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

GeneralC

Overall, this phone is amazing value at 170e in comparison to the like of the Galaxy/iPhone. The screen quality is a lot better than I expected, it's sharp and crisp. Overall speed/performance is also excellent, no lag and all runs very fluidly. The design is pretty basic, it won't win 'sexiest phone of the year' or anything, but it's certainly not ugly.

My only gripe is the size, which should have been no shock to me as I knew it had a 5.5" display. I have small hands so it's kinda annoying to use if you do a lot of texting etc, and that is the only reason why I may sell it over the next week or so - unless my hands grow of course!

If you're still on the fence about buying one of these phones, and don't have small hands like myself, I would highly recommend buying one!

rizzee

How long does it take to charge your phone??

I bought a 2 metre cable on adverts and it's very slow to charge the phone... maybe 20% in 1 hour... Think i'll just go back to using the charger from the box! Battery life is unbelievable though.

PurplePrincess

robman60 wrote: »

So did anyone go ahead and get the pack of 10 cases on eBay?

If no one has then I think I'll go ahead and buy a pack and if anyone here wants one I can post them to people so long as you PayPal me a few quid.

If you'd be interested like this post just so I know i'll be able to sell on a few (not thanks whoringi swear)

I'll take a purple one.

robman60

I've ordered the 10 pack of cases from eBay. Rizee and PurplePrincess will get priority choice on colours after I pick two for myself! PM me if you're interested in getting one from me and I'll message you once they arrive with the colours still available. First come, first served obviously.

Alanstrainor

rizzee wrote: »

How long does it take to charge your phone??

I bought a 2 metre cable on adverts and it's very slow to charge the phone... maybe 20% in 1 hour... Think i'll just go back to using the charger from the box! Battery life is unbelievable though.

The longer the cable, the slower the charging. And especially if it was a cheap cable, the charging time will be affected more.

deadanonymau5

corwill wrote: »

As I posted on the thread over on the Android forum, the battery in this yoke just won't quit.

Since I took it off charge at 100% yesterday at 2pm, I've watched about 4 hours of video, listened to another hour of music, 45 min of phonecalls, all audio with Bluetooth headphones, plenty of emails and texts, a good hour or more of surfing the net, half a dozen photos, and I still have 22%. I even torrented about 380 MB over hotel WiFi, just for the craic. No battery saving apps or other cheating.

I'd marry this phone if the law would allow it.

Although I'd be pleasantly surprised if we see a M update from Vodafone for it, given the budget price. Hopefully there'll be a critical mass of owners and dev interest for some custom ROM action. If I end up with M via the likes of cyanogenmod, I'll not be grumbling.

What do you use to torrent?

rizzee

Alanstrainor wrote: »

The longer the cable, the slower the charging. And especially if it was a cheap cable, the charging time will be affected more.

Didn't know that, thanks.

I went back to the original charger and 1-1.5hr later it was 100%. Bloody love this phone.

corwill

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

What do you use to torrent?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.utorrent.client - for all of your entirely legitimate p2p filesharing needs...

StereoSound

Im sure this phone will get the last iteration of lollipop. Not sure what Vodafone are like for keeping their own brand phones up to date. I would expect this to get abit of special treatment though since its their high end phone. Nice to think it would be getting M though.

Didn't the smart 4 turbo get an update from jellybean to KitKat?

unreg999

Yeah I did... Waiting for them to arrive!

Have a few Ppl waiting to buy off me too lol

deadanonymau5

Were there any updates to the phone since anyone here took it out of the box?

I asked in the ask Vodafone forum and the girl said that you don't need to be on VF to get system updates.

Mantis Toboggan

What status are people getting on the tracker?

rizzee

Nothing yet.

mathie

Sold out online.
Is it available in-store?

Pepp1989

mathie wrote: »

Sold out online.
Is it available in-store?

Stock of this phone is low to non existent atm. Been waiting a bit to try and get one.

bajer101

mathie wrote: »

Sold out online.
Is it available in-store?

I picked up one in the Donaghmede store on Friday. They had got 8 in that day.

tritium

bajer101 wrote: »

I picked up one in the Donaghmede store on Friday. They had got 8 in that day.

Grafton Street got 11 on Friday

robbie67

I ordered one on line Thursday arrived this morning by the postman not a courier

unreg999

Nope nothing here

StereoSound

It'll probably be months before it gets any updates. Its pretty stable at the minute, google maps did force close on me a few times during navigation and the camera needs some fine tuning.

Mantis Toboggan

Just arrived also.

Wow, Its some size of a phone, even coming from a G2 which has a 5.2 inch screen this phone is a good but longer and wider.

mathie

How do you open the SIM card slot?
Pin in the hole?

kevin306

Buddy Holly wrote: »

What status are people getting on the tracker?

Mine still says being processed, ordered Thursday at 1 o clock. Complete joke...

Mantis Toboggan

Cool that the double tap to wake the screen is working on this, I couldn't be without that these days.

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There are 2 left in stillorgan.

StereoSound

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Cool that the double tap to wake the screen is working on this, I couldn't be without that these days.

I disabled it, I found my phones wakes up now and again in my pocket with it.

sweetie

mathie wrote: »

How do you open the SIM card slot?
Pin in the hole?

there's a pin in the box but its iffy. The apple pin is slightly wider and worked better for me.

Lovely Bloke

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Cool that the double tap to wake the screen is working on this, I couldn't be without that these days.

oh, this is good! I do be double tapping my SGS3 all the time.

deadanonymau5

mathie wrote: »

How do you open the SIM card slot?
Pin in the hole?

sweetie wrote: »

there's a pin in the box but its iffy. The apple pin is slightly wider and worked better for me.

Theres pin in the box behind the warranty I think.

deadanonymau5

StereoSound wrote: »

I disabled it, I found my phones wakes up now and again in my pocket with it.

Were you poking it with something when it was in your pocket?