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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...

Samsung galaxy s24 ultra

Hey there avoid now if you are ordering samsung galaxy s24 ultra smart view wallet case,i have done this twice now but for thr second time still sending me a case for just s24+ not ultra..Avoid avoid !

I keep getting a text from PdbSMS

Anyone have any idea who they are? They keep sending me an OTP for PayDashboard? I have noidea what this is. There’s no phone number shown, the sender is ‘PdbSMS’. Thanks in advance.

Resolved! ICE SKATING DISCOUNTS

Hi All, Will O2 priority be doing their 1/3 off ice skating tickets again this Christmas season? Last year the discounts were out mid October but I haven’t seen anything as of yet. Looking forward to it!

How to speak to someone that can actually help at customer services

I’ve had a PAYG O2 contract that I use as an emergency phone. I thought I’d lost the phone so called customer services to get a replacement sim. The first guy at the call centre in India I spoke to tried to hard sell me a contract…even though he unde...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Virgin Media O2 explains how to connect safely when abroad

From the VMO2 newsroom :- Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Don’t take the bait! Virgin Media O2 explains how to connect safely while abroad - Virgin Media O2https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/cybersecurity-awareness-month-dont-take-the-bait-virgin-media-...

DfT investigates upgrades to mobile and Wi-Fi services for train passengers

This is not an O2 article, but it is a topic of general interest that is occasionally raised in this forum :- DfT investigates upgrades to mobile and Wi-Fi services for train passengershttps://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/dft-investigates-upgrades-to...

O2 Recycle

I decided to recycle my old Samsung Galaxy S21 5G Ultra, was quoted £118. Nothing was wrong with the phone, not a scratch, mark nothing. I then get an email saying they are reducing the quote down to £23.60, saying it had "screen burn" which it didn'...

Apple Watch paid off

I just finished paying off my Apple Watch. What happens now? Do I need to contact o2 to do pay as you go for it or something? Will my bill just reduce by the device plan amount but continue with my tariff amount?I have an apple watch series 7 with GP...

Volt

This automatic so called 'Volt' increase is complete rubbish, I was also offered and had confirmation from Virgin that I would receive unlimited data for £20 pmth. Only to be advised at a later date that I would need to wait 14 days after my Virgin B...

Sales of ‘non-smartphones’ double year-on-year, reports Virgin Media O2

From the O2 news room :- Sales of ‘non-smartphones’ double year-on-year, reports Virgin Media O2 - Virgin Media O2https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/sales-of-non-smartphones-double-year-on-year-reports-virgin-media-o2/