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

pissed

Returned mine today in Blanchardstown. No question asked regarding unlocking etc. Took the sim and memory card out of it and factory reset. Said it should take 5 days or so to return.

GvidoR

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Put vodafone sim in, and dont say anything. Others have returned there's without issue after unlocking. Just don't be stupid about it.

"Here is my VODAFONE Smart Ultra 6. It's having some issues and I would like to return it. It's on Vodafone network. Everybody I know is on Vodafone. Look, there is a Vodafone SIM in there. Don't bother checking if it's unlocked, because it's not. Why would I want to use anything other than Vodafone?"

:pac:

clickhere

I had a 48 sim in it that I had cut to a nano and it was working fine. I then changed to 3 and it would not recognise the sim. On inspection i noticed that the 3 sim was slightly thinner then the 48 sim. I applied a thin layer of tape to the back of the 3 sim and reinstalled it. It kicked in straight away and I haven't had a problem since. Obviously it wasn't making contact with all the pins. You might try that.

deadanonymau5

Seems this phone is too good to be true.

Poor build quality/components and its unreliable :mad:

Wasted 6 quid on a glass screen protector too!

bidiots

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Seems this phone is too good to be true.

Poor build quality/components and its unreliable :mad:

Wasted 6 quid on a glass screen protector too!

All good this end:)

jwcurtin

Is anyone aware of replacement screens being present for these beauties? Mine is in pieces after an eventful Halloween night out unfortunately. The irony in it all is I was half of 118 118, and my search has left me with no answers

deadanonymau5

bidiots wrote: »

All good this end:)

Mine was all good until it suddenly went How many months did you have it?

Maybe you got a good one or else your Smart Ultra 6's time has yet to come...

bidiots

deadanonymau5 wrote: »

Mine was all good until it suddenly went How many months did you have it?

Maybe you got a good one or else your Smart Ultra 6's time has yet to come...

easy now:eek:
I and the OH have them a few months at this stage. Surely if it goes tits up you can get a refund though?

Alanstrainor

bidiots wrote: »

easy now:eek:
I and the OH have them a few months at this stage. Surely if it goes tits up you can get a refund though?

You'd be fairly well covered, but I wouldn't expect money back immediately. It would most likely be sent for repair, and then replaced if the issue remained. They are no obliged to offer a refund.

CantGetNoSleep

This is no less reliable than anything you would get from China with a similar spec and price. For peace of mind, the only place you would get similar reassurance that you are covered if something goes wrong is probably Amazon.

Alanstrainor

I bought this thinking that if I get a year out of it I'd be reasonably happy. So fingers crossed!

bk

One thing to remember, literally thousands of people have commented on this thread and 200,000 views! Based on this thread alone, I expect Vodafone have sold 10's of thousands of these phones to boards users.

A 1% failure rate would be totally normal for any electric product. So assuming 10,000 people who read this thread bought one of these phones, then you would expect at least 100 boards users to have gotten a bad one.

Remember people who have problems post, the majority of people who have no problems don't post.

So given how popular this item is, I'm not at all surprised a few boards users had issues. But I'd also wouldn't take that as an indication that there is a general problem with this product and if you have bought one (I have and I'm very happy with it) I wouldn't worry too much.

Stallingrad

bk wrote: »

One thing to remember, literally thousands of people have commented on this thread and 200,000 views! Based on this thread alone, I expect Vodafone have sold 10's of thousands of these phones to boards users.
.

I think you are being wildly optimistic with your sales estimation. I've been in and out of here maybe 50 times, and have not bought one nor will I.

GvidoR

bidiots wrote:

All good this end

Same here. Have it 2 full months. No issues.

shanemkelly

GvidoR wrote: »

Same here. Have it 2 full months. No issues.

Yup - 3 months in and still doing what it should. The odd hiccup (i.e. crashed twice & decided not to boot up once for a period early days) but definitely no more troublesome than my previous Note 3 & iPhone.

deadanonymau5

bidiots wrote: »

easy now:eek:
I and the OH have them a few months at this stage. Surely if it goes tits up you can get a refund though?

Nope, it's up to the shop to decide repair, replacement or refund. I think VF replace if its brought back within 28 days and sent for repair after that

cuculainn

I have to say I am fairly interested in getting one of these, but am a bit put off by the reports of niggly issues.

It is also funny that most people are content for a €170 phone to only last a year or so.....has phone quality (Chinese or otherwise) become so bad that that is all we expect for that money?

I have a Jiayu g4s that I got for ~ €130 euro and other than me dropping it or bricking it I expect it to last till I decide I need an upgrade....am I delusional ??

GvidoR

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I bought this thinking that if I get a year out of it I'd be reasonably happy. So fingers crossed!

I got 2 years of an S3 Mini (sold it in working condition) so I'm hoping to get the same as that but possibly wont keep it as long since budget phones are rapidly getting better and better.

Cionn

Guys, I bought a HTC 620 and it was a heap of crap. Gave it to the kids as I couldn't use it, had it repaired twice and it still was crap. This phone was cheaper and is infinitely better. I and many like me have had no problems with the phone. This is better than my old Samsung which was not a bad phone either.
Just my opinion.

C

Galway K9

Have mine a few months, unbelievable device!!!! Way better than my old HTC M8

Hitchens

no chink in it's armour so far

bidiots

cuculainn wrote: »

I have to say I am fairly interested in getting one of these, but am a bit put off by the reports of niggly issues.

It is also funny that most people are content for a €170 phone to only last a year or so.....has phone quality (Chinese or otherwise) become so bad that that is all we expect for that money?

I have a Jiayu g4s that I got for ~ €130 euro and other than me dropping it or bricking it I expect it to last till I decide I need an upgrade....am I delusional ??

No phone is perfect, regardless of your budget, so it's not unusual to get reports of issues. The fact that you can get this spec for 170 just makes it that bit more of a bargain. I've come from a Lumia 735, to be clear, I prefer Windows phones, hands down. But, with the lack of new models and the price range of the Ultra, it was a no brainer.
The only gripe I have is the loudspeaker volume is just very very low. Thats about it really.
Regarding your Jiayu, I bought the G3 a few years ago for the OH, it worked a treat for a couple of years, think it cost 125 in the end. Great value for what it was but can't compare to a 5.5inch screen for a few more quid....

bk

cuculainn wrote: »

It is also funny that most people are content for a €170 phone to only last a year or so.....has phone quality (Chinese or otherwise) become so bad that that is all we expect for that money?

It isn't that they only last one year. It is more that technology is advancing so quickly and the prices so low, that it is hard not to want to upgrade so frequently.

For instance, I just helped my girlfriend upgrade from a Moto G to this phone.

Now the Moto G still worked perfectly fine and her mother will be getting it. But even though the Moto G is barely more then a year old, this new phone is vastly superior and well worth the €175 to upgrade too.

Hitchens

bk wrote: »

It isn't that they only last one year. It is more that technology is advancing so quickly and the prices so low, that it is hard not to want to upgrade so frequently.

For instance, I just helped my girlfriend upgrade from a Moto G to this phone.

Now the Moto G still worked perfectly fine and her mother will be getting it. But even though the Moto G is barely more then a year old, this new phone is vastly superior and well worth the €175 to upgrade too.

€170 now

zweton

really liking it so far:)

GvidoR

Hitchens wrote: »

€170 now

It's always been €170. Unlock code costs €5.

Fingers Mcginty

Can someone recommend a gel case for this. I don't like those wallet type cases that are on the vodafone site.

dahat

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

Can someone recommend a gel case for this. I don't like those wallet type cases that are on the vodafone site.

Look for Cotechs gel cases on EBay, real nice cases and fit perfectly.

Stormington

I'm beginning to get frustrated with this phone.

The data roaming was irritating at first but I am used to it.

What I cannot bear is the sd card problems I am having. I am using officesuite pro program from amazon and cannot save anything to any sd card - when I go to allow it documents stops and I go in circles: renaming didn't work and formatting a new card didn't work as it didn't even detect it. The camera saves photos and video to the cards just fine. I just bought a sandisk 64gb card (using a kingston 16gb up to now) to move things onto aswell.

Is there any workaround without rooting? Is this Lollipop or this phone's build of it? Or is the phone just defective?

Help appreciated.

dahat

Save to internal memory then move it to the SD card via File manager/Es Explorer etc,.