any still TV's left ?thinking about throwing in the towel and trying it and buying one from o2 tomorrow?
[Nexus 4 General] lombardo8:
They are dumb. Wasted like half an hour trying to DM a picture to them. Finally realised it cant be done. Just tweet them a picture of the receipt making sure your name and address is not visible plus include the hashtag #lifesgood. Then DM them a message telling them you've tweeted the picture to them.

The alternative is you upload the picture to tinypic and include the link in your DM.
[Nexus 4 General] gallifreyangirl:
Got my free tv tweet today.
[Nexus 4 General] lombardo8:
Give it a try. You have got nothing to lose. If you don't win a TV, you take the phone back within 7 days. You are even allowed to use it and return it if you don't like it but my missus left hers sealed just so she doesn't break it and end up with an decision like she got
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
OK, did all that. I presume I'll get a further message to let me know if I've won
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
Yup, they replied to me within about an hour. Did you include your name, address and mobile number?
[Nexus 4 General] Joplisan:
Hi! I need a small favour: my friend lives in the UK. I asked him today if he could order N4 for me and deliver it to me when he comes back (to my country) next month. I've asked for N4 8GB, but he said it's out of stock (which I knew) but that N4 16GB is in stock. Is that true? Because every "availability check" page says that both are "out of stock". So, is 16GB really in stock on the Play store? Thank you so much for any info.
[Nexus 4 General] everett_psycho:
If you are using am android phone try and DM o2 using plume, you can add images on there unlike the normal twitter app
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
Yep, Have Nexus sat tantalizingly in front of me waiting for confirmation of TV. If not I'll have to wait for my Google order :(
[Nexus 4 General] 007xico:
I was about to post this deal on hotukdeals but changed my mind otherwise there weren't any tvs left. :o
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
haha same, posting it on there will open the floodgates
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
Don't you dare
[Nexus 4 General] stuart0001:
Don't post it for those vultures. They'll snap them all up purely to make a profit.
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
How do you think they'll try and contact us? Hope it's not through the mobile number of the contract, don't plan on using 50 mins a month...
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Yup, this. In fact original promotion is on there, where you had to go to the dome.

Post it on there when there are 2 days left of promotion.

And regarding someone who received TV already, when did you get twitter confirmation?
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
Got DM Stick to T&Cs & you're a winner

I guess that mean I'll be getting TV

Anyone know if removing data bolt on will affect T&C's and when we will be getting TV's?

Also I presume the O2 phones are unlocked and Unbranded

Cheers

Baz
[Nexus 4 General] isangelous:
Both are out of stock in the uk :(

There is some stock at the carphone warehouse and O2, but you have to pay a hefty premium.
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
Doubt it'll be affected, doesn't mention anything about that in the T&Cs and we'll still be on a pay monthly contract so should be fine. I've read that they should be shipping around mid December
[Nexus 4 General] batfink10:
I didn't think it was clear in the T's & C's and can't see why it would matter because when you upgrade you are essentially signing up for a new contract. I tried tweeting them (twice) but they've ignored me so far.
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
I don't think I'll remove the data until I get the TV. I'm sure it's worth £3
[Nexus 4 General] pemati:
Yes it should be fine but only because was told when doing fast upgrade as I'm on sim only can't return it if I don't win tv :(

Tweeted them about upgrade but not unswer too
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
Its purely an add on. The contract is £10.50 as stated on the paper contract I got. Think of the £3 bolt on as the £10 top up you usually have to take if you want an O2 sim with your PAYG handset.
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
They said they'll be in contact through twitter, so no need to worry about them contacting you through the useless sim number
[Nexus 4 General] chistery:
I asked if we'll get notification of delivery so I can be in, and they replied:
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Yup. All they need is imei to make sure you don't return and cancel your device. Did they ask everyone for imei? I got asked for name, contact no, address and imei.
[Nexus 4 General] DarkShadowAy:
I was going to sell the TV, I think I'll most likely be keeping it now for the bedroom. WinnOr!
[Nexus 4 General] everett_psycho:
Just in time for Christmas then I hope, can hide from the in laws watching TV in the bedroom if it's here by then :D hopefully it will be earlier for all those trying to sell so you can take advantage of the Christmas selling conditions
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
Time to cancel my Google Play order
[Nexus 4 General] snowdej:
Did the dirty deed

Hi

I got a phone from o2 today on a contract - did the tweet and got confirmed as a winner within an hour.

So now I wait for

a) google - I have a back order email and a pending transaction

b) the tv to kill the cost of the contract

Not going to cancel the google order - I am sure I can get the money back from someone

Jools
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
They didn't ask for mine, though it was visible on the receipt photo so should have been fine
[Nexus 4 General] stuart0001:
Same here
[Nexus 4 General] zukuvybz:
Thanks everyone. Today I was confirmed with getting a TV. enjoying the phone. It will be nice to be able to sell the TV which leaves me with paying 200 for the phone in the end. Just need to get my T Mobile micro sim!

Regards
[Nexus 4 General] gallifreyangirl:
the only problem i am having is retaining a signal on my phone with t-mobile. on about the phone the imei has o2 on end of it?
[Nexus 4 General] jparnell:
That's zero two!not o2.
[Nexus 4 General] Devzz:
PLEASE don't post this deal anywhere else until I've got my o2 confirmation atleast! :P :silly:
[Nexus 4 General] big_b0sss:
Does any one know when o2 will be shipping TV
[Nexus 4 General] Tiddy_:
The TV deal is tempting, but I just want the phone. I don't particularly want to be on a contract for 2 years.:|
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
You can pay up the contract once you receive the TV.
[Nexus 4 General] TeamAlpha:
I'm sure they must be very close to running out by now! I was expecting me to be the first person to miss out! :p

I think my handset is locked to o2, is everyone else's? Do they unlock it if you pay off your contract?
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Sorry to ruin the O2 chat folks, but has anyone contacted Google over the weekend to chase them up and see if they're saying anything positive at all?
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
Why do you think yours is locked? :p Mine is unlocked and I'm currently using my Orange SIM card. The O2 SIM I received with the phone is in my backup phone now.

---------- Post added at 09:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:49 PM ----------

They've been pretty quiet over the last few days now and I think they are taking care of the yanks first! Makes sense since the US is their #1 market but it sucks for everyone else.
[Nexus 4 General] Devzz:
I hope I don't miss out otherwise it'll be time wasted for nothing as I'll return the phone if I don't get the tv! :( No no, all Nexus handsets are unlocked and branding free, just pop in any microsim and it'll work fine
[Nexus 4 General] paprkut:
Why is everyone so sure they can sell the tv?
[Nexus 4 General] MDaveUK:
Don't we need to keep the sim card that comes with the o2 contract in the phone? Can't use another sim, or else they will check with the imei and the sim in the phone if you did or didn't sell off the phone? :o how do they know otherwise if you sold the phone?
[Nexus 4 General] Joey-UK:
I wonder what will happen if they don't ship within the 3 weeks
[Nexus 4 General] stuart0001:
They don't care. You're still tied into the contract whatever sim you decide to use.
[Nexus 4 General] hohoXD1233:
Why would they care if you've sold it or not? Surely all they want is for you to not return your phone and continue paying your contract.
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
As long as you don't return the phone, O2 are fine. You've already paid for the handset and you have a contract to stick to!
[Nexus 4 General] Tiddy_:
So most people will get the phone on the lowest contract available. End it early and pay it off. Surely they'll make you pay extra for cancelling the contract?
[Nexus 4 General] TeRRa4:
I've seen some of 3's DC-HSDPA speeds and the max you can get it, realisticly, is 16mbps, that's 2MB/s. However, you're most likely to get ~12mbps which is 1.5MB/s. They don't throttle, either.

Not sure about the other networks though. You'll have to check on their sites. I only know 3's speeds because I'm with them and went in-store to ask. :P

I'll add your offer to the list, thanks! :D
[Nexus 4 General] MizuhoChan:
If anybody is interested in giffgaff, I've got this handy referral here =D

http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/mizuhochan

As for the network, giffgaff uses O2 as well and the speed varies. I got this speed recently. Uploading an old one, since the IP's are different =P
[Nexus 4 General] TeRRa4:
This is what I got on 3 the other day, keep in mind my HTC Desire only has HSPA and not HSPA+ or DC-HSDPA. ;D

Picture didn't link? Odd.

2408kbps down

1532kbps up

78ms ping

Maidenhead

~200mi
[Nexus 4 General] dondavis007:
Ive got 3 in Sweden. 39euro, free talk, 3000 sms ans 10gb data. Ill buy a 299 phone put of contfact.

Skickat från min Nexus 7 via Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 4 General] MizuhoChan:
I'm on an Xperia S, which is apparently HSPDA 14.4Mbps
[Nexus 4 General] AvRS:
It's good to see this comparison as I've currently reduced my O2 contract down to a rolling 30 day as just finished my 18 month one I had on my S2 and am paying £15.50 for 300 mins, unlimited texts and 500MB data. I know this is crap I just needed to reduce it and this covered my use for the time being. Over the weekend I found the Tesco 30 day contract at £12.50 a month for 500 minutes, 5000 texts and 1GB data which is more than I need and if I find that Google music is amazing and I start streaming I'll just change to something else. I only considered Tesco and GiffGaff as an alternative due to them using O2 but after speaking to a guy at O2 I chose Tesco as all contract support is direct with O2 who have been fantastic for me and offer the best network coverage across everywhere I go. I prefer to be able to pick up a phone rather than have to wait for responses on a forum :p so that ruled out GiffGaff for me.

30 day contracts are the way to go for definite. I saved the money to buy it outright as I was coming to the end of my contract and knew there'd be a new Nexus coming around this time of year. Preparation is everything :p

To the guy sending off his S2 (I'm doing the same) O2 recycle offers the best prices which have stuck at £152 for the past couple of weeks so hopefully should stay the same for the next week till you get the N4. That's my plan if I don't sell it for more to a friend on facebook lol
[Nexus 4 General] mojo22:
How's 3 reception though. I've heard people having problems with calls hence why i'm wary and trying to avoid them. They do offer the best connection though I've heard from many.

Maybe you should add further info to the intial thread regarding network coverage etc. (if you're not bothered :) )

What city you in btw?

I see you're in London. Any problem with O2 mobile range? What's the lowest your speed reading have been? Really considering tescos and virgin atm.

What city you in?
[Nexus 4 General] ScuzUK:
Does any one know if Virgin Media offers HSPA+?
[Nexus 4 General] vizzy:
United Kingdom

3 HSPA+

Orange UK HSPA+

O2 UK HSPA+

Vodafone UK havet HSPA+

So in theory all networks that use 02 should have it.....
[Nexus 4 General] mojo22:
Virgin states:

Not sure about their service. Anyone having issues with O2 here in London?
[Nexus 4 General] Makaijin:
I'm going to my 2 pence worth. For virtual providers such as giffgaff, despite having unlimited data goodybags, they compress images rather heavily and there is no known way to turn it off. While it is possible to turn it off if you went with O2 proper, with giffgaff (virtual using O2 backbone) you simply cannot. I'm not exactly sure with Virgin but I believe they are also in a similar situation.

If you don't like your images compressed the best deals are to go with Three, as they don't compress images at all. T-mobile used to compress as well but I don't use them no more so I don't know if the situation has changed, especially as they have finally started to change their branding to EE (Everything Everywhere).

As for tethering with Three, technically only the One Plan is officially supported without extra cost. But I have tethered regularly for 2 years without problems even though I am on a SIM only plan with all-you-can eat data without penalty.

My advice is for smartphone data usage Three offers the best value for money. A small reminder best value for money does not mean cheapest. If you want pure bottom prices then giffgaff is your best bet. I use both Three and giffgaff but if I had to choose one I would stick with Three.
[Nexus 4 General] dethrat:
I can do better than that i got

3's 1year contract

600 mins

5000 texts

All-you-can-eat-data

£15.90/month full term £190.80

I managed to negotiate 30% off making it £11.13/month full term £133.56

Total saving £57.24

BEAT THAT!!
[Nexus 4 General] Makaijin:
Nice deal. Good thing about Three retail stores are the manager special deals they put out. Sometimes they put out some good SIM only deals. My mate got lucky a few months back and signed a 12 month One Plan for £19/month. Was a steal basically.
[Nexus 4 General] TeRRa4:
Haha, this isn't a competition, bro. :P

When I renew my contract with 3 in April I should be able to get about £5. Imagine that deal for £10/month. I'd be all set! :D

Nice one though. 3 seem to be very reasonable when it comes to negotiations. Their view on it is that they get another customer either way and it's more money in their pocket. :D
[Nexus 4 General] TubbyHamster:
Despite what I previously posted I may pay the extra few quid a month and stay with GiffGaff as my dad pointed out the other day that 3 is a 3G only network... meaning if you are trying to conserve battery then GPRS is not an option... worth taking into account.

Also the great thing about a service like GiffGaff that you can top up is the possibility of discount on the top-up vouchers. My wife works at Tesco and so for the past year and a half I've been paying £9 for each £10 top-up voucher.

If you decide to do something similar then you can maximise savings by buying the Tesco Mobile top up vouchers, they run on the O2 network and the 16 digit code can be redeemed through GiffGaff. As a Tesco employee she gets triple reward card points on all Tesco Mobile Topup purchases (£0.30p for every £10 voucher)

So for the past 18 months I've been effectively paying £8.70 per month, with the increase of GiffGaff pricing to £12 I will over the course of the year have to buy £150 of credit (£12 X 12months rounded up) which will cost me £135 and earn me £4.50 of Tescos points/vouchers. Effectively £10.83 per month with some spare credit left in my GiffGaff account, it will likely be less as I earn a few quid worth of payback each year.

I think this is the option I will follow, texts and data are my mainstays and I reguarly exceed 7gig in a month... my record being 12gig, GiffGaff delivers this and also gives me the option of GPRS should it be needed. :)
[Nexus 4 General] EddyOS:
Are 3 still a 3G-only network? I'd be tempted to go with them but not sure on coverage outside of 3G
[Nexus 4 General] ilukecurtis:
Check your data usage on GiffGaff, I rarely go over 900MB a month so I'm sticking with the £10 goodybag, and you get to use tethering on that goodbag too! :)
[Nexus 4 General] TubbyHamster:
I use a lot of data updated my post above...
[Nexus 4 General] ilukecurtis:
mpheek 45th

Holy... 7GB? That's a lot of data haha
[Nexus 4 General] TubbyHamster:
I set my Podcast software to sync overnight automatically and let all my updates update when they please. I use tune in radio pro to stream radio and will watch you tube and espn footy highlights on it. It all adds up.

Also when Virgin at home goes down it becomes a HotSpot for a few devices. Against the GiffGaff rules but they haven't detected it so far. :)
[Nexus 4 General] Nexx:
Order placed! \o/

Took 5-6 attempts but eventually went through. Now I can get some sleep!

x.x
[Nexus 4 General] Rob014:
I had this come through after about 30 seconds of it hanging:

"Problem with processing order

Oops, we had trouble processing your purchase. For more details, see your Google Wallet account.

For further assistance, please contact customer support."

I've received an email receipt now so hopefully it's ok.
[Nexus 4 General] pichu23:
mine froze after i clicked accept and buy. did yours show on the transaction on google wallet ?
[Nexus 4 General] AvRS:
I'm still trying, it just keeps having that oops issue.

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!! lol
[Nexus 4 General] StuMcBill:
Pressed accept and buy, now its frozen!! :(
[Nexus 4 General] Audioboxer:
Another Play Store disaster for many of us!

edit: Both 'coming soon' now
[Nexus 4 General] cadams85:
Where the hell as my 16gb option gone?!?!
[Nexus 4 General] TeRRa4:
You and me both! rsigundltirugnseodnhitrn
[Nexus 4 General] pichu23:
mine too. it's literally not moving. :(
[Nexus 4 General] Higgsy:
didn't bother with the bumper, £15.99 is too expensive, if it had been £9.99 I would have had one.
[Nexus 4 General] vido.ardes:
Me too :(
[Nexus 4 General] micflair:
now both flipping between coming soon and available.. argh
[Nexus 4 General] ajpettit:
yeah same here froze a few times and i kept going back and forth (almost bought 2 at one point) left the bumper as wanted to get the order in for the phone at least now the real waiting begins
[Nexus 4 General] vizzy:
Ah well. I'll wait till batch 2.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
I've got it in the cart. Will keep it there and keep trying to proceed.
[Nexus 4 General] ilukecurtis:
just going through google wallet now... although i can see this being as far as im going to get -.-
[Nexus 4 General] Nexx:
Yep, got a Google Wallet transaction, plus an order confirmation page on Google play.
[Nexus 4 General] TeRRa4:
I don't think they've sold out, I think the servers are just under incredibly heavy load. I was expecting this to happen. Don't lose hope, keep trying!!
[Nexus 4 General] ajpettit:
to those who did get an order through did you receive your confirmation email yet?
[Nexus 4 General] pichu23:
well that sucks for me. mine froze there for almost 15minutes now. :(
[Nexus 4 General] stuart0001:
Nope. You just pay the contract term x monthly rate. They aren't getting less that way so why would there need to be a penalty
[Nexus 4 General] everett_psycho:
Nope, just what's left of the contract. Some are cancelling and others aren't, personally if I'm paying for it anyway I'm keeping it active to use the priority moments promotions and save some more cash elsewhere, could always be useful to negotiate with in 2 years at renewal time
[Nexus 4 General] Tiddy_:
So basically overall I'd pay £432 - £10.50 x 24 + £180 one off for the phone. Do you reckon it'd be best to cancel the contract in January?
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
You could essentially cancel it whenever you want! :) Personally, I'm going to get the TV then phone O2 to pay the whole contract off.
[Nexus 4 General] TeamAlpha:
The woman at o2 said it would be locked to o2. Haven't been able to test it otherwise, and I suspect if others' are unlocked then mine may be too.
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
Rule no 1.

90% of sales people know nothing about a product they are selling. None of N4's are locked.
[Nexus 4 General] zukuvybz:
Damn the lowest contract they showed me was £13.50 oh well, still cheaper than play store in the end and I have the phone now :p
[Nexus 4 General] undercover:
It's the same contract. You need to remove £3 bolt on.
[Nexus 4 General] DarkShadowAy:
So true, both O2 shops didn't know what a Nexus 4 was they had to approach another member of staff to ask them. They then continued to blag.

Either way, the second shop was a student and he was sound. In the other store the guy was a giant penis.
[Nexus 4 General] iWannaBeAdored:
The £13.50 contract includes the 100MB £3 data add-on which you can remove to lower the contract to £10.50 per month.
[Nexus 4 General] adjuk84:
The girl that severed me was hot. But her insight into the phone was "I like the screen size, its nice". I declined the offer of her setting it up for me.
[Nexus 4 General] Baz8755:
Reading through the T&Cs does make me wonder if we will be required to attend an event to collect the TV
[Nexus 4 General] 12078215:
What makes you think that? Is it this bit?

11. The recipients may be required to participate in publicity connected with this promotion and it is a condition of entry that the recipients agree to their name and country of residence being made publicly available if they are successful.

If so I wouldn't worry at all. They specifically mention that it will be shipped and they ask for an address as well.
[Nexus 4 General] hx4700 user:
Perhaps they'll make the ones who have cancelled their phone contract attend an event; and if they don't they have to hand their phones and TVs back. That would be a laugh ;)
[Nexus 4 General] Arival:
Just spoke to them and they know nothing more. It's the same 'we ask them every day but haven't heard anything' story. She said they still maintain that all orders will be filled within the 3 week time frame but had absolutely no more information than that.

I'm dubious personally - they have 9 days to sort out what appears to be the majority of UK play store orders and yet their support team haven't heard anything for 2 weeks.
[Nexus 4 General] jaybeerex:
What you mean is, they have 9 days to issue a further delay email if necessary and offer a free bumper as apology.
[Nexus 4 General] spences10:
:^O

For an information company that are open and transparent Google are really really the kings of "lack of information" oh the irony
[Nexus 4 General] boysetsfire:
can any londoner tell me if the phone is available (in stock) at any carphone warehouse? without a contract? :) I have a friend there and I could make he grab one for me.