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31-08-2016 12:11 PM - edited 31-08-2016 03:05 PM
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).
26-09-2016 02:31 PM
@Jcb13 Thanks for getting back to us.
I can see this is still being worked on by our Service Desk team, however is taking longer than we anticipated.
You'll be notified by text message once the Sure Signal regains service.
Apologies for the inconvenience this may be causing.
27-09-2016 09:40 AM
@Rahim
Thank you for your message.
Whilst I appreciate this is not your fault and I am grateful for you chasing the Service Desk Team with regards to my fault, this has been being worked on since the 5th August. Surely it should have been fixed by now or a Brand New Sure Signal sent to me as there clearly has to be a fault with this free replacement I was given.
I have read the numerous other posts on this forum of similar faults and they seem to have been thankfully sorted with either a fix or a new Sure Signal Unit in a much shorter timescale than this so please can you ask the Service Desk Team why it is taking so long.
Thank you.
27-09-2016 01:48 PM
28-09-2016 10:27 AM
@Rahim
Thank you for your message. I reset my Sure Signal last night as requested and within 20 minutes the lights were back to the sequence they have been on from the beginning - 1st Red, 2nd White-Solid, 3rd White-Solid but it is still not working and I have logged into my account this morning and it still says pendingReplaced, with a registered date of 23/12/2012, which was when my original Sure Signal was registered (is this date what is causing the problem?).
Please can I try de-registering it and then re-registering it now?
I have given up contacting 191 as nothing has been achieved through there so please can you send me in a private message details of how to contact you direct as I would prefer to speak to you as to a way forward now after all this time and the messaging on here takes so long.
Thank you.
28-09-2016 04:49 PM
@Rahim @EricChester @Charles @DaveCD
Please can one of you reply to my last message as this needs to be discussed and sorted as soon as possible as I have discovered this afternoon that I have lost some more work due to not having a mobile Signal at home in my office and having to use the Landline to contact existing customers is costing a small fortune.
Thank you
28-09-2016 05:48 PM
Sorry to hear you're still having trouble with your Sure Signal.
I've spoken to our technical team who have escalated this for us again today. We'll be in touch with an update as soon as possible.
Our tech team have also run a factory reset on the Sure Signal from our end. This may force any fixes the service desk have previously done through to the Sure Signal. Just incase this does get it up and running, please restart your mobile phone tomorrow morning, whilst connected in range with the Sure Signal and let us know if anything has changed.
28-09-2016 06:24 PM
@EricChester
Thank you for your reply - I will try this in the morning and let you know how I get on. Fingers Crossed it works!!
29-09-2016 08:22 AM
@EricChester @Rahim
I have restarted my mobile right beside the Sure Signal and still no change - all lights correct giving the impression of a working unit but no signal - it is also still showing as pendingReplaced on my Vodafone account.
Please can you arrange to send me a new Sure Signal as this one clearly is not going to work. I had a brand new one between my old one and the replacement one and that worked fine but had to go back once the replacement arrived.
Thank you
01-10-2016 01:45 PM
01-10-2016 11:02 PM
@Rahim
Thank you for your message and your help I have responded and will wait to hear from them or you.