Lycamobile Unlimited Calls Texts & Data (9Gb) for €20/month with double credit offer.

iPink

Can anyone help me with the data plan... I got my Sim, went through the whole confusing rigmarole of trying to find my phone number (why so difficult ????), registering my account, topping up & buying the bundle...
I have the Sim in an unlocked Galaxy Mini, I really only got the Sim for the unlimited data but I can't get a data connection at all... I've tried it on my usual done too, galaxy note, but still no data connection!

I've ticked 'use packet data' in settings & 'when roaming' as I saw it shows up as roaming on the O2 network... Calls & texts go through fine but no data...

Help please!!

RobertFoster

Have you changed your network settings?

breathn wrote: »

APN: data.lycamobile.ie
username: lmie
password: plus

Mimikyu

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TequilaMockingBird

Sorry if it's already been said, but does anyone know if you get the double credit offer when buying credit from a shop, or is it just online? They don't take Laser or 3V online.

iPink

RobertFoster wrote: »

Have you changed your network settings?

Thank you, that seems to have worked, only on edge currently but it seems ok...

Oracle

TequilaMockingBird wrote: »

Sorry if it's already been said, but does anyone know if you get the double credit offer when buying credit from a shop, or is it just online? They don't take Laser or 3V online.

Double credit is online only, as far as I know. You could use a prepaid Mastercard/Visa card maybe.

TequilaMockingBird

Thanks, yes the 3V is a pre-paid Visa, but the site wouldn't accept it. Gah.

Oracle

Maybe they've been reading this thread .... now they're offering Double Credit for Life: http://www.lycamobile.ie/extra-credit/en

Mark Tapley

Couch Potato wrote: »

Mine is the Meteor Hotspot, Huawei E5832 and works fine.

I would say though the speed is slow...

Testing laptop through hotspot - full bars of 3G

speedtest.net is showing :

1) UK IP Address assigned by Lycatel Distribution uk Limited
2) nearest server is london
3) slow .. slow ... slow

pings 350 - 400 ms
Speeds -
0.20 Mbps Down/0.23 Mbps Up
0.22 down/ 0.48 up
Maxed out at just over 0.5 meg down ...

That said browsing is'ok' ... ~UK sites load reasonably quickly (bbc/sky news etc.) Boards.ie actually loads fine

Wonder is it related to the fact of the UK IP and i wonder have they got connectivity through INEX ?

ping

Adrian4

Oracle wrote: »

Maybe they've been reading this thread .... now they're offering Double Credit for Life: http://www.lycamobile.ie/extra-credit/en

What is the expirey period with regards bonus credit?

Oracle

Adrian4 wrote: »

What is the expirey period with regards bonus credit?

30 days

freeze4real

so I topped up about 34days ago, I didn't use my 150min I have 39min left. The 22nd of this month, should be the end of my 30days.
But its way over the 30days and I can still use the internet, send free texts use my remaining minutes.

Happy days

pissed

Just checking with others. In order to get the data to work I had to activate data roaming. I assume this is because it is piggybacking on O2?

pissed

Just done a speed test tethered to Samsung Galaxy S

Mimikyu

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EGriff

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Mine works fine with roaming turned off but I did have to add the data.lycamobile.ie APN. Speed is painfully slow at times though.

pissed

Well I am currently on the €15.25 bundle with Meteor. I find data speeds very slow with them. Just topped up this new sim by €5 this morning and got double the credit. Purchased the €9 bundle and very impressed so far. Will have to check out coverage at home as again I find the coverage with Meteor very hit and miss.

Just tried it in my unlocked Meteor dongle and works fine. Data speeds still a lot better than I was getting with Meteor.

bittihuduga

has anoyone managed to cut the lyca sim and use in the new iphone5?

kenyard

yup. i read a few people having said they cut em no issue.
just make sure the contact part is ok,

Allyall

bittihuduga wrote: »

has anoyone managed to cut the lyca sim and use in the new iphone5?

Easy enough i'd say, but thought the video might be handy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LebM5624Zfk

also

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/how-to-make-your-own-ipad-or-iphone-4-micro-sim-681020

iPink

Hi, could anyone tell me the settings to use with a Hotshot wifi dongle?
I'm currently using an unlocked O2 but won't connect even it's connected to O2 network
Thanks in advance :-)

EGriff

iPink wrote: »

Hi, could anyone tell me the settings to use with a Hotshot wifi dongle?
I'm currently using an unlocked O2 but won't connect even it's connected to O2 network
Thanks in advance :-)

APN: data.lycamobile.ie
Username: lmie
Password: plus

That's what I'm using on my phone.

Adrian4

Is voicemail free?

pissed

EGriff wrote: »

APN: data.lycamobile.ie
Username: lmie
Password: plus

That's what I'm using on my phone.

That's what I have in my unlocked Meteor dongle too.

mac.in

Adrian4 wrote: »

Is voicemail free?

yes

alias no.9

Just got my SIM and unlocked my phone but before I go porting my number, I'm a little skeptical about the time limited availability of the offers, both the double credit and the calls/texts/data. Was looking at emobile select unlimited SIM only (fair usage 45,000mins / 10,000 texts / 15gb) @ €32/month as a 'safer' alternative.

Anyone with experience of both emobile and lycamobile care to rate them both for coverage/service? Been eircell/Vodafone billpay since the last millennium.

Am I right in saying once I'm on the emobile tariff, it'll roll over indefinitely? Is there any history of lycamobile rolling their offers over or could there be a very different offering from Saturday?

One thing that pissed me off with Vodafone was the inability to tether a tablet/laptop (via my iphone 3gs) without incurring additional data charges on top of my data package, anyone tethered with emobile or lycamobile with a 3gs, was it inclusive or an additional data charge?

Kristopherus

alias no.9 wrote: »

Just got my SIM and unlocked my phone but before I go porting my number, I'm a little skeptical about the time limited availability of the offers, both the double credit and the calls/texts/data. Was looking at emobile select unlimited SIM only (fair usage 45,000mins / 10,000 texts / 15gb) @ €32/month as a 'safer' alternative.

Anyone with experience of both emobile and lycamobile care to rate them both for coverage/service? Been eircell/Vodafone billpay since the last millennium.

Am I right in saying once I'm on the emobile tariff, it'll roll over indefinitely? Is there any history of lycamobile rolling their offers over or could there be a very different offering from Saturday?

One thing that pissed me off with Vodafone was the inability to tether a tablet/laptop (via my iphone 3gs) without incurring additional data charges on top of my data package, anyone tethered with emobile or lycamobile with a 3gs, was it inclusive or an additional data charge?

Well Lyca are around only since July, so its anyone's guess as to how long they keep their offers rolling. But they use the same modus operandi in the UK, and they've been there for a few years. I suppose the fact that they're still there says it all, particularly in view of the competition in the UK.

alias no.9

Kristopherus wrote: »

Well Lyca are around only since July, so its anyone's guess as to how long they keep their offers rolling. But they use the same modus operandi in the UK, and they've been there for a few years. I suppose the fact that they're still there says it all, particularly in view of the competition in the UK.

Cheers, just saw a thread on the emobile offer and there's bull**** about upfront deposits which tie you in for 7 months on a supposed 30 day rolling contract. Will try Lyca out, can always change again.

Adrian4

Is voicemail free?

Julius Seizure

Eeeeehhh I was thinking of this but I get 7mb/s on meteor on the 15.25 plan and i think the speeds will be too noticible, I mean I hate dropping down to edge.