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My old phone now has no mobile network connection, cos I have a new one, but the wifi's packed up. Any ideas on how I can get it connected to the internet?


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 7:35 pm
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Bluetooth hot spot tethering to the new phone.


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 7:43 pm
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My old phone now has no mobile network connection, cos I have a new one, but the wifi's packed up. Any ideas on how I can get it connected to the internet?

Do I understand from that, that the new phone's wifi capability has packed up? If so, my first response would be to get it replaced toot sweet.


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 7:48 pm
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No, the wifi and bluetooth have packed up on the old one.


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 7:59 pm
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New SIM in old phone, new phone on Wifi?


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 8:00 pm
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New sim is a microsim, may require bodging 😕


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 8:17 pm
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Does the old phone have a 'no sim' service? If so, it might have wifi/Bluetooth disabled...my Nokia n95 allows wifi without a sim, but a newer device didn't when the sim was removed...it might be set to limit what you can do without a sim...


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 8:49 pm
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The old sim will now be deactivated since the new one will have your details on it.


 
Posted : 07/07/2013 8:50 pm
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Does the old phone have a 'no sim' service? If so, it might have wifi/Bluetooth disabled

Nah it packed up a couple of months ago in fact. Common fault on those handsets it seems.

I bodged a microsim to normal sim adapter and put the new sim back in, as suggested. Downloaded SMS backup and angry birds, have given it to my daughter...


 
Posted : 08/07/2013 9:21 am
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It sounds like you're sorted but if installing apps was all you wanted to do, you can do that for most app just by taking a back up (with one of the various app backup apps) on your new phone and then just transferring it (by usb) to your old phone and installing that way.


 
Posted : 08/07/2013 9:24 am
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Why download sms back up when its not on wifi or network?


 
Posted : 08/07/2013 9:26 am
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I had loads of texts on there that I wanted to keep, for various reasons. The conversations I had with my dodgy mobile mechanic, for starters.

The two apps I wanted were Angry Birds, so my daughter would stop pestering me for my new phone, and the SMS backup one as above.


 
Posted : 08/07/2013 10:14 am
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misread... 😳


 
Posted : 08/07/2013 10:21 am

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