HTC One [Megathread]

06-09-2013 08:37AM

waynegalway wrote: »

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

If the redundant crap that htc leave in their roms from previous bases is anything to go by, it's just HTC being lazy and not updating their guides.

petes · 06-09-2013 08:45AM

cargo wrote: »

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.

And press the settings button within a thread to selectively delete messages from the thread.

jonnyfingers · 06-09-2013 08:53AM

Anyone else getting a no sim message every so often? Restarting the phone, or putting it in and out of flight mode usually sorts out the problem. Happening a couple of times a day for me and it's getting pretty annoying.

Issac · 06-09-2013 09:09AM

Basil3 wrote: »

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

Should I always charge it before it goes flat, or is that just for the first charge? What's the "best" way to keep battery life (condition) at a maximum?

Sonics2k · 06-09-2013 09:13AM

Issac wrote: »

Should I always charge it before it goes flat, or is that just for the first charge? What's the "best" way to keep battery life (condition) at a maximum?

Personal experience in a phone store, as well as owning a HTC One I'd say this.

Charge the phone when it drops to about 20% or so, and avoid charging it overnight. The phone only take a few hours to charge to full, and overcharging it will just cause the battery to drain faster.

I charge mine every second night, usually for about 4 hours or so, then unplug it before I sleep with the Wi-Fi and Data turned off. In the morning it may have used 3% of the battery overnight.
If you're a really heavy user, do the same, but everynight instead.

Issac · 06-09-2013 09:19AM

Sonics2k wrote: »

Personal experience in a phone store, as well as owning a HTC One I'd say this.

Charge the phone when it drops to about 20% or so, and avoid charging it overnight. The phone only take a few hours to charge to full, and overcharging it will just cause the battery to drain faster.

I charge mine every second night, usually for about 4 hours or so, then unplug it before I sleep with the Wi-Fi and Data turned off. In the morning it may have used 3% of the battery overnight.
If you're a really heavy user, do the same, but everynight instead.

Thanks for the advice. I had (nearly) always just let it go flat or if I thought it would go flat during the night, charge it overnight. Seems like I was getting it all wrong!

goose06 · 06-09-2013 09:31AM

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Anyone else getting a no sim message every so often? Restarting the phone, or putting it in and out of flight mode usually sorts out the problem. Happening a couple of times a day for me and it's getting pretty annoying.

Is this a HTC One or a HTC One X+

petes · 06-09-2013 09:38AM

Sonics2k wrote: »

Personal experience in a phone store, as well as owning a HTC One I'd say this.

Charge the phone when it drops to about 20% or so, and avoid charging it overnight. The phone only take a few hours to charge to full, and overcharging it will just cause the battery to drain faster.

I charge mine every second night, usually for about 4 hours or so, then unplug it before I sleep with the Wi-Fi and Data turned off. In the morning it may have used 3% of the battery overnight.
If you're a really heavy user, do the same, but everynight instead.

To be honest I believe that to be a load of bollocks, no offence!

I leave mine on charge every night and have done so with every smartphone I've had. I can't see any reason not to. I get the full day with plenty of use and it's at about 30-40% at night when I go to plug it in.

There are a lot of myths around charging phones and other electrical devices.

One as mentioned is charge the phone fully when you get it before using it as it prolongs battery life.

waynegalway · 06-09-2013 09:42AM

petes wrote: »

There are a lot of myths around charging phones and other electrical devices.

One as mentioned is charge the phone fully when you get it before using it as it prolongs battery life.

As I said, I was going off the HTC user guide. I'm keen to get going on the phone as soon as it arrives, but I don't want to jeopardise the battery on day one so that I'm regretting my impatience for the next year or so. With respect, I was just quoting manufacturer instructions.

Of course, the instructions don't explicitly state that the initial first charge is for conditioning purposes. It could be just advice because it comes out of the box with little or no charge.

petes · 06-09-2013 09:45AM

waynegalway wrote: »

Of course, the instructions don't explicitly state that the initial first charge is for conditioning purposes. It could be just advice because it comes out of the box with little or no charge.

I think that is more the case than conditioning. I had a HTC One X and I did the same as I do with my One.

Sonics2k · 06-09-2013 10:24AM

petes wrote: »

To be honest I believe that to be a load of bollocks, no offence!

I leave mine on charge every night and have done so with every smartphone I've had. I can't see any reason not to. I get the full day with plenty of use and it's at about 30-40% at night when I go to plug it in.

There are a lot of myths around charging phones and other electrical devices.

One as mentioned is charge the phone fully when you get it before using it as it prolongs battery life.

Like I said, personal experience.
I've often charged it overnight, and then had to charge it again the next night.
Doing the other method I use works out well for me, I use my phone a lot but get two days out of it before it drops to 20 or less.

petes · 06-09-2013 10:31AM

Sonics2k wrote: »

Like I said, personal experience.
I've often charged it overnight, and then had to charge it again the next night.
Doing the other method I use works out well for me, I use my phone a lot but get two days out of it before it drops to 20 or less.

Yeah, it is personal experience. Saying that I'm never really too far from somewhere to charge it.

Issac · 06-09-2013 10:32AM

There's surely a standard "best practice" for these types of batteries?

I just searched on Android Central forums and one poster had this to say:

"Without going back to pull the links I researched, my understanding is that today's lithium-ion batteries are NOT effected by the memory issues that plagued ni-cad. This means that a charge cycle equals one complete charge and discharge, regardless of where in the cycle you begin recharging.

So whether you are at 70% or 30% when you start recharging, you still end up with the same number of total charges in the life of the battery.

The other two pieces of information I recall were:

*that it is a good idea to "condition" the battery when it's brand new by fully discharging it and fully charging it the first few times.
*As well as not letting the battery get very low (fully discharged) after the conditioning process."

http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one/284374-htc-one-battery-charge-cycles.html

rovoagho · 06-09-2013 01:12PM

You don't need a procedure these days, a cycle is a cycle, whether it's a full charge or five 20% charges. The only thing to avoid is compete depletion. Anything else you read is balls.

waynegalway · 06-09-2013 06:18PM

My one arrived today! So get ready for a whole lot of newbie questions.

I'm going to try and stick to stock apps as much as possible, to get a good idea what sense is like. I've already installed SwiftKey though, couldn't manage the stock keyboard.

Is there any way to set the bookmarks screen as the start page in the browser?

06-09-2013 06:20PM

waynegalway wrote: »

My one arrived today! So get ready for a whole lot of newbie questions.

I'm going to try and stick to stock apps as much as possible, to get a good idea what sense is like. I've already installed SwiftKey though, couldn't manage the stock keyboard.

Is there any way to set the bookmarks screen as the start page in the browser?

Maybe just use bookmarks widget if you want to access them easily?

ronanc1000 · 06-09-2013 11:21PM

Mr.S wrote: »

The top and side of my phone is seriously discolored and has turned yellow its only about 3 months old and is always kept in a clean pocket by itself, I never touch the top of the phone (where the headphone jack etc is) and the whole top bit has turned a yellowish colour!?

Mine is slightly just a very sulttle pink line colouring on the top as you said near the headphone jack don't know how it got there considering it kept clean!

Anyone else having colouring or fading issues too?

waynegalway · 07-09-2013 01:21PM

Just realised, I can't play music from my google account through the stock Music app on the One. I have the Play Music app, so I can make do with that. The only thing is, there was an equaliser on the Play Music app on the S3, but I can't find it on the One version.

Is the stock player worth using? I could download music to the phone through a cable and use the stock player, but is it really worth it? I can't see an equaliser on the stock app either.....

seligehgit · 07-09-2013 03:07PM

With all the talk re the battery,what's the story with getting the battery replaced if and when the need arises?Contact HTC??Looks to be ridiculously messy replacing it.

nedd · 08-09-2013 07:09AM

seligehgit wrote: »

With all the talk re the battery,what's the story with getting the battery replaced if and when the need arises?Contact HTC??Looks to be ridiculously messy replacing it.

This is my 4th HTC phone and I have never had to get a replacement battery.
I suppose if you do need to get it replaced it is a messy job, screen had to come off....

jesus_thats_gre · 08-09-2013 02:08PM

Hey Guys,

Running an rooted version of the HTC One (Vodafone Ireland) with the stock ASOP version of android on it.

Planning on selling the device so want to revert it completely to stock. Can you give me advise on how to do it - seems to be various ways of doing it but don't want to brick it.

Main stumbling block has been tracking down an RUU file is compatible with Vodafone Ireland devices and version 1.29.161.16

C:\Android>fastboot.exe g
version-main: 1.29.161.16

08-09-2013 03:37PM

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »
Hey Guys,

Running an rooted version of the HTC One (Vodafone Ireland) with the stock ASOP version of android on it.

Planning on selling the device so want to revert it completely to stock. Can you give me advise on how to do it - seems to be various ways of doing it but don't want to brick it.

Main stumbling block has been tracking down an RUU file is compatible with Vodafone Ireland devices and version 1.29.161.16
C:\Android>fastboot.exe g
version-main: 1.29.161.16

Every android device I have sold I have just advertised as rooted with stock ROM. Then I flash ARHD (the only time I would bother with that ROM) then sell it. Have always got a good price and never had a complaint.

jesus_thats_gre · 08-09-2013 04:16PM

Basil3 wrote: »

Every android device I have sold I have just advertised as rooted with stock ROM. Then I flash ARHD (the only time I would bother with that ROM) then sell it. Have always got a good price and never had a complaint.

Ah was just going to revert it back to stock to make things easier.

Anyway, the guys buying it wasn't bothered by it being unlocked/flashed and was happy to buy on inspection - so no matter no anyway.

rovoagho · 08-09-2013 04:42PM

Just make sure you reinstall and/or relock the stock bootloader, otherwise they'll be on asking why they can't take an OTA.

Just happened to me, lost the sale of a One X because the front-facing camera wasn't working when I installed the latest RUU, and they were spooked. Just needed a reset.

jesus_thats_gre · 08-09-2013 04:45PM

It's sold already.

How do you do what you suggest - in case they do ask.

moggser · 09-09-2013 01:11PM

lads how do i check for a update manually ive no option to do so in the about menu on the phone?

Issac · 09-09-2013 01:37PM

moggser wrote: »

lads how do i check for a update manually ive no option to do so in the about menu on the phone?

In the about menu - tap software updates and it should scan for any updates.

Edit, sorry I misread your post. I have "software updates" as the first option in settings>about>software updates
don't know how to do it other than that way I'm afraid

TitianGerm · 09-09-2013 09:08PM

Anybody know if vodafone have fully launched 4.2.2 ? My htc one is still on 4.1.2 and says its up to date when I check for software updates.

GBX · 09-09-2013 11:18PM

emmetkenny wrote: »

Anybody know if vodafone have fully launched 4.2.2 ? My htc one is still on 4.1.2 and says its up to date when I check for software updates.

Yeah .. Ive a one x plus on Vodafone and it updated last week. Must be phasing the updates out to people. Bear with them id say

MuppetCheck · 10-09-2013 05:35AM

I'm on 4.2.2 on Vodafone.

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