Rubbish advice from o2 meant i lost all my photos and messages!

[Anonymous]

i upgraded to a new phone earlier this month.  i had it a few days and realised there was a problem with the phone or battery as it wasnt retaining the charge.  o2 said they'd replace it and i had a chat because i was concerned about my photos and personal detail.  i told them i was new to this (first smart phone) and needed help.  advisor said had i opened a microsoft live account which i had and said that was all that was necessary.  all my stuff would be copied over.  when the replacement phone arrived i had to remove my sim and then reset the faulty phone before handing it to the courier.  put sim in replacement phone, charged it etc. and starting setting it up how i wanted it.  no photos and no messages.  had chat with guru yesterday for ages, then passed to his supervisor.  all to no avail.  they were worse than useless and in the end i gave up, asked guru to get someone from o2 to call me as i was very disraught and angry and upset at losing my photos and messages.  don't tell me i should have known better because i didnt - i asked o2 for guidance and followed that.  today received text from o2 offering 10% discount on accessories for using their chat!!!!!  call that compensation for losing me photos and messages?

[Anonymous]

It sounds like you've fallen foul of the dreaded live chat which are next to useless

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

Did you actually have auto backup enabled on your old phone?
If so, log in here (with Microsoft account) and all your content will be saved and resync'd to new phone when you add the Microsoft account.
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb?signin=true

[perksie]

It's a shame you didn't come here for advice first as we would have advised you on making a back up of your phone, something everyone should do but many sadly don't.

Have you checked your Microsoft account?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the Op asked and trusted the O2 advisor when are they going to sort these people out

[Anonymous]

Hi, Sorry you've had such a bad experience. 😞

Hopefully you had Skydrive back up turned on.  Unfortunately I don't think the default is for it to be turned on.

When you setup a new phone it doesn't automatically download all your photos / messages from Skydrive, but if backup was turned on, then use the link by MI5 and they should be there.

[Anonymous]

Of course issues like this beg the question as to whether live chat is fit for purpose.

Whilst we on here know to use it only for basic stuff most customers would assume it provides the full service.

Sorry o2 but it really isn't good enough. Like TuGo and various other services much more work is needed before these services go live.

[MI5]

Technically, Live chat were correct in this instance, but they failed to check if auto back up was turned on, apart from that the information is correct.

[Anonymous]

That was quite a critical question

[Anonymous]

Hi Damien1

Yes it is and it is a prudent one. How many times are we all answering questions when things have gone wrong as a result of live chat? Creates unhappy customers.

I am not saying these services should be withdrawn. I am suggesting that o2 rush out these services before they have been fully tested for usability. Be better to do something late and get it right. ...