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PostRe: Android Thread
by more heat than light » Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:21 pm

Poser wrote:Does anyone actually use Tesco/Sky/Virgin mobile?


I use Virgin (£10pm for 3000 mins, unltd txt and unltd data), they run on the EE network so I get decent coverage where I live. There are actually only four networks in the UK, EE, O2, Vodafone and Three. All the other companies use one of those four. Definitely worth asking people locally what kind of signal they get.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Android Thread
by Death's Head » Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:41 pm

myrrh heat than light wrote:
Poser wrote:Does anyone actually use Tesco/Sky/Virgin mobile?


I use Virgin (£10pm for 3000 mins, unltd txt and unltd data), they run on the EE network so I get decent coverage where I live. There are actually only four networks in the UK, EE, O2, Vodafone and Three. All the other companies use one of those four. Definitely worth asking people locally what kind of signal they get.
Do you need to have Virgin ISP to get that for £10? It seems suspiciously good.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Lagamorph » Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:47 pm

I've heard reports that Virgin data is slower than data directly through EE even though they're using the same network. That was a year or two ago though so it may be different now.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Android Thread
by more heat than light » Thu Jan 04, 2018 8:51 pm

Death's Head wrote:
myrrh heat than light wrote:
Poser wrote:Does anyone actually use Tesco/Sky/Virgin mobile?


I use Virgin (£10pm for 3000 mins, unltd txt and unltd data), they run on the EE network so I get decent coverage where I live. There are actually only four networks in the UK, EE, O2, Vodafone and Three. All the other companies use one of those four. Definitely worth asking people locally what kind of signal they get.
Do you need to have Virgin ISP to get that for £10? It seems suspiciously good.


It's an old retention deal, you can't get it any more. The catch is that I'm only getting 3G, they won't offer me a 4G deal with unlimited data. Still, it suits me pretty well.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Grumpy David » Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:18 pm

3G. :dread:

I have the £19 a month option from Three:

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Unlimited 4G data. :datass:

I've noticed Three's signal isn't quite as strong in buildings like shopping centres but I have 4G everywhere in London and it's saved me an absolute fortune having free data-roaming when I've been visiting the USA, Ireland, Canary Islands and Italy. Having functional Google Maps when in a foreign country with a rental car rather than paying for a rip off SatNav rental. :datass:

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PostRe: Android Thread
by more heat than light » Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:26 pm

Grumpy David wrote:3G. :dread:


Well yeah, but I'm paying almost half of what you're paying. Like I said, it suits me perfectly - I don't do intensive browsing when I'm out, I mainly just use my data for streaming Spotify, and it's perfectly fast enough for that.

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by Drumstick » Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:10 pm

Does anybody here use an alternative app for Facebook? The official app (and the official messenger app) have annoyed me for a while. Messenger Lite is perfect for me but the main FB app is still horrendous.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by smurphy » Sat Jan 06, 2018 4:59 pm

I just use the Facebook mobile site along with Messenger Lite. No notification bullshit, no battery draining, it runs quite quick. I've not used the proper app for years but man it was strawberry floating gooseberry fool. A lot of people go on about Tinfoil for Facebook, though I think it's more of a privacy thing and I've never used it.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Android Thread
by Death's Head » Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:02 pm

myrrh heat than light wrote:
Grumpy David wrote:3G. :dread:


Well yeah, but I'm paying almost half of what you're paying. Like I said, it suits me perfectly - I don't do intensive browsing when I'm out, I mainly just use my data for streaming Spotify, and it's perfectly fast enough for that.
I thought your phone doesn't have band 20 so you won't get 4g with all providers anyway.

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by darksideby182 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:16 pm

Some networks have two 4G bands so it is still possible to pick it up.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Android Thread
by more heat than light » Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:22 pm

Death's Head wrote:
myrrh heat than light wrote:
Grumpy David wrote:3G. :dread:


Well yeah, but I'm paying almost half of what you're paying. Like I said, it suits me perfectly - I don't do intensive browsing when I'm out, I mainly just use my data for streaming Spotify, and it's perfectly fast enough for that.
I thought your phone doesn't have band 20 so you won't get 4g with all providers anyway.


I believe (though could be wrong, I haven't done masses of research) that EE use more than just band 20, so I should get some 4G coverage if I upgraded my contract. I think it's just O2 that it won't work with.

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by Death's Head » Sat Jan 06, 2018 5:35 pm

myrrh heat than light wrote:
Death's Head wrote:
myrrh heat than light wrote:
Grumpy David wrote:3G. :dread:


Well yeah, but I'm paying almost half of what you're paying. Like I said, it suits me perfectly - I don't do intensive browsing when I'm out, I mainly just use my data for streaming Spotify, and it's perfectly fast enough for that.
I thought your phone doesn't have band 20 so you won't get 4g with all providers anyway.


I believe (though could be wrong, I haven't done masses of research) that EE use more than just band 20, so I should get some 4G coverage if I upgraded my contract. I think it's just O2 that it won't work with.
My OPO didn't have band 20 and I was on Tesco (piggy backs off O2) but I still got the 4G logo. Wasn't as fast as my son's connection, but was faster than 3g.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Rax » Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:41 pm

Drumstick wrote:Does anybody here use an alternative app for Facebook? The official app (and the official messenger app) have annoyed me for a while. Messenger Lite is perfect for me but the main FB app is still horrendous.

I use Tinfoil, it does the job.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Return_of_the_STAR » Thu Jan 11, 2018 3:00 pm

Just got Vodafone to match Virgin's 20gb for £15 sim only offer. I was amazed by this as I've always ended up just switching providers each time as they never seem to watch to match deals for me.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Drumstick » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:03 am

What apps do you guys use to handle emails? Outlook just doesn't work for me.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Errkal » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:28 am

I use the Gmail app, it supports other email system like outlook and it pretty good.

Inbox by Google is pretty good too

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Oblomov Boblomov » Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:29 am

I just use the Gmail app, but I've not tried anything else so I could be way behind on this one!

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PostRe: Android Thread
by Death's Head » Sat Jan 13, 2018 1:19 pm

I use Mailwise, happy with it.

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PostRe: Android Thread
by smurphy » Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:27 pm

Google Inbox is one of the best apps in existence.

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by Drumstick » Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:02 pm

Inbox is great but I couldn't find a way to add a non-Google email address to it.

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