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

Hitchens · 30-10-2015 12:22am

folks, the FM radio ........does it have RDS?

does it display the station name?

clickhere · 30-10-2015 12:32am

I don't use the radio but i just scanned the stations and it just seems to display the frequency. No names.

Hitchens · 30-10-2015 12:34am

clickhere wrote: »

I don't use the radio but i just scanned the stations and it just seems to display the frequency. No names.

thanks for that

deadanonymau5 · 30-10-2015 3:20am

GvidoR wrote: »

It actually comes with a normal one. A few people seem to have a problem locating it though. It's called Messenger.

Did that come with it? I though I downloaded it

deadanonymau5 · 30-10-2015 3:30am

dahat wrote: »

Temperd glass from Portugal isn't a good fit, well off a good for IMO. Didn't even bother putting it on properly.

dahat wrote: »

I got a Cotechs gel case, real happy with it.

Will try source standard screen protectors that for correctly.

Bought a second one for wife and the Vodafone rep informed me that the warranty is void if a third party unlocks phone. I'd fight that all day long if i need to at any point.

I bought "100% Genuine Tempered Glass Film Screen Protector for Vodafone Smart Ultra 6" from andy_171 on ebay. Think it was slightly cheaper when I got it. Shipped a day after buying and arrived after 2 days. Fit perfectly and is great quality for the price. Id recommend it for anyone who needs one.

MisterKipling · 30-10-2015 9:22am

Sorry to be dragging this question up again but was the issue with snapchat ever fixed ?

GvidoR · 30-10-2015 9:37am

MisterKipling wrote: »

Sorry to be dragging this question up again but was the issue with snapchat ever fixed ?

I think we're waiting for the Android 5.1 update to fix that.

dahat · 30-10-2015 10:11am

MisterKipling wrote: »

Sorry to be dragging this question up again but was the issue with snapchat ever fixed ?

What is the Snapchat issue? I'd have doubts over 5.1 ever coming to us.

GvidoR · 30-10-2015 10:31am

dahat wrote: »

What is the Snapchat issue? I'd have doubts over 5.1 ever coming to us.

Vodafone has confirmed that the update is coming in 3 or 4 different countries, including Ireland, so I hope they wouldn't lie.

Alanstrainor · 30-10-2015 10:32am

dahat wrote: »

What is the Snapchat issue? I'd have doubts over 5.1 ever coming to us.

https://community.vodafone.ie/t5/Vodafone-Devices/Smart-Ultra-6-Android-5-1/td-p/185295

Lots of vodafone reps have said 5.1 is in testing.

dahat · 30-10-2015 10:46am

Great stuff lads, I stand corrected.

MisterKipling · 30-10-2015 11:06am

Basically snapchat freezes,crashes and then forces an app reboot when applying a filter. It's frustrating as cheaper phones don't have the same issue. Thanks for replies

RainyDay · 30-10-2015 12:15pm

How can I do a hard reset on this phone?

It locked up on me on the worst possible time - on the way to the airport for a trip away. I had to wait until the next day for the battery to run down, and then on charging it up again, it was fine - but a real pain to be unable to reboot. I even tried stopping into Dixons in Dublin Airport who kindly broke open a sim adapter pack to loan me a pin to stick into the socket on the bottom, but this didn't make any difference.

Alanstrainor · 30-10-2015 12:27pm

RainyDay wrote: »

How can I do a hard reset on this phone?

It locked up on me on the worst possible time - on the way to the airport for a trip away. I had to wait until the next day for the battery to run down, and then on charging it up again, it was fine - but a real pain to be unable to reboot. I even tried stopping into Dixons in Dublin Airport who kindly broke open a sim adapter pack to loan me a pin to stick into the socket on the bottom, but this didn't make any difference.

Holding the power button for 10+ seconds didn't do it? Usually there's other combinations of the power + volume buttons to do hard resets... not sure which on this phone however.

RainyDay · 30-10-2015 1:37pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Holding the power button for 10+ seconds didn't do it? Usually there's other combinations of the power + volume buttons to do hard resets... not sure which on this phone however.

No, just tried the 10+ seconds there now and it didn't work.

neacy69 · 30-10-2015 2:35pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Holding the power button for 10+ seconds didn't do it? Usually there's other combinations of the power + volume buttons to do hard resets... not sure which on this phone however.

This has worked fine me in the past when it froze once or twice... Can't remember which combination it was but it worked anyway

GvidoR · 30-10-2015 2:40pm

Volume up + power buttons for hard reset.

deadanonymau5 · 30-10-2015 3:06pm

Mine crashed on me. Absolutely p****d off!

Not sure what to do now!

dahat · 30-10-2015 3:17pm

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Mine crashed on me. Absolutely p****d off!

Not sure what to do now!

Was it rooted?

Return it under warranty.

deadanonymau5 · 30-10-2015 3:35pm

dahat wrote: »

Was it rooted?

Return it under warranty.

Not rooted. Its unlocked though.

I had plenty of stuff on it, not backed up!

Red King · 30-10-2015 4:23pm

Bought some of those screen protectors linked in this thread and I am having the worst time trying to get them aligned and sticking properly.

Maybe I'm just ****e at doing it but its a right pain in the hole.

RainyDay · 30-10-2015 8:34pm

GvidoR wrote: »

Volume up + power buttons for hard reset.

Not doing it for me - I just get the usual volume with none/priority/all dialog appearing - do I have to hold them for a long time or something?

GvidoR · 30-10-2015 8:37pm

RainyDay wrote: »

Not doing it for me - I just get the usual volume with none/priority/all dialog appearing - do I have to hold them for a long time or something?

Turn it off first.

RainyDay · 30-10-2015 8:47pm

GvidoR wrote: »

Turn it off first.

Sorry, but am I missing something? The whole point of a hard reset is to be able to do it when the phone is locked up, when you can't turn it off. It is the equivalent of taking out the battery.

GvidoR · 30-10-2015 8:54pm

RainyDay wrote: »

Sorry, but am I missing something? The whole point of a hard reset is to be able to do it when the phone is locked up, when you can't turn it off. It is the equivalent of taking out the battery.

That's all I can find. Apparently you turn off the phone, then hold vol up + power and then you get the option to restore the phone.

Does it not turn off no matter how long you press the power button?

Alanstrainor · 30-10-2015 9:23pm

GvidoR wrote: »

That's all I can find. Apparently you turn off the phone, then hold vol up + power and then you get the option to restore the phone.

Does it not turn off no matter how long you press the power button?

Hard reset does not mean reset the phone...

deadanonymau5 · 30-10-2015 10:26pm

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Hard reset does not mean reset the phone...

when I google it I get

"A hard reset, also known as a factory reset or master reset, is the restoration of a device to the state it was in when it left the factory. All settings, applications and data added by the user are removed."

GvidoR · 30-10-2015 11:07pm

Someone e-mailed directly to ZTE, here is the reply.

ZTE wrote:

Dear Valued ZTE Customer,

Thanks for contacting ZTE.
As the information you shared, this device should be able to support Android 5.1 system, but specific system is still under test and haven't released officially yet, once it is being quality pass, ZTE will launch the system via FOTA upgrade, please allow us sometime

Alanstrainor · 30-10-2015 11:28pm

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

when I google it I get

"A hard reset, also known as a factory reset or master reset, is the restoration of a device to the state it was in when it left the factory. All settings, applications and data added by the user are removed."

"A hardware reset or hard reset of a computer system is a hardware operation that re-initializes the core hardware components of the system, thus ending all current software operations in the system"...

deadanonymau5 · 31-10-2015 12:58am

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Hard reset does not mean reset the phone...

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

when I google it I get

"A hard reset, also known as a factory reset or master reset, is the restoration of a device to the state it was in when it left the factory. All settings, applications and data added by the user are removed."

Alanstrainor wrote: »

"A hardware reset or hard reset of a computer system is a hardware operation that re-initializes the core hardware components of the system, thus ending all current software operations in the system"...

:rolleyes:

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