HTC One [Megathread]

Penn · 11-10-2013 11:44AM

Bought my HTC One last Saturday. No problems until last night, I was about to go to sleep and went to see what time it was and the phone was completely dead. Had been charging it for over an hour before and it was about 95% charges, so it wasn't the battery. I even plugged in in to the charger and nothing. I used my ipad to go on the internet and saw someone suggest holding the top button but about 15 seconds, and luckily that worked and brought it back to life.

Is this a common issue? If holding the top button for 15 seconds is all it takes to fix when it happens, fair enough, but only for I checked it before going to sleep I wouldn't have known and would have slept in this morning, without my alarm or anyone able to call me.

What's the issue, does anyone know?

Ivefoundgod · 11-10-2013 11:51AM

Basil3 wrote: »

I wouldn't worry about it too much. The current 4.3 update brings nothing much new. Now that it is official that a Sense 5.5 update is coming, we can look forward to that.

I know its not much of an update but I still want it, plus the last I heard was Sense 5.5 was coming to Europe with the 4.3 update.

11-10-2013 11:53AM

Penn wrote: »

Bought my HTC One last Saturday. No problems until last night, I was about to go to sleep and went to see what time it was and the phone was completely dead. Had been charging it for over an hour before and it was about 95% charges, so it wasn't the battery. I even plugged in in to the charger and nothing. I used my ipad to go on the internet and saw someone suggest holding the top button but about 15 seconds, and luckily that worked and brought it back to life.

Is this a common issue? If holding the top button for 15 seconds is all it takes to fix when it happens, fair enough, but only for I checked it before going to sleep I wouldn't have known and would have slept in this morning, without my alarm or anyone able to call me.

What's the issue, does anyone know?

Holding power button is a reset, pretty much all Android phones have this feature including Samsungs (although some do a battery pull instead).

You shouldn't need to do this on a regular basis, if you do then there is something wrong with your device and it should be replaced.

11-10-2013 11:56AM

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

I know its not much of an update but I still want it, plus the last I heard was Sense 5.5 was coming to Europe with the 4.3 update.

Yeah, so I would wait until the Sense 5.5 update comes out elsewhere, then we will have some idea when it will arrive over here.

For the record, I'm running 4.3 and wouldn't know any difference to 4.2.2. In fact, I would probably guess that my battery life is worse.

Ivefoundgod · 11-10-2013 02:40PM

Basil3 wrote: »

Yeah, so I would wait until the Sense 5.5 update comes out elsewhere, then we will have some idea when it will arrive over here.

For the record, I'm running 4.3 and wouldn't know any difference to 4.2.2. In fact, I would probably guess that my battery life is worse.

I'm not all that patient

r/Android has plenty of links and discussion about Sense 5.5 leaks including the change list so its not too far away hopefully.

11-10-2013 04:17PM

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

I'm not all that patient r/Android has plenty of links and discussion about Sense 5.5 leaks including the change list so its not too far away hopefully.

I sometimes get inside word from the devs on xda, so if I hear anything early I'll post it here

ofcork · 12-10-2013 06:20PM

Got the htc one yesterday and very happy with it only thing I cant seem to do is set google as my homepage in the browser,in the settings also there is no homepage option as there was on the s.

12-10-2013 06:33PM

ofcork wrote: »

Got the htc one yesterday and very happy with it only thing I cant seem to do is set google as my homepage in the browser,in the settings also there is no homepage option as there was on the s.

Menu > settings > general > set home page?

ofcork · 12-10-2013 06:36PM

What about no homepage option in the settings it looks like I have to keep going back using the arrows.

12-10-2013 06:45PM

ofcork wrote: »

What about no homepage option in the settings it looks like I have to keep going back using the arrows.

if you like using google so much, why not use the search widget or google now?

ofcork · 12-10-2013 06:48PM

Will have a look at them only getting used to the phone.

seligehgit · 13-10-2013 08:24PM

Basil3 wrote: »

if you like using google so much, why not use the search widget or google now?

Adore Chrome,have a widget for it on my home page,bit annoying that one can't set google as the home page.Have stuck a google search widget on the home page in addition to the very nice listening Moto X Google search.

chrislad · 14-10-2013 12:14PM

I used to have a Google widget, but it's much handier just to swipe up from the home button and straight into Google Now.

The_B_Man · 14-10-2013 01:42PM

I know someone having an issue with their HTC One from O2.
They can make a call, but after 10 minutes, it cuts off. They said they had a 40 minute conversation and had to redial 3 times..

Has anyone heard of anything like this?

cullenswood · 14-10-2013 01:48PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

I know someone having an issue with their HTC One from O2.
They can make a call, but after 10 minutes, it cuts off. They said they had a 40 minute conversation and had to redial 3 times..

Has anyone heard of anything like this?

I am actually getting this lately with mine, on Three. I was blaming my wife's iphone!

14-10-2013 09:14PM

Just in case anyone has missed the boat, android 4.3 sense 5.5 ROMs are now available on XDA

nedd · 15-10-2013 10:23AM

Basil3 wrote: »

Just in case anyone has missed the boat, android 4.3 sense 5.5 ROMs are now available on XDA

Just installed one there. I did a full wipe going to it so I am restoring apps and the likes, I haven't had a chance to look around yet.

Pique · 15-10-2013 10:45AM

cullenswood wrote: »

I am actually getting this lately with mine, on Three. I was blaming my wife's iphone!

Just got a HTC One on 3 over the weekend and had an 18 min convo on it last night. No problems. (Earpiece volume is fantastic, compared to the HTC One X)

Android 4.2.2, Sense 5.0

Dcully · 15-10-2013 01:26PM

Hope its ok to post photos taken on my HTC One in here.
Have mine3 weeks now and i love it,took these photos today while out on the bike.
Must say it takes a nice photo.

Bullseye · 15-10-2013 05:05PM

Pique wrote: »

Just got a HTC One on 3 over the weekend and had an 18 min convo on it last night. No problems. (Earpiece volume is fantastic, compared to the HTC One X)

Android 4.2.2, Sense 5.0

What's the data speed like with three?

Pique · 16-10-2013 09:37AM

Bullseye wrote: »

What's the data speed like with three?

All depends where you are.

I get 2-3Meg down, 1-2meg up at the moment in Letterkenny.
All you can eat data is worth it though!

baldshin · 18-10-2013 02:32PM

Hey folks, got a HTC One secondhand yesterday, and it keeps crashing! Random apps crash on it, and every so often the phone reboots itself. Tried a factory restore to no avail, have I bought a dud?

Kev. · 18-10-2013 02:35PM

baldshin wrote: »

Hey folks, got a HTC One secondhand yesterday, and it keeps crashing! Random apps crash on it, and every so often the phone reboots itself. Tried a factory restore to no avail, have I bought a dud?

Think so mines never crashed...ever

goose06 · 18-10-2013 02:36PM

baldshin wrote: »

Hey folks, got a HTC One secondhand yesterday, and it keeps crashing! Random apps crash on it, and every so often the phone reboots itself. Tried a factory restore to no avail, have I bought a dud?

Might be just a bad custom ROM, what ROM is it running?

Gordy6040 · 18-10-2013 02:45PM

best bet is to send to a repair centre and have it re imaged. Unless you're comfortable doing that yourself. Did you test it for a virus?

baldshin · 18-10-2013 03:40PM

It's running the stock configuration from what I can tell. I called the htc support today and they said they will collect it and check it out, but I'm worried they won't fix it as there's a few scratches and chips on it. Reading on,one has led me to believe if there's even a hint of a scratch even they won't cover it. This was supposed to be my leap from iOS to android, I may have to move back!

goose06 · 18-10-2013 03:45PM

baldshin wrote: »

It's running the stock configuration from what I can tell. I called the htc support today and they said they will collect it and check it out, but I'm worried they won't fix it as there's a few scratches and chips on it. Reading on,one has led me to believe if there's even a hint of a scratch even they won't cover it. This was supposed to be my leap from iOS to android, I may have to move back!

It should be grand with minor scratches, it would be more a case of a cracked screen that they would say needs to be replaced before they'll work on it. They'll probably just flash the latest software they have and ship it back to you.

Gordy6040 · 18-10-2013 03:52PM

Oh god!
i've had a nightmare with HTC support, they're shocking. Took them 7 weeks to get the my phone picked up , they kept setting up new tt's to deal with it. I messaged them on face book, sent a mail via their web site, actually wrote a letter to their office in London. Eventually I had to post the phone back to them.

Anyway, i really like my HTC One S. Moral of the story is , stay on top of them, make sure that the tech guys can see the courier is booked to collect your phone.

baldshin · 18-10-2013 03:59PM

Hopefully they sort it, was very surprised with their returns procedures, seems pretty poor. I worked with Apple processing warranty repairs and it was made very simple for the customer, HTC seem to make you jump through hoops, and if they determine that it's not a warranty related issue, charge you to give you the phone back unrepaired!

nedd · 18-10-2013 04:08PM

For the people with a nerdy inclination, soff for hboot 1.54 is available.
I just did it and it worked, I then flashed the latest firmware and all good.
It worked best for me after I flashed a 4.2.2 rom, I had been in 4.3 with Sense 5.5

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