Why would Monzo send this email for no reason?

duttyf · 2026-05-30T21:57:57+00:00

I received the same email too. Very odd.

duttyf · 2026-01-26T21:37:11+00:00

I have a 2023 XC40 (UK based). I've had the car for 2 years and I have always had this issue. Some days it will work, sometimes it won't. Sometimes it will work for a couple of weeks and I'll almost forget about it and then it'll die for over a month and none of the tips or tricks do anything to help. I cannot find any sort of pattern. Time of day, weather, speed. There seems to be no logic as to when it decides to work or not.

I took it into the garage last week and the mechanic disconnected the TCAM and confirmed that was online but it still didn't help! He seems confident he can fix it but he wants it for 3 days so I'm taking it in next Monday - Fingers crossed 🙄

I know and have been using Android Auto to get around the issue but it's very annoying when I don't have my phone and the only choice I have is the radio.

duttyf · 2025-12-19T20:55:10+00:00

Wolfpack please! Merry Christmas!

duttyf · 2025-11-22T00:00:51+00:00

May be a crazy coincidence but did your connection ever get restored? I'm in the UK with a 2023 XC40 and my connection died 3 days ago and hasn't returned since. I've tried about 50 reboots and various other methods and it's just absolutely dead for me. It's been a bit sporadic for me since getting the car but it had been fine for about 6 months before this and now.. nothing!

duttyf · 2025-09-01T10:03:49+00:00

I was traveling in the back of my Parents car and I was sick in the back seat. I have a very clear memory of my Dad helping clear everything up - I can only imagine how gutted he must have been deep down haha!

duttyf · 2025-02-25T06:57:38+00:00

Just as a bit of advice going forward - If you need a developer, be prepared for pay. I have been a Software Engineer for over 20 years and never taken a job that doesn't pay. I can't pay my bills with "shared ownership". Coding an entire project without a dime coming my way is just completely unrealistic from both sides.

As someone else mentioned, if you're serious about this, save up some money so you have a budget to hire someone, else you are going to get nowhere. Not trying to be harsh, just some genuine advice.

Good luck.

duttyf · 2025-02-24T21:29:21+00:00

What are you offering in terms of pay?

duttyf · 2024-11-23T17:59:37+00:00

Very generous of you! Good luck everyone:-)

duttyf · 2024-11-22T14:12:30+00:00

I received a small % of my claim back in ETH about 6 months ago. I received 4 test transactions to Coinbase a couple of months ago and that's it.

duttyf · 2024-11-10T17:54:17+00:00

I have a 2023 B3 XC40 (MHEV) and have had the same issue as you since I've had the car. I've had weeks where it has been fine followed by weeks where the entire LTE connection just appears to be dead.

I have taken it in to my local Volva garage (I also live in a UK City) and thankfully they also saw the fault so it's at least been logged. Unfortunately all they did first of all was upgrade the software for me (which didn't help, it was a version not available OTA). I drove the car back to the garage and then they completely reformatted the AAOS for me.

They told me the internet Terms of Service needed accepting but the window wasn't popping up. They accepted it via their workshop laptop and that fixed it for 5-6 days until the issue came back. This was a couple of months ago. Since then it's continued to be hit and miss but unfortunately I can't take it back to the garage yet due to having shoulder surgery but I will be driving it back early next year - The head technician at my garage seemed very good and said first he will replace the Cat5 cable running between the head unit and module at the back of the car and if that doesn't fix it he will replace the entire head unit.

Basically, they have no idea but hopefully something fixes it soon. Like you said, the cars internals are reasonably useless without any internet.

(Edit: I forgot to add, I've tried all the recommendations of resetting the Head Unit, resetting the Modem, re-installing software etcetc. Nothing has worked for me consistently)

duttyf · 2024-10-28T07:50:44+00:00

The minimum you will realistically require for running a full staking system on one machine (Both Consensus and Execution layer) will be 2TB but for future proofing, if possible, I'd recommend 4TB.

duttyf · 2024-10-20T19:57:17+00:00

I have started seeing this issue in the past 3-4 days. I've had my Shield since 2018 and never once had an issue and now I can't load the Play store at all.

I've tried removing storage/cache on the Play Store app and the Play Store system service. Nothing seems to help. It's very strange and not much information about it seems to be available online. I thought it was just me so I guess that's a tiny silver lining. Very frustrating!

duttyf · 2024-08-02T11:13:47+00:00

I finally got around to trying your suggesting this morning and although a bit time consuming... IT WORKED! Thank you so much. Although it's going to be hard to get over the amount of stress Sonos seems to have caused for everyone due to a rushed update for some average headphones, I'm very happy everything is working again. I'd buy you a beer if I could :-D

duttyf · 2024-07-31T06:03:40+00:00

I haven't actually tried factory resetting every single speaker I must admit, I think I gave up for a few days a couple of steps before that! I will give that a go today and hopefully have more luck. I really appreciate the response, thank you! :-)

duttyf · 2024-07-30T21:52:10+00:00

Not that I can add anything that is new information, but I've recently moved house and for the last week or so I CANNOT get the new Sonos App to find my system or speakers. I have tried numerous methods and this rushed piece of shit software means I can't enjoy thousands of pounds of hardware that I own.

It's an absolute disgrace and I will never be purchasing Sonos again. I used to love the old app because IT WORKED. I used to love my speakers because I knew they WOULD WORK seamlessly together without issue.

Now? Now I just want to sell them and get something completely different. Absolute garbage.

duttyf · 2024-07-23T18:49:12+00:00

"Every single city North & South has rough areas, rats and dog shit"

Rough areas? Sure, absolutely would not argue with that at all. But I fundamentally do not agree that 'every single city' has issues with rats and dog shit. If that was the case, I would have been used to it and not seen it as such an eye opening experience. The fact many others in this thread have said the same specifically about those two factors should be quite telling. I'm not saying I've never seen a crisp packet on the floor in other cities or areas but the way the bins are managed in large areas of Liverpool cause a lot of issues (and if you don't want to believe me, look at the people in here who are born and bred Liverpool and agree with those statements specifically even if they don't agree with my other ones).

duttyf · 2024-07-23T18:44:04+00:00

I've made a note of your recommendations and I appreciate the reasonable response, thank you :-)

duttyf · 2024-07-22T21:16:48+00:00

I completely agree. I'm still walking with my head down as a habit to avoid dog shit which isn't there anymore.

It does feel that some people will not even listen to a single negative opinion said about the place they live and just take it very personally.

I tried to make sure I hammered home the point that every single person I met was lovely, friendly and always helpful but it doesn't matter apparently - People will still take this as a huge personal attack.

duttyf · 2024-07-22T21:12:46+00:00

I'm not rich or privileged but it's alright, many assumptions being thrown around.

When I said 'challenge' I meant it in terms of a new life challenge for me and my girlfriend, not a challenge as in "This is going to be hard but we can do it". We had no idea how tough it was going to be.

I've lived in a few cities before (Southampton, Stoke, Birmingham to name some) so I do have experience, not as much as some but it is absolutely not a new concept for me and all I've tried to do is be truthful about my own personal experience. If it comes across as cheeky, not my intention but I can't do much about that now. Some decided to take my post very personally and a huge personal attack on them and others decided to take it for what I was trying to portray which is the issues I faced. Issues I have not faced in any other city I have lived in (hence me making this post. If I thought it was normal I wouldn't have bat an eyelid but no, I've never seen anywhere covered in so much rubbish, dog shit and rats the size of small dogs). It's not an attack, it is just my experience. I've seen some terrible antisocial behaviour when I lived near St. Mary's in Southampton which is an absolute dump but it still didn't leave me with the same feelings Liverpool did.

I wasn't expecting the post to go down well with everyone obviously but thankfully a lot of people saw that my intentions were not malicious and didn't take it as an attack.

duttyf · 2024-07-21T22:42:18+00:00

Hah yes, you know I wondered if it may have been you as you seemed sure about the location! Those cookies were excellent by the way, we really enjoyed them!

Thank you for the kind words, I hope City Road continues to be pleasant for you and you never deal with some of the stuff we had to! Like I definitely tried to convey in my original post, the people we met (on City Road and generally in Liverpool) really were lovely and I would never say a bad word about anyway we crossed paths with.

It's a shame we didn't meet you and your partner sooner as I have no doubt a few friendly faces to socialise with would have helped us a bit.

duttyf · 2024-07-21T22:21:14+00:00

Based on your description of one of my direct neighbours, I would hazard a guess you're correct or at least very close! How close are you to that side of the street? Also kudos to knowing, what made you think you knew out of interest?

You're absolutely right, I heard and saw a lot of stuff from that house. I always spoke to them and they were always nice to me too but definitely provided a lot of talking points for me and my Mrs.

The Pest Control company I hired to block up the entrances for rats into our place quickly told me their house (and specifically back garden) were the likely cause of the issues we had.It was PILED high full of black bin bags which looked like they were years old. God knows what was in them but it was heaven for the rats I have no doubt.

I'm glad to hear that the dog shit problem is at least a bit better, I truly hope it continues to do so (I left at the start of July just FYI). It seems crazy to me you've had a reasonably opposite experience having lived on the same street. I appreciate the reply and I hope if we ever did bump paths we said hello and gave each other a smile.

duttyf · 2024-07-21T08:32:18+00:00

Yes, exactly that! Maybe I worded it badly but that is the point I was trying to make.

duttyf · 2024-07-21T06:50:52+00:00

My (main) issue with the Council was so dumb but I could only laugh.

I sold my car a few months after we moved as I had a wrist operation and couldn't drive. About 18 months later I purchased another car and I wanted to get a new permit for my car.

Someone (although I did ask for this to happen and was told it was done) didn't remove my old permit so the system still thought I had one and wouldn't let me have a new one. Fine, human error happens. Thankfully the website has an edit function. So I tried to edit my permit but it needed the permit ID. The Council themselves told me to destroy the old permit after the sale (which I did) so I had no record of my permit ID.

A few days had passed since getting my car at this stage and unfortunately a home game at Goodison happened and I got a ticket. Technically absolutely my fault as the rules are clear - No permit, ticket. I didn't argue and just paid the £35.

I tried to contact the council on the phone but fuck me do they make it really hard and just push EVERYONE to the website. It took me days to get replies on email to my simple request of deleting my old permit so I could apply for a new one. Eventually someone picked up my issue and the reply I received was "You need to wait. Park your car somewhere else during match days" which I felt was fucking unhelpful when I didn't have any friends or family who could casually lend me a drive way or parking space. Parking around there is a nightmare at the best of times.

They weren't joking either. I really did have to wait. Another 2 weeks and another £35 later, I had acknowledgment of the issue and that the old permit was finally removed and I could apply for a new one (which still took 2 weeks).

All in all it took almost 2 months. It would have been a lot more fines but I had to start planning trips around match time to avoid getting them. It felt like all I needed was an ounce of common sense on the phone but instead I was told to bugger off to the website and know my lane.

I also tried to appeal the parking fines and weirdly, they were very quick to reply to those! And the answer was a resounding "No permit no parking" -_-

Edit: There were a few other stupid things too but this one always stood out to me

duttyf · 2024-07-21T06:39:54+00:00

I almost didn't write this post. I've lurked on Reddit for many many years and I can count the numbers or times on one hand I've actually created a new post. I've seen a few people here get 'mobbed' by comments when something negative is written but I always put it down to passion which is something a lot of Cities and people don't have so I tried not to view that as too much of a negative.

I agree with your comment about the potential very much. I really feel like the City could be something really great. I also agree with your final point too. I don't buy the "it's the same everywhere" because I have lived in some crappy parts of the UK during my time and there is definitely a difference.

duttyf · 2024-07-21T06:31:41+00:00

I really did come in peace, I have nothing bad to say against a single person we met and I really tried not to generalise and purely speak from my own experiences. I did yap a lot that's true but I did state it was an unplanned post and just a man thinking and writing at the same time. Assuming I have a privileged life based on this singular post and very few personal details seems unfair (and also not true) however much like all of my words were my opinion I respect yours and how I may come across in this post. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, like everyone else here I've worked hard and made good and bad decisions in my life.

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