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

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    #2222
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,731 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Kabati wrote: »
    I have a Smart Ultra 6 , Does anybody know how I can the background photo in the app section because there seems to be no option for changing it , its just white in the background

    Shouldn't the wallpaper for the home-screen and the app section have the same wallpaper image?


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    #2223
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    3GP is old. This phone records in MP4.


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    #2224
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    The good old days of watching full length 15fps 3GP movies on Nokia phones about 10 years ago.


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    #2225
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,731 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    wonder why they choose mp4 for phones but .mov for most cameras. is it to do with file size?


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    #2226
    grogi
    Registered Users Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    oleras wrote: »
    Has anyone taken any video with the phone ? I was at a concert the weekend and couldn't believe how much "noise" the audio picked up, it was terrible.

    OT. What's the point of going to the concert if you're not paying any attention?


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    #2227
    corsav6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    wonder why they choose mp4 for phones but .mov for most cameras. is it to do with file size?

    Thought .mov was an Apple Quicktime format.
    Our Fuji exr digital camera records in .mp4 and also our older Nikon.


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    #2228
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,731 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    corsav6 wrote: »
    Thought .mov was an Apple Quicktime format.
    Our Fuji exr digital camera records in .mp4 and also our older Nikon.

    I think my wife's Canon SLR records movies in .mov files


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    #2229
    oleras
    Registered Users Posts: 2,721 ✭✭✭oleras


    grogi wrote: »
    OT. What's the point of going to the concert if you're not paying any attention?

    Exactly.


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    #2230
    bidiots
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭bidiots


    grogi wrote: »
    OT. What's the point of going to the concert if you're not paying any attention?
    oleras wrote: »
    Exactly.

    SBTKh.gif


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    #2231
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    oleras wrote: »
    Exactly.

    Can you remember who you went to see?


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    #2232
    wil
    Registered Users Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭wil


    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Can you remember who you went to see?

    Smart Vodafone Ultra 6 IIRC.

    Any more update on possible price reduction mentioned in an earlier post, way back when the Ultra 6 was the T


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    #2233
    oleras
    Registered Users Posts: 2,721 ✭✭✭oleras


    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Can you remember who you went to see?

    Of course i can silly, why wouldn't i ?


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    #2234
    TM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭TM


    Jaysus - who cares if the guy went to a concert and recorded it on his phone?!?
    He just asked a related technical question and ends up with the Spanish Inquisition... :rolleyes:


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    #2235
    Oasis1974
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    Can anyone one tell if you can remove Vodafone updates and Message + i cant only disable? All the rest i could delete thanks.


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    #2236
    Oasis1974
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    My windows phone had a swipe keyboard as default. Android only has one available as an app? I tried input method but no option?


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    #2237
    DanC90
    Registered Users Posts: 357 ✭✭DanC90


    Oasis1974 wrote:
    Can anyone one tell if you can remove Vodafone updates and Message + i cant only disable? All the rest i could delete thanks.

    These two can only be disabled on mine too, I think you could delete them if you root.
    Oasis1974 wrote:
    My windows phone had a swipe keyboard as default. Android only has one available as an app? I tried input method but no option?

    If you install google keyboard you can use swipe by default on that.


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    #2238
    Oasis1974
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    Thanks m8 all i needed to know.


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    #2239
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Andy From Sligo wrote: »
    Ive yet to hear/find any mobile phone that can capture audio any good at concerts - I suppose the phones microphone/circuitry works on AGC (automatic gain control) you need a phone that has manual audio level and a bar meter and set the level around 0' Db (good luck with finding a phone with that feature)- and if its recorded in 3gp (if it is on this phone im not sure) then I dont think 3gp file uses mp3 128bit or aac audio

    Might be interested in this...

    http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/20735_Live_rock_music_video_capture_.php


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    #2240
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    This article might be of interest to anyone who records live events.

    http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/20735_Live_rock_music_video_capture_.php


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    #2241
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,731 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Oasis1974 wrote: »
    My windows phone had a swipe keyboard as default. Android only has one available as an app? I tried input method but no option?

    swiftkey keyboard free on play store is pretty good one to use


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    #2242
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Just download the google keyboard from the app store. It's swipe implementation is the best imo.


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    #2243
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,731 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Just download the google keyboard from the app store. It's swipe implementation is the best imo.

    do they have a black text on white keyboard skin?


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    #2244
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


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    #2245
    StereoSound
    Registered Users Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭StereoSound


    Noticed that my ultra has what seems to be a dead pixel near the bottom of my screen. Its white in color and hard to spot unless your looking for it. This is a replacement screen Vodafone put onto my phone about two weeks ago. Don't know if the pixel was already there on the new screen or if it developed recently.

    I honestly dont know if I should bother sending it off for another screen replacement or not. Being white in color and not black makes it hard to spot the pixel. I did run a few of those stuck/dead pixel apps which didn't fix it. I'm not having great luck with the screen on this phone between screen burn in and other weird artifacts on the screen. Thinking I'll flog it and buy something else at this stage to be honest. Moto X style might come early for me or I might try a Moto G 3rd gen.


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    #2246
    jaqian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭jaqian


    Seem to be gathering a few issues lately...
    When I restart the phone to get a mobile data signal, Whatsapp says there is an issue with the date, sure enough it has defaulted to 1970
    Now having problems with the camera not working? Dont know if it is because I installed some app but works fine in Evernote and Instagram.
    Yesterday I tried to log in to my phone using a password but the keyboard would not show up, lasted well over an hour before resolved itself. Could not turn off phone, this is where you need a removable battery... PITA

    So for future ref...
    Does anyone know how to reset a phone that is powered on, get it to shutdown etc?
    Why does restarting my phone with no signal cause problems with the date?
    Anyone else on Tesco Mobile having issue with poor calls (I can hear fine but others cannot hear me) or issues connecting to net?

    Thx


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    #2247
    shanemkelly
    Registered Users Posts: 603 ✭✭✭shanemkelly


    jaqian wrote: »
    ...
    When I restart the phone to get a mobile data signal, Whatsapp says there is an issue with the date, sure enough it has defaulted to 1970
    ...

    Yeah, I get the same when I restart, but it fixes itself within a minute or so. It could be a pain if you have an app that notifies you of matches/TV programmes etc. whereby I was notified of every TV Programme I had "missed" from 1970!! Took ages to scroll through all the notifications so I've ended up disabling the notification...

    I've also recently seen an intermittent problem with the bluetooth; "Unfortunately the process com.android.bluetooth has stopped". It reconnects straight away but disconnects & reconnects every 60secs thereafter... It sometimes even does this when not connected to anything via bluetooth...
    It only happens once in a blue moon so it's not a major, MAJOR issue... yet!


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    #2248
    neacy69
    Registered Users Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭neacy69


    jaqian wrote: »
    Seem to be gathering a few issues lately...
    ...When I restart the phone to get a mobile data signal, Whatsapp says there is an issue with the date, sure enough it has defaulted to 1970
    ...

    Thx

    Same here....I've change to manually setting the time instead of the network provided time...


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    #2249
    Gordon Gekko
    Registered Users Posts: 435 ✭✭Gordon Gekko


    I'm getting 'unfortunately google play services has stopped' every single morning. I put it in flight mode overnight so not sure if this is the cause, although I wasn't able to replicate it when I put it in flight mode this afternoon. Very annoying as the message pops up every 5 seconds. To stop it, I have to uninstall google play services, reboot, then reinstall. Is this happening to anyone else? Seems to be a very common issue across a whole range of phones going back over the past year or so but I can't find any permanent fix for it.


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    #2250
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,646 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Anyone had this a period of time?

    Any issues starting to appear? Will be buying one next week hopefully so wanna be sure its not a pile of junk after 3 months.


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    #2251
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    dahat wrote: »
    Anyone had this a period of time?

    Any issues starting to appear? Will be buying one next week hopefully so wanna be sure its not a pile of junk after 3 months.

    Have it over a month. No issues.


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