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No Sure Signal working since 5th August

Jcb13
4: Newbie

My first sure signal that I had from 2012 stopped working (all lights out) on 7th July, so I went to my local vodafone store - to be told by them "oh yes it's not working you will need to order a new one as we don't have any!". So I duly ordered a new one which arrived and then I had to work out how to get rid of the old details and add the new Serial Number - to find on this forum that the lights out failure was a known problem and that I was entitled to have a free replacement. I set up the new one anyway and it worked - I then took the old sure signal into my local store again and this time saw the Manager who apologised that the member of staff wasn't more helpful and duly sent away my faulty sure signal inorder to ge the free replacement, telling me they would contact me when it was sorted and that he would refund me the cost of the new sure signal so long as I brought it back - 3 weeks later I eventually went back to the store to see what was happening as I had heard nothing from them, taking me brand new sure signal in, and yes my replacement was there and the refund etc was dealt with.   My concern at this point was that the replacement I was given was in a brown box - stating "Nearly New Sure Signal" but I was assured that this was fine and it would work. I took it home and tried to register it on 5th August but it would not go through so I used Live Chat and they assured me that they had sorted it at that end and to give it 24-72 hours to go live, that did not happen and so I contacted them again on 9th August to be told they had sorted it again and to give it 24 hours this time. Again it did not work so I made contact again on 10th August to be told yet again to give it 48 hours this time, yet again this did not work so I made further contact on 12th August begging them to tell me what was going on, where the problem was and they yet again contacted a higher level support and told me yet again to wait for it to be sorted out. I waited 7 days this time and then made contact again on 19th August to go through it all again to be told they were working on it and to keep bearing with them it was with a higher level etc etc!! I finally gave in and made contact again yesterday 30th August (surely 25 days was long enough for it to connect) to be told it had been given to the highest level team yet again and that it would be definitely working within 24 hours. Yet again nothing and I made contact again this morning 31st August to be told that they are working on it but that it will be upto 5 days (yet again) and that I have to wait until next Monday 5th September to see if it is working. During this time as well I was told by one lady well if you had a Samsung 6 or 7 you wouldn't need Sure Signal as they connect to your Wifi, yet when I asked if I could upgrade to one early as I wasn't due an upgrade until December I was told it would cost me £140 to do so - when surely as their Sure Signal System is not working and they won't replace my replacement with a Brand New One this could have been done for free. I like many others work from home and nearly a month of not having a mobile signal has not only been expensive in terms of money to use a landline but also in missed business calls. 

 

Has anyone been successful in getting a straight answer to what is wrong at Vodafone's end or been given a replacement that works ?(as I can't seem to get one).

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@Jcb13

 

I'd advise leaving the Sure Signal as it is for now, we don't want any changes made to effect the fix that's in progress.

 

If we get advised we need you to do anything, we'll let you know.

@EricChester

 

Thank you for your reply, I'll wait to hear from you.

Rahim
Moderator (Retired)
Moderator (Retired)

@Jcb13 Please can you let us know if there's been any change with your Vodafone Sure Signal? 

@Rahim

 

Thank you for your message - No there is sadly no change with the Sure Signal it is 7 Weeks today and I am losing the will to live with it. It is really affecting my business as I work from home, please can you check it again and if I need a different one please can you get it sent to me.  Thank you for your help.

 

@Jcb13

 

Apologies for the delay.

 

I've chased this up with Rahim today for you. As soon as we've got an update, we'll be in touch.

@Jcb13 Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. 

I've checked your Vodafone Sure Signal via the serial number you previously gave and we can see your device is up to date and responding to our server. 

If you're still having trouble, please could you let us know what light sequence your Vodafone Sure Signal is showing? 

@Rahim

 

Thank you for your reply - my light sequence is still First light Red and then the next 2 lights are Solid White. I have logged into my Vodafone account and it is still showing as pendingReplaced so I still have no signal from this end even though the lights give the impression of a working unit.

 

Hopefully you will be able to change the status and then it should work if ut is upto date and communicating with your server.

 

I will wait to hear from you.

Rahim
Moderator (Retired)
Moderator (Retired)

@Jcb13 Thanks for getting back to us. 

I've passed this information on to our Service Desk team to help resolve this issue. 

Please allow up to 72 hours for your Vodafone Sure Signal to start working and the status on your My Vodafone account to change.

@Rahim

 

Thank you for your message - fingers crossed it works this time.

@Rahim

 

I've waited over 72 hours now and I still have not got a signal - my account when I log in still says pendingReplaced as it has done since 5th August when I was given this Sure Signal as a replacement for my burnt out Sure Signal which had worked fine for 4 years before failing spectacularly.

 

PLEASE PLEASE can someone sort this out I have been told week on week it was being fixed and to wait either 6 hours/12 hours/24 hours or 72  hours so many times now it is becoming ridiculous.

 

As I have said previously I work from home most of the week and not having a phone signal here is really affecting my business, as it costs a fortune to call mobiles from a landline, I have also lost some work due to not answering text messages, which I cannot receive.