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[One (M7) General] h.han:
I used to have 40% friend and family discount with Orange, so if I were to upgrade through orange to get the One, I would have paid 21.5 (36*0.6) per month, 600 mins, unlimited text, 1gb data, 24 month contract and phone £69. That is 587.4 over 24 months.

However, I hate hate hate locked phone with bloatware so after careful thought, I decided to lose my 40% discount by upgrading through phones4u.

They gave me 28 per month, 600mins, unlimited text, 1gb data, phone free, and the best things, 18 month contract, phone unlocked and unbranded!!

I know it means I am paying 504 over the 18 month, but I could easily find a sim only deal with cash back equaling around £10 or less for the next 6 month after my 18 month contract finishes, that will bring the total 24 month cost down to 564, £20 cheaper than even with 40% discount.

Nowadays, if you are willing to look for, you can always find better deal, and you don't need to build any loyalty with any operators.

Feel free to quote my deal with phones4u, they would give that to you I am sure since they match prices. sorry I know this is orange/ee thread.

Ps: just quickly searched online, quidco gives 120 pounds cashback when you get a sim only deal from vodafone, so with 10.50 you get unlimited mins and text, 1gb data. Or £7.17 for 600 mins and 500mb data.

Who cares staying with one operator, just look around, you will pay much less.
[One (M7) General] FUNKIT247:
Yep I am on T-mobile & I got the same message too.

Spoke to someone at T-Mobile again and was told there was a chance I could get it by the end of the week but could not promise.

This is so fustrating but what can you do.
[One (M7) General] pro4ever:
got a text message phone from orange coming tomorrow:good::good::good:
[One (M7) General] ichi2k:
I'm using the deezer and sky sports addon. I usually use TVCatchup to watch tv
[One (M7) General] ant78:
No not those ones, I had a text saying if your on a price plan above £41 you get 2 free games every month and the TV package the normally retails at £9 a month

http://help.ee.co.uk/system/selfser...ONE_OFFSET=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=20030
[One (M7) General] FUNKIT247:
Nice one :cool:
[One (M7) General] Dr Asqueroso:
Well Well Well... I must of got Mr Mean on the phone as the best "deal" I could get was 10% off the £36 per month deal over 24 months and there was no room for discussion. I'll have to go back for round 2 later.
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
What day did you order please dude?

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10 percent. Well they all suck don't they! The odds of getting a good deal lie with getting a good person on the phone always don't they! Phone up as a random too. So they don't make notes on your account
[One (M7) General] jaaystott:
I migrated my Orange account across to EE on the basis that I started a fresh contract. They sent me a White iPhone 5 for the upgrade and for £41 a month I get Unlimited Texts and Minutes and 2GB of Data.

I then traded my iPhone in, and got the One for £489 from P4U in the Arndale Centre. Steal. :D
[One (M7) General] jjc1992:
Well I'm incredibly rubbish with money and haggling so my deal probably isn't that great :P free phone on £46 per month for 24 months with unlimited texts, minutes and 3GB of 4G :) I use about 1000 minutes a month and I'll definitely use all my data :P so it's not too bad :)
[One (M7) General] ant78:
thats my deal too, dont forget the add ons you get like dezzer etc:good:
[One (M7) General] jjc1992:
Aww yeah :D my 4G Is at least twice as fast as my crap sky wifi :P so definitely worth the money!
[One (M7) General] SmokyM79:
I'm now the proud new owner of a one, it actually came last week. Only got it tonight though because a really good friend got it me and the first time I've seen her since.

No idea how much she's paying for it, it's the top package though.
[One (M7) General] Nekromantik:
I called Orange and got told release date is 28th and delivery 10 days after that.

So many different things being said!
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
I have sent a rather large complaint to some of the orange managers I have spoken to and their complaints department. If I get a response, ill stick in on here. All these completely bull dates are just a joke!
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
I have a bit of a strange issue with my order and wonder if anyone here could help.

Basically I'm currently with Orange and had a phone call from them (or maybe a partner?) on the 1st of March asking me if I would like to add an iPad to my contract, I kindly declined but asked about having a second contract. They ran through the usual and I ended the call happy with a free One for £36pm. The rep on the phone took no bank details or anything like that he just simply stated that I would recieve a text once stock had arrived for dispatch.

Since then I have contacted Orange who confirmed they do currently rum calls relating to adding an iPad however they said my order won't be one the system until stock arrives. Any idea if I'm getting duped here? Or should I hold out and see?
[One (M7) General] Bebida:
29th they will start rolling them out with the bank holiday and testing 10 days was probably a good guess. Mine will be delivered tomorrow tho from EE. Winning!

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They do have several authorised third party outbound sales teams. However they can't process your order untill stock is on general release so will wait untill after the 29th then put the order through.
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
Cheers for the info, will keep my fingers crossed! (I hate being impatient!)
[One (M7) General] gaabrysz:
Hey guys.

I know it's not the right thread but i got a quick question since im still waiting for my HTC One.

5 days ago i have moved to EE from T-mobile but i did not received my phone or sim yet and was wondering if i can still cancel my "upgrade"?
[One (M7) General] Bebida:
Yes
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
I'm pretty sure you can cancel up until 14 days after the phone arrives if you did the upgrade online or over the phone.

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Also, could anyone tell me if their EE/Orange direct (i.e. not from cpw or p4u) phone has any network branding/bloatware? All the typical, tint everything with a shade of Orange and shove a load of extra Orange specific apps on there, type stuff.

Obviously a question for those lucky ones who have received. A screenshot of the app drawer with the offending icons would be good if possible. :laugh:
[One (M7) General] Bebida:
Just received mine direct from EE no bloatware at all!
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
Well thats rather pleasing to hear! I just hope Orange do the same else it always leads to me whacking another rom on, just to get rid of all the Orange!

On the delivery front, nothing recieved here, text message or otherwise. I guess Tuesday it is at the very earliest. Great! :-/
[One (M7) General] gaabrysz:
Had a talk with EE today and mine is on its way. Estimated delivery 28.03 :)
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
I just thought sod it and called UKMail to see if they had any deliveries on record for my house. They dont. haha, next week it is then.
[One (M7) General] gaabrysz:
Still waiting... Out for delivery.
[One (M7) General] Bebida:
It's worth the wait :D
[One (M7) General] gaabrysz:
Sure hope so dude :)

Ok got mine and i'm in love:)
[One (M7) General] FUNKIT247:
They have stocks gents so don't take no for answer.

Mine is coming on Tuesday
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
When you say "they", do you mean Orange or EE?
[One (M7) General] FUNKIT247:
Good point

I mean T Mobile but if T Mobile have it I cant imagine EE or Orange not having them in stock.
[One (M7) General] 4tifjaved:
Was your one unlocked.I'm thinking of getting the phone from ee on my upgrade , but I need it to be sim free
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
I would have thought the same but I dont trust Orange as far as I can throw them. I even had people at Orange saying they had stock yesterday, they another guy said they didnt. Another great one was being told it would be delivered on the bank holiday as UKMail were wirking extra just to deliver these phones?! yeah right?! lol
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
I've still yet to hear from Orange but their webshop has now changed from preorder to in stock......
[One (M7) General] SmokyM79:
They definitely have stock, I've had mine for over a week direct from ee
[One (M7) General] FUNKIT247:
T-mobile have a worse rep that Orange, saying that the person I spoke to when I complained was from Orange ( as I guess they pool resources) he was helpful in the end but you had to keep on at him.

Well I have the tracking info & its been delivered to my local depo.

Its very frustrating that I have to wait until Tuesday & its just down the road.

Might give them a call first thing to see if they would deliver it early for a small fee.
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
Nipped into my local EE shop about an hour ago just to see if they had any stock but they didn't even have a display unit, the rep told me that loads of people have been in asking questions but as far as they know there is still no date for stock....
[One (M7) General] lysergic:
Got mine from EE yesterday. Have to admit the 4G speed is something awesome!
[One (M7) General] ant78:
It seems to be that different reps and stores tell you different stories, Best ringing EE to place an order for next day delivery:good:

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Me too, whats the top speed download speed you have had so far? On the speed test app i got 35mb down:p
[One (M7) General] xavier2k3:
Mine arrived yesterday. I only ordered it last Saturday through the early upgrade option from my One X on Orange. Didn't get a text to say it was being sent either. It was completely random that I checked with my concierge to see I had had anything delivered as I am going away on Tuesday. About to crack this bad boy open!
[One (M7) General] clubbed28:
Hi Guys,

Not one to usually complain but i thought it might be useful for some of you to know the experience ive had with EE and Orange.

I could early upgrade my phone with Orange on the 15th March and luckily this phone kind of caught my eye big time so i took the plunge and pre-ordered the phone on the 15th, i was told by the lovely lady on the telephone it would make more sense to sign up with EE and i would get a better deal with the phone cheaper and better data so i paid my 69.99 for the phone.

During this convo i mentioned i would like the silver version and she told me they were only doing black and i would have to wait for delivery on this probably in the next few days.

Contacting them a few days later they then procceded to tell me the phones were not arriving until nearly the end of the month but the phone will be "proccessed " haha and delivered by the end of the month , i mentioned the bank holiday and she said it makes no odds and that there trying to get the phone out to as many people as possible as quickly as possible , fair enough .

i took time off work in expectant mood of its arrival Friday no phone , saturday no phone , so i phoned them back to ask if they new a date or consignment number.

"we have had problems with our systems " ," for some apparent reason your pre order has been frozen but we have them in stock and i will get a person called James to contact you with a delivery date and consignment number , i do apologized for this and understand the inconveience caused"

Fair enough

No contact from said James arrived and i tried to contact EE about it who said talk to Orange and got banded from pillow to post several times i decided to give up the ghost and contacted Orange Helpers on facebook and Twitter who then told me to get in contact with the phone team !

At this point i was about at breaking point with frustration so left it to the wife!

Orange then contacted my wife this morning to say they they have no stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can imagine im absolutely shocked and so pissed off that i really dont know what to say and trawled the internet to see if anyone else had experienced anything similar.

This is what i got told as of 9.30am Tuesday 2nd April.

Orange and EE customers be warned !!!!!!
[One (M7) General] clubbed28:
Well thought id talk to someone face to face about my problems and went into the EE store ,no stock available and they didnt have any news for a delivery date so went into the 02 shop and picked one up straight away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been with Orange fifteen years and have now finally stitched providers due to such poor customer service from Both EE and Orange concerning this phone !!!!!!!!!!

Oh and i have it in silver the colour i originally wanted after Ee told me they were only doing it in Black!!!!!!!!
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
This sounds about as good as the time I have had with Orange so far. They're all just becoming more and more useless. I will add thay a few key people being great. Still no phone though, but my deal is that good, i dont want to go else where. :(
[One (M7) General] lysergic:
Wow, did not even get close to 35mb! I hover around 20mb, but I'm in a high traffic zone in London, 3G speeds have always been rubbish here.
[One (M7) General] ant78:


I hit 50mb today! Getting even better :D

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I've got nothing but praise for orange and EE . I was with orange but went with EE for the ONE and the service has been excellent to date
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
I think that has been part of the issue. It's all your fault! ;)

Through speaking to pretty much everyone at Orange, from what i have been able to gather, they have had a massive amount of people move from Orange and TMobile to take advantage of 4G, so much so, they havent had enough stock to handle everything from EE and TMobile and Orange.

Now although no one at orange has confirmed this, it seems they have just reallocated loads of their Orange and TMobile stocks to EE as the EE stock ran low.

I would have happily gone to EE but 1) I dont get 4G in my area at all and 2) I am on a "Your Group" with 4 contracts with different end dates. With this, if i move one contract over, it will loose all the extras "your group" gives. Key one being the 3 hours of calls per day to other members on your group. 3) I have a great deal with Orange with unlimited calls and texts, 2GB of data and a free phone which i dont seem to be able to get anywhere near that on EE.

With all of that, I still dont have a phone and have been told just today that they are "still testing"
[One (M7) General] Dr Asqueroso:
So after rounds 2 and 3, I've finally taken the upgrade plunge and Orange have given me a One for 24 months at £36 per month, unlimited text and calls, 3gb of data and the phone for free (£30 refunded on first bill)...

So lets just hope they deliver the phone in the morning as promised!!!!
[One (M7) General] dudda:
Orange are now saying delivery is expected in 10 working days from the date of the order.....

I ordered on 26th, not received anything yet.
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
And its finally arrived! Woo!
[One (M7) General] dudda:
When did you order?
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
4th of March!? Didnt take long did it! :-/
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
Who did you order from Orange or EE?

Had my order with Orange since the 4th but still have yet to hear from them....
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
Orange, I have phoned and pestered pretty much every day due to so many lies from various people. They are just useless, but I did end up with the phone for free,60 quid in credit an double data due to the complaints, and now I have it, I'm happy :)
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
Just had a call from Orange, "Due to high demand we have struggled to meet deliveries of the HTC One, we would like to instead offer you a One S for £18 a month."

I laughed complained and now finally my One will be here on Monday! :)
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
What a joke! Tell them you want more for nothing in compensation. After what I think is my final fight today with them, (contract switched today and they had my tariff down wrong) I now have 70 quid acc credit, free phone, unlim mins an texts, 4 gb data and all at 24.85 per month!
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
Just reiceved my tracking details from UK Mail!

Annoying thing is that it's at the local depot for "next day" but won't be here till Mon :(
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
I think they do Sat delivery, give them a call and see if you can upgrade it. Or perhaps see if you can go and pick it up? :D
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
They do deliver 9-12 on a Sat but my nearest depot is about 90 miles away so I can't see them getting it here today, I'll sit and wait it's been long enough so two more days won't kill me :)
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
Bigger! I'm just glad to see people finally receiving from orange. Has taken them long enough. Well worth the wait tho! Mine gladly has zero flaws that I can see so hopefully yours will be the same!
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
Package is "out for delivery" :)

Took the day off so now I'm impatiently waiting......
[One (M7) General] dlads:
Plenty of stock in carphone warehouse.

Got mine on a retail discount (u have to be a partner to get it)

EE

One Silver

unlimited everything

3GB data

Solo beats

Free £30 case

2x screen protectors

Free months insurance

Should be £46

Paying £28

I think the cheapest on orange is the works and that's unlimited everything for £36, phones free.
[One (M7) General] ant78:
On body managed to get there add ons working yet
[One (M7) General] killswitchmad:
I f***ing love this phone!
[One (M7) General] radeonorama:
Common! its better than that! ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rinma50:
Hy i want to know is posible to port whole rom from s4 to s3 i mean with all new features and tw?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NatTheCat:
Some will be a yes bit some will also be a big fat NO

The hover mode and health things I suspect are off the cards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Health is definitely off the menu as we don't have built in pedometer on s3, which the s4 does, as I understand it :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
I'm gutted about that one slappy ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t0kgrumps:
well maybe someone could change the settings and contacts background to white. and port or theme the lockscreen to get the rainbow unlock
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AthenaLod:
Non-hardware dependent features are coming.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2416620,00.asp
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mavambu:
i hope for this
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Glebun:
wrong, there is no hardware pedometer, it just uses the accelerometer. look up "pedometer" on play store.
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[LG Optimus Black] jaywithl:
Hi !

My Phone is LG P970 , and it always boot loops. i already Reflash it using SFT but still it boot loops. can someone tell me what the problem is? can anyone teach me how to unbrick my phone? :(

Sorry for spam i moved my Thread here.
[LG Optimus Black] Edvin73:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1487105

Read this.
[LG Optimus Black] jaywithl:
ive already done the SFT but still my phone goes Bootloop :(.
[LG Optimus Black] no14me:
Did you flash V20 with SFT successfully?

Are you sure done it step by step?
[LG Optimus Black] jaywithl:
yes ive done it step by step :(
[LG Optimus Black] jaywithl:
can anyone help me please? :( ive done the SFT but still it boot loops. can anyone tell me :(
[HTC One X] jimmy2027:
I smashed my One X by accident. FYI, it was out of anger and frustration from dealing with my dicky roommie. The digitizer broke, and my screen went haywire. Once I turned it off, it refused to turn back on. It just remained dead in my room. I was hesitant to send my babe to repair because of all that horror experience people here discussed on XDA. I head stories of people getting their devices back unrepaired while having to go through unneeded payments, basically paying for extra services. I even heard from one guy saying how he has to pay much to get his device back if he doesn't want to deal with the repair fees, or else HTC will destroy it, sell it as refurbished product, who knows...

I tried opening up my device but only found out it was beyond my ability to diagnose the problem. I sent my device to some reputable third party repair shops for free diagnostics but to my surprise they said they didn't know what was wrong with it.

Reasoned that my device must be beyond being fixed, being still under international warranty, I contacted the HTC repair center here in U.S and inquired about some logistics about shipping. They were really friendly and was willing to engage in my conversation. They sounded like they already knew what was wrong with my device and ready to do their job.

I followed the instruction given to me through email, packed up my device, and bah bye...

The shipping did not take long, probably like 3 days at max. HTC even sent me updates on the repair process and inquired me about any additional information if needed. What's more, I ended up not having even to pay for the international warranty protection fees or something like that....$20 value. The device was fixed within a couple of days and sent back to me free of charge.

It was nicely packed inside, HTC style box, saying "I'm back." Anxious, I took out the phone and did some testing, and it works like a charm!! I noticed small gap at the bottom between the screen and back cover, but I guess it was due to my prying open.

Just some sharing of my experience with HTC. I don't know why people had bad experiences with them....

Anyone here to share your thoughts on repair experience with HTC?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] gizmogeek:
I have an idea that i want to try but alas i fried my rs and cannot get it to upgrade or even work any other way.

My plan, is to have someone copy the radio stack using the bootloader utility which will copy GSM to SD, use xdarit to make a file and send it to me, so I can try installing it on my t-mobile. I would prefer a newer TMobile US rs but i will try anything.

CompUSA is going to replace my t-mobile when they get new stock which I am sure will be the WM2003 version which is why I aint too worried.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] kalex:
U can't copy GSM to SD card. it doesn't work.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawgone:
Guys I need your knowledge. For some dumb reasons, I deleted all my .vcf files including all the backups with the intention that I'll re-backup all my contacts prior to flashing a new rom.

Unfortunately, I flashed the rom without backing up the contacts first!!! Probably I was disturbed because I'm doing the flashing and everything inside our office (lol while working).

I just came to my senses after I succesfully flashed this rom. I don't have any backup of my previous roms either.

What will I do? Help!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
Are the contacts in your gmail? Otherwise you could try getting a program that tries to recover lost files.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawgone:
Thanks for the reply buddy.

Sadly it wasn't synced to my gmail either.

Update: Tried to use a data recover software, it did recover the lost vcf files. However, the vcf files were already corrupted! :( I don't know why?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blakstar:
Did you try This, if not, then try it, just download the free option

press thanks if i helped