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[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Hey all, yes I have searched through the various threads and used search but not finding very much posted about this anywhere so please don't all jump on me at once for creating another contracts thread...I want one specifically for high data users that will be buying or already own the 'One'.

I specifically use a fairly large amount of data, Usually around the 2.5gb mark each month. Sometimes bordering on 3gb....

Anyone else use this sort of data? If so who have you got a contract with?

Or if I'm the only one that has such a large data usage, how the hell do you all keep yours so low? I use wifi at home as well so in the mornings and evenings and most of the weekends I'm using that rather than my mobile data. But still somehow using lots of data (and no I'm not tethering. Have done once, but it's not regularly part of my usage)

So yeh, basically. Any tips on good deals with high data, low calls and texts, or tips on how to keep data usage down??

And although this could have been posted as a question, I would assume that there are other high data users that will be interested in the info posted here.
[One (M7) General] Razwaz:
Re: High data contract deals UK

I've went with 3 as they're the only company that do Unlimited data as far as i know.
[One (M7) General] tdingene:
There are only three options for contracts for high (>1GB) data users. The best choice is the One plan from Three which gives you truly unlimited data including tethering and generally has good coverage IMHO. You can get a HTC One on the One Plan for £36/month on a 24 month plan.

The other option is the Full Monty plan from T-Mobile. Also a relatively expensive option vs. the very cheap Orange 1GB deals on dial-a-phone for example but it does give you unlimited data. I think is also £36/month but with £70 up front.

Alternatively you could get a 3 or 5 GB 4G plan from EE but that is the most expensive option and not unlimited but does give you high usage options and is 4G. (3GB is £46/month and 5GB £51/month)
[One (M7) General] allmine1976:
Re: High data contract deals UK

My ee contract is £33.50 a month for 1000 mins 2000 texts and 4gb of data .
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
They are amazing for data but are totally crap as far as CS goes so it'll be good to see any other possible options as I too am only aware of them as being good for high data users

I think T-Mobiles 'Unlimited' data is in-fact really quite limited. Something like 1.5gb data I think, but I could be wrong

Where did you get this deal? And was it an upgrade?
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Just out of interest, I've added a poll because I would really be interested in knowing what the data plans people have bought their one with......It seems not many have super high usage so I'd like to see what the rough figures were so far.....Are heavy users really as rare as they seem?
[One (M7) General] ant78:
anything less than 1GB seems odd ;)
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
You never know. Lots of people I know use about 500 so maybe I'm just a madman for using almost 3gb lol.
[One (M7) General] Shasarak:
I decided to buy the handset SIM-free and then put a GiffGaff SIM in it. For £12 a month I get 250 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited data, and I can cancel that any time I like, even just a single day before my next payment is taken.

Virgin has some quite good SIM-only deals too; if you don't mind being limited to 300 free texts a month, you can get unlimited data for £10 a month top-up.

My thinking was that, right now, I really don't want to get locked into a long contract because it's not at all clear what the different providers' 4G services are going to be like.
[One (M7) General] tdingene:
I tried GiffGaff for a while last year but found they do very heavy image compression on their network which makes using the internet and any apps with images really really ugly with pixellated images. There was no way to turn this off. I don't know if this has since changed though.
[One (M7) General] brainimpact:
one of 3's All you can eat plans all the way due to free upgrade to 4G at no extra cost when launched in the Summer
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Yes 3 do definitely the best all you can eat packages. But its annoying how they know you don't really have any other option hence they.don't bend on price at all!
[One (M7) General] nk7600:
I am in the same boat :(. I use anywhere from 6GB to 9GB per month as I haven't got BB so do everything on my mobile lol. It seems we are just limited to 3 atm?
[One (M7) General] ant78:
Hope thats true, where did you hear about the summer upgrade?
[One (M7) General] xavier2k3:
24 Month Contract?

Upgrade?

Fee upfront for phone?
[One (M7) General] Tetsumi06:
I spent over 9 years on 3 paying for their premium contract (and a data allowance I never came near to scratching.)

Eventually though their CS got to be beyond a joke. Their refusal to offer even a free phone to keep me on their One plan and total inability to hire anyone to man the call centers that could actually speak English drove me away.

I have since been blown away by the difference on Orange. My 3 contract is still in it's final days and that phone manages an astounding 225Kb/s compared to the 19.7Mb/s I get on Orange (both phones show H data connection although the Orange connection spends a lot of time trying to actually hang onto 3G instead.)

Read into this what you wish but it will take wild horses to drag me back to 3.
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Hey I just wanted to chime in here with a bit of info I came across via a friend. Staples do a weird membership plan thing that might interest some people. I've been looking in to it and it seems interesting but I'm not sure if it's really for me as the monthly cost seems to stand above average as far as I can see. They also don't have availability of the One yet but have told me that it should be coming to them soon.

Essentially you are not tied in to a contract and can swap your phone at any time, change you plan at any time or leave at any time and all you have to do is give 30 days notice. They claim that should you wish to leave you would only have to return the phone. No buyouts or extra costs unless you wanted to buy the phone from them which you could do should you wish to. Also you can essentially build your own package to suit your needs and choose any network except for 3 to have the selected package on. And should yo go over your allowance there are NO charges...Though on talking to him he said they gave you a 20% buffer to go over and if you kept going over they'd be in touch and saying to tweak your package a bit, but of course again this can be done at any time. Essentially it's a totally fixed price per month with no nasty surprises.

The guy also claimed that there were other membership benefits such as up to 6p off a litre of fuel every time you fill up and insurance discounts etc...But again I'm not sure how much these pro's outweigh the costs...And of course it's only up to 6p off so for the next 2 years it could only be 1p off per litre....You see what I'm saying anyway...

So obviously as he couldn't accurately quote on the One because he didn't have it yet I asked for some quotes on similar priced phones (I shant name them as this post is about the One, I just did what I needed to to get a picture of potential costs)

For a membership plan with

250 mins

500 mins

2GB Data

Approximately £60 a month

If you lose some data and go for 1GB it drops a bit to £50ish

I looked at 2 plans specifically for me which were

250 mins

250 texts

2gb data or 5gb data

and the quotes were £52 and £58

You also have to pay the first 3 months upfront, though should you wish to leave after a month you get 2 months back of course.

So you see they're much much more expensive then you're average contract but then again for that price you can get a new phone every single month should you wish....I dunno. I'm still haggling with him so I'll let you know how I get on. But it's work looking in to really, especially for people who use a lot of data at times as the odd month you use more and maybe go over you wont be hammered for it.

Anyway here's a link to the site should anyone want to check it out/enquire.....http://www.staples.co.uk/connect_home_subsite
[One (M7) General] compact_bijou:
You can buy a lot of coffee for £60 a month and you can rinse a lot of free wi-fi while you're at it.

Trust me, blagging free wi-fi is easier and cheaper than an expensive data plan.
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
This is true....The only real benefit I can see by going this route is being able to potentially have an iPhone one month then maybe try out the S4 then go back to the One, then try out the new Nexus 5 when it comes....etc etc...I mean it would be cool to have the flexibility but it's such a lot of money....I have emailed back this morning stating that if I was to keep the phone for the full 2 years I would end up paying approximately £600 more over the course of 2 years compared to the highest data contract available on the phone! Which is MENTAL considering the phone is available to buy sim free for less then £500 atm! And that's not taking in to account depreciation etc....So anyway I'll see what he comes back with and let everyone know....

Oh and I also asked if the monthly cost includes insurance or anything, which of course would make it almost seem a bit more worth the price, but it's still high....
[One (M7) General] skibadee:
I came from Vodafone to 3 as they don't offer unlimited data.

Its 12.90 a month (rolling contract) 200 mins, either 1000 or unlimited text (can't remember) and unlimited data. The difference was phenomenal compared to Vodafone.

I think it matters where you live really. I can drive round most of Bristol and beyond streaming Di radio to my stereo (aux) with hardly any buffering. I can also watch catchup TV almost anywhere.

I have no issues with calls either.

Why not try it, if you don't get on after a month just cancel it.
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
I'm assuming this is Sim Free though yeh?
[One (M7) General] yilmaz101:
Not really of importance or relevance for the UK users, but here in Turkey I am on an avea plan where I get 500 minutes, 2000 sms and 2gig fair use high speed internet for about 10 pounds.... after the 2 gig limit speed drops to 128kbs and data is unlimited. How much does high volüme internet tariffs cost in the UK, just curious...
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Well if your plan is sim only then that's similar to sim only plans you can get here in price but if that's contract including the phone then that's epic! it's less then a 3rd of the cheapest high data plan you can get here!
[One (M7) General] skibadee:
Yes, I bought my s3 sim free almost a year ago. Reckon I've paid about 650 in total, much cheaper that being tied to a contract. + can get a newer phone as I please :)
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Oh if only I had the money I'd def buy sim free.....:crying:
[One (M7) General] ant78:
I've just signed up to EE on there 3gb service for £46
[One (M7) General] MrKaon:
I'm in One plan sim only monthly contract from 3.

unlimited internet as you all know and my monthly average usage is 5GB.

Minutes are good as well with 2000 minutes any network plus 5000 three to three.

Will get HTC One on One plan contact £36 per month without upfront cost.
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Still want to know info on this deal.

Where from?

Fee for phone?

Upgrade?
[One (M7) General] Kastenbrust:
I'm with GiffGaff on unlimited data so I bought my HTC One Sim free from Phones4U, which was cheaper than I was expecting too (like around £40 cheaper than other places, at £489), which was a pleasant surprise, I don't know even why, I thought it was a website mistake when I first saw it.

I'm with Giffgaff because I pay £12 per month and get 250 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data. (I'm guessing loads of people here will be on the same plan). I like them because they don't do any kind of image compression any more, and whilst tethering is technically "naughty" in their T&C's, they allow it and I tether my GiffGaff phone to my laptop every day on the way to work (train into London, 1.5 hours each way) or I sometimes put my sim in my dongle. I regularly use 200GB per month on my GiffGaff sim, and I've never found a network that puts up with that kind of high usage, plus it's stupidly fast data, I get faster data than my partner who recently moved to the new EE 4G, especially in London. I like the fact I can pause the contract anytime simply by not topping up, which is useful for when I go to work in the US for 2 months per year, and I like their payback system which means if you help other people in the forums, or even just for topping up every month, you get money back and can actually pay for your entire contract for free. (You get 10p each time you help someone in the forums, so a few (around 4) messages per day and boom that's your £12 per month paid for, completely free). Also, another thing that was useful was that today when my HTC One arrived, I took my sim out of my Galaxy Nexus, and was able to simply push out the micro sim because GiffGaff already make the cuts for you. Nice attention to detail, although I'm sure other networks do this too. :good:
[One (M7) General] riz157:
On EE Unlimited mins and text on + 1gb data £16 per month.
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
Is this sim free also? Or upgrade?

Where bought?
[One (M7) General] mnbrennan:
I use a lot of data, primarily because I use tethering with my work laptop for 5+ hours every week whole on a train and additionally when in hotels and you have to pay for wifi
[One (M7) General] riz157:
Upgrade £15 loyalty per month. EE is superfast.
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
So this is a contract upgrade? That's an amazing price! Did you have to pay upfront fee for the phone?
[One (M7) General] Xperia23:
Mobile phones Direct are doing the HTC ONE Black or Silver, Ultd Texts Ultd Data and 500 Mins. Perfect for me.... £26 a month, with the phone costing 44 quid. Not bad really.
[One (M7) General] silas184:
Data Deal Mobile Phones Direct

My HTC ONE has been on pre-order since Feb 25th on a T-Mobile 1000 mins, unlimited texts, unlimited data deal for £31 per month, (24 month deal) no charge for phone. Still waiting for the phone though!

Previously with Orange with 3 phones costing about £95 per month but had two bad experiences with a heavy £200 data deal thanks to Google location map downlaod fiasco kept sending data down and also a russian scam getting phone number and then getting phone to ring premium number every 20 seconds until battery went flat resulting in extra £140 bill. Despite taking Orange to the very limits of my patience I still only got 50% refunded so I carried out my threat to leave at end of contract. I know T-Mobile and Orange are part of EE, but I will never have a limited data contract in the future.

Had to transfer to GiffGaff (which uses the O2 network) for a month while waiting, unlock two phones, transfer numbers. I like the GiffGaff community feel but unfortunately locally the O2 signal is pretty crap but I am only paying £12 goodybag deal. Sorry if OT.

Come on MobilePhoneDirect sennd me the HTC ONE quick!
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
You might want to check the fair usage policy of the unlimited data though.....I was on an unlimited plan once that actually turned out to be quite limited indeed! In fact I think it was only 1gb it something....

Unless of course they have already told you the limits if any?
[One (M7) General] ant78:
I received my ONE this morning on the EE network.........WOW im getting roughly around 20mb downstream and 3mb upstream. Good job i have 3gb every month + BT Wifi :victory:
[One (M7) General] horsetastic:
That's some nice speeds....

I got a call from Vodafone today...got offered the top tariff, unlim calls and texts and 2gb data with 2gb bt openzone....for £35 instead of £42.....not bad but I want to see if I can push them lower....lol....
[One (M7) General] Xperia23:
I opted to pay the 44 quid for the device because, If you work it out your paying 5 pounds more a month than me, which over 24 months is 120 quid.
[One (M7) General] mattisfaction:
Phones 4u gave me a free phone, 24 month contract, unlimited data with T-Mobile, unlimited texts and 600 minutes, £31 per month. I had to speak on the phone to get the deal, no such deal on their website.
[One (M7) General] Xperia23:
Are pre-orders expected to be fulfilled ON release date ?

So, should stores have stock BEFORE the date, then post for delivery on the day ?

My store says, 5 days It will be delivered.
[One (M7) General] silas184:
Latest email this morning from Mobile Phones Direct (Order for HTC One (Silver) and T Mobile Sim)

These handsets are due in stock on Tuesday the 2nd of April 2013. Deliveries will then take place the following day, Wednesday 3rd April 2013.

If you require any further assistance, please do advise.

Thanks & All The Best,
[One (M7) General] howard bamber:
I use 20 high a month with 3 pasug for£15 . Get download of 9MB/s
[One (M7) General] bleary:
I would only personally use three.

Their customer service maybe subject to discussion but try and get issues resolved with EE's customer service, you will then see three aren't actually THAT bad!

Also 3 are the only network to offer truly unlimited and not restricted data.

Other's either have a FUP, or throttle the up/down speed, or just offer a "small" amount of data (vodafone and o2 for example)

The fact that three are also going to allow customers to use 4G later this year at no extra cost, is another very good move.

I have multiple connections on three (family members and myself) and also 2 connections on EE. I would never recommend EE to anyone.
[One (M7) General] Xperia23:
Interesting. Thanks for this.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] danielwatts:
My outlook contacts folder is full of crap. Lots of email addresses I never ever use and I don't really want them on my xda.

Is there some way to make the XDA synchronise with a different location on the PC so that I can back up my contact list on the xda but without downloading all the useless bumf from outlook?

Thanks,

Daniel
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] danielwatts:
Furthermore - is there any way to make it synchronise with an OUTLOOK EXPRESS address book rather than outlook?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] reydiodj:
- you won't be able to synchronize with Outlook Express...that's why they provided a copy of Outlook with the device.

However, if you are interested in synchronizing with other contacts folders give this a try.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] danielwatts:
Hi thanks for the reply -

a while of fiddling actually brought up this simple (?) solution -

every contact i make on my xda i put into the "xda" category. Then when I sync i tell them to only sync the "xda" category.

That outlook plugin does look interesting - thanks for the link!

Dan
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] salbiani:
I know of 2 programs that claim to allow syncing with Outlook Express:

1) SyncExpress 2002

http://www.syncdata.it/syncexpress.html

2) Intellisync

http://www.pumatech.com

Hope this helps.

-Scott
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D2m_mhd:
Hi , I Have Xperia Play With Unlocked BootLoader And GSM ...

I Tried Alot Of JB Roms (PACman , Paranoid , AOKP , SlimBean ) But I Always Ended Being Disappointed Because Of A WiFi Problem In All Of Them ... I tried Lupusv8 and turbu kernels but the same happened ... iflashed wifi moduls for lupus and nothing changed .

- The Problem : When I turn on wifi , it searches and find all nearbies wifi networks , but when i put the password and press Connect >>> It Says "Not In Range" even i am near the router !

PLZ Help Is This A Bug Or It Only Happened On My Phone ??????
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fritzbored:
flash the original image of your xperia play, flash doomlord or lupus and flash the wifi modules, the reason being is that all the markers will be reseted back to the original
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raminta:
I have same problem but in pac MAN and aokp ther is an option in advance(Wi-Fi region code)if you put it to United state you can connect to any wireless network
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D2m_mhd:
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[Galaxy S III Android Development] jamal2367:
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[Galaxy S III Android Development] SignetSphere:
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[Galaxy S III Android Development] jamal2367:
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[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rahulrao:
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[Galaxy S III Android Development] ginzo:
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Changelog is available?

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[Galaxy S III Android Development] Stephen88:
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[Galaxy S III Android Development] jamal2367:
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