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#201573 25-Aug-2016 08:21

I received a notice today that there's a software update available for my Vodafone Smart Prime, to version 5.0.2/250FJN1. Since I'm already running Android 5.0.2 I assume that this isn't an Android update but just a custom build update. I've upgraded but didn't get any information about what the update changed. Does anyone know? (Hopefully it'll make Pokemon Go a bit more stable on this phone!)

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#1617166 25-Aug-2016 08:37

It will just be an MR update

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#1617169 25-Aug-2016 08:40

thecatsgoolies: It will just be an MR update

MR? Maintenance Release? So just bug and security fixes, nothing that I'd really notice?

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#1617179 25-Aug-2016 09:01

One thing I noticed on the wifes phone is it now allows you to store photos on the SD card from the stock camera app.

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#1617241 25-Aug-2016 10:56

Little:

One thing I noticed on the wifes phone is it now allows you to store photos on the SD card from the stock camera app.

Yay, I couldn't see the point of an SD slot when you couldn't save pictures to the card. Glad that's fixed, keep getting the "Not enough memory" message when downloading updates

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#1619007 29-Aug-2016 10:47

After the update I have one number that texts me on a 021 number thats in my contacts, but I can only text back on her +64 021 number, so now i have two numbers. Well the same number but one with a +64 prefix.

Any ideas here?

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#1619009 29-Aug-2016 11:02

Both my partner and I have the Vodafone Smart Prime, and we both updated to this new version. On Friday afternoon/evening we both lost the ability to use GPS. I loaded up a GPS test app and it reported that there were no satellites. It stayed like this for a couple of hours, I restarted my phone a couple of times but that made no difference. If it was just my phone then I could accept that it was just a glitch, but for it to happen to my partner's phone at exactly the same time that was too much of a coincidence. Fortunately the GPS worked fine over the weekend on both our phones. But I've come to the conclusion that this phone is too under-powered to run Pokemon Go smoothly, so I might look at upgrading to something a bit better, even though all my other apps run fine on it.

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#1619076 29-Aug-2016 12:43

hah, did the update for mum over the weekend (storage was her biggest issue). had a moment of panic when it asked for the network unlock code (using it on 2deg). Did find the old code in my emails but didn't get the prompt again after a restart.

Will ask her if she's noticed any change! (see if the +64 SMS issue bothers her - I think i've got her setup using textra instead of the default SMS 'client' which may make a difference).

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#1619673 30-Aug-2016 13:53

Thanks tanivula, the textra worked, no double up of numbers now.