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Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 26, 2010, 05:03:13 pm
OK, so I have a contract with 3 (which I'm told is pretty much living in the 80s) that's giving me beef. The LG Viewty hunk of crap I own has shit battery life and now only lasts after a full charge for 20 mins. I've spoken to 3 today and without me paying a one off upgrade charge (as my contract is not over yet) the only option has been to step my priceplan down to a one month rolling contract at 15 quid a month and to live with the problem. I'll probably write to them one month before my contract was formerly due to end and get off the network anyway.

In the meantime, I've tried putting my SIM in my mum's unlocked Samsung phone but it refers to the PUK being blocked and doesn't appear to give me any option to input a PUK code. I'm up shit creek without a working phone and not exactly supping Cristal at the moment so any advice on what I might do as cheaply as possible to continue using a phone would be more than appreciated.

Thanks holmes.

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#1 Re: Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 26, 2010, 05:20:06 pm
new battery?
upgrade firmware?
i  presume the phone is more than 1 year old, if not send it back to be fixxed.
get the other phone unlocked or borrow a phone of a friend

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#2 Re: Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 26, 2010, 05:21:56 pm
Just bought a new battery for £2.43 with free p&p off ebay. Worked out well I suppose as he's dropped my priceplan and I'm now on a flexible contract. Cheers for suggestions anyway word.

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#3 Re: Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 26, 2010, 05:25:33 pm
try and upgrade the phones firmware, this should help with the battery life a bit.
tbh  i doubt that battery is going to last very long at that price. good batteries are expensive, cheap ones will work ok for the very short term but will probably stop holding charge very well after not so long

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#4 Re: Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 26, 2010, 05:48:20 pm
Looks identical to my battery in the photo. But perhaps that's where the similarity ends. See how it goes anyway. Yeah I thought it seemed a bit weird at that price. How do I do the firmware shit? Bear in mind Jim, I have about 20 seconds patience with phones. Can I do anything easy and useful in this time frame?

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#5 Re: Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 26, 2010, 07:01:57 pm
no

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#6 Re: Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 29, 2010, 01:58:47 pm
Techno-lord has spoken. Amen.

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#7 Re: Help needed with 3 phone problem
March 29, 2010, 10:05:07 pm
hows the new battery going then?

 

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