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ID Mobile's signal coverage is just terrible, & getting worse.
Since switching to ID Mobile the signal coverage on my phone is just terrible, & it’s getting worse. It doesn't matter where I am in the country ( inside or outside ), the signal on my phone is so weak, & if I am inside I can pretty much guarantee that the signal on my phone will be so weak that I won’t be able to use the internet, & sometimes it will be so weak that I won’t even be able to make calls, & this from a mobile network provider that claims to use the 3 network, & claims that their network covers 99% of the UK. The only way I can get a slightly better signal with ID Mobile is when I turn my phone to 3G only ( manual not auto ), but again, not without the problems mentioned above, but even if I do this my signal can still be full one minute & dead the next, even when I haven't even moved anywhere. Also, it seems that I’m not the only one with signal coverage issues when it comes to the ID Mobile network as masses of ID Mobile users are complaining about this issue, not only on this forum, but all over the web. Also, mine & my girlfriends phones are identical as I bought them together, however, my girlfriends phone uses a different mobile network & she has excellent coverage everywhere, so you can’t tell me this is not down to ID Mobile’s signal coverage. I'm now thinking of switching to my girlfriends mobile phone provider, as what’s the point of having a phone if you can’t use it 50% of the time because bad signal coverage. It’s great that ID Mobile is a cheep costing mobile network provider, but I suppose you get what you pay for, & I’d rather pay more & have a phone I can use, especially when I have serious health issues so might need to use my phone in an emergency. ☹️
Wrong phone sent
Massive catalogue of errors here. I recently took out a contract on a Google Pixel 8. DPD attempted delivery but no one answered the door (my wife was in but didn’t hear them knock). I then knew that no one would be in during delivery hours for the next week, so tried to alter delivery. DPD said they could alter delivery, and ID mobile said the same. They then tried to deliver the phone every day for a week, at a time I knew, and told them, I wouldn’t be in. They finally managed it a week after the order was made - but delivered the wrong phone. An iPhone 15, in a package with my details and address on the front. I contacted IDmobile on text chat - they told me that DPD would collect the phone from me, and I should wait for instructions on this. I waited, and nothing came through. I phoned the complaints line. They told me that they would never organise collection through DPD. I was told to return the phone myself, via Royal Mail Special delivery, and that I would be reimbursed for the delivery. I did so. Today, I got an email saying that they could organise delivery of the Google Pixel 8, because I had returned the wrong phone - not a Pixel 8 but an iPhone. I called the complaint line again, who told me I should email them pictures of the iPhone so the complaint could be escalated to ‘Head Office’. I was told I should wait for ‘Head Office’ to contact me with the next steps of the complaint. While everyone I have spoken to has been polite and professional, this has honestly been the worst consumer experience I’ve had for a long time. I’m currently paying for a phone I don’t have. Always recommended ID to others before - this definitely won’t be the case now.
Calling (or more) not available in PAYG due to alleged lack of credit
I wanted to resume my old topic, because the problem turned out to have never disappeared, and recently it’s been pestering me more than ever. It was the topic: Since it’s been archived in the meantime, I had to create a new one. Anyway, the problem is exactly what the title says. Even though I still have well enough credit for calling or whatever, and there’s still long until it expires, the service regularly does not allow me to use it. I really rarely call someone, and when I do, it’s usually urgent. And every time it is urgent, the problem comes up. When trying to call someone, most of the time I just hear “You are currently unable to make calls cos' you are out of calling credits”. Although now there are some differences compared to the occurrences of the problem from the past...1. In the past, with the problem taking place, when calling the automated iD Mobile service to hear how much credit I had, I would instead hear that they were experiencing some technical difficulties. These days, sometimes I hear the same thing but most of the time I hear that I "have no credit available and no remaining allowances". Also, I hear it even when the problem is actually (for a moment!) not taking place.2. This time, with the problem taking place, contrary to the past, I am still able to use mobile data (just the calling is not working). To make it clear, the sufficient amount of credit is there and can always be seen after logging to my iD Mobile account. It's so irritating – someone (me) uses the "calling" function only occasionally, usually in more serious cases and being out of home, and they can't do that! I think it may be the very time to change the provider...