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

Alanstrainor · 15-11-2015 10:32pm

Went away for the weekend, only used the phone for 2.5 hours in that time (screen on time). Still had 50%+ on Sunday afternoon from Friday evening. Nice.

GvidoR · 15-11-2015 10:36pm

4G seems to drain the battery pretty quick though. Much better when connected to WiFi.

Andy From Sligo · 15-11-2015 10:42pm

GvidoR wrote: »

4G seems to drain the battery pretty quick though. Much better when connected to WiFi.

i personally haven't tried it on 4G yet. I'm not in 4G area and I haven't got a 4G plan

madmoe · 15-11-2015 11:21pm

Evening all,
I'm going to sell my phone, it's just too big for me. If anyone is interested or has a mate who is shoot me a PM.

Thanks,
M

Alanstrainor · 15-11-2015 11:28pm

Only recently switched off 4g. The Three 4g speeds are absolutely atrocious.

lightspeed · 15-11-2015 11:33pm

anyone got any experience with it using meteor 4g?

im on 48 at the moment and find them decent even though it only 3g.

I like the idea of 4g very much but Ive read a few here saying three network and others using it such as virgin an iD being pretty poor.

Does running a phone on 4g cost more than 3g ?

Andy From Sligo · 15-11-2015 11:37pm

madmoe wrote: »

Evening all,
I'm going to sell my phone, it's just too big for me. If anyone is interested or has a mate who is shoot me a PM.

Thanks,
M

How long did you try and get used to it? - my daughter got a one plus one and loved/loves the phone - for the first week or so she was saying that phone was huge and that she didnt know how she was gonna get on with it, but now there is no way she would go back to a smaller phone now. - she brought out her previous samsung galaxy S2 phone the other day to get something off it and couldnt believe how tiny the screen looked!

ltdslipdiff · 16-11-2015 12:54am

madmoe wrote: »

Evening all,
I'm going to sell my phone, it's just too big for me. If anyone is interested or has a mate who is shoot me a PM.

Thanks,
M

I'd be very interested if still available!

ezra_pound · 16-11-2015 9:02am

I'm getting a problem. Mine says headset plugged in and it won't go away. Never actually used headset on it. - use Bluetooth earphones. Any ideas?

Lovely Bloke · 16-11-2015 9:16am

plug in a headset then unplug it.

Sometimes a piece of dust can just be on the sensor, blowing won't dislodge it, but sticking in a headset might.

ezra_pound · 16-11-2015 9:17am

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

plug in a headset then unplug it.

Sometimes a piece of dust can just be on the sensor, blowing won't dislodge it, but sticking in a headset might.

Yea. I tried that. No luck! Should I bring it back to Vodafone?

touts · 16-11-2015 9:37am

ezra_pound wrote: »

I'm getting a problem. Mine says headset plugged in and it won't go away. Never actually used headset on it. - use Bluetooth earphones. Any ideas?

Did it get wet by any chance? I had that problem with a Samsung S3 after the phone got wet in the rain. A couple of days later it was still saying headset was plugged in when everything else was ok. I put it in front of a fan heater with the headphone socket pointed at the heater. An hour later the problem was solved.

ezra_pound · 16-11-2015 9:49am

touts wrote: »

Did it get wet by any chance? I had that problem with a Samsung S3 after the phone got wet in the rain. A couple of days later it was still saying headset was plugged in when everything else was ok. I put it in front of a fan heater with the headphone socket pointed at the heater. An hour later the problem was solved.

In bed with a fever so that's a possibility!

RainyDay · 16-11-2015 1:14pm

lightspeed wrote: »

anyone got any experience with it using meteor 4g?

im on 48 at the moment and find them decent even though it only 3g.

I like the idea of 4g very much but Ive read a few here saying three network and others using it such as virgin an iD being pretty poor.

Does running a phone on 4g cost more than 3g ?

Virgin told me there were 3g only when they launched. Has this changed?

tylercheribini · 16-11-2015 2:52pm

I see the phone is back to 100 sterling on uk website. has anyone figured out how to order using parcel motel address? it seems billing and postal address much match. Thanks

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 16-11-2015 2:55pm

tylercheribini wrote: »

I see the phone is back to 100 sterling on uk website. has anyone figured out how to order using parcel motel address? it seems billing and postal address much match. Thanks

Amazon have it for the same price.

tylercheribini · 16-11-2015 2:57pm

Techmaster wrote: »

Amazon have it for the same price.

Currently unavailable.

grogi · 16-11-2015 6:08pm

Techmaster wrote: »

Amazon have it for the same price.

No, it does not.

Andy From Sligo · 16-11-2015 6:52pm

dont get mixed up on Amazon with the smart prime and smart ultra like I do when I look on amazon site

GvidoR · 16-11-2015 6:55pm

Vodafone:Sheena wrote:

The updates need to go through testing to ensure they are working smoothly with our software etc. so if there are any issues at any point, the updates can get pushed back. Current testing is almost complete, so all going well, it should be launched in the next week or two.

Let's hope it's true this time.

Andy From Sligo · 16-11-2015 7:07pm

if Cyanogenmod was released tomorrow for this phone and it was stable and everything worked I would have no hesitation loading it. I had a Samsung galaxy note 1 and it ran like a bag of spanners on the stock android (touchwiz) but once I loaded (CM10 I think it was) it ran beautiful , like a new phone, no lag and camera and other apps started up instantly.

Andy From Sligo · 16-11-2015 7:15pm

Is anyone experiencing any 'lag' on the smart ultra 6 when opening up the camera app ? (vodafone built in one) - I am especially if starting it for first time after rebooting phone - there have been times i have wanted to take a photo and and have had to wait ages for the camera to start fully to get to the stage of taking a photo, I hate that when that happens on phones like this. if there is a particular photo you want to take you cant be waiting ages like this for the camera app to start! - tried clearing camera app's cahe, still made no difference. Sometimes facebook app will take its time starting as well. - any tips?

DopeTech · 16-11-2015 7:51pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Is anyone experiencing any 'lag' on the smart ultra 6 when opening up the camera app ? (vodafone built in one) - I am especially if starting it for first time after rebooting phone - there have been times i have wanted to take a photo and and have had to wait ages for the camera to start fully to get to the stage of taking a photo, I hate that when that happens on phones like this. if there is a particular photo you want to take you cant be waiting ages like this for the camera app to start! - tried clearing camera app's cahe, still made no difference. Sometimes facebook app will take its time starting as well. - any tips?

I use google camera and while it opens relatively quick, it can take ages to actually take a photo after press the take picture.

RainyDay · 16-11-2015 9:40pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Is anyone experiencing any 'lag' on the smart ultra 6 when opening up the camera app ? (vodafone built in one) - I am especially if starting it for first time after rebooting phone - there have been times i have wanted to take a photo and and have had to wait ages for the camera to start fully to get to the stage of taking a photo, I hate that when that happens on phones like this. if there is a particular photo you want to take you cant be waiting ages like this for the camera app to start! - tried clearing camera app's cahe, still made no difference. Sometimes facebook app will take its time starting as well. - any tips?

What do mean by 'ages'? A couple of seconds? 10 seconds? More?

DopeTech · 16-11-2015 9:49pm

RainyDay wrote: »

What do mean by 'ages'? A couple of seconds? 10 seconds? More?

As in it takes about 5 seconds to take a picture picture when it should take about 1-2 seconds. I'd press the button then a few seconds later the flash would come on for a few seconds, then it would actually flash and take the picture. Just takes longer than any other camera on a phone I've used before.

Saying that for me its not a big issue. I rarely use the camera.

17-11-2015 9:14am

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

if Cyanogenmod was released tomorrow for this phone and it was stable and everything worked I would have no hesitation loading it. I had a Samsung galaxy note 1 and it ran like a bag of spanners on the stock android (touchwiz) but once I loaded (CM10 I think it was) it ran beautiful , like a new phone, no lag and camera and other apps started up instantly.

Android has moved on a lot in the last 4 years....

RainyDay · 17-11-2015 11:57am

GvidoR wrote: »

Let's hope it's true this time.

Would this update come through automatically for a non-rooted phone?

DopeTech · 17-11-2015 11:58am

RainyDay wrote: »

Would this update come through automatically for a non-rooted phone?

Yeah, may take a few weeks though. Once its released it will be found here.

http://www.ztedevice.com/support/e1b72cc8-4cd8-40da-be40-62ed571dfcf1.html?type=software

GvidoR · 17-11-2015 11:58am

RainyDay wrote:

Would this update come through automatically for a non-rooted phone?

Check your settings. On default I think it's set to check once a week, download and update automatically.

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 17-11-2015 12:00pm

grogi wrote: »

No, it does not.

Up to a day ago, they were selling the Ultra 6 for £100 in both colours. May be unavailable now due to popularity.

EDIT; they still do have it, shipping on the 20th, so not sure what you were looking at.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B013F8UIX2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1447758047&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=ultra+6&dpPl=1&dpID=41ViSJTc5zL&ref=plSrch

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

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