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Best bunch of tracks ever uploaded to YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMttq9xPyHQ&list=PLGfw2RLtprdNTpnRfFZTiftCNnsUM1Yln

5 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

Just to make it clear. The OTP is sent from Kasikorn bank.

And is the xxxxxx.... number registered at Kasikorn bank? (and you have the phone for this number at hand)

Yes, I had the phone in my hand... but I found the problem! The guy at DTAC in Tesco Lotus said "Oh, you have turned off the Internet!" Not his exact words, but that's what he meant.

So he clicked various things and the "4G" icon at the top of the screen started to show activity.

I got him to add some money to my account anyway, while I was there, so I haven't actually tried to "Refill" again, but I'm fairly sure it will work now.

If it doesn't, I'll post back here!

I tried to add a few baht to DTAC using my phone and using my Windows 10 PC.

Both times resulted in no OTP (one time password) being received on my phone.

This was the attempt on Windows:

Entered my number (when doing this on the phone, the number is already there),

selected the amount and clicked "Refill":

Entered my VISA card details on the DTAC site:

Clicked "Submit", got sent to my bank's OTP authentication page and waited for the OTP on my phone:

The OTP never arrived. So hit "Cancel":

I did hit "Resend OTP" a couple of times. Each time the OTP Authentication page

refreshed with a different "Ref:" code.

Am I doing anything wrong? I used to get OTP's in the past,

but can't remember if I ever got one from DTAC.

6 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

Been using Everything for years. Nothing comes close.

I started using it on my XP PC ???? and now it's on my Win10 PC ???? .

2 hours ago, Kan Win said:

Hi Jester of Bangkok,

 

You could use Google Translator, play the MP3 to TEXT.

 

Good luck

 

Win ???? 

Unfortunately, I can't see how to get it to convert English audio to English text.

It wants to translate from one language in to another.

I have a 30 minute .mp3 file of a conversation between myself and my financial advisor.

I'd like to make notes from it .

Then I recalled seeing some automatically generated subtitles on YouTube videos.

So I started looking for programs or websites that would generate text from .mp3 files.

But there are so many and are so confusing that I thought I'd ask here if anyone has a recommendation.

The .mp3 file is on a Windows 10 PC. 

3 hours ago, coolcarer said:

Laughable, a Russian apologist clutching at straws and trying to blame Boris for the ongoing war and murders of civilians in Ukraine. How much lower can you really go.

You need to brush up on history.

Boris Johnson has cast doubt on the prospects for a negotiated peace in Ukraine, comparing it to holding talks with a “crocodile”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/20/boris-johnson-casts-doubt-on-possibility-of-negotiated-peace-in-ukraine

Boris Johnson Pressured Zelenskyy to Ditch Peace Talks With Russia: Ukrainian Paper

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/05/06/boris-johnson-pressured-zelenskyy-ditch-peace-talks-russia-ukrainian-paper

Thanks very much for this .  I started to watch it but couldn't carry on after the first minute.

I'll watch it later after I've dried my eyes and composed myself. 

5 hours ago, ChristianBlessing said:

May I ask what version of Android you are running? There are indeed billing fraud hacks that can force a phone into cellular-only mode.

 

It's an old technology which has never been properly addressed. This article is a bit tedious but a thorough description of the issue.

Thanks for the link.

Yes, I'm afraid my mobile is very old - 2016, and runs a very old Android - 6.01.

But the messages weren't a scam! I've just painstakingly translated them:

... and it says that I'm "entitled to apply for a loan for 150k baht"!

I've obscured the bit.ly link in case it's related to me, but I think it was to a "Line" QR code.

So, panic over, conspiracy theories put to one side, relax!

But something turned off the Wi-Fi on my mobile and I'm sure I didn't push any buttons to do that.

Maybe my old Android just screwed up.

Note to self: get a new damn phone!

12 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

No - at least it is extreme unlikely. 

So not "No", then.  ????

10 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

The short answer is no, a website cannot turn off your wifi. A more likely explanation would be you have accidently hit the button in your pocket or similar.

Think about it, if an sms message is trying to get you to go to a website, so they can scam you, sell you something etc, the last thing they would want is no internet, so you cant get to the site.

I was thinking more along the lines of the scammer wanting payment to "fix" my phone, so that the Wi-Fi started working again. Clearly it didn't work with me because I saw the problem in the "Wi-Fi settings.

But maybe it would work with less knowledgeable people.

But it was weird - and scary - that the Wi-Fi stopped immediately after I got the two SMS messages and then tapped on the bit.ly link.

I just got two SMS Messages in Thai language that had 150,000 baht mentioned and my bank, and a "bit.ly" link.

It also showed a Thai telephone number - the sender of the message.

Two of these identical messages arrived within seconds.

On my mobile, I tapped the bit.ly link and "No Internet Connection" was reported by Chrome.

I tried the Adblock browser - same result.

Twitter also could not retrieve tweets.

Then a third identical message arrived. I blocked the number.

I took snapshots of the messages so I have a record of the bit.ly link and the Thai telephone number.

I then rebooted my mobile and went into Settings and found that the Wi-Fi was turned off.

I turned Wi-Fi on and it now appears to be working normally.

Is it possible for a web site to turn off your mobile's Wi-Fi?

I'm thinking that the bit.ly link that I clicked on went to a website initially, which then turned off the Wi-Fi.

Maybe the message was to extract 150,000 baht from me?

I also went to the bit.ly link on my W10 PC, probably a stupid thing to do, and a "Line" app QR code appeared that asked to be scanned in order to add someone as a friend.

I didn't do that.

My IPTV worked OK while this was going on while my phone had no internet connection. So it just affected my mobile.

I can provide images of the bit.ly link with the telephone number, if it helps.

Edit: I also have a picture of the Line QR code.

3 hours ago, xylophone said:

Pleased to hear that, however that's not been my experience as you will have seen from my post a couple of days ago, nor the experience of my good friend here who has just today used an agent and everything went smoothly.

 

Yes, I can only think that it is bad luck, both on my behalf and the same with my friend, and I have been renewing my extension of stay since 2007.

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Yes, I can't think what else it can be. You write posts like a nice bloke. I can't think why the Immi guys should give you a hard time.  ????

And today I went for my latest 90 day report - probably my 80th report, all told. The only problem I had was the idiot tourist who decided to stop his car on the black and yellow striped "No Waiting" area in the "Drive Thru" lane. A couple of short beeps on my pickup's horn got him shifted. Next report date: 1st Jan 2023. I wonder if they're open then? 

14 hours ago, xylophone said:

Unfortunately Phuket has its own set of rules and charges Jim, just as others have found out, so I will make my decision in a couple of days.

I didn't realise you were in Phuket!

(I know it says so under your name - I just forgot to check until now.)

I've been to Phuket Immi ... checks old passports ...  18 times for my O-A renewal. 

Never a problem, never used an agent.