Corruption(tech) in Three or coincidence?

tea and coffee

My husband's phone has crashed twice in past few weeks, and is now irreparable . Apparently Three said there was a software issue. Now my au pair has an issue with her Three sim- suddenly won't register in the phone. My daughter 's best pal was also with Three (apple- other 2 phones were android) and her phone "got a virus" according to my daughter and is now unusable.

IS it mere coincidence, or could there be something affecting certain apps, something from Three...not quite sure what I am asking here, as am total technophone.:D

Tombi!

There were some dodgy apks for Pokemon Go (then again there are always dodgy apks). Did they use anything not from the play store?

waraf

I'm with meteor but from what you've described there's no sign of a conspiracy on 3's part. Here's my 2 cents for what it's worth...

1. You husband's phone could be a hardware or software issue, Impossible to tell without more detail. Either way hardly 3's fault

2. Sounds like your au-pair just has a dodgy sim. Just ask 3 for a replacement sim. I'm not with 3 but I've never had to pay my provider for a replacement sim.

3. Most phones that get a virus are fine once you do a factory reset. You can't really blame 3 if your daughter's pal likes to install dodgy software or visit questionable web sites

Ted111

That's three people with three issues.
3 X 3 = 9

Cee-Jay-Cee

Ted111 wrote: »

That's three people with three issues.
3 X 3 = 9

9 is a 6 upside down. 666 is the number of the beast. No further comment required.

MarkR

Three fiddy is the exact amount requested by the loch ness monster. Mind. F*cking. Blown.

Smondie

your husband and your au pair are having an affair

maudgonner

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

9 is a 6 upside down. 666 is the number of the beast. No further comment required.

Turn the 666 upside down and you get 999. Bloody hell, the Gardaí are in on it too! :eek:

Billy The Shiite Bag

People like the OP are the reason I no longer work in retail (technology). What an utterly stupid assertion.

Ted111

maudgonner wrote: »

Turn the 666 upside down and you get 999. Bloody hell, the Gardaí are in on it too! :eek:

If you divide 999 by 333

....you get 3

Coincidence?

I think not.

GBX

Id leave that house. Never to return. The spirits are after you!!!

Your Face

Smondie wrote: »

your husband and your au pair are having an affair

Ahahahaahaaa

maudgonner

tea and coffee wrote: »

...not quite sure what I am asking here, as am total technophone.:D

Hauld on a minute...you're a phone? How are you posting here? Have you gone autonomous? Are Three producing some kind of virus that gives phones artificial intelligence? I feckin' knew we shouldn't trust that Siri stuff.

Somebody needs to call Mulder & Scully about this, pronto.


Not on a phone though...

Ted111

A phone that's into techno music as well.
A sign of true Artificial Intelligence.
I wish I was a technophone.

ScumLord

Smart phones are basically fulling fledged PCs at this stage. They're complicated machines with a simplistic interface that hides most of the complexity away fromt the user meaning the user is completely clueless when anything goes wrong.

One thing I have found with most mobile providers is there customer service is beyond terrible. They've been gradually eroding their service down to nothing to entice us into a contract and they don't care after that.

I've found with Eir mobile and their fixed monthly charges is that once they've got you signed up paying a set €50 a month it doesn't matter if your phone actually works. They're getting their money either way. At least when you're paying for calls, if your phone stops working, they stop getting paid.

So I'll be avoiding those kind of arrangements in the future. I'll pay for what I use from now on.

Ted111

Ted111 wrote: »

That's three people with three issues.
3 X 3 = 9

I always thought 3 trees was a small forest.

Ted111

Deleted User wrote: »

I always thought 3 trees was a small forest.

Wood have to disagree.

ScumLord

Deleted User wrote: »

I always thought 3 trees was a small forest.

A small forest is a wood.

Your Face

Hehe - wood

SEPT 23 1989

Au Pair sounds like a fake name

have you done background checks on him?

Mr. CooL ICE

Three were responsible for 9/11

Smondie

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Three were responsible for 9/11

Jet fuel can't melt steel leaves

Fr_Dougal

The husband/au pair affair is the only reasonable explanation.

kneemos

Ted111 wrote: »

If you divide 999 by 333

....you get 3

Coincidence?

I think not.

3×3=9
9÷9=1
3÷3=1

:eek:

tea and coffee

waraf wrote: »

I'm with meteor but from what you've described there's no sign of a conspiracy on 3's part. Here's my 2 cents for what it's worth...

1. You husband's phone could be a hardware or software issue, Impossible to tell without more detail. Either way hardly 3's fault

2. Sounds like your au-pair just has a dodgy sim. Just ask 3 for a replacement sim. I'm not with 3 but I've never had to pay my provider for a replacement sim.

3. Most phones that get a virus are fine once you do a factory reset. You can't really blame 3 if your daughter's pal likes to install dodgy software or visit questionable web sites

I suppose not on counts 1 and 3, on Point 2, it appears the sim reader is broken. I guess I was just wondering if a virus/bug/trojan horse (something!) had wormed it's way into the phone via an app they might all have in common. Au pair only arrived in ireland and has only downloaded Dublin Bus app that I know of. ie what if that app/site was hacked for example and others were having issues but noone knew the root cause.
I suppose that is what I was asking. I realise that it's probably a stupid question, but was wondering had anyone the same experience recently, or was it mere coincidence .
Mere coincidence- answers own question.
I can't see the wood for the Threes :pac:

Ted111

ScumLord wrote: »

A small forest is a wood.

It is indeed.
And three trees would not be even a wood but would be a copse.

An age old philosophical conundrum asks if a smart mobile phone becomes bricked in a forest and no one is there to seek an upgrade then will the aul fella get the au pair duffed?

Capt'n Midnight

In the English Alphabet t=20 h=8 r=19 e=5 e=5

The target is 666


Let's play countdown

Ted111

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

In the English Alphabet t=20 h=8 r=19 e=5 e=5

The target is 666


Let's play countdown

(20+8)*(19+5)-5 = 667

Just as well - think if i get it exact the devil will appear.