HTC One (M8) Thread

corkgsxr

MoodeRator wrote: »

Has anyone has a problem with the headphone socket on the M8? I am now unable to use my headphones as they no longer remain fully inserted, I have to keep them firmly pushed in by hand to get my headphones to work.

Definitely no dirt or fluff in there

MoodeRator

I have tried to clean it out but no sign of anything

MoodeRator

MoodeRator wrote: »

I have tried to clean it out but no sign of anything

Suck really hard

Is this problem with all headphones, or only the ones that came with it?

MoodeRator

Problem is with ALL earphones sadly. I have managed to get a SMALL piece of fluff out, which has improved it. But still not 100%

Uriel.

there may be more material in the jack. Try a hoover over the insert point (keep it on lowest suction - gradually increase as necessary).

threein99

Any word on Lollipop for this yet ?

Caliden

Unlocked M8's have it so I think it's just a matter of providers trickling it down at the moment.

Gunther_Gloop

MoodeRator wrote: »

Has anyone has a problem with the headphone socket on the M8? I am now unable to use my headphones as they no longer remain fully inserted, I have to keep them firmly pushed in by hand to get my headphones to work.

My M8 headphones stopped working around a month ago. Other phones work fine. Bummer.

kerry4sam

Just bought my HTC m8 (ready-to-go) yesterday and it just ate up my credit. I m putting most of it down to setting various things up with spending some time online; but
~ had small amount of credit
~ topped up with a further 40 ->gone in no time
~ topped with another 30 -< gone in no time
~ topped up again with another 40 &
~ put in a further 35

down to just over 50euro left. Seriously cannot put any more credit in this week

My last HTC ate credit for the first few days also; again setting everything up and playing around with it, but this seems crazy.
Am with Vodafone - Happened anyone else?

Many Thanks,
kerry4sam

Gunther_Gloop

kerry4sam wrote: »

Just bought my HTC m8 (ready-to-go) yesterday and it just ate up my credit. I m putting most of it down to setting various things up with spending some time online; but
~ had small amount of credit
~ topped up with a further 40 ->gone in no time
~ topped with another 30 -< gone in no time
~ topped up again with another 40 &
~ put in a further 35

down to just over 50euro left. Seriously cannot put any more credit in this week

My last HTC ate credit for the first few days also; again setting everything up and playing around with it, but this seems crazy.
Am with Vodafone - Happened anyone else?

Many Thanks,
kerry4sam

Er, what are you doing with it to use up 145euros in one day? Are you downloading a silly amount of mkv video files by any chance?

kerry4sam

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

Er, what are you doing with it to use up 145euros in one day? Are you downloading a silly amount of mkv video files by any chance?

Thanks for your reply,
Now today I've disabled some apps; online for few hours intermittently and credit has stablised.
Might just enable apps as I intend using them until I find the source of this & see which eats more credit as I use it.

received numerous texts from Vodafone lastyear saying they were upping the price of online usage (msg now lost with my last phone, along with photos, videos etc etc). Anywhoo, was online alot lastnight on play downloading varying apps and setting up varying accounts on the phone.
Just that price still seems excessive.

threein99

kerry4sam wrote: »

Just bought my HTC m8 (ready-to-go) yesterday and it just ate up my credit. I m putting most of it down to setting various things up with spending some time online; but
~ had small amount of credit
~ topped up with a further 40 ->gone in no time
~ topped with another 30 -< gone in no time
~ topped up again with another 40 &
~ put in a further 35

down to just over 50euro left. Seriously cannot put any more credit in this week

My last HTC ate credit for the first few days also; again setting everything up and playing around with it, but this seems crazy.
Am with Vodafone - Happened anyone else?

Many Thanks,
kerry4sam

What's apps are you using? That definitely can't be right. Switch your mobile data off when not using it, that will save credit and battery

kerry4sam

threein99 wrote: »

What's apps are you using? That definitely can't be right. Switch your mobile data off when not using it, that will save credit and battery

Might also switch off mobile data when not using it. Was receiving updates for some time and new alerts from online accounts also as they happened which would've affected usage each time one came in.

Thank You for replying,

threein99

kerry4sam wrote: »

Might also switch off mobile data when not using it. Was receiving updates for some time and new alerts from online accounts also as they happened which would've affected usage each time one came in.

Thank You for replying,

No problem, if you can switch to 3, you get unlimited data on ready to go for 20 quid. Far better deal.

Stormington

kerry4sam wrote: »

Just bought my HTC m8 (ready-to-go) yesterday and it just ate up my credit. I m putting most of it down to setting various things up with spending some time online; but
~ had small amount of credit
~ topped up with a further 40 ->gone in no time
~ topped with another 30 -< gone in no time
~ topped up again with another 40 &
~ put in a further 35

down to just over 50euro left. Seriously cannot put any more credit in this week

My last HTC ate credit for the first few days also; again setting everything up and playing around with it, but this seems crazy.
Am with Vodafone - Happened anyone else?

Many Thanks,
kerry4sam

Must resist...urge to make Kerryman joke...

That's not your phone: that's your data eating your credit. I downloaded a load of language apps the first time I got a smartphone and managed to chew through 30 euro of credit in 2 days: I had gone through my 500mb monthly allowance and it started to eat my credit instead. I jumped ship from vodafone a week later after seeing just how many MB I would use in a day and how much the competition offered.

You might also want to dive into settings and turn off instant notifications, updates and sync emails to every 30 mins (unless essential to you) because they'll all run in the background constantly and with 3g or 4g running will hammer your pocket as well as the battery.

Mars Bar

Has anyone got any tips for cleaning the camera lens? The quality of the pics in the last month on my phone has been really bad.

Compare these two photographs

August 2014

October 2014


to this one I took today

and this one I took last week



I know the lighting etc is different but it still seems really bad.

Mars Bar

Mars Bar wrote: »

Has anyone got any tips for cleaning the camera lens? The quality of the pics in the last month on my phone has been really bad.


I know the lighting etc is different but it still seems really bad.

The anti-fingerprint coating on the lens probably needs to be removed. I used toothpaste, made a huge difference.

Gunther_Gloop

Yup. I had to use toothpaste on mine too.. wipe on with an earbud. Off with surgical spirits/ vodka. Massive difference. You can even see it on the lens -before it's like scratched to death. After is like new.

Mars Bar

I looked up the toothpaste thing you mentioned. I think it worked!

Gunther_Gloop

You might find doing it again will improve it further. You don't want to overdo it obviously, but I bet if you look at the lens you will see it clear near the centre, but still all scratchy as you go out to the outer area. That's how it looks to me from that photo at least.
You could leave the toothpaste on for a minute or so before removing.

Mars Bar

I'll do it again tomorrow. I'll take it outside and see how it looks too. Think it's easier to see in natural light.

Bobeagleburger

Is there a massive difference between the m7 and m8?

Just wondering whether it's worth upgrading

My m7 still running great

Mars Bar

Well the M9 is not far off so you might as well wait and see if that interests you

Bobeagleburger

Mars Bar wrote: »

Well the M9 is not far off so you might as well wait and see if that interests you

Yeah was thinking that too

DublinBeaker

rarnes1 wrote: »

Yeah was thinking that too

I upgraded from M7 to M8 about 3 months ago. Nice phone but not much in the difference in my opinion. With M9 being so close would hang on to see what that brings!

Bobeagleburger

DublinBeaker wrote: »

I upgraded from M7 to M8 about 3 months ago. Nice phone but not much in the difference in my opinion. With M9 being so close would hang on to see what that brings!

Yeah the specs aren't massively different. I might just wait

Lollipop .10 OTA has apparently started rolling out today.

1jcdub

Just received lollipop on my unlocked M8

Just downloading lollipop as well atm. Unlocked phone.

Gunther_Gloop

And? Well? Big difference?