Google cardboard

[PHILHAMPSON99]

I have a Vodafone Smart Prime 6 phone.

Google Cardboard will not load as it says my device is not compatible,

Is this true ? and if so why ?

Phil

[BandOfBrothers]

Hi,

I believe it's something to do with the sensor in the phone.

 Here's a thread I looked at from Reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleCardboard/comments/31ct5f/heres_a_list_of_phones_that_work_with_googl...

"Cardboard works with most modern Android phones. Phones need to be running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or above. Ideally they should support NFC too. Here is a list of the phones we've tested that are compatible with Cardboard." From https://dodocase.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203453464-Will-Cardboard-work-with-my-phone-

[BandOfBrothers]

To add

Do you have the Cardboard App installed. 

[PHILHAMPSON99]

No. When I tried to load it from Google Play, it says that the phone is not compatible. Any way to byepass this and force it to install. ?

[BandOfBrothers]

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@PHILHAMPSON99 wrote:

No. When I tried to load it from Google Play, it says that the phone is not compatible. Any way to byepass this and force it to install. ?

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Good Morning. 

Not that I'm aware of if its incompatible. 

[PHILHAMPSON99]

Thanks. The vodafone Smart Prime 6 is certainly a modern Android phone and in Street View I can press the Lookaround Button so that it responds to phone movements ( rather than swiping the screen ) . So, strange that  it does not support Cardboard.

[Brooksbank]

I'm having the same problems. Brought the Smart prime as a gift and a vr and it appears it doesn't that the right senory software.

Pretty miffed really as I see this as a new enough smart phone.
It has NFC so why not vr compatible?

[BandOfBrothers]

Hi @Brooksbank

I'm still looking around at the Vodafone Smart Prime 6 specifications but I think the possible issue is the seemingly lack of a gyroscope sensor.