I'm leaving London to go back to West Sussex where my delivered iPhone 6 is. Does anyone know how to move my photos on my 5 to my 6 WITHOUT backing the whole phone up and restoring my 6 from it? I want to start fresh but with my old photos and videos.
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Thanks for all the advice, looks like a safe bet then.
Agreed with the rest. Coverage up here is very good and I find the same problems with getting coverage in buildings as anyone else does on different networks. Wouldn't change from Three as i've found it consistently a better service than the others. Never had to deal with customer services over the phone, only in shop and the guy was great. 
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The indoor coverage issues with Three/EE aren't going to be an issue much longer. They'll be launching 800MHz LTE aggressively next year so indoor coverage will be equal (technically) on all networks.
Been with Three for a couple of years in London and they've been spot on. The 4G is quick and everywhere else that's 3G is quick enough anyway. The only thing is you tend to lose signal in basements / some buildings more so than other networks but I guess that's due to the section of mobile frequency they use. It's never been a problem for me due to usually having wifi in those places.
Bought an iPhone 6 64GB yesterday morning, getting used to the size. Will be moving my three contract to the sim only £18pm one soon
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See above post.
Theyll be releasing a new band of LTE but 3G is still poor in some indoor places.
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Well yes that's true but over time more and more devices are going to have LTE so it won't be a problem for much longer.
Three's in a unique situation as they have no 2G network. With LTE, 3G really starts to become useless. 2G still has a place for calls and texts but what does 3G do? Other networks will eventually turn 3G off I suspect and they will use those bands for LTE. But what will Three do?
It's excellent. As someone else mentioned, I use my phone mostly for data / app consumption and rarely hold long phone calls on it (never in public for long). It feels like the perfect phone for someone who wants to use it for mobile browsing etc. When used as a phone it's fine though. Doesn't seem too big to me and fits fine in my pocket. I am finding myself using it like an iPad too. Watched Netflix on it in bed and also re downloaded Star Walk. Never did anything like that on the 5.
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Lets hope so, I was on Three till last year, it was horrible in doors, at work I would straggle for a signal, at home I had no signal a lot of the times, any time I entered a big store/bar/restaurant I would have no signal. Pricing and unlimited data is awesome, so once they sort that out I will be back.
I've never had a signal problem with three. Signal is as good as T-Mobile/Orange were in my stomping ground, data speeds are better. There's even the same dead spot at the back of my local Morrisons store.
Anyway, shouldn't they rebrand as Four now?
My wifi was a little flaky the first day I got it. I've since reset the network settings and it seems ok. Though admittedly i've not sat there watching if it drops.
yes but the overall consensus is that you get a cleaner install and better battery life.
Taken from http://www.imore.com/how-fix-iphone-6-and-ios-8-battery-life-problems-0
3. Restore your device as new (not from backup)
The single biggest cause of battery life problems with iOS devices occurs when they are restored from backup and not set up as new devices. Whether it's cruft or corruption, bit rot or simply bad bits, a clean install as a new device — incredible pain in the butt though it may be — is usually the best fix for any battery life issues. This is the nuclear option. You will have to set up absolutely everything again, and you will lose all your saved data like game levels, but in most cases your battery life will be better than ever.
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I have come over from an Android device so didn't have a backup to apply. So far my battery life has been great. But I have turned off a lot of the tracking features on the phone, and barred apps from accessing my location etc etc.
I have also not really been gaming heavily or using a lot of data transfer. As an example, my phone was fully charged by around 9PM on the 19th. I disconnected it, and used facebook, a bit of maps and the camera a few times etc. Went to bed and at around 9AM the following morning I still had 82% battery left. I don't know if that is good compared to other iPhones models, or other people using a 6, but I thought it was pretty good personally. My battery has had a bit of charge since, I topped it up to about 80% yesterday afternoon and it currently stands at 52% around 26 hrs later.
I do find when watching full screen video over wi-fi it eats battery though, but then it has been the same on any other device I have ever used.
I found the below guide helpful (it has 2 pages), and as I went through the settings it opened my eyes as to how much access apps will have it you let them - all of which is a drain on the battery. It was also useful to know you don't have to stick with a 4 digit pass code if you don't want to. You can have a more advanced alpha-numeric code if you choose.
http://www.zdnet.com/seven-privacy-settings-you-should-change-immediately-in-ios-8-7000033598/
