Tech Guides

A split port happens when your mobile number transfer only completes properly in some parts of the network.  Your new SIM may show the correct number. Outgoing calls might work. Mobile data…

You find the app you need, tap Download, and your phone responds with the wonderfully helpful message:  Waiting for Wi-Fi.  Not ideal when you’re on a train, at an airport or…

Low Data Mode is basically your iPhone telling apps to stop being so greedy when you’re using mobile data.  Once it’s switched on, iOS cuts back on jobs that normally happen quietly in the background. Apps…

Android Data Saver is supposed to stop apps quietly chewing through your mobile allowance. It does that mainly by restricting background data when you’re using a metered connection such as mobile data.  The slightly…

A refurbished phone can be a cracking way to save money. You get a handset that may have cost £800 or £1,000 when new without paying new-phone money, and you…

Social media can chew through mobile data far faster than people expect.  It is not usually the odd photo doing the damage. It is autoplay video, Reels, Stories, TikToks, livestreams and that harmless-looking five-minute scroll that…

Public Wi-Fi is part of the digital nomad bargain.  You get a table, a plug socket and an internet connection in exchange for buying a coffee every couple of hours and pretending…

Both iPhone and Android include built-in settings designed to stop apps quietly chewing through your mobile allowance.  Apple calls its feature Low Data Mode. Android calls it Data Saver.  The basic idea is…

Dual SIM lets you use two mobile numbers on one phone. One might be your personal number and the other for work, travel or a cheaper data plan.  Both iPhone and Android…

Buying or bringing a phone from abroad can feel like a smart move.  Maybe it was cheaper in another country.  Maybe it was a gift from family.  Maybe you brought it with you when moving to the…

Knowing how to connect a laptop to a phone hotspot can save the day when home broadband drops, hotel Wi-Fi is poor, or you need to work from somewhere with…

Wi-Fi calling not working is one of those problems that strikes at the worst moment, usually when you’re indoors with no signal, trying to reach family who might be a continent away.  The…