HTC One (M8) Thread

MuppetCheck · 16-04-2014 10:15pm

Got my Spigen slim armour earlier. Ordered Sunday night and got it this morning from Amazon. Went for the gun metal grey and it matches the phone colour perfectly and is an excellent fit.

The one downside is the phone weighs a tonne in it. Made a ten minute phone call earlier and my arm was tires after it!

allen175 · 16-04-2014 10:20pm

sioda wrote: »

Is anyone having issues with their notification LED works foine when charging but not at all for anything else

No problems with mine, I can notice it flashing out of the corner of my eye on my desk.

Try light flow from the play store and see if you can get it working again.

quarryman · 16-04-2014 11:07pm

sioda wrote: »

Is anyone having issues with their notification LED works foine when charging but not at all for anything else

I have to opposite problem. The notification Led does not flash at all when charging. I thought was how it was supposed to work?

Star Lord · 16-04-2014 11:53pm

quarryman wrote: »

I have to opposite problem. The notification Led does not flash at all when charging. I thought was how it was supposed to work?

Should have a small red LED (in the speaker grille) constantly on when it's charging. You may have difficulty seeing it in bright sunlight, but otherwise should be fairly visible!

quarryman · 17-04-2014 6:02am

I still think the battery in mine is rubbish. I left my phone charging until 11pm last night. Then used it for about an hour before going to sleep.

I woke up at 6 and was down 50% in that time.

Not impressed, any suggestions? See attached image

Cyrus · 17-04-2014 8:53am

looks like it was awake all night something causing a wavelock i guess

[Deleted User] · 17-04-2014 11:31am

quarryman wrote: »

I still think the battery in mine is rubbish. I left my phone charging until 11pm last night. Then used it for about an hour before going to sleep.

I woke up at 6 and was down 50% in that time.

Not impressed, any suggestions? See attached

I think it will be pretty obvious when you click on app usage. You will be able to see what has kept your phone awake all night.

MuppetCheck · 17-04-2014 11:34am

Went to bed last night after 15 hours on battery with 55%...something has to be eating your battery. The only thing I use is the milder of the two power savers.

Davey Devil · 17-04-2014 1:58pm

I'm looking at the possibility of getting this phone with Carphone Warehouse on Meteor PAYG. I've read that it comes unlocked this way, can anyone confirm that?

Also I'm considering using it with on a Three sim only plan however I've seen some people have had data connection problems using non-Three phones on their network.

Has anyone tried this successfully?

Meesared · 17-04-2014 2:21pm

quarryman wrote: »

I still think the battery in mine is rubbish. I left my phone charging until 11pm last night. Then used it for about an hour before going to sleep.

I woke up at 6 and was down 50% in that time.

Not impressed, any suggestions? See attached image

Definately a wakelock of some sort, my M8 only drops about 10% (sometimes less) overnight

Mick Murdock · 17-04-2014 2:56pm

Quick question.. I damaged the usb charging cable - took all of 6 days.

Have a few others but the one that's working best (charging the phone fastest) is one I got with a Chinese THL phone. It looks very generic and cheap, similar to the ones they sell in €2 shops. Any harm in using this?

Im_No_Superman · 17-04-2014 2:59pm

Davey Devil wrote: »

I'm looking at the possibility of getting this phone with Carphone Warehouse on Meteor PAYG. I've read that it comes unlocked this way, can anyone confirm that?

Also I'm considering using it with on a Three sim only plan however I've seen some people have had data connection problems using non-Three phones on their network.

Has anyone tried this successfully?

Before you think of moving to Three have a read of this thread -
http://www.boards.ie/ttfthread/2057189638

I just moved last month and I constantly have to manually connect to the three network if I lose signal and it roams. I'm using a Nexus 5 so its possible it wont happne on M8 (wouldnt bet on it though).

Its very frustrating, reckon I will move to another network soon, possibly Tesco Mobile, they seem to have a good offer on at the moment.

MuppetCheck · 17-04-2014 3:08pm

Davey Devil wrote: »

I'm looking at the possibility of getting this phone with Carphone Warehouse on Meteor PAYG. I've read that it comes unlocked this way, can anyone confirm that?

Also I'm considering using it with on a Three sim only plan however I've seen some people have had data connection problems using non-Three phones on their network.

Has anyone tried this successfully?

I bought a Meteor PAYG and it was sim free and unbranded. My vodafone sim worked just fine.

Meesared · 17-04-2014 3:10pm

Mick Murdock wrote: »

Quick question.. I damaged the usb charging cable - took all of 6 days.

Have a few others but the one that's working best (charging the phone fastest) is one I got with a Chinese THL phone. It looks very generic and cheap, similar to the ones they sell in €2 shops. Any harm in using this?

A Micro USB cable is a Micro USB cable at the end of the day, you should be fine!

Mick Murdock · 17-04-2014 3:20pm

Meesared wrote: »

A Micro USB cable is a Micro USB cable at the end of the day, you should be fine!

Cool. That's what I thought but read something on the iOS forum recently which made me wonder.

jimgoose · 17-04-2014 3:21pm

Meesared wrote: »

A Micro USB cable is a Micro USB cable at the end of the day, you should be fine!

Yurp, they're all the same. When I chopped in my old Nokia E52 for a Galaxy S4 I found my old cabling, car-charger, etc. worked away fine.

[Deleted User] · 17-04-2014 3:25pm

Mick Murdock wrote: »

Quick question.. I damaged the usb charging cable - took all of 6 days.

Have a few others but the one that's working best (charging the phone fastest) is one I got with a Chinese THL phone. It looks very generic and cheap, similar to the ones they sell in €2 shops. Any harm in using this?

Depends what you use it for. It won't damage the phone, but I can't get an adb connection to PC with cheap cables, and the charging rate often doesn't seem as good. Will still do the trick though.

Mick Murdock · 17-04-2014 4:04pm

Basil3 wrote: »

Depends what you use it for. It won't damage the phone, but I can't get an adb connection to PC with cheap cables, and the charging rate often doesn't seem as good. Will still do the trick though.

Probably the only complaint I have with the phone is how slowly it charged with the OEM cable. The cheap one seems to be at least on par as far as I can tell.

I read on one of the review sites that HTC are releasing a hi-speed cable of some description for this phone. That sound right?

jimgoose · 17-04-2014 4:07pm

Mick Murdock wrote: »

Probably the only complaint I have with the phone is how slowly it charged with the OEM cable. The cheap one seems to be at least on par as far as I can tell.

I read on one of the review sites that HTC are releasing a hi-speed cable of some description for this phone. That sound right?

A standard USB cable will always slow-charge. Fast-charge mode is generally activated when the two USB data lines are shorted together. This is nearly always done within the supplied charger unit that plugs into the wall, as otherwise the cable would be no use for data.

TrustedApple · 17-04-2014 4:22pm

Hi guys the mother is still having problems with her HTC 8M

Ok the problem is that she used to have a iPhone before and also has a iPad.

So the problem is that she can't get some massages from when people txt her from there iPhones but she gets the massage on her iPad.

What i am thinking is there a way to stop imassage to her phone number ? Like i went from a iPhone 5 to a note 3 and never had this problem

Another problem is that she can't send MMS massages to people as well.

I was on the phone to 3 and there saying it was the sim card ?

Any idea what it might be to fix this problem ?

[Deleted User] · 17-04-2014 4:25pm

samapple789 wrote: »

Hi guys the mother is still having problems with her HTC 8M

Ok the problem is that she used to have a iPhone before and also has a iPad.

So the problem is that she can't get some massages from when people txt her from there iPhones but she gets the massage on her iPad.

What i am thinking is there a way to stop imassage to her phone number ? Like i went from a iPhone 5 to a note 3 and never had this problem

Another problem is that she can't send MMS massages to people as well.

I was on the phone to 3 and there saying it was the sim card ?

Any idea what it might be to fix this problem ?

Can't she turn iMessage off on her iPad? I would say this is the problem, as the iPad is saying she's online with iMessaging still.

Regarding MMS, are all the APN settings correct?

Mick Murdock · 17-04-2014 4:32pm

Saw people suggesting on the Apple forum that you should sign out of iMessage/iCloud/Find My iPhone before factory resetting an iPhone. Some/all of those remain active after doing so?

Turning off iMessage on the iPad might sort it though.

quarryman · 17-04-2014 10:02pm

Cyrus wrote: »

looks like it was awake all night something causing a wavelock i guess

Basil3 wrote: »

I think it will be pretty obvious when you click on app usage. You will be able to see what has kept your phone awake all night.

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Went to bed last night after 15 hours on battery with 55%...something has to be eating your battery. The only thing I use is the milder of the two power savers.

Meesared wrote: »

Definately a wakelock of some sort, my M8 only drops about 10% (sometimes less) overnight

You were all correct.

Ok looks like I've nailed it. Battery use is MUCH better now. It seems one or all of switching off the sync, location services and hard restart has made it sleep properly when the screen is off. Thanks for all the help guys!

AGoodison · 18-04-2014 3:50am

Can anyone who upgraded from an S4 let me know how they are finding it? Especially regarding battery life and is there any features from the s4 that you miss on the one. Thanks!

trev44 · 18-04-2014 11:25am

jimgoose wrote: »

A standard USB cable will always slow-charge. Fast-charge mode is generally activated when the two USB data lines are shorted together. This is nearly always done within the supplied charger unit that plugs into the wall, as otherwise the cable would be no use for data.

My understanding is that most (unless you're unlucky) cables will handle 2a min but the ampage of the adaptor it's plugged into is more often the factor. 2a = quick. Less than 1a = slow (roughly).

jimgoose · 18-04-2014 11:27am

trev44 wrote: »

My understanding is that most (unless you're unlucky) cables will handle 2a min but the ampage of the adaptor it's plugged into is more often the factor. 2a = quick. Less than 1a = slow (roughly).

Yes, there is that as well. Oddly enough not every OE charger can handle fast-charge current.

quarryman · 18-04-2014 11:55am

What cases have people bought for the phone? The skin that comes with it is fine but I find it's almost too "grippy". I'd prefer something that made it easier to slide into the pocket but still offer edge protection.

MuppetCheck · 18-04-2014 12:03pm

quarryman wrote: »

What cases have people bought for the phone? The skin that comes with it is fine but I find it's almost too "grippy". I'd prefer something that made it easier to slide into the pocket but still offer edge protection.

So far I got the original HTC clip on cover, you get a few different ends to clip on and change the colours. The fit is brutal, I have no doubt it would be absolutely useless if you dropped the phone.

Got a gunmetal grey Spigen slim armour and it's fantastic. The only problem is that it makes the phone extremely heavy in the hand but the protection it offers is excellent as is the fit.

I ordered 3 packs of the fonem8 screen protectors then. Expensive shipping but they are the best quality protectors I've ever come across. I usually ruin a few when trying to get it perfect and buy in bulk. They're on Amazon.

Fanny Brioscaí · 18-04-2014 12:50pm

samapple789 wrote: »

Hi guys the mother is still having problems with her HTC 8M

Ok the problem is that she used to have a iPhone before and also has a iPad.

So the problem is that she can't get some massages from when people txt her from there iPhones but she gets the massage on her iPad.

What i am thinking is there a way to stop imassage to her phone number ? Like i went from a iPhone 5 to a note 3 and never had this problem

Another problem is that she can't send MMS massages to people as well.

I was on the phone to 3 and there saying it was the sim card ?

Any idea what it might be to fix this problem ?

Get one of her friends to delete all the call history, messages and contact information from their Iphone and send a new message.

Checked the APN settings for MMS are correct.

1jcdub · 18-04-2014 12:54pm

jimgoose wrote: »

Yes, there is that as well. Oddly enough not every OE charger can handle fast-charge current.

The M8 came with a quick charge 1.0 setup. I find charging times to be quick from previous changers.
Will be getting the quick charger 2.0 charger when available

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