HTC One [Megathread]

nedd · 03-09-2013 01:57PM

If you go to Personalise under settings it is possible to add widgets to your lockscreen on Sense. Its not as flexible as AOSP lockscreen but it is there.

as for your bootloader, all I can say is make sure you copied the right bit of text onto the site.

chrislad · 03-09-2013 02:00PM

nedd wrote: »

If you go to Personalise under settings it is possible to add widgets to your lockscreen on Sense. Its not as flexible as AOSP lockscreen but it is there.

as for your bootloader, all I can say is make sure you copied the right bit of text onto the site.

Yeah, I have that, but it doesn't look as nice, and the Google calendar shows different colours on the screen, where the HTC calendar doesn't. The main issue is the battery life. From reviews, standby time seems to be better on the standard Google Play ROM. It's much easier to flash a Samsung, I think.....

nedd · 03-09-2013 02:12PM

chrislad wrote: »

It's much easier to flash a Samsung, I think.....

I have no experience with Samsung but you should have seen the hoops I had to jump through to flash a rom on my One X....

chrislad · 03-09-2013 02:24PM

nedd wrote: »

I have no experience with Samsung but you should have seen the hoops I had to jump through to flash a rom on my One X....

On the S3, it was basically just download the ROM image, flash it with Odin, and it was done. Very easy. I can understand there being some issues with custom roms, but it should be straightforward to flash a different rom from the same hardware to another device (ie Google Play One to the regular GSM One)

nedd · 03-09-2013 03:02PM

When you unlock your bootloader and flash the custom recovery there is no problem flashing roms on the ONE. Just download the zip from XDA and flash it.

chrislad · 03-09-2013 03:03PM

nedd wrote: »

When you unlock your bootloader and flash the custom recovery there is no problem flashing roms on the ONE. Just download the zip from XDA and flash it.

Cheers, I'll try again later.

On a related note, is there a difference between unlocking a bootloader and S-Off?

nedd · 03-09-2013 03:12PM

I think if your phone is S-OFF then you don't need to bother with unlocking the bootloader. Being S-OFF also allows you flash firmware and radio updates.

So you have 3 different things that can be updated. The Rom, The Firmware and the Radio. Unlocking the bootloader will allow you install a custom recovery and then you can install new Rom's.
If you are S-OFF then you can also update the Rom but you can also flash the Firmware and Radio. These are basically like updating the drivers for the hardware. So a radio update could increase your signal or make WIFI more stable...

chrislad · 03-09-2013 03:34PM

nedd wrote: »

I think if your phone is S-OFF then you don't need to bother with unlocking the bootloader. Being S-OFF also allows you flash firmware and radio updates.

So you have 3 different things that can be updated. The Rom, The Firmware and the Radio. Unlocking the bootloader will allow you install a custom recovery and then you can install new Rom's.
If you are S-OFF then you can also update the Rom but you can also flash the Firmware and Radio. These are basically like updating the drivers for the hardware. So a radio update could increase your signal or make WIFI more stable...

So I should just need to unlock the bootloader, and I would be able to flash the standard HTC One Google Play edition rom?

chrislad · 03-09-2013 05:01PM

****e, messed it up! I was reading the wrong tutorial and I flashed a boot.img file, rather than the zip file so now I'm stuck in a boot loop. I can get into the fastboot. Know anywhere I can get a stock RUU file?

bennyob · 03-09-2013 05:34PM

I downloaded the update this morning but after installation, the phone wont restart. It is stuck on the quietly brilliant screen. After pressing the power button for 10 seconds, it stalls at the same screen.

When I connect the phone to my pc by the usb cable, it restarts and again gets stuck on the quietly brilliant screen. This loop continues.

My phone is not rooted. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?

chrislad · 03-09-2013 09:42PM

Bah, getting nowhere with this. Going to just pop into Fonemenders tomorrow. Hopefully, they can flash there.

Blazer · 04-09-2013 07:08AM

chrislad wrote: »

Bah, getting nowhere with this. Going to just pop into Fonemenders tomorrow. Hopefully, they can flash there.

did you have a recovery flashed? You should be able to get to fastboot regardless of what image you flashed.

chrislad · 04-09-2013 07:14AM

Blazer wrote: »

did you have a recovery flashed? You should be able to get to fastboot regardless of what image you flashed.

I can get into the Fastboot alright, but abd won't pick up the device half the time. I didn't have a recovery flashed, hadn't gotten that far in the guide before I messed up.

Blazer · 04-09-2013 08:02AM

chrislad wrote: »

I can get into the Fastboot alright, but abd won't pick up the device half the time. I didn't have a recovery flashed, hadn't gotten that far in the guide before I messed up.

try different usb ports and make sure you're using the data cable that came with the phone..that makes a big difference on whether it gets picked up or not.

Try using Hansoons's all in one tool and see if that can work..worth a shot before giving it to fonemenders.
Its the best way to root/install recovery onto your phone.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942

darragh o meara · 04-09-2013 11:59AM

If i was to flash a rom onto my HTC one can it be removed afterwards with out a trace? I was caught out recently when I returned my galaxy S3 into Fonemenders for repair and they found that the counter had counted one custom rom installation.

ULMarc · 04-09-2013 03:12PM

chrislad wrote: »

I can get into the Fastboot alright, but abd won't pick up the device half the time. I didn't have a recovery flashed, hadn't gotten that far in the guide before I messed up.

I assume your using the fastboot commands when in fastboot mode right?

As in

fastboot devices

instead of

adb devices

The problem with this is that the RUU works with adb I believe. Can you boot into recovery?

ULMarc · 04-09-2013 03:16PM

darragh o meara wrote: »

If i was to flash a rom onto my HTC one can it be removed afterwards with out a trace? I was caught out recently when I returned my galaxy S3 into Fonemenders for repair and they found that the counter had counted one custom rom installation.

It can be restored completely to stock and the tamper flag can be reset also. I won't go into the details but they can be found online. But you would need to have your phone in a workable state to restore it.

ronanc1000 · 04-09-2013 11:49PM

Hey guys I got my htc one today, everything runs fine just one prob cropped up with my mobile Internet,

When turning on mobile net (see attached photo ) it immediately goes into "disconnected" (immediately, it won't turn on at all!)

I do have credit and an Internet plan plus it's the same sim from my previous phone it should at least switch on (the mobile net) but it would even do that! The mobile net worked perfectly on my previous phone...plus every feature so far , wifi, calls, apps, texts etc work on the Htc one so its just the mobile net..

So how can I fix this? Is there a setting I'm missing or which?

Thanks

rovoagho · 05-09-2013 12:14AM

Google your network provider and APN for the settings, and instructions. Some of them have configurators where you can choose your phone, and possible get a text with the settings, although they're usually pretty crap.

brinks_18476 · 05-09-2013 08:17AM

Guys, sometimes in my HTC one I do not get notification of email arrival I.e. sound notification and visual notification on email homescreen (where it shows 1, 2, 3, emails on the envelope).
Other times I do get notifications. Can't work it out. I have no apps to silence notifications st particular times and notification settings appear to be correctly set for my two email accounts.
I can see the emails no prob when I go into email it just I was not notified they were there. Interestingly when I go into email it does not show them as new emails ie with the yellow banner. Any suggestions? Thanks

goose06 · 05-09-2013 08:50AM

brinks_18476 wrote: »

Guys, sometimes in my HTC one I do not get notification of email arrival I.e. sound notification and visual notification on email homescreen (where it shows 1, 2, 3, emails on the envelope).
Other times I do get notifications. Can't work it out. I have no apps to silence notifications st particular times and notification settings appear to be correctly set for my two email accounts.
I can see the emails no prob when I go into email it just I was not notified they were there. Interestingly when I go into email it does not show them as new emails ie with the yellow banner. Any suggestions? Thanks

I've had a similar problem with a desire s a few weeks back. Disable the email notifications and then re-enable them fixed it for me.

Keith186 · 05-09-2013 12:17PM

If its the gmail app it might be because they are social or promotions emails which aren't set to give notifications.

dinneenp · 05-09-2013 01:53PM

For such agood phone why is deleting sms messages so laborious? I can't delete multiple sms messages at the same time.

Mitch Connor · 05-09-2013 01:55PM

dinneenp wrote: »

For such agood phone why is deleting sms messages so laborious? I can't delete multiple sms messages at the same time.

Really? I can delete multiple threads or multiple messages within a thread easily enough on the One X (with upgrade HTC Sense 5.0 as of Tuesday)

petes · 06-09-2013 08:23AM

dinneenp wrote: »

For such agood phone why is deleting sms messages so laborious? I can't delete multiple sms messages at the same time.

I don't know what you are doing but I can do it on mine. I can delete multiple threads or multiple messages within a thread by selection

waynegalway · 06-09-2013 08:31AM

Ordered my One yesterday, SMS from courier says it'll arrive in a few hours! Can't wait.

I read on the online user manual that it needs a full charge before turning it on. Any tips on how to contain myself til it's charged?

06-09-2013 08:31AM

Guys theres a lot of misinformation on here regarding unlocking bootloader, s-off, flashing ROMs/radios/firmware.

Go to xda developers for info on this stuff, plenty of people there who can help.

06-09-2013 08:32AM

waynegalway wrote: »

Ordered my One yesterday, SMS from courier says it'll arrive in a few hours! Can't wait.

I read on the online user manual that it needs a full charge before turning it on. Any tips on how to contain myself til it's charged?

That's a load of bollocks, you dont need to condition li-po. Just use the phone and charge before its flat.

cargo · 06-09-2013 08:33AM

dinneenp wrote: »

For such agood phone why is deleting sms messages so laborious? I can't delete multiple sms messages at the same time.

When you are on the message screen just click on the options/settings button in the top right hand corner of the screen (the one that looks like 3 dots stacked ontop of each other and appears on most screens) and "delete threads" is the very 1st option. After selection this option you can now tick which threads you want to delete and bingo u can work it out from there.

waynegalway · 06-09-2013 08:34AM

Basil3 wrote: »

That's a load of bollocks, you dont need to condition li-po. Just use the phone and charge before its flat.

Yeah, I kinda agree with you, but I was just going by the htc quick start guide.

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