Hi oridinaryguyukuk,
Welcome to the eForum, this is the place to get all the information you could possibly need regarding Vodafone.
The flashiong blue light every five seconds means that the dongle has found the 3G Network however it hasn’t yet connected, this can generally be resolved by clicking connect on the dashboard.
As you can’t get the dashboard the best thing to do is to download
Vodafone Mobile
Connect from here.
This will fix your problems, if you do need any more help please let me know.
Thanks
Matt
eForum Team