Vodafone Smart ultra 6 Owners Thread- apps, tips & tricks

deadanonymau5

lolli wrote: »

Hi guys,

I'm having some trouble with my phone. I cant make any calls, its saying no service and when i try ring someone it says my phone is in airplane mode but its not?

Thanks

Did you unlock the phone to use on a different network?
Are you using the VF apps? Try download a different Phone app?

Alfie1

Alfie1 wrote: »

I've that enabled now on the phone but my it still won't work with my Bluetooth headset, I guess it's too old. I'll drop into a Vodafone store during the week & see what they have.

I asked in a Vodafone store earlier in the week if any of the Bluetooth headsets they had in stock would work with the SU6, thay said they didn't know which is fair enough. I'll try another store tomorrow to see if they can be of any help.

Can anyone with a SU6 confirm if a Plantronics M70 http://www.ebay.ie/itm/New-Plantronics-M70-Bluetooth-Headset-Hands-Free-for-Apple-and-other-Smartphones-/361338981198?hash=item54217b4b4e:g:rpsAAOSwcvdXOz8V will let me voice dial ?

I'm guessing yes from this but I'd like it confirmed if possible:

above link wrote:

Products Description:
•Controls calls & music - universal use with Bluetooth enabled phones/devices. Light & comfortable

•Works with popular phones (and tablets) - Apple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy, Son Xperia, Nokia Lumia HTC, LG, Vodaphone etc etc.

•Activates Siri, Google Now and Cortana voice-controlled features smartphone assistants

phester28

Price back up to £115

PaddyWilliams

Been having awful trouble with mine since day 1. Drops coverage completely on a regular basis. Normally hit the airplane mode button, get coverage back, then gone 20 seconds later. If I do have coverage, there is no internet coverage at all. When I'm in my apartment is the only time I get internet and that's as I have it connected to my Wi-Fi.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so, how did you remedy it.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you

Trond

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Been having awful trouble with mine since day 1. Drops coverage completely on a regular basis. Normally hit the airplane mode button, get coverage back, then gone 20 seconds later. If I do have coverage, there is no internet coverage at all. When I'm in my apartment is the only time I get internet and that's as I have it connected to my Wi-Fi.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so, how did you remedy it.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you

Id bring it back to the shop if I was you.

Ive my one 10 months without an issues (other than 2 restarts after app's had frozen). Bought my mother one and she hasn't found anything wrong with it in the last month or so which is an achievement in itself!

PaddyWilliams

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Been having awful trouble with mine since day 1. Drops coverage completely on a regular basis. Normally hit the airplane mode button, get coverage back, then gone 20 seconds later. If I do have coverage, there is no internet coverage at all. When I'm in my apartment is the only time I get internet and that's as I have it connected to my Wi-Fi.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so, how did you remedy it.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you

You're using it on the Vodafone network? If not, you set your APN's up correctly?

PaddyWilliams

Basil3 wrote: »

You're using it on the Vodafone network? If not, you set your APN's up correctly?

Hi Basil, yes on Vodafone network

neacy69

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Hi Basil, yes on Vodafone network

Have you an indication that you should have data available? like the 4g in this pic:

PaddyWilliams

neacy69 wrote: »

Have you an indication that you should have data available? like the 4g in this pic:

Hi Neacy, just looking at my phone now and no indication at all. I've never seen 4G come up on it at all, that would be a dream. At the moment the phone says in top left corner 'No Service - Vodafone IE' and in the right corner the signal indicator is empty. Even when I do get service the signal indicator has an exclamation point on it, indicating no internet I imagine?

neacy69

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Hi Neacy, just looking at my phone now and no indication at all. I've never seen 4G come up on it at all, that would be a dream. At the moment the phone says in top left corner 'No Service - Vodafone IE' and in the right corner the signal indicator is empty. Even when I do get service the signal indicator has an exclamation point on it, indicating no internet I imagine?

have you contact your network provider? Probably the best thing to do or call into a shop....

PaddyWilliams

neacy69 wrote: »

have you contact your network provider? Probably the best thing to do or call into a shop....

Hi Neacy. Called in to a shop over the weekend and they replaced the SIM. Coverage is better, but still not getting internet on it fully. Looks like it will have to be sent off for repair.

DopeTech

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

Hi Neacy. Called in to a shop over the weekend and they replaced the SIM. Coverage is better, but still not getting internet on it fully. Looks like it will have to be sent off for repair.

What do you mean by "fully". Chances are it's just that data roaming is switched off or you don't have mobile networks set to automatic.

PaddyWilliams

FrostyJim wrote: »

What do you mean by "fully". Chances are it's just that data roaming is switched off or you don't have mobile networks set to automatic.

Hi Jim, by fully, I mean that 75 - 90% of the time I have no internet connection at all.

I brought it into the shop last Thursday. The guy there went through all the settings and the only change he hade was to change the access point from hs.Vodafone.ie to live.vodafone.com It worked for about an hour, then it went back to dropping signal again and no internet connection. I went into the shop again on Saturday and they changed the SIM. Worked for about an hour and then started dropping signal again.

So it looks like now I will have to send it off, which is a proper pain.

neacy69

Anyone selling a cover (preferably clear silicone or crystal) for these phones?

My hard crystal cover has been cracked in numerous places over the past few months and has finally broken into pieces. I was gonna order from ebay but i cant be bothered waiting 4 weeks from Hong Kong...

neacy69

Anyone selling a cover (preferably clear silicone or crystal) for these phones?

My hard crystal cover has been cracked in numerous places over the past few months and has finally broken into pieces. I was gonna order from ebay but i cant be bothered waiting 4 weeks from Hong Kong...

(double post from the other ultra thread)

deadanonymau5

neacy69 wrote: »

Anyone selling a cover (preferably clear silicone or crystal) for these phones?

My hard crystal cover has been cracked in numerous places over the past few months and has finally broken into pieces. I was gonna order from ebay but i cant be bothered waiting 4 weeks from Hong Kong...

(double post from the other ultra thread)

Buy one from the UK then

deadybai

Hi all was thinking of upgrading to one of these. Im assuming that there will be an Ultra 7? How long until that comes out? I dont want to spend the cash on this phone when it will be outdated soon. Or is 115£ a good price (amazon)?

StereoSound

deadybai wrote: »

Hi all was thinking of upgrading to one of these. Im assuming that there will be an Ultra 7? How long until that comes out? I dont want to spend the cash on this phone when it will be outdated soon. Or is 115£ a good price (amazon)?

I'd wait since the prime 7 and smart 7 are already out.

deadybai

StereoSound wrote:

I'd wait since the prime 7 and smart 7 are already out.

And how do they compare to this?

deadanonymau5

OnePlus One and OnePlus X were discounted to 240 & 250.

The OnePlus One is well worth the extra few bob imo.

https://oneplus.net/ie/oneplus-one

loopymum

£99 on amazon again

DopeTech

There's a guy over on modaco.com just after uploading an unofficial cm12.1 build. Has a few bugs but it looks promising that we might get a fully functional build at some stage.

http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377276-unofficialbetacm121-for-vodafone-smart-ultra/#comment-2274563

PaddyWilliams

A quick Google search brought up http://ie.mobilefun.com/49071/vodafone/smart-ultra-6/cases.htm

Never bought from them, so don't know what they're like.

ShiddyArze

Does anyone know how to turn off the sound when you start recording video? I can turn off the shutter sound for the camera all right, but not video camera

maudgone

PaddyWilliams wrote: »

A quick Google search brought up http://ie.mobilefun.com/49071/vodafone/smart-ultra-6/cases.htm

Never bought from them, so don't know what they're like.

You can get them on ebay for €5.50 inc p/p in 2/4 days. Or from Hong Kong for just €2.00 inc p/p :eek: in 21 days. I got one 2 months ago, and the quality is fine.

deadanonymau5

neacy69 wrote: »

Anyone selling a cover (preferably clear silicone or crystal) for these phones?

My hard crystal cover has been cracked in numerous places over the past few months and has finally broken into pieces. I was gonna order from ebay but i cant be bothered waiting 4 weeks from Hong Kong...

Filter item location :rolleyes:

StereoSound

Vodafone turkey have released the Smart Ultra 7 already. It's on their website...... Check it out yourselves. There seems to be a smart Pro 7 with a QHD screen and a smart style 7 version of it to. The new Ultra 7 looks very premium. Looks promising... Hold your horses and don't buy the Ultra 6 just yet, any day now...

deadanonymau5

VF Smart Ultra 7


It has quick charging hooray!!

I started a new thread so when it eventually comes out people wont be posting about the Smart Ultra 6 and 7 in the one thread.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=99861027


Dimensions
152.2 x 78.12 x 8.68 mm
Design
150 g Weight
Operating System
Android ™ 6.0, Marshmallow
Processor
4x1.8 GHz + 4x1.0 GHz (8 Core) Mediatek processor
Memory
16 GB Internal Memory
Performance
2 GB RAM
Display
5.5-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080)
IPS technologies in
Battery
2950 mAh
Qualcomm ™ Quick Charge ™ 2.0
Connection
GSM / EDGE / 3G / HSPA + / LTE-CAT4U
Camera
13MP rear, 5 MP front camera
Geotagging
Face Detection
HDR
Other features
WiFi b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, GPS, NFC, HD Audio
Box Contents
Vodafone Smart Ultra 7,
Charger,
USB Cable, Headset
Quick Start Guide,
Product Safety Information,
Mobile Phone User's Guide

MRTULES

So after 9 months my Phone has started to cause me trouble. Is it still under warranty? Parts if the screen are not detecting touch. While typing its a pain.
Can I bring it back?

_Puma_

MRTULES wrote: »

So after 9 months my Phone has started to cause me trouble. Is it still under warranty? Parts if the screen are not detecting touch. While typing its a pain.
Can I bring it back?

I had the same problem around the edges of the screen. You could kind of see the sensor on the digitiser, looked like dust under the screen. Got progressively worse until I couldn't press some keys on the keypad. I had bought mine straight from Vodafone got them to send it back for me. Got it back a week later with a new screen. The repair note said faulty screen.