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From: Steve Terry on 17 Dec 2009 06:26 "JonPhred" <junkman(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:hgar5q$m2c$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Steve Terry has written: > <snip> >> Was i right and it is unlocked GSM stock? >> Steve Terry > > Mine has just arrived. Slapped a VM SIM in it and started charging it. > > Boots as Virgin and receives calls! No point in further testing. > > It seems likely that it'll need time and date resetting whenever the > battery is removed but I expect that the intended recipient will slap an > ASDA SIM in it anyway once the credit is consumed so it'll be a one-time > thing. > It's a good idea to make at least on call with the sim that it came with, then the dealer gets their phone subsidy so they can offer such deals. > > I'll keep my SL42e (now SL45i) as a backup with the VM SIM in it - it just > keeps going. > JonPhred > Great phone the SL42/5 for recording conversations, as it doesn't bleep letting the other person know you are recording them. I gave mine away to a lady friend so she could make use of that feature Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: JonPhred on 17 Dec 2009 08:04 Steve Terry has written: > "JonPhred" <junkman(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hgar5q$m2c$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Steve Terry has written: <snip> >> >> It seems likely that it'll need time and date resetting whenever the >> battery is removed but I expect that the intended recipient will slap an >> ASDA SIM in it anyway once the credit is consumed so it'll be a one-time >> thing. >> > It's a good idea to make at least on call with the sim that it came with, > then the dealer gets their phone subsidy so they can offer such deals. Good point but, as I said, the credit will be consumed first. -- JonPhred
From: BOFH on 17 Dec 2009 14:10 "Graham." <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:hg94ac$poj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > I had to laugh at the "useful torch feature, it just makes the LCD > backlight glow > at maximum! it comes in handy if you lose your phone
From: Jon on 17 Dec 2009 16:17 In article <gmvWm.41791$o73.26765(a)newsfe27.ams2>, spamtrap99 @blueyonder.co.uk says... > > "Graham." <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > news:hg94ac$poj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > I had to laugh at the "useful torch feature, it just makes the LCD > > backlight glow > > at maximum! > > it comes in handy if you lose your phone If you've lost the phone how can you activate this "torch" feature? -- Regards Jon
From: alexd on 17 Dec 2009 16:25
Meanwhile, at the uk.telecom.mobile Job Justification Hearings, Jon chose the tried and tested strategy of: > In article <gmvWm.41791$o73.26765(a)newsfe27.ams2>, spamtrap99 > @blueyonder.co.uk says... >> >> "Graham." <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >> news:hg94ac$poj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> > I had to laugh at the "useful torch feature, it just makes the LCD >> > backlight glow >> > at maximum! >> >> it comes in handy if you lose your phone > > If you've lost the phone how can you activate this "torch" feature? Obviously you would use one of the five others you own to help you locate the missing one. -- <http://ale.cx/> (AIM:troffasky) (UnSoEsNpEaTm(a)ale.cx) 21:24:25 up 20 days, 1:17, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Plant food is a made up drug |