Moving home movies to ipad2
I thought moving videos (home movies) to my ipad2 would be as easy as moving photos to it but it just ain't so. In fact I can't do it. I have my movie in .m4v which is what ipad wants but when I try to sync it with my computer via itunes, it shows up on the ipad under home movies but there is really no data there. It says data = 0. I try to drag it over in itunes, the little wheel by my device listing is spinning and the progress bar in itunes shows "copying movie to ipad" but the progress bar never moves and after five minutes or so the little wheel doesn't spin any more. When I come back in the morning after letting it run all night. It has an error that says "movie not copied device timed out." I have the ipad2 set to STAY ON all the time so why would it be timing out. The movie is 800 megs and is 2 hours and 12 minutes long. I can see those figures on my ipad under home movies and a little square frame with the movie name on it but no data has ever moved over.
I'm very disappointed in Apple for this kind of poor performance. I imagine the other competiing brands are handling this with ease and finesse.
Any ideas?
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I write to express my complete astonishment and disgust with the level of service BT has offered to me as a valued long standing customer.
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In mid February 2012 I phoned to inform BT that I was moving home shortly and would like to switch all service to a new address. I was told that I needed to call back when my current line had been taken over by the new tenant, at which time I could then move my services.
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On Saturday 3rd March I rang BT back very disgruntled with the lack of service offered. I spoke to a gentleman who checked my account and system notes and stated he didn't know why I hadn't been contacted back. He informed me that I could take out a new account and waive the connection fees. He run a check on the line but informed me that it was coming back as a black line, and that he would need to book an engineer to come out to the property to check the connection. He was very helpful in his nature and suggested that I plugged a phone into the BT sockets and dialled 17070 to check for a line and number. He stated that as it was the weekend he couldn't book an engineer till Monday but he would personally phone me back by 12pm on Monday 5th March to check with me regards any current phone line and if necessary book the engineer.
At 1.00pm on Monday 5th March I had not received any phone call from BT. I can't say that I was surprised given BT's lack of customer service over the previous few days. I proceeded to phone BT again at my expense on my mobile phone to be greeted by a very helpful gentleman who again took me through the same details as previously had been stated. I informed him of my disappointment of BT's customer service, to which he apologised and tried to set up a new account for me. On attempting to set up all my services I was told that it kept failing on the BT system when it reached the broadband page. He suggested that I set up the phone line to instigate the new account and once live I could then upgrade my account to include broadband, BT vision and Sky Sports.
Although not happy with this I accepted the proposal to which he then attempted to book an engineer. He promptly informed me that the next engineer available would be on Monday 26th March 2012, a full 3 weeks delay!! He then informed me the broadband could then be initiated but with an additional lead time of a further 5-7 days. Thus bringing the whole episode up to a total of 4 weeks, not including the time already wasted by BT in the previous week.
I proceeded to inform the gentleman that this was an unacceptable amount of time coupled with the inconvenience and lack of service, and that I would now cancel my contract with BT.
After coming off the phone to BT, I proceeded to go onto the internet where within 10mins I had set up an account with Plusnet for broadband. I received a text message 2 hours later from Plusnet to inform me that my phone line was now live and gave details of my new phone number together with delivery details of my new home hub and an expected broadband start date within 3-5 days. Now that's quality service.
I have since received a final bill from BT stating cancellation charges of £61.13 to be paid by 22nd March 2012 and also a returns envelope to post back all the equipment.
Please can BT inform me whether this is an acceptable standard of service that a long standing customer expects?
Please can you inform me why BT have difficulty in moving my account to a new address when a new provider can initiate within hours?
How can BT charge me a cancellation fee when I have attempted to continue my service but BT could not offer the service within a reasonable time frame?
Under the Supply of Goods & Service Act 1982, please inform me if BT believe they have met the requirements of the legislation;
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- That BT have carried out the work in reasonable time
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I am totally disgusted with BT and the level of service offered, the inconvenience caused, the wasted costs and time I have incurred trying to move my service and the overall unprofessional nature of your business.
I have sent a personal letter to Ian Livingston - CEO of BT - can't wait for the comical reply to that!!
Update 13th March 2012: Just received an obnoxious call from BT Customer Services stating the cancellation charges of £61.13 will stand as per an auto renewal contract which expires in August, even though BT cannot offer the service I require in a reasonable amount of time! Is it acceptable to wait 4 weeks for Broadband when I am an existing customer?? I think legislation, OFCOM & Ombudsman are firmly on my side! Great service BT!!If you would like to contact one of the UK based BT Care Team who moderate this forum, they should be able to help you.
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BT Home Move - a night mare (extremely disappointe...
I am moving flat on 2nd July in the same building and moving to next door. I thought it will be a quick process for BT to move my home telephone line but it was not the case. Since I am trying to resolve the issues which triggered after my first call on 20th June (Monday), I'm still not sure when my BT line will be moved.
Please see below for various orders placed during last week:
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I called around lunch time and talked to a nice lady who took 45 minutes to get the order in place. There were number of occasions when I was put on hold. I told the lady that my Internet provider is a different company and by that time, I was not aware of any SIM code (Simultaneous Provide code) which is required by the broadband provider to connect Internet services. I found out about this code when I called my broadband provider. Now I called back around 5PM and requested SIM code. BT representative told me to cancel your order so as you can place a new order and then I will be issued a new SIM code.
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After receiving the text, I called again BT and enquired about my order? They said system problem and you need to place a new order. You need to wait for another 24 hours so as the system can be clear completely.
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I gave up and asked my wife to give you guys a call for home move. She spent an hour to arrange home move but incorrectly requested the closing date as 4th July instead of 8th July as I got keys for both flats until 9th July. I asked her to call you guys again and then BT said you need to wait for 3 days to cancel this out. She called again on the same day and requested if this could be done more quickly and the Open Order team said you can request another order after 24 hours.
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Then we called again on Friday 24th June and we heard the same story that the system did not cancel it completely and call again on Monday.
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We called again today and again we've been told the same story that you need to wait for another 24 hours for system to be updated and your order is placed as provisionally. My new moving date will be:
Switching off: 8th July and
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Please some body can tell me what kind of system BT uses for its order management system?
Why there is no Super User/ Supervisor who can remove the order from the system?
We spent around 10 hours in sorting this out and the big picture is, we're still not sure when our services will resume once it's switched off as it's all provisional booking. It's an extreme level of frustration which I can not explain. Due to this issue, I need to go to office on Saturday 9th July by travelling a 12 miles journey because I can work from home but due to unavailability of BT, I've no internet. Who will pay the cost?
If you guys are not capable enough, then please ask your customers to leave and BT should not charge any cancellation charges so as they can freely see other options/ providers.
I called BT on 20th June to arrange home move. The lady took at least 45 minutes to get the order in place.Hi Maaz, first of all do you want to go back to your post and edit out(****) some of the VOL numbers.
Secondly this is a customer to customer forum the only BT representatives on here are the mods. They should be able to help you if you fill out this form.
It might take a couple of days before the pick up the message.
Form is here: http://bt.custhelp.com/app/contact_email/c/4951
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Elderly parents left without line after home move
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Not sure if anyone can help or offer advice, but thought it worth a try.
My elderly parents moved home on 4th sept. I arranged a week earlier online their home move, phone number could be transferred and had confirmation email to say it would all happen on the 4th. They also recieve 2 phone calls before their move to again confirm it will happen on 4th. Guess what - nothing happened on 4th. My father rang on the 5th from his mobile and was on the phone for an hour being passed from pillar to post and being given a pile of **bleep** he couldnt even hear on the mobile about different dates and trying to fob him off with a reconnection date 3 weeks later. BT finally agreed to get it set up on the 6th - surprise no connection.
I undertake an online discussion today with an advisor who assures me it will happen today and it was because someone hadnt "switched off the old line" but it would be back in service today. Hey ho still nothing.
I am getting more and more cross about the utter incompetence of this BT service, and the fact that they think it is acceptable to frail elderly people to be without a landline when they have done everything BT asked online to set up a "smooth" housemove. At the moment they are determined to stick with BT as they believe in loyalty (but this clearly isnt rewarded or valued by BT), however if this is how BT treat customers of over 30 years, then I personally will be looking into moving their landline to a provider who is competent.Hi Jinxsy73,
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I phoned BT to advise them that I was moving home on the 28 June, and that I would like to transfer my phone and broadband to my new address, the phone line was turned on but I was told broadband would not be available until 5 July. I was told that my login address would change by adding a 1 after the first part of my login. I have received new login details but my homehub still works with my previous details, which confuses me a little.
This morning I received a final bill for my previous address which included cancellation charges, I phoned and after the usual 20 minutes of automated voices was advised that the charges would be waived.
Now I receive an e-mail to say the e-mail address I held previously would be terminated, and they were sorry to see me go. The prospect of my third session of automated merry go round does not appeal. My request seemed simple enough, transfer my services to my new address, does anyone have any advice please?
Solved!
Go to Solution.Hi all,
This is my first post here, I have had to join to see if my problem may be sorted or advice given for a resolution.
I also called BT back on the 10 May 2010 saying I was moving home on the 20th, When the time came they had cancelled my Broadband and activated only the phone line. BT assured me I would have Broadband setup in the following week, which didn't happen. So I called again, and the same thing was promised, which didn't happen. A month later I was in the same situation, so decided to move to another provider (Sky and Virgin telephone), however, they said that my line was not BT's. I assured them the bill I was getting was from BT, so they said that ot must have been an error on the side of BT and therefore they couldn't give me broadband unless they ordered another phone line from BT!. I went back to BT yet again (must have been the 6th time by now, and requested to get my broadband cancelled.
I reapplied to BT Broadband shortly after around 5th of Aug 2010 and received the equipment the following week but was later called and assured I would get broadband by the following week, Last time I was getting broadband was on the 12th of September... just to let me know that it wasn't done and that I would have to wait until the 20th of September... now, guess what has happened today (20th) ? nothing. Still waiting. What is happening to BT? Had been a loyal customer for quite a few years now. I am very dissapointed.
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