Vodafone X - €20 Prepay Offers

TheDriver · 18-02-2021 10:01pm

pointless off topic talk about networks in other countries must stop.

carbsy · 21-02-2021 11:33am

wideskill wrote: »

Hi together

I am using my X plan in a smartphone and I uploading videos with it. I am still abroad with it but it's working fine in Greece.

Are you back again?

Lord give me hope!

Dannyman76 · 21-02-2021 7:40pm

Moved to Postfone before Christmas. No speed cap and same network. Had a mobile data outage for a morning lately which customer support told me (got through after 30 minutes!) was down to Vodafone. Tried Gomo a while back signal wasn't as good or consistent. I was Happy with X until Spotify got removed. Got a family deal with Boards.ie users and paying €15 a month on Postfone. X used to be a great bargain

The Ayatolla · 21-02-2021 11:38pm

Anyone use Vodafone X with a router that has a SIM slot?
Any issues with usage etc?

icom · 22-02-2021 12:02am

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Anyone use Vodafone X with a router that has a SIM slot?
Any issues with usage etc?

No issues, just throttles the speed when you hit 100GB within the 28 days.

The Ayatolla · 22-02-2021 12:51am

icom wrote: »

No issues, just throttles the speed when you hit 100GB within the 28 days.

Even on the €30 a month 4G+ plan?

icom · 22-02-2021 2:50am

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Even on the €30 a month 4G+ plan?

I was referring to the €20 euro Vodafone X plan .

The €30 a month 4G plan throttles the speed after 300GB.

Ten Pin · 22-02-2021 10:50am

AFAIK, Vodafone X and Extra plans are capped at 10Mbps for all usage.

From Vodafone X terms...

4. The Offer Allowance: When this offer is activated by the €20 top up customers will receive the following allowance to use during the offer period: 100 national minutes to use Monday to Friday and unlimited national minutes each weekend; unlimited national texts and unlimited data with a maximum speed of 10Mbps.

...no mention of full speed for any of the allowance. For the Extra U/L plan, 4G+ is pointless when speed is capped at 10Mbps.

It's not a major issue but something to be aware of and since it's PAYG, you're not tied to any contract or bill.

jdon72 · 22-02-2021 12:25pm

icom wrote: »

I was referring to the €20 euro Vodafone X plan .

The €30 a month 4G plan throttles the speed after 300GB.

Where'd you see this? I have the Vodafone X plan and I'm throttled all the time

corks finest · 22-02-2021 4:07pm

jdon72 wrote: »

Where'd you see this? I have the Vodafone X plan and I'm throttled all the time

Everyone is

GalwayGaillimh · 22-02-2021 4:55pm

corks finest wrote: »

Everyone is

Yes with Postpone it's 50Gb which you would in a couple of days in 4G Sim Router in any sort of half busy house...
I have a huawei Vodafone router the data sim plan was capped at 400gig speeds were excellent.
Moved to Vodafone sim only unlimited 35 a month deal and speeds are half of the Vodafone data sim even though it says maximum available speed on my sim plan...so Vodafone must have a more maximum speed for the data sim...

absolutegroove · 01-03-2021 12:32pm

Anybody else win anything on the Vodafone scratch card game?

I just won an Ireland rugby jersey - first time I’ve ever won anything with Vodafone!!

bren2001 · 01-03-2021 1:04pm

absolutegroove wrote: »

Anybody else win anything on the Vodafone scratch card game?

I just won an Ireland rugby jersey - first time I’ve ever won anything with Vodafone!!

Just did it there myself. Won a free jersey too!

CoBo55 · 01-03-2021 1:58pm

bren2001 wrote: »

Just did it there myself. Won a free jersey too!

I'd say they've thousands... Giving them away was the only way of shifting them.

corks finest · 01-03-2021 3:46pm

bren2001 wrote: »

Just did it there myself. Won a free jersey too!

Wo

Ussi · 02-03-2021 7:58pm

You can scratch and get 5 Euro credit

gazzaman22 · 02-03-2021 10:29pm

Does this happen every week?
I have the option to scratch but my missus doesn't.

Ussi · 09-03-2021 5:13am

I won every werk

castle2012 · 02-05-2021 12:35am

Got a call from Vodafone last week . Move to them on pre-pay and top up by €20 and get €10 free credit for life . I selected Vodafone X plan for the deal..Now I'm wondering if I change plan to chat extra will I still get the €10 free for life

DopeTech · 02-05-2021 6:46am

castle2012 wrote: »

Got a call from Vodafone last week . Move to them on pre-pay and top up by €20 and get €10 free credit for life . I selected Vodafone X plan for the deal..Now I'm wondering if I change plan to chat extra will I still get the €10 free for life

No it'll be on condition you stay on the same plan. You could call them back and ask but highly unlikely they would allow you to move and keep the benefits.

thefareast · 02-05-2021 10:15am

castle2012 wrote: »

Got a call from Vodafone last week . Move to them on pre-pay and top up by €20 and get €10 free credit for life . I selected Vodafone X plan for the deal..Now I'm wondering if I change plan to chat extra will I still get the €10 free for life

It's not much of a deal anyway, do you get to build up the free credit or even buy something on the play store with it? I'm guessing it has to be used in 30 days or such like.

If you want to stay with vodafone, post mobile use its network and costs €15 a month for calls, texts and data. Otherwise gomo or 48 are pretty much the same for a little cheaper.

The days of vodafone being superior to other networks is long gone, their website is a joke, they confuse their bits from their bytes on it, orders are cancelled all over the place on it for no reason and their network is no better or worse than 3 or eirs. Yet they still charge high prices for their plans and their sim only plans are a convoluted mess, don't reward this with your custom.

muffler · 02-05-2021 10:48am

castle2012 wrote: »

Got a call from Vodafone last week . Move to them on pre-pay and top up by €20 and get €10 free credit for life . I selected Vodafone X plan for the deal..Now I'm wondering if I change plan to chat extra will I still get the €10 free for life

I'm assuming you have a 14 day cooling off period. Make use of it.

corks finest · 02-05-2021 4:35pm

thefareast wrote: »

It's not much of a deal anyway, do you get to build up the free credit or even buy something on the play store with it? I'm guessing it has to be used in 30 days or such like.

If you want to stay with vodafone, post mobile use its network and costs €15 a month for calls, texts and data. Otherwise gomo or 48 are pretty much the same for a little cheaper.

The days of vodafone being superior to other networks is long gone, their website is a joke, they confuse their bits from their bytes on it, orders are cancelled all over the place on it for no reason and their network is no better or worse than 3 or eirs. Yet they still charge high prices for their plans and their sim only plans are a convoluted mess, don't reward this with your custom.

TBH VF are tops compared to 3 etc, customer care generally v good,data decent,best signal in the country

Lenettes · 02-05-2021 6:43pm

hey!

has anybody tried to top up vodafone x with recharge.com? is it secure? will vodafone get my credit card data for a direct top up or will i be given a code?

edit: found out that they use amazon servers, i personally don't like that.

any other ideas where i can recharge vodafone x online?

DopeTech · 02-05-2021 6:58pm

Lenettes wrote: »

hey!

has anybody tried to top up vodafone x with recharge.com? is it secure? will vodafone get my credit card data for a direct top up or will i be given a code?

edit: found out that they use amazon servers, i personally don't like that.

any other ideas where i can recharge vodafone x online?

Why would you not just use Vodafone.ie or the myvodafone app?

Lenettes · 02-05-2021 7:06pm

because i have no own credit card and will have to ask family members to top up for me. i would like to avoid vodafone to have the card details because i don't want my family members to have trouble if vodafone tops up automatically from the credit card. i thought with a third party in the middle this will not happen. the app is connected with a credit card, right?

DopeTech · 02-05-2021 8:43pm

Lenettes wrote: »

because i have no own credit card and will have to ask family members to top up for me. i would like to avoid vodafone to have the card details because i don't want my family members to have trouble if vodafone tops up automatically from the credit card. i thought with a third party in the middle this will not happen. the app is connected with a credit card, right?

You can use a debit card or topup voucher from a shop. You don't need to have it set to auto renew either but that would be best, otherwise you'll end up getting charged out of plans charges. Using recharge would make no sense at all to me.

CastorTroy · 02-05-2021 9:10pm

Just noticed in my app that detailed usage shows being charged for data yesterday and today even though I have unlimited data.
Anyone else get charged for data usage?

Lenettes · 02-05-2021 10:25pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Just noticed in my app that detailed usage shows being charged for data yesterday and today even though I have unlimited data.
Anyone else get charged for data usage?

i read this can occur when using false APN. you have to use the right one for your plan.

live.vodafone.com (phone data bundle)
hs.vodafone.ie (broadband bundle)

CastorTroy · 02-05-2021 10:35pm

Just checked and it's got the correct one selected.
Wonder if it's because I used the phone as a hotspot for my tablet, though would assume it would use my data allowance.

Quackster · 02-05-2021 10:41pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Just checked and it's got the correct one selected.
Wonder if it's because I used the phone as a hotspot for my tablet, though would assume it would use my data allowance.

Some Android phones are set to to automatically switch to the HS APN for hotspotting and you may or may not be able to change this.

Lenettes · 03-05-2021 1:05pm

Hey!

Would it be ok to top up Vodafone X with 100€, so the plan automatically renews itself every 28 days until the 100€ are used? After that the credit card won't be charged automatically, or could this happen? Thx!

DopeTech · 03-05-2021 1:13pm

Lenettes wrote: »

Hey!

Would it be ok to top up Vodafone X with 100€, so the plan automatically renews itself every 28 days until the 100€ are used? After that the credit card won't be charged automatically, or could this happen? Thx!

No don't do that. €80 will just stay as credit on the account.

Ten Pin · 03-05-2021 1:20pm

Would it be ok to top up Vodafone X with 100€, so the plan automatically renews itself every 28 days until the 100€ are used? After that the credit card won't be charged automatically, or could this happen? Thx!

That won't work as VF X needs 20e top up to activate each month so 80e will sit there as credit and can't be used to activate the plan next month.

In any case, leaving 80e credit on a PAYG account isn't a good idea IMO.

The Vodafone top up page is a once off transaction. Once there are no saved cards in My Vodafone then auto renew doesn't work.

Lenettes · 03-05-2021 5:05pm

Thank you very much! It would be ok for me to leave the 80€ on the PAYG card, but if I really can't use them to renew the plan (automatically) after 28 days, how shall I then do it? Do I really have to renew the plan manually every 28th day? Since it's a PAYG card I would not want to give Vodafone the permission to charge my bank account...

Ten Pin · 03-05-2021 5:53pm

It would be ok for me to leave the 80€ on the PAYG card, but if I really can't use them to renew the plan (automatically) after 28 days, how shall I then do it? Do I really have to renew the plan manually every 28th day? Since it's a PAYG card I would not want to give Vodafone the permission to charge my bank account...

80e is a fair amount to leave sitting unused.

There is no way to renew from credit balance, plan allowances last 28 days after top up. To continue using allowances after that requires top up again but it can be left idle for up to 6 months after top up.

Top up vouchers can be bought in a shop using cash, that's the simplest way around not having a debit card.

Some banks allow top up via online banking.

I've topped up via card and online banking and never had any problems...nothing extra was ever charged beyond the amount of the individual transaction. If that ever happened then it's recoverable by raising a dispute with the bank. The only way to take a recurring payment is if it's specifically set in my Vodafone.

Lenettes · 03-05-2021 9:33pm

Thank you for the info! Ok, so I will have to top up every 28 days manually - can you tell me when exactly? Let's say the first top up is on 1st May, so I can top up at 0:00 of May 29? But the bank transfer could take a day or two - so there will be a break in which I will be charged outside of the plan?

gerard2210 · 03-05-2021 9:39pm

Lenettes wrote: »

Thank you for the info! Ok, so I will have to top up every 28 days manually - can you tell me when exactly? Let's say the first top up is on 1st May, so I can top up at 0:00 of May 29? But the bank transfer could take a day or two - so there will be a break in which I will be charged outside of the plan?

You might be better off buying 20euro credit in a shop and topping up manually on the due date. The Vodafone app will let you know the date you need to top up.

Lenettes · 03-05-2021 9:56pm

You are right, but if I travel (UK, France) I think the codes from the Vodafone shops there will not work, or am I wrong?

Lenettes · 04-05-2021 10:10pm

nobody has an idea? what payment options does the app have?

Quackster · 04-05-2021 11:44pm

Just get a debit card by signing up with Revolut. Download the app and away you go. Easiest option by far and free.

xebec · 04-05-2021 11:53pm

Lenettes wrote: »

You are right, but if I travel (UK, France) I think the codes from the Vodafone shops there will not work, or am I wrong?

That’s right, you need to buy the vouchers in Ireland. Simplest way is debit card or main Irish banks if you can’t get to a shop.

kowthing · 19-05-2021 3:20am

Yesterday I had a chat with Vodafone and they said that this offer isn't guaranteed in the future.

No but I just wanted to know

If the plan will stay in the future or is it a promo

It's not a promo that's for sure but it may be upgraded or removed in the future that not really guaranteed.

I hope they won't cancel it!

corks finest · 19-05-2021 5:46am

kowthing wrote: »

I coudn't belive that they cancel this great plan! No not really

I think once u top up on time it’ll roll on

kowthing · 19-05-2021 6:13am

I mean it because they said this to me yesterday

It's not a promo that's for sure but it may be upgraded or removed in the future that not really guaranteed.

bondja80 · 20-05-2021 1:52am

I refered a friend to port to vodafone x, he topped up 20e last night. Do you know how long we need to wait for gift voucher?

PadraigL · 16-08-2021 4:36pm

So purchased a Vodafone x SIM today. The data speed is very good compared to tesco.

Tethering was not working so read some of this thread and tried a few things. Nothing worked. I remember a couple of years ago having a problem with my Tesco mobile SIM abroad and the tech told me to change MVNO type to "IMSI" which worked.

Tried with the Vodafone x sim and tethering worked straigh away.

In actual fact the "undeletable" APN has now disappeared. Vodafone live! is the only APN listed.

Atlantic Dawn · 16-08-2021 4:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117762878#Comment_117762878

For data are you seeing the 4G simbol? Previously when switching I didn't get 4G access, had to contact them via live chat for them to enable it, then all worked much faster.

From memory if you have Android 9 or later it prevents you from being able to change the APN once provider has set it.

PadraigL · 16-08-2021 6:13pm

Yea seeing the 4g on an old Xiaomi phone that I use to tether.

I have just got the Vodafone x SIM working in my Huawei mifi. When I put the SIM into the mifi it defaulted to the Ireland APN. I just setup a new APN (live.vodafone.com) and it worked.

So all is good.

Vodafone X - €20 Prepay Offers

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