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

grogi · 31-08-2015 6:16pm

corsav6 wrote: »

I just got an update to VDF-995NB01-IE_MRO1d. I assume it the stagefright update as all it said was android security update.

Could you check with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zimperium.stagefrightdetector if all bugs are resolved and report back?

Alanstrainor · 31-08-2015 6:54pm

grogi wrote: »

Could you check with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zimperium.stagefrightdetector if all bugs are resolved and report back?

All good after updating. It passes all tests and returns "not vulnerable" after the update.

Nowso · 31-08-2015 6:57pm

same here tried 2 different derectors . not vulnerable any more

corsav6 · 31-08-2015 8:52pm

grogi wrote: »

Could you check with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zimperium.stagefrightdetector if all bugs are resolved and report back?

Sorry I didn't see your post until now, I'm the same as the above posters, scanned and not vulnerable anymore.

Polar wizard adventure · 01-09-2015 11:53am

This is a really great phone for €170!

Technocentral · 01-09-2015 12:16pm

Anyone get the message notification light working? Pulse notification light is on and set to 5 seconds.

DopeTech · 01-09-2015 12:26pm

Technocentral wrote: »

Anyone get the message notification light working? Pulse notification light is on and set to 5 seconds.

There's a glitch in the google restore process.

Install this widget,enable notification light in it and then uninstall it. Should be fixed then.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lzq9l32xdkptqyw/com.motorola.ledwidget-0.apk?dl=0

Technocentral · 01-09-2015 1:01pm

FrostyJim wrote: »

There's a glitch in the google restore process.

Install this widget,enable notification light in it and then uninstall it. Should be fixed then.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lzq9l32xdkptqyw/com.motorola.ledwidget-0.apk?dl=0

Cheers for that pal, working now.

shanemkelly · 01-09-2015 3:38pm

StereoSound wrote: »

I just got another system update notification, 13 mb size. I believe it to be the stage fright vulnerability fix.

As far as I can tell, this update also fixed that Miracast issue for the Sky Go app!

:D:D

JaCrispy · 01-09-2015 3:41pm

shanemkelly wrote: »

As far as I can tell, this update also fixed that Miracast issue for the Sky Go app! :D:D

Oh yeah baby !!!!!! Fair play to Vodafone for getting this fixed so fast.

kevin306 · 01-09-2015 5:06pm

JaCrispy wrote: »

Oh yeah baby !!!!!! Fair play to Vodafone for getting this fixed so fast.

This just made my day if its true. Can anyone confirm for sure????

shanemkelly · 01-09-2015 5:58pm

kevin306 wrote:

This just made my day if its true. Can anyone confirm for sure????

Yep. It's working for me anyway.
Streaming Sky Go as I type :-)

jwcurtin · 01-09-2015 6:05pm

I'm really having bad luck with phones. Bought this to get me through the Aliexpress fiasco with the Lenovo K3 Note. 2.5 weeks in, and it suddenly freezes and won't boot since. Charging light is still coming on but there isn't any other sign of life. I'm away from the box and the receipt til at least Friday so I can't just do the straight swap. Any ideas???

DopeTech · 01-09-2015 6:09pm

jwcurtin wrote: »

I'm really having bad luck with phones. Bought this to get me through the Aliexpress fiasco with the Lenovo K3 Note. 2.5 weeks in, and it suddenly freezes and won't boot since. Charging light is still coming on but there isn't any other sign of life. I'm away from the box and the receipt til at least Friday so I can't just do the straight swap. Any ideas???

If your in Dublin bring it in to fonfix in Sandyford and they will fix it for €15 as its under warranty (15 is a handling charge for walk-ins, you can avoid it by posting). You'll have it back in a couple of hours.

jwcurtin · 01-09-2015 6:14pm

FrostyJim wrote: »

If your in Dublin bring it in to fonfix in Sandyford and they will fix it for €15 as its under warranty (15 is a handling charge for walk-ins, you can avoid it by posting). You'll have it back in a couple of hours.

In Limerick unfortunately, thanks for the idea though!

DanC90 · 01-09-2015 9:00pm

Can someone here help me out with this,
I bought this phone 10 days ago and used the link to network unlock it for meteor which all went grand, first thing I did was install the update that was there and then I started to use the phone as normal but I noticed the battery % was dropping very quick ( I would be getting 2-3 hrs screen on time and 16-20 hrs overall), I done a factory reset and left it for a day and it didn't fix it, put it into safe mode for a day and still it continued to drain, I had to use it over the weekend as I was outside Dublin and obviously couldn't return it but in that time I had installed an app called better battery stats to see if it was one of the stock apps causing it and still nothing, then yesterday morning I received the latest update and that seemed to make the battery drain further, so I determined it must be a faulty unit.

Today I brought it back to the Vodafone store and asked for a replacement and the rep I dealt with was clueless! I showed him a screenshot of the battery life from the previous day's use which was, I charged it to 100% and unplugged it at 10pm, had a screen on time of 45 minutes which was 5 mins of YouTube, 20 mins of Facebook and 20 of twitter, it was then on 68% I left it untouched overnight and this morning at 9 am it was on 13% which the rep tried to explain to me was normal because your phone is still running overnight, I then obviously argued to him that this isn't normal and that I want a replacement phone. He insisted that I had to send it off for testing and that I am not entitled to a replacement.

I'm just wondering is that right? I had read here that if it is returned to them within 21 days that they should in fact replace it barring any obvious damage caused by me. I really would appreciate any input.

bajer101 · 01-09-2015 11:13pm

DanC90 wrote: »

Can someone here help me out with this,
I bought this phone 10 days ago and used the link to network unlock it for meteor which all went grand, first thing I did was install the update that was there and then I started to use the phone as normal but I noticed the battery % was dropping very quick ( I would be getting 2-3 hrs screen on time and 16-20 hrs overall), I done a factory reset and left it for a day and it didn't fix it, put it into safe mode for a day and still it continued to drain, I had to use it over the weekend as I was outside Dublin and obviously couldn't return it but in that time I had installed an app called better battery stats to see if it was one of the stock apps causing it and still nothing, then yesterday morning I received the latest update and that seemed to make the battery drain further, so I determined it must be a faulty unit.

Today I brought it back to the Vodafone store and asked for a replacement and the rep I dealt with was clueless! I showed him a screenshot of the battery life from the previous day's use which was, I charged it to 100% and unplugged it at 10pm, had a screen on time of 45 minutes which was 5 mins of YouTube, 20 mins of Facebook and 20 of twitter, it was then on 68% I left it untouched overnight and this morning at 9 am it was on 13% which the rep tried to explain to me was normal because your phone is still running overnight, I then obviously argued to him that this isn't normal and that I want a replacement phone. He insisted that I had to send it off for testing and that I am not entitled to a replacement.

I'm just wondering is that right? I had read here that if it is returned to them within 21 days that they should in fact replace it barring any obvious damage caused by me. I really would appreciate any input.

Sounds like a dodgy app. Remove all apps bar your essentials and see what happens.

Alanstrainor · 01-09-2015 11:14pm

FrostyJim wrote: »

If your in Dublin bring it in to fonfix in Sandyford and they will fix it for €15 as its under warranty (15 is a handling charge for walk-ins, you can avoid it by posting). You'll have it back in a couple of hours.

Feck that for a game of cowboys. Take it straight back to Vodafone and get them to replace it. It's so new I would hope you would get a replacement handy enough.

DanC90 · 01-09-2015 11:33pm

bajer101 wrote:

Sounds like a dodgy app. Remove all apps bar your essentials and see what happens.

Sorry if I didn't explain it well enough, I done that, for Saturday and Sunday I used it as it was out of the box, didn't sign in to Google services or anything I just kept it completely stock and the problem was still there, then on Monday I signed into Google so I could download better battery stats app from the play store and that was the only app I downloaded. I thought it was an issue with one of the pre loaded apps myself but it wasn't, as I said before I had even put it in safe mode on the Friday to see if it would happen then and it did so having gone through all the recommended things to do and check I was getting the same results.
I'm certain it was just a faulty battery in the phone and that's fine I'm sure it happens to every manufacturer that a few units have faults but my problem isn't with the phone because besides the battery issue it is a great phone, my issue is with Vodafone and the way the rep tried to fob me off by saying it's normal for your phone's battery to decrease 55% in 9 hours on standby and insisting it had to be sent back for testing when on the Vodafone website/ forums it says it can be returned within 21 days for a replacement if there is a fault such as mine.

vectra · 02-09-2015 1:01am

How is the signal on these for everyone?
I came from a moto g2 to this and where I was able to go online with the moto g I cannot get on at all with this.
happened me in 3 different places.
Some provider.
Same package.

tippgod · 02-09-2015 5:21am

I have my phone unlocked but got a service message from vodaphone saying there is a vodaphone upgrade available gir download. Should I download and upgrade the software?

DopeTech · 02-09-2015 7:16am

tippgod wrote: »

I have my phone unlocked but got a service message from vodaphone saying there is a vodaphone upgrade available gir download. Should I download and upgrade the software?

Yes, it'll be fine. What sim is in the phone has no bearing on updates what so ever.

StereoSound · 02-09-2015 11:54am

vectra wrote: »

How is the signal on these for everyone?
I came from a moto g2 to this and where I was able to go online with the moto g I cannot get on at all with this.
happened me in 3 different places.
Some provider.
Same package.

Very reliable for me on meteor, I also came from a moto g2. Signal is perfect.

Trond · 02-09-2015 11:55am

StereoSound wrote: »

Very reliable for me on meteor, I also came from a moto g2. Signal is perfect.

Same here. I find the GPS excellent as well.

StereoSound · 02-09-2015 11:58am

Trond wrote: »

Same here. I find the GPS excellent as well.

Google maps navigation has been 100%. I've been up and down the country using GPS all week. Not a hitch or a stutter.

Trond · 02-09-2015 12:27pm

StereoSound wrote: »

Google maps navigation has been 100%. I've been up and down the country using GPS all week. Not a hitch or a stutter.

I came v close to spending double what I did on this and after a week I couldn't be happier with it.

Screen, Battery life, Processing power all v impressive. The ability to expand the memory up to 144gb is probably the best bit.

woodyg · 02-09-2015 4:11pm

anyone got this in store?
i've tried calling them to see if in stock but they don't answer the dam phones!

what's the max sd card they take?

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 02-09-2015 4:23pm

woodyg wrote: »

anyone got this in store?
i've tried calling them to see if in stock but they don't answer the dam phones!

what's the max sd card they take?

128GB. They never answer the phone. Ever.

RainyDay · 02-09-2015 4:24pm

woodyg wrote: »

what's the max sd card they take?

Certainly takes 64 Gb without difficulty

vectra · 02-09-2015 7:30pm

StereoSound wrote: »

Very reliable for me on meteor, I also came from a moto g2. Signal is perfect.

Trond wrote: »

Same here. I find the GPS excellent as well.

Forgot to mention I am on Tesco mobile.

Is Meteor on the same or on Vodafone?

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