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Community platform bugs, issues and suggestions

Hey everyone, This topic is a place where we will keep the community updated about the status of any issues or bugs affecting the community platform that we are aware of and have reported. We will keep an up to date tracker of what the issue is, when...

Guide Updates

GUIDE UPDATESRecent discussions HERE about locking guides a week or so after they were posted, resulted in an agreement to have a section where all of us could ask for a guide to be updated if we felt it necessary. So I'll start it off. The first gui...

Unable to send SMS or call certain numbers

I’m currently unable to send SMS messages but or call certain numbers. I can call my partner who is on Vodafone, some but not all o2 numbers and no 0345 type numbers including o2 themselves, even if I call 202. I’m using an iPhone 16 pro max which I’...

Essential for Living: O2 revisits founding ethos for new brand platform

Someone somewhere just might find this informative :- Essential for Living: O2 revisits founding ethos for new brand platform - Virgin Media O2https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/essential-for-living-o2-revisits-founding-ethos-for-new-brand-platform/

Jangala Reveals Findings from Free UK WiFi Pilot with Virgin Media O2

The "National Databank" gets an occasional mention on this community :- Jangala Reveals Findings from Free UK WiFi Pilot with Virgin Media O2 - ISPreview UKhttps://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/03/jangala-reveals-findings-from-free-uk-wifi-pilot...

Chicken and egg when switching from plastic sim to eSim

When upgrading my Pay Monthly contract online recently, I decided to switch from plastic sim to eSim when asked to choose on the form. I had imagined that when I did so, there would be some sort of seamless migration process. In fact, the SIM was dea...

New phone / no sim / can't use

Recieved my new S25 Ultra last week ( the whole ordering process was a nightmare ) 6 days after delivery I still cannot use my phoneMy 02 account doesn't show my new phone which is a 2nd phone / 2nd line , live chat are utterly useless. I have no sim...

Bastille’s Dan Smith and O2 urge music fans to have their say on greedy ticket touting

Bastille’s Dan Smith and O2 urge music fans to have their say on greedy ticket touting as Government’s landmark consultation nears close - Virgin Media O2https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/bastilles-dan-smith-and-o2-urge-music-fans-to-have-their-say-on...

O2 UK and Ontix Expand 4G Mobile Small Cells into Plymouth

Virgin Media O2 and Ontix deploy small cells to bring improved mobile connectivity to Plymouth - Virgin Media O2https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/virgin-media-o2-and-ontix-deploy-small-cells-to-bring-improved-mobile-connectivity-to-plymouth/ O2 UK and...

Virgin Media bill up 7.5% but o2 sim only up 33%

Virgin Media package increase 7.5% in April but o2 sim only price £1.80 increase which is 33% and unfair? I only pay £5.44 and £1.80 increase is not justified in my opinion?

Uswitch 2025 Awards Name Best UK Broadband and Mobile Providers

Both O2 and their wholly-owned subsidiary giffgaff (sic) feature prominently :- Uswitch 2025 Awards Name Best UK Broadband and Mobile Providers - ISPreview UKhttps://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/03/uswitch-2025-awards-name-best-uk-broadband-and...

Resolved! I keep getting texts from "O2" saying I've won an Iphone 16 (which I don't want)

Above. The texts claim to be from "O2-UK" yet I don't think they are? I'm loath to report it to the Network given the current account dramas in general because I know for a factual fact they won't do anything. Help before I tear up my contract and te...