HTC 10

Flaccus · 07-07-2016 03:51PM

By the way I noticed on the viper pulldown there is a switch called 'Task Manager' beside the 'Reboot' switch. When you select 'Task Manager' you get the message 'Can't start activity. Application not found'

Edit : Once I reordered the buttons 'Task Manager' vanished !!

Applied the red venom status bar theme, and then the custom settings icons for viper also in red. They work great, but now the native quick settings pulldown is broken. arrrgghhh. once I rebooted and messed around a bit, all working again. fun times.

I think viper is definitely worth the time to play around with.

Seve OB · 07-07-2016 09:06PM

Amazon is bollox.
I ordered an official HTC Ice view case about 2 weeks ago. Price was £36.88. Supposedly in stock at the time!!!!!
Shipped today. Price now on their website is £28.48...... but I am getting charged the £36.88.
cnuts

edit:
ha... £27.98 now!!!! FFS

Flaccus · 07-07-2016 09:11PM

Seve OB wrote: »

Amazon is bollox.
I ordered an official HTC Ice view case about 2 weeks ago. Price was 36.88. Supposedly in stock at the time!!!!!
Shipped today. Price now on their website is 28.48...... but I am getting charged the 36.88.
cnuts

Send it back through the return process. Free post in gpo. Say its faulty so you get a refund including postage. Normally they issue the refund the morning they receive it. Then reorder at cheaper price.

Seve OB · 07-07-2016 09:30PM

Flaccus wrote: »

Send it back through the return process. Free post in gpo. Say its faulty so you get a refund including postage. Normally they issue the refund the morning they receive it. Then reorder at cheaper price.

1. not the point. i held off on ordering it till it was in stock. i don't expect anyone who advertises a product as being in stock to take 2 weeks before putting it in the post.
2. sending it back and getting a refund ...i will loose out on exchange rate
3. price charged should be at todays rate when it was shipped... not the rate they advertised 2 weeks ago when they didn't bother to send it to me

07-07-2016 09:36PM

Seve OB wrote: »

1. not the point. i held off on ordering it till it was in stock. i don't expect anyone who advertises a product as being in stock to take 2 weeks before putting it in the post.
2. sending it back and getting a refund ...i will loose out on exchange rate
3. price charged should be at todays rate when it was shipped... not the rate they advertised 2 weeks ago when they didn't bother to send it to me

Sometimes works the other way. Because the 10 didn't get shipped until a month after I ordered, I ended up paying more when they did finally charge. We always lose

Seve OB · 07-07-2016 09:50PM

Basil3 wrote: »

Sometimes works the other way. Because the 10 didn't get shipped until a month after I ordered, I ended up paying more when they did finally charge. We always lose

was that because they hiked the price up or because the sterling/euro price changed

i can't believe they can up the price on an order...can't be legal if you think you are paying one price and they charge a higher price

07-07-2016 10:06PM

Seve OB wrote: »

was that because they hiked the price up or because the sterling/euro price changed

i can't believe they can up the price on an order...can't be legal if you think you are paying one price and they charge a higher price

That was due to exchange rate, and technically it was only for UK residents, so I can't really complain. Bit different to your situation, though.

Flaccus · 07-07-2016 10:25PM

Is the Ice View as bad as this review makes out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmLQJ1hjy18

Flimsy, attracts grease from fingers, cover doesn't sit properly, back scratches easily, no protection on bottom etc...

By the way, when I examined my HTC 10 on day 1 (carbon colour) I noticed some defects on the antenna bands on the top and bottom. It's almost like the coating has gaps here and there. They look like tiny little nicks Very hard to spot. Not worried as reception is good. And I doubt a 'normal' person would notice. So far no scratches or marks on the thing which is great. I haven't had to baby it as much as the S7. The design is great. I settled on a fairly cheap thin spigen rugged armour case (nothing really rugged about it). To date this is my favourite phone of all the flagships. I just wish it came in 5.5 or even 5.7 inch

Flaccus · 07-07-2016 11:05PM

Here are my HTC 10 home and setting screens after installing Viper and some of Basil3's mods. Well worth it. What's really great is you still have access to the HTC theme store too. Highly recommend this over the stock rom. And of course rooting means no more bloatware.

The_B_Man · 07-07-2016 11:58PM

In terms of getting the battery to last the advertised 2 days, what have people been doing?

I've Xposed with Greenify and Amplify.
And of course I've battery saver mode on constantly.

Flaccus · 08-07-2016 12:10AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

In terms of getting the battery to last the advertised 2 days, what have people been doing?

I've Xposed with Greenify and Amplify.
And of course I've battery saver mode on constantly.

Never got it past a day and a half with light use. Haven't put on Greenify yet. Will give it a go.

One thing I did do was get rid of google now, search and the google app itself. Plus on my google account I disabled location history. It's made a big difference. Also since I moved from 3 back to VF the radios aren't struggling for a signal. So can get home at night and still have 50% battery left and not 10-15% as before.

On another note, every time I try to record something with google keep I get the message 'voice recording is not available'. Works fine inside google messenger, hangouts and other apps. Any ideas anyone ?

08-07-2016 04:23AM

Flaccus wrote: »

Here are my HTC 10 home and setting screens after installing Viper and some of Basil3's mods. Well worth it. What's really great is you still have access to the HTC theme store too. Highly recommend this over the stock rom. And of course rooting means no more bloatware.

Looks nice! Could maybe go with making your pull-down header a couple of shades darker in tweaks

08-07-2016 04:25AM

Flaccus wrote: »

Never got it past a day and a half with light use. Haven't put on Greenify yet. Will give it a go.

One thing I did do was get rid of google now, search and the google app itself. Plus on my google account I disabled location history. It's made a big difference. Also since I moved from 3 back to VF the radios aren't struggling for a signal. So can get home at night and still have 50% battery left and not 10-15% as before.

On another note, every time I try to record something with google keep I get the message 'voice recording is not available'. Works fine inside google messenger, hangouts and other apps. Any ideas anyone ?

I'd assume settings > apps > Keep > permissions > allow microphone.

08-07-2016 04:30AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

In terms of getting the battery to last the advertised 2 days, what have people been doing?

I've Xposed with Greenify and Amplify.
And of course I've battery saver mode on constantly.

I know some guys who do, without using greenify etc. They only have 3-4 hours screen on time over the two days, though.

Personally, I would get rid of all that stuff, stop using power saver, and just use your phone, charging it every night.

Flaccus · 08-07-2016 05:47AM

Basil3 wrote: »

Looks nice! Could maybe go with making your pull-down header a couple of shades darker in tweaks

Yep, I had it as dark as the quick settings at one point. Will play with it. Thanks.

Flaccus · 08-07-2016 06:48AM

Basil3 wrote: »

Flaccus wrote: »

Never got it past a day and a half with light use. Haven't put on Greenify yet. Will give it a go.

One thing I did do was get rid of google now, search and the google app itself. Plus on my google account I disabled location history. It's made a big difference. Also since I moved from 3 back to VF the radios aren't struggling for a signal. So can get home at night and still have 50% battery left and not 10-15% as before.

On another note, every time I try to record something with google keep I get the message 'voice recording is not available'. Works fine inside google messenger, hangouts and other apps. Any ideas anyone ?

I'd assume settings > apps > Keep > permissions > allow microphone.

Thank s. Yes, i did that. Reinstalled app too. Microphone still not working. Very annoying.

<edit> Problem solved. Google now uses the voice part of the google app which I had removed

Reinstalled google and all working again.

Flaccus · 08-07-2016 05:53PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/htc/comments/4iq0qg/htc_10_scratches/

I have these tiny scratches too out of the box. Actually they are not really scratches as it just seems that the antenna coating is very light and inconsistent in places and what's underneath is showing through. Noticed it actually on day 1 when I was in a bright room. You won't notice it in normal usage. And I reckon that pic I linked to was taken in very bright light. Friends 10 is the same. But another friend has the silver and it's perfect.

Anyone else notice this ?

The_B_Man · 09-07-2016 12:37AM

Basil3 wrote: »

Personally, I would get rid of all that stuff, stop using power saver, and just use your phone, charging it every night.

Well it's not restricting my usage. I do just use my phone. Its 1:30am and I'm on 46%. That's fairly respectable. This will last me until tomorrow evening then I'll lob it on quick charge for 30+ mins and I'll be sorted.

Where the benefits come into play here are when I'm at electric picnic or somewhere that I can't freely charge the phone.

09-07-2016 06:27AM

The_B_Man wrote: »

Well it's not restricting my usage. I do just use my phone. Its 1:30am and I'm on 46%. That's fairly respectable. This will last me until tomorrow evening then I'll lob it on quick charge for 30+ mins and I'll be sorted.

Where the benefits come into play here are when I'm at electric picnic or somewhere that I can't freely charge the phone.

Yeah, I've tried living like that but it just ends up being a pain. I used to use power saver back when you could choose which things power saver affected, but that got dropped on the M9.

I have everything syncing, auto brightness, google now, location on, smart watch connected. Don't restrict anything, and have a quick charge battery pack for the situations you mention above.

The 10 is still a long way off two day battery life, but you can get one decent day without restricting anything.

sword1 · 09-07-2016 12:14PM

I cannot access the 4 apps on the top row of my homescreen anymore ,i could uninstall them but that will not solve why the touchscreen is not working anymore,i realise it will be something simple ,any ideas please

Flaccus · 09-07-2016 12:24PM

sword1 wrote: »

I cannot access the 4 apps on the top row of my homescreen anymore ,i could uninstall them but that will not solve why the touchscreen is not working anymore,i realise it will be something simple ,any ideas please

You obviously tried moving other apps to the top of the homescreen? I would say try clearing the cache. If that doesn't work do a factory restore. After that its warranty so return to where you bought it.

sword1 · 09-07-2016 12:36PM

Flaccus wrote: »

You obviously tried moving other apps to the top of the homescreen? I would say try clearing the cache. If that doesn't work do a factory restore. After that its warranty so return to where you bought it.

I can put the apps on the screen twice and access them that way ,out of the country for a month so dont think i will do a factory restore till back ,if no good will go back to the shop,not a major issue but a bit annoying ,thank you
Edit phone updated yesterday so must have happened then

09-07-2016 12:48PM

sword1 wrote: »

I cannot access the 4 apps on the top row of my homescreen anymore ,i could uninstall them but that will not solve why the touchscreen is not working anymore,i realise it will be something simple ,any ideas please

It's only on your homescreen? It's fine when you're in your app drawer, or within another app?

sword1 · 09-07-2016 12:58PM

Basil3 wrote: »

It's only on your homescreen? It's fine when you're in your app drawer, or within another app?

Yes,just touchscreen not working top row ,apps are fine elsewhere

mossie · 09-07-2016 01:22PM

Flaccus wrote: »

Here are my HTC 10 home and setting screens after installing Viper and some of Basil3's mods. Well worth it. What's really great is you still have access to the HTC theme store too. Highly recommend this over the stock rom. And of course rooting means no more bloatware.

Looks good. What mods / themes did you apply?

The_B_Man · 10-07-2016 12:21AM

sword1 wrote: »

I cannot access the 4 apps on the top row of my homescreen anymore ,i could uninstall them but that will not solve why the touchscreen is not working anymore,i realise it will be something simple ,any ideas please

If its JUST on the launcher home screen and NOT in the app drawer and NOT in other apps, then its a problem with your launcher.
I'd install another launcher and see if its the same.

I had a problem the other day with ny Nexus 9 where it seemed like the profile got corrupted. The pull down menu stopped working, I couldn't move app icons. In the end I fixed it by running the following command:

adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardTestActivity

actually, I ran it from Terminal Emulator without the "adb shell" part, eg:

am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardTestActivity

How Soon Is Now · 10-07-2016 12:06PM

Can't remember the name of this section so I can fix the color!

Any ideas?

10-07-2016 12:10PM

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Can't remember the name of this section so I can fix the color!

Any ideas?

I'm guessing you've flashed a hotfix from the hub over a theme? Just flash the theme again. ViperDark has all hotfixes included in it.

Other option is just dirty flash ROM, and go back to stock appearance.

sword1 · 10-07-2016 12:45PM

The_B_Man wrote: »
If its JUST on the launcher home screen and NOT in the app drawer and NOT in other apps, then its a problem with your launcher.
I'd install another launcher and see if its the same.

I had a problem the other day with ny Nexus 9 where it seemed like the profile got corrupted. The pull down menu stopped working, I couldn't move app icons. In the end I fixed it by running the following command:
adb shell am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardTestActivity
actually, I ran it from Terminal Emulator without the "adb shell" part, eg:
am start -n com.google.android.setupwizard/.SetupWizardTestActivity

Thanks for that,you are gone way over my head with ability to do these things so rather than blindly follow i think i will leave it as is for now

Flaccus · 10-07-2016 06:50PM

mossie wrote: »

Looks good. What mods / themes did you apply?

Thanks.

Phone rooted, s-offed, and cid changed to HTC__001 to make it an international phone

Latest Viper rom
Dark Viper Theme
Red venom status bar and eqs theme
4x2 Clock Mods for HTC Weather Clock
Deniz Rounded Pastel V Icons from HTC Theme store
Header Widgets Icon Size set to large
Status bar clock colour, nav eqs icon colour, set to red #ff930010
Header bar background colour, horizontal eps background colour, set to black #ff000000
Ambient notifications set to on
Enable APM on lock screen set to on

HTC 10

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