Virgin PAYG info wanted

[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> Not so. They don't cancel numbers.

I've had one cancelled for inactivity. The SIM is still my drawer.
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Regards
Jon

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In article news:<[email protected]>, Reg wrote:
> You call 789 and select 'topup wth a voucher'.
[snip]
> Simple really.

Simple it may be, but it would be quite nice to have that explained
somewhere without having to prevail upon the good nature of the folk here.

It's a disappointingly analogue process -- I'd rather expected that I'd be
able to do it without resorting to a voice line (even an automated one) --
but it is, as you say, simple. Once you know.

Many thanks.

Cheers,
Daniel.

Daniel James wrote:
> In article news:<[email protected]>, Reg wrote:
> Simple it may be, but it would be quite nice to have that explained
> somewhere without having to prevail upon the good nature of the folk here.
>
> It's a disappointingly analogue process -- I'd rather expected that I'd be
> able to do it without resorting to a voice line (even an automated one) --
> but it is, as you say, simple. Once you know.

If you register on their website you can top it up online. You can even
register to pay by direct debit such that you never have to top it up
again!

"bob_builder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> Daniel James wrote:
> > In article news:<[email protected]>, Reg
> > wrote:
> > Simple it may be, but it would be quite nice to have
> > that explained somewhere without having to prevail upon
> > the good nature of the folk here.
> >
> > It's a disappointingly analogue process -- I'd rather
> > expected that I'd be able to do it without resorting to
> > a voice line (even an automated one) -- but it is, as
> > you say, simple. Once you know.
>
> If you register on their website you can top it up
> online. You can even register to pay by direct debit such
> that you never have to top it up again!

Or you can do it at most cash machines, which is what I do.

Ivor

"Gizmo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]
> "Mike GW8IJT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "simon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >
> > > All information is on the Virgin website, but as you
> > > can't be bothered making the effort to read it then I
> > > will tell you that dialling 789 will tell you about
> > > credit. If you want a phone unlocked look in any car boot
> > > sale or market, even phone shops.
> > >
> > >
> > However if you go to The Link in Wrexham, North Wales,
> > the ignorant twats that work there will say that it's
> > illegal to unlock a phone, which is a complete lie.
>
> Now you know why they're stuck working for a piss pot
> company. Just look down on them smugly, and imagine their joke of
> a payslip at the end of each month ;o)

Probably more than mine :-(

Ivor

Jon wrote:
> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> Not so. They don't cancel numbers.
>
> I've had one cancelled for inactivity. The SIM is still my drawer.


How do I say "bull****" without starting a flame war?
Danz

In article news:<[email protected]>, Steve Terry
wrote:
> Simply create the unlock code with the DCT3 online unlocker at:
> http://unlock.nokiafree.org/

Thanks for that.

I take it that the network I should select is:

United Kingdom - Virgin -23430

?

What's the significance of the "23430"?

Is there any reason that I should be wary of entering the IMEI into a
webpage like this? The page appears to send the IMEI to a remote site to
perform the calculation, could that site do anything I might not wish them
to with the IMEI data? (I'm not suggesting that that site is untrustworthy,
but asking a general question about whether the IMEI is something one
should ideally wish not to give away to every Tom, Richard, and Harriet.)

> or download crux 2.31 from
> http://www.uselessinfo.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/extras.htm

Hmm. Is downloading and running a (Windows?) executable of unknown
provenance (again, not meaning to cast nasturtiums) any less a security
issue than sending someone my IMEI?

Cheers,
Daniel.

Daniel James wrote:
> In article news:<[email protected]>, Steve Terry
> wrote:
>> Simply create the unlock code with the DCT3 online unlocker at:
>> http://unlock.nokiafree.org/
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> I take it that the network I should select is:
>
> United Kingdom - Virgin -23430
>
> ?
>
> What's the significance of the "23430"?
>
> Is there any reason that I should be wary of entering the IMEI into a
> webpage like this? The page appears to send the IMEI to a remote site to
> perform the calculation, could that site do anything I might not wish them
> to with the IMEI data? (I'm not suggesting that that site is untrustworthy,
> but asking a general question about whether the IMEI is something one
> should ideally wish not to give away to every Tom, Richard, and Harriet.)
>
>> or download crux 2.31 from
>> http://www.uselessinfo.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/extras.htm
>
> Hmm. Is downloading and running a (Windows?) executable of unknown
> provenance (again, not meaning to cast nasturtiums) any less a security
> issue than sending someone my IMEI?
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.

Scan the file first and deny internet access and your 99.9% safe
(unless, of course, you are using Norton).
Danz

[email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> Jon wrote:
> > [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
> >> Not so. They don't cancel numbers.
> >
> > I've had one cancelled for inactivity. The SIM is still my drawer.
>
>
> How do I say "bull****" without starting a flame war?

Say what you want to mate, but when I put it in a phone it says "SIM
Registration failed". That means it's been cut off.
--
Regards
Jon

Jon wrote:
> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>> Jon wrote:
>>> [email protected] declared for all the world to hear...
>>>> Not so. They don't cancel numbers.
>>> I've had one cancelled for inactivity. The SIM is still my drawer.
>>
>> How do I say "bull****" without starting a flame war?
>
> Say what you want to mate, but when I put it in a phone it says "SIM
> Registration failed". That means it's been cut off.

Or the SIM is damaged or the phone is locked or you were cut off for
another reason.
Danz

> Or the SIM is damaged or the phone is locked or you were cut off for
> another reason.
> Danz

No they DO disable them, I have one too!

Listen to others who know more than you do.

"Daniel James" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]
> In article
> news:<[email protected]>, Steve
> Terry wrote:

[snip]

> > or download crux 2.31 from
> > http://www.uselessinfo.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/extras.htm
>
> Hmm. Is downloading and running a (Windows?) executable
> of unknown provenance (again, not meaning to cast
> nasturtiums) any less a security issue than sending
> someone my IMEI?

I take it you don't run reliable virus and spyware scanners on anything
you download..?!

Ivor

In article news:<[email protected]>, Ivor Jones wrote:
> I take it you don't run reliable virus and spyware scanners on anything
> you download..?!

I do, of course, but I am aware of the limitations of even the best of them
-- as should we all be.

Cheers,
Daniel.

"Daniel James" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:[email protected]
> In article news:<[email protected]>, Ivor
> Jones wrote:
> > I take it you don't run reliable virus and spyware
> > scanners on anything you download..?!
>
> I do, of course, but I am aware of the limitations of
> even the best of them -- as should we all be.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel.

Which is why I run several.

Ivor

All you have to do is dial 789 on the virgin phone and if you want the
mobikle unlocked send it to a mobile phone shop or some markets do it, it
will cost you £10 or more to have it unlocked.

i hope this helps.

Maz

"Daniel James" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've acquired my late mother's phone, which I thought might be useful as a
> spare. It's a Nokia 3410 on Virgin PAYG. I have the Nokia manual (two of
> them, actually, for some reason) but no details of the Virgin setup.
>
> My main phone is on a Vodafone business contract, and I've never used PAYG
> - can anyone point me to a how-to that will tell me how to find out how
> much credit the phone has on it and what I have to do to top it up
> (assuming I want to ...).
>
> I tried my Vodafone SIM in the 3410, and (unsurprisingly) it says "Invalid
> SIM" which I take it means it's locked to Virgin. Can it be unlocked? What
> I'd really like to be able to do is to hand onto this as a spare for my
> Vodafone account (or maybe try to persuade my mother-in-law to swap it for
> her 6310i which she got as a cast-off when No.2 daughter upgraded and
> which
> she certainly doesn't make full use of).
>
> Virgin's website is a waste of time - it doesn't seem to contain anything
> of conceivable interest to grown-ups at all!
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
> (Feeling his age).
>