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PAYG - Low user - no pestering texts.
Can anyone recommend a provider for PAYG, for a very low user (£10 lasts about 3 months), who won't keep sending pestering texts.
Would also help, if I could keep the same number. Currently with orange, and sick of them.
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Can anyone recommend a provider for PAYG, for a very low user (£10 lasts about 3 months), who won't keep sending pestering texts.
Would also help, if I could keep the same number. Currently with orange, and sick of them. ![]() |
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No annoying text, offering services, offers etc.?
BTW. What's a MVNO
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No annoying text, offering services, offers etc.?
BTW. What's a MVNO ![]() |
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No annoying text, offering services, offers etc.?
BTW. What's a MVNO ![]() |
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No annoying text, offering services, offers etc.?
BTW. What's a MVNO ![]() I have had perhaps 2 texts this year so far asking me if I wanted a free 30 minute block of calls, or 100 MB internet. Despite thinking there were catches, there weren't. Apart from that, nothing |
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what are "pestering texts"? i never get any spam from o2, only get texts after i top up (oh the shame) or when it takes money off for my bolt ons.
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what are "pestering texts"?
eg. "You haven't set up any Magic Numbers". BTW. What's shameful about topping up
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what are "pestering texts"? i never get any spam from o2, only get texts after i top up (oh the shame) or when it takes money off for my bolt ons.
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I tried texting "STOP" back to them, but their text don't seem to have been sent from a number
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They're probably push messages, not SMS. I get one on my s3 from SRJPAY & I can't block it or register as a spam number either.
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Well, I've rung them 3 times (at a cost of 25p a go), and on each occasion, they've assured me they've stopped them, but I still get them.
I've had enough, and have decided to move to another network. |
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They're probably push messages, not SMS. I get one on my s3 from SRJPAY & I can't block it or register as a spam number either.
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Check out Talkmobile and their "essentials" tariff. It's 8p a minute for calls and 4p for texts, so very good value for money for light users like yourself.
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I get them on my spare orange PAYG SIM card too and I think T-Mobile PAYG do the same.
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They're probably push messages, not SMS.
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If it's a push message have you tried airblocker?.
not yet but I will now you have suggested it! only works on rooted devices sadly. |
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not yet but I will now you have suggested it!
only works on rooted devices sadly. Try 'airpush detector' , that'll tell you what app is causing it and you can decide whether you really need it https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...detector&hl=en |
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thanks for that, i'll check it out.
it didn't find any apps which not very surprising as apart from poweramp & the swift flo keyboard thing, it's pretty much stock out of the box. i turned off samsung push services notifications so at least now i won't even know i got a push message lol |
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Is there a way to turn off these "push messages"?
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Can anyone recommend a provider for PAYG, for a very low user (£10 lasts about 3 months), who won't keep sending pestering texts.
Would also help, if I could keep the same number. http://ovivomobile.com/our-offer/ Wife and I have been with them since last summer. No problems. Beware if you port your number, you'll port the nuisance calls too. |
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Originally Posted by Ovio
Once you go outside of your free allowance, the following call charges shall apply and will be deducted from your credit balance.
And how do you pay for this credit balance? |
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Ovivo. One off charge for SIM (£15) then free thereafter (150 minutes, 150 texts, 400mb data per month).
http://ovivomobile.com/our-offer/ Wife and I have been with them since last summer. No problems. Beware if you port your number, you'll port the nuisance calls too.
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What credit balance
And how do you pay for this credit balance? Calls and texts out of allowances are cheaper than GiffGaff who pride themselves on being the cheapest. Ovivo calls and text are 8p per minute and text 5p each as apposed to GiffGaff who are 10p and 6p respectively. This is of course out of allowance charges and on Ovivo there is no need for a GoodyBag and no need to top up every 3 months to keep same network to network free calls. How long it will last only time will tell but for me I am quid’s in and I don’t have to post ridiculously stupid answers to stupid questions to get payback.
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What credit balance
And how do you pay for this credit balance? |
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