Replies posted by ally153

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Richard.C
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June Community Newsletter Competition - CLOSED

Probably Florida for my honeymoon. Our daughter was a year old at the time and loved the theme parks!

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sharonbarnes
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3 years ago
Richard.C
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May Community Newsletter Competition - CLOSED

Probably a toss-up between my tumble-dryer and washing machine - both are used equally as often and both could do with getting replaced after many years of service!

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4 years ago
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April Community Newsletter Competition - Closed

Hearing 1917 in surround sound would be awesome to really get into the action!

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4 years ago
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March Community Newsletter Competition - Closed

Can’t really remember from my childhood, but for the teen years it would be any Terry Pratchett Discworld book - Mort comes to mind. Also Lord of the Rings! These days it’s MY kid’s childhood favorites I remember  - Dinosaur ROAR & We’re Going On A Bear Hunt. Incidentally I don’t need the books to recite them. 

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iD Mobile
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4 years ago
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January Community Newsletter Competition - Closed

My New Year's resolution is to keep up the momentum of positive changes to my life. Been tracking my diet better and going to the gym consistently for the last 6 months, lost about 7kg in weight and I'm lifting higher weights (can now deadlift 1 1/2 times my bodyweight). I'm getting out more to social events nand generally feeling healthier mentally and physically. 😊

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iD Mobile
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4 years ago
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December Community Newsletter – Christmas Competition - Closed

My daughters have taken over this time of the year - it’s all about them now! Time off work, spending time with them is what I enjoy the most about this time of the year. :)

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4 years ago
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Stress Awareness Day Competition - Closed

Truecaller on my phone automatically blocks spam callers, so I have far fewer unnecessary disruptions :).

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Ryan
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4 years ago
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November Community Newsletter Competition - Closed

Another Christmas fan here :) Plenty of good memories and great to get the family together. :)

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4 years ago
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October Community Newsletter Competition - Closed

Going old school, does The Thing count as horror or Sci-Fi? :joy:

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4 years ago
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10,000 and Counting Competition - Closed

Without a doubt iD has been the best competitively priced advanced network! Having 4G calling and Wi-Fi calling at the sort of monthly prices you are offering is brilliant! The only thing that would wow me more is if there weren't any 4G data issues like I've experienced in the past - but that is more a Three network issue than directly an iD isse. Well done in hitting 10,000!

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4 years ago
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September Community Newsletter Competition - Closed

Probably Japan - never been before, but I have always loved Asian cultures!

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connorsidnee
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4 years ago
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We've got you competition - Closed

I'd use the cash to buy myself a new smartwatch. Been eyeing up Fossil's new lineup for a while now...

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PavD
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4 years ago
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June Google Competition - Closed

Competitive pricing but still featuring advanced features like 4G-Calling and Wi-Fi calling which many other networks miss!

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4 years ago
iD Mobile
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Huawei P30 Pro Competition! - Closed

To me, the two things everyone should know about that will have the biggest impact in the photos they take is knowing the basics of composition and lighting. Most camera apps have the ability to enable “grid lines” which adds lines that split the camera view into 9 rectangles. Instead of putting your subject of interest bang in the centre, try instead centring the subject where one sett of horizontal and vertical lines meet. This technique is called the rule of thirds, where our brains focus on any of the for intersections and is probably one of the easiest photography ‘tricks’ to understand. While you are ‘framing up’ your subject in one of those intersections, why not try experimenting with taking the photo from a higher or lower angle (standing on something or crouching down). Because we are not used to looking at the world from these angles, it can add drama and interest to the photo. A simple tip for lighting with shots of the family on a bright sunny day is to find some sha

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iD Mobile
iD Mobile Employee
5 years ago
ally153
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ally153Newbie
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4G data issues in certain locations

Found another location in Glasgow where I don't appear to get internet when o 4G. I have reported the issue to Three via their website, but it has to be said, this is my biggest gripe with iD so far even if iD isn't directly responsible for the issue. I got an iD contract not just for the rollback an value for money plans, but for how advanced the network was v.s. compentitors like Smarty, which don't support 4G calling or Wi-Fi calling - even O2 which I came from didn't support those features! If I have to keep off of 4G because of patchy service then the 4G calling is out of the picture and if I'm on a Wi-Fi call and the Wi-Fi signal disappears, I have no 4G service to potentially hand over to - resulting in droped calls! I hope Three are quick in patching up their service - I think one of the 'dead' spots in the middle of Glasgow is now fixed, but to find so many problem areas in less than 2 months when I never had issues with over 2 years with O2 isn't great!

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Mohammed
iD Mobile Employee
5 years ago
H. Fletcher
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H. FletcherCivilian
posted in Community Archive.

Phone Photography

The answer depends on what you are after: I use Photoshop Express for photo editing, it has tools to touch up photos if there are blemishes or objects in them that you want to edit out, plus a whole host of sliders and filters to enhance or alter the look of photos. If you want a quick "boost" to your image if they look "dull" the auto option works well too. Perfectly clear is a simpler app designed to automatically enhance photos, making them look punchier and more pleasing. Photoshop (or Lightroom as Ryan had suggested) can do all of that too, but the interface in Perfectly Clear is simpler and easier to use for quick enhancements. After Focus allows you t blur out backgrounds, which can make for more attractive photos of people or close-ups - many modern phones already have a mode built-in that does this, but After Focus can help to touch up the effect if your phone didn't quite get the blur right or add the effect to phones that don't provide the feature. Adding the las

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ally153
Newbie
5 years ago
dude7691
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dude7691Civilian
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Do I keep my phone at end of contract?

A contract is basically your phone service plus a loan the phone you got at a subsidised rate. Make sure to check out for the latest deals or switch to a sim only deal when your contract ends or you'll be paying more than you should for a phone service AND phone that your already paid off!

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dude7691
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5 years ago
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icimanCivilian
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Poor GPS. Please help me improve it

Yeah, I had a problem with one of my phones a while back where it was only using Wi-Fi and mobile masts to triangulate my position, which sounds a lot like you are saying. Hopefully for you it's something simple like the location setting has been changed as opposed to hardware!

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ally153
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5 years ago
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icimanCivilian
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Poor GPS. Please help me improve it

Check your location settings is set to use GPS - you can typically find it in Setting -> Location in your phone (different phones and versions of Android annoyingly lay out their settings menu differently). Your phone should be set to high accuracy. If that's set, you could try taking your phone out of any case it's in and run an app like [url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mictale.gpsessentials&hl=en]GPS Fix[/url] in an outdoor location. If the Satellites tab shows your phone can see any satellites then you'll at-least know if your GPS module is working or not. If it's not found anything after about a minute then it's definitely a hardware fault. Here is an article with more tips if the above steps don't work: [url=https://www.technobezz.com/fix-android-gps-issues/]https://www.technobezz.com/fix-android-gps-issues/[/url] Hope you get this fixed!

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ally153
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5 years ago
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DaspursmanNewbie
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Small screen mobiles

I resisted the move to bigger phones for quite a while, sadly there just don't seem to be many good options these days. GSMArena have a good search feature - I got a list of all Android/iOS phones released in the last 2 years that are roughly the same size as the XZ1 Compact: [url=https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2017&nHeightMax=135&nWidthMax=70&sAvailabilities=1&sFormFactors=1&sOSes=2,3]https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2017&nHeightMax=135&nWidthMax=70&sAvailabilities=1&sFormFactors=1&sOSes=2,3[/url] I know it's easy to focus on screen size, but bear in mind screen bezels are shrinking so many phones these days, though have a bigger screen, actually aren't physically bigger (most are still bigger than the compact sadly!).

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D
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5 years ago
Lisaw42
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Lisaw42Civilian
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Cannot use data sometimes

I reported an issue with 4G in certain locations. In general 4G works fine for me, but there are a handful of locations where my phone says I have a good 4G signal, but I don't get internet. My wife has the same problem in the same areas with iD. The problem was never resolved, but was put down to a problem with the Three network (probably a mast problem). I did notice that if I switched my phone only to use 2G/3G my internet issues went away. Not ideal I know, but might be worth a try.

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ally153
Newbie
5 years ago
annmac0896
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annmac0896Civilian
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Sleep Apps

I have been a long time user of Sleep As Android. It has a lot of features to track sleep quality including respiration tracking, %time in deep sleep, snore tracker etc. You also don't need to put your phone on the bed with you to track your patterns with a feature called 'sonar'. I've never used the feature, but apparently it uses your mic to pick up ultrasonic sounds. If you use it for your alarm it can also wake you up when you are in a lighter sleep phase as opposed to disrupting you while you're in a deep sleep. There are "Pro" features you need to pay for, but the basic functionality is free.

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annmac0896
Civilian
5 years ago
Hood989
Hood989
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How to use a Micro SD card

[quote=Hood989]Thanks for the advice, i wanted to change photo storage to the card[/quote] Ah, in that case you'll definitely want to check your camera app settings. This article explains it if you're unsure (problem #3): [url=https://thedroidguy.com/2019/01/galaxy-s7-edge-camera-photos-not-saved-sd-card-issues-1071332]https://thedroidguy.com/2019/01/galaxy-s7-edge-camera-photos-not-saved-sd-card-issues-1071332[/url]

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ally153
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5 years ago
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Sherman2008Newbie
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Advice for screen protector

Installing the protector in a humid environment like a bathroom can help as the humidity means there will be less dust particles floating around. I generally wipe my screen clean with a microfibre cloth in a well lit room with the screen off and check the screen from different angles to see I've removed all dust. I then line up the protector and use any supplied guide stickers to hold the screen protector while I remove any backing film, check the screen again for dust (like any that transferred from the backing film when I was lining up and finally install the protector. The above sounds really convoluted, but it gets good results and actually doesn't take too long to do. If you are unlucky to get a speck of dust trapped under a tempered screen protector, you can usually lift the screen protector off and pick the dust off the adhesive. This of-course can risk exposure to more dust and depending how far from the edge the dust is, it might not be easy to get rid of.

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ally153
Newbie
5 years ago
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JD1
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Pay using your phone?

I'd agree that Google Pay is the better option in terms of simplicity. The problem is Samsung Pay is far fewer phones use it, which might not be a problem for you right now, but if you upgrade to a different phone, might be an issue.

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Dorchester30
Civilian
3 years ago
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