Just an update relating to my ongoing experience of using a found 2G Nokia 105 TA-1010 'burner' phone, 'powered' by a SIM from a company (RWG) that appeared to have gone AWOL. It's all going just fine!
Not used very often for outgoing calls, nevertheless, may have to get around some time to topping it up with another fiver. Dare I use the RWG website for this, as I did last time? It then needed a call to NOW support to get it kicked through, though that was at initial SIM activation. Perhaps safer to use a Tesco POS terminal?
I did notice a balance inquiry text seemed to be charged at 10p - supposed to be 5p for Texts and 5p per min for calls. Then I noticed a rather funny mistake by me: I had accidently Texted 'BAL' to 269 (the voice mailbox number) rather than the correct 669. Curiously it still returned my balance! Albeit with the anomalous 10p charge.
Use the correct number and sanity returned.
I said previously there appeared to be no time synchronisation on the network, even though Automatic Update was set in the phone. But after using the phone for a while it seems it is somehow keeping time remarkably accurately for a cheap mobile phone.
BTW, many people believe RWG has gone out of business, however their website remains intact and was even updated: wrt 5G, plus VoLTE and Wi-Fi calling in March. I looked up their company registration number at Companies House and the company behind the RWG brand (IWITHACIRCLE Ltd.) is still listed as an operating company. Who knows?
And then... Signs of life! The RWG website has been revamped today: https://www.rwgmobile.wales/
