Reward Nominations for May 2018

[Martin-O2]

Hey everyone, 

We're almost at the end of another month and despite the thunderstorms its time for the O2 Community rewards! 

Each month we ask the community to nominate content on the forum over the last month that made a good contribution to the community. Just like last month the focus is on guides, reviews, product testing and walkthroughs!

There has been some great content posted this month including @MI5's brilliant registration guide to help new members join, @Anonymous's handy walkthrough on Google Assistant & Voice recognition on Android. @adamtemp64 also took the time to update both his scam calls and texts guide and his walkthrough on improving signal indoors with the most up to date info! 

Please drop me a PM or post below if you wish to nominate any content for this month’s rewards! 

Thanks, 

Martin, Marjo and Emilie 

[MI5]

Thanks chaps

[pgn]

Adam's scam calls guide gets my vote. Such info should be available directly from the O2 site web help pages, if it isn't already. 👍

[Anonymous]

I vote for @MI5's registration guide 

[Martin-O2]

Thanks to everyone for the nominations so far! The rewards will be posted over the next few days so keep an eye on your notifications. 

[pgn]

And here is exactly why I think @adamtemp64's guide on spotting and stopping Mobile Scams merits a reward:

Traveller is scammed – but mobile network hands him £2,763 bill

[jonsie]

The new regulations from the 1st of October will help and are long overdue though it would not aid millions of existing customers. It really should not have to take intervention from a newspaper for common sense to be applied to the charges. 

[adamtemp64]

@pgn That linked article is not exactly related to the usual premium rate sms scams but calls this is why sim pin and handset security is essential perhaps an other guide i need to do if i have not in the past been here so long 

In fact @jonsie did something already https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly/Set-up-sim-pin-on-O2/td-p/822709

[pgn]

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@adamtemp64 wrote:

pgn That linked article is not exactly related to the usual premium rate sms scams but calls this is why sim pin and handset security is essential perhaps an other guide i need to do if i have not in the past been here so long 

In fact jonsie did something already https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Pay-Monthly/Set-up-sim-pin-on-O2/td-p/822709

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You are correct, putting a PIN on your SIM card *is* a better way to prevent people from using your phone SIM if it gets lost or stolen.  I am fairly certain it is possible to crack or remove that measly 4-digit pin from the SIM card, though... by now.

I also wonder how many people put a screen lock on their phone, but then leave their BlueTooth wide-open... 

And yes, @jonsie's advice also merits a mention, but I picked yours because so many get taken in by brassneck texts and messages, becoming unwitting victims of crime.

[jonsie]

My word @adamtemp64, I had forgotten all about that. I wonder why it was never incorporated as a guide

[adamtemp64]

@jonsie I will let you create a new one maybe with links to the scam guide etc