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Motorola used to have a thing where you just laid the new phone over the old one to move everything over. Not any more, sadly. I'm getting a Samsung next time I think. I'm disillusioned with Moto (for other reasons).

We will provide words for the carols!

Unfortunately I've had very bad experiences with John Lewis technical help department, who have more than once given me completely wrong information, and once had to pay me compensation as a result. In any case unless you bought the phone there I'm not sure they would help? A local phone shop might, though.

I am no expert, but are your photos not saved in Google or similar, as well as being on your physical phone? If so, you should just be able to access them on your new phone without actually having to move them over? Same with emails, normally, you just have to sign into your email account on your new phone to access them? Not sure re contacts, but I don't recall having any problems when getting a new phone. And apps you can just reinstall. Google or something like ChatGPT could probably "talk" you through sorting, deleting and editing photos and emails, if you can't find someone to help (sorry I can't, I'd be too worried about doing something wrong!) Good luck! Don't delete anything from your old phone until you are sure it's on your new phone!

Surely there should be people below David Lammy's level briefing him on stuff like this?

Is this a reply to my question to Vladi? Could you be more specific about your reasons for saying it's "stupid" and "backwards", instead of making vague generalisations?

Why do you think he is incompetent?

Great name for a choir!

That's good to hear!

But "expected to back down on plans to scrap most jury trials" https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-proposals-jury-trials?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Unfortunately the food at The Plough is not good, unless it has massively improved lately. Franklins is doing Christmas meals. They aren't cheap though. But I don't think any nice Christmas meal round here will be cheap, and probably some not very nice ones won't be cheap either.

A few weeks back, I booked an appointment by phone, not the app, which surely must be the same process as booking it at reception? Though it was for a longer appointment than usual, so maybe that was why?

How disappointing!

Surely then antisocial firework noise from someone's garden would be reported to the council, and similar noise from a public space to the police, which would make sense? The council really needs to get its act together if it's giving out inconsistent information.

Commiserations, hope you feel a lot better soon. Nasty things going around, it seems, it's an absolute pain when you can't do anything.