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

killilea92 · 01-10-2015 9:35am

Hey guys,

I restored the phone and tried another sim and its working like a charm

Thanks so much for everything, ye guys are the best

xox

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 01-10-2015 10:35am

killilea92 wrote: »

Hey guys,

I restored the phone and tried another sim and its working like a charm Thanks so much for everything, ye guys are the best xox

Glad you got sorted mate.

robwen · 01-10-2015 10:35pm

Can someone tell me did a seperate data cable come with the phone or do we just use the same cable used for charging the phone (via plug) to connect to a PC via USB?

crasy dash · 01-10-2015 10:39pm

Same cable just enable the setting though to get it to work.
Settings
Storage
Three dots top right corner
USB connection

GvidoR · 02-10-2015 12:46am

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Since rooting I have changed my recents softkey to make the phone go to sleep when long pressed, saving power button, make all 3 softkey lights flash for notification, pulse middle softkey light when charging, Uninstalled and frozen some built in apps that normally cannot be uninstalled or disabled and set profile speeds for cpu - there are loads of other cool apps out there that only work on rooted phones so to me I would rather be rooted than not, but beware it can also stuff up your phone too, thats why manufacturers dont want you to root phones and will void your warranty if you do.

Ah... so this is your phone.

Found your two videos of it the same day you uploaded them. :P

Oasis1974 · 02-10-2015 7:42pm

I just got the Ultra but not got around to setting it up yet.Just found out this phone use's a nano sim?My Nokia has a micro Sim so what gives I need to go into my local Three and get a new sim? Or I could cut it down sorry it's still in the box I've been a bit busy.

loki7777 · 02-10-2015 7:51pm

They will cut it for you in the shop

DopeTech · 02-10-2015 7:51pm

Oasis1974 wrote: »

I just got the Ultra but not got around to setting it up yet.Just found out this phone use's a nano sim?My Nokia has a micro Sim so what gives I need to go into my local Three and get a new sim? Or I could cut it down sorry it's still in the box I've been a bit busy.

You can cut it down but I wouldn't recommend it. Its not as easy as cutting down from standard to micro.

GvidoR · 02-10-2015 8:01pm

Oasis1974 wrote: »

I just got the Ultra but not got around to setting it up yet.Just found out this phone use's a nano sim?My Nokia has a micro Sim so what gives I need to go into my local Three and get a new sim? Or I could cut it down sorry it's still in the box I've been a bit busy.

Cutting it may not go so well. Since it uses a tray, I wouldn't risk getting it stuck in the phone. Just go to Carphone Warehouse or Three and get a new SIM. It should be free if you're already with them.

Andy From Sligo · 02-10-2015 10:23pm

Oasis1974 wrote: »

I just got the Ultra but not got around to setting it up yet.Just found out this phone use's a nano sim?My Nokia has a micro Sim so what gives I need to go into my local Three and get a new sim? Or I could cut it down sorry it's still in the box I've been a bit busy.

I cut mine down on the night I bought it - was even too eager to even wait until next day to take it into the shop I wanted to unlock it and play with the phone that evening! - it was hairy I must say and I thought I was gonna banjax it at one stage!

oleras · 02-10-2015 11:59pm

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.

DopeTech · 03-10-2015 7:47am

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.

Not video but the I found the camera was poor for pictures on nights out. Maybe its the flashing lights but it takes forever to take a photo and then most of them ended up with ghostly white faces.

bidiots · 03-10-2015 8:24am

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.

Why do people do this? It baffles me...

oleras · 03-10-2015 8:52am

bidiots wrote: »

Why do people do this? It baffles me...

People like to see the and hear the music they listen in the car and in the kitchen being played live, sees UN-baffeling.

bidiots · 03-10-2015 9:52am

oleras wrote: »

People like to see the and hear the music they listen in the car and in the kitchen being played live, sees UN-baffeling.

You do see the MASSIVE contradiction here, don't you?

Kabati · 03-10-2015 11:30am

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

DopeTech · 03-10-2015 11:37am

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

Try a different launcher. Not sure which ones allow you to choose app drawer wallpaper though.

oleras · 03-10-2015 4:06pm

bidiots wrote: »

You do see the MASSIVE contradiction here, don't you?

Not really, but i know what you are trying to portray.

My comment was in relation to actually going to concerts, but carry on.

Oasis1974 · 03-10-2015 7:22pm

Might be completely dense here but i picked up a nano sim from three today. I have to activate it first which is fine but i need to save my contacts which ofc i do but i have a windows phone and whats the point of me saving on that phone when i need them on my new ultra? So what i'm asking is how do i have on contacts that are on my windows phone but put onto my new android phone?One last question i was going to use this this one to unlock the phone http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Vodafone-SMART-ULTRA-6-Unlock-Codes-Vodafone-UK-Ireland-Portugal-Germany-INSTANT-/271911297172?hash=item3f4f2d2094 the IMEI on the new phone is fine but it says just the unlock counter and whats the message he wants at the checkout? Thanks.

Andy From Sligo · 03-10-2015 9:54pm

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.

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

Andy From Sligo · 03-10-2015 10:01pm

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?

GvidoR · 03-10-2015 10:30pm

3GP is old. This phone records in MP4.

TerrorFirmer · 04-10-2015 11:28am

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

Andy From Sligo · 04-10-2015 3:06pm

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

grogi · 04-10-2015 4:53pm

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?

corsav6 · 04-10-2015 5:40pm

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.

Andy From Sligo · 04-10-2015 8:03pm

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

oleras · 04-10-2015 11:43pm

grogi wrote: »

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

Exactly.

bidiots · 05-10-2015 12:07am

grogi wrote: »

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

oleras wrote: »

Exactly.

_Tombstone_ · 05-10-2015 12:33am

oleras wrote: »

Exactly.

Can you remember who you went to see?

wil · 05-10-2015 12:49am

_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

oleras · 05-10-2015 3:18am

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

Can you remember who you went to see?

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

TM · 05-10-2015 8:56am

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:

Oasis1974 · 05-10-2015 10:18am

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

Oasis1974 · 05-10-2015 11:59am

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

DanC90 · 05-10-2015 12:38pm

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.

Oasis1974 · 05-10-2015 12:48pm

Thanks m8 all i needed to know.

beauf · 05-10-2015 1:05pm

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

beauf · 05-10-2015 2:14pm

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

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2015 2:47pm

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

Alanstrainor · 05-10-2015 3:01pm

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

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2015 5:22pm

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?

GvidoR · 05-10-2015 5:31pm

StereoSound · 06-10-2015 12:27pm

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.

jaqian · 06-10-2015 2:03pm

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

shanemkelly · 06-10-2015 3:01pm

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!

neacy69 · 06-10-2015 4:10pm

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...

Gordon Gekko · 06-10-2015 5:00pm

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.

dahat · 06-10-2015 5:53pm

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.

GvidoR · 06-10-2015 6:16pm

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.

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

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