Vodafone Smart Ultra 6

MichaelAwkward · 15 Aug 2015 at 12:07

Unicorn said:
What branding do these have? Interesting phone! Using a xperia Z as my n5 is off for an insurance repair, due back monday, tempted to sell both and look at this..

Branding? None apart from the Vodafone logo on the back, and the few Vodafone apps installed (most of which can be removed).

EDIT: Snap!

Unicorn · 15 Aug 2015 at 12:08

robnut said:
Vodaphone logo and "designed by Vodafone" on the back, few bits of bloatware that can be uninstalled without root bar one or two that aint intrusive.

That can all be covered by a case so doesn't bother me, plus id attempt to root it and custom fw more than likely.

Gona try find more info on these, I love how budget phones are now coming with HD 5.5" screens, 5.5 is truly the sweet spot, i like 5 but tbh that extra small bit makes gaming/movies so much nicer.
Do they have any overheating issues or much stutter?

Also fully unlockable id assume?
Im on three and would like to use with them, will 4g still work?

robnut · 15 Aug 2015 at 12:11

Unicorn said:
That can all be covered by a case so doesn't bother me, plus id attempt to root it and custom fw more than likely.

Gona try find more info on these, I love how budget phones are now coming with HD 5.5" screens, 5.5 is truly the sweet spot, i like 5 but tbh that extra small bit makes gaming/movies so much nicer.
Do they have any overheating issues or much stutter?

Also fully unlockable id assume?
Im on three and would like to use with them, will 4g still work?

Unlocked for £4 with code. Root and Recovery available.

http://www.modaco.com/forums/forum/796-vodafone-smart-ultra-6/

MichaelAwkward · 15 Aug 2015 at 12:15

No real stutter other than what's normal with Android phones (i.e. not as smooth as iPhone).

Mine gets a bit hot whilst charging, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Unicorn · 15 Aug 2015 at 12:20

The hw buttons are the only turnoff but tbh i see most are going that oddly.

Im certainly interested at getting rid of my nexus 5 alone and keeping my xperia z as a backup/work phone.

Above, my xperia gets stupid hot when charging

MichaelAwkward · 15 Aug 2015 at 12:25

The buttons aren't as bad as reviews made them out to be, at least not on my silver one. They don't have a satisfying click like more premium phones, but they work and aren't loose at all.

I just need to sell my Nokia Lumia 735 and accessories now, I may even make a profit on the switch to the SU6.

Unicorn · 15 Aug 2015 at 12:28

Well anyone coming from early n5's remember the trick we had to do to get them to stop rattling!! So i suppose any hw buttons could beat that!! How are the on screen cap buttons?

Also screen protectors? Anyone found a good glass one? Never had one on n5 but applied one to my Xperia Z and i won't go back now. Love it 100%

MichaelAwkward · 15 Aug 2015 at 13:05

The capacitive buttons are fine. I like how they've used the home one as a notification light too. You can alter the length of time they stay lit up blue in settings if need be.

I've not bothered with a screen protector, but there are some available on eBay and Amazon.

MichaelAwkward · 15 Aug 2015 at 13:25

I've just done the update from here: http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/375531-100b03-to-100b13-mr01b-ota-url-details/

Had to use the recovery mode method, but it worked fine.

It seems the screen goes a bit dimmer now, which is good considering how bright it was before even on the lowest setting. Seems a tad smoother in operation too.

Malevolence · 16 Aug 2015 at 19:10

I don't know if anyone has noticed this, but when using the camera if you hold your finger on the 'take picture' button it goes into continuous shooting mode.

Simps · 16 Aug 2015 at 23:07

Malevolence said:
I don't know if anyone has noticed this, but when using the camera if you hold your finger on the 'take picture' button it goes into continuous shooting mode.

Yes and after if you use Google Photos it adds them all to an 'auto awesome' to make a gif image basically

Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

ScoobyDoo · 17 Aug 2015 at 00:00

Has anyone had theirs reset itself when using it?
I've had this happen twice now, the phone just reboots itself and when it reboots I get a flashing white line at the top of the screen. I have to reboot it again to get rid of this.
This is a stock phone, not sure if its firmware related, app related or faulty.

ScoobyDoo · 17 Aug 2015 at 00:01

Unicorn · 17 Aug 2015 at 14:25

Had a play with one in voda store, felt sluggish :/ Shame, Ill wait till custom fw's come about

MichaelAwkward · 17 Aug 2015 at 14:39

It's as sluggish as any Snapdragon 615 powered Android phone. That's just the way they are.

It's not unusable or even annoying, IMHO. I barely notice it.

glenimp617 · 17 Aug 2015 at 14:41

mmmm, a snapdragon 615, 2gb ram running an almost naked android 5.0.2 rom should be anything but sluggish?

kona786 · 17 Aug 2015 at 14:44

Depends on the quality on the nand used amongst other things.

MichaelAwkward · 17 Aug 2015 at 14:45

Mines less sluggish than it was now that I've rooted it and got rid of all of the superfluous crap.

Unicorn · 17 Aug 2015 at 20:14

Tbh this was a demo model in demo mode all the time (u click a button it turns the demo off so u can play with it) the lag from button presses to it doing something was 2-3 seconds which seems.. slow to me

I mean my current phone is snapdragon 800 but id of thought an octacore would be faster tbh than a quad

kona786 · 17 Aug 2015 at 20:27

Unicorn said:
I mean my current phone is snapdragon 800 but id of thought an octacore would be faster tbh than a quad

Nope - single core performance rules.

Though the 615 and the 800 may have similar scores I think on Geekbench. 800 at a guess.

edit: Actually

Overall, the Snapdragon 615 offers a performance similar to that of the older Snapdragon 600 (Krait architecture).