the new version of the wallet (v1.0.1.2) also does not work - connections zero 
where did you get it (1.0.1.2)? the latest version (1.0.1.1)This is new wallet
https://github.com/numuscrypto/numuscore/releases/tag/1.0.1.2
devs still working on an update that will fix the connections
They uploaded synced db up to block 210 383 , you can unzip it to your numus data folder with overwriting of existing db files. https://github.com/numuscrypto/numuscore/releases/download/1.0.1.2/numus_db_210383.zip
Root nodes with actual network version is
addnode=141.255.161.78:28121
addnode=143.202.154.31:28121
addnode=198.100.119.6:28121
more news in the discorp channel