HTC One [Megathread]

neacy69 · 28-11-2013 09:02AM

Dubba wrote: »

I turned off all the 'Location' settings and now seeing really good battery life - last charge still had 20% after two days of light use.

I turned off blinkfeed and seen a big change in battery life. what else did you turn off?

Ivefoundgod · 28-11-2013 09:57AM

Dubba wrote: »

I turned off all the 'Location' settings and now seeing really good battery life - last charge still had 20% after two days of light use.

Thats pretty dam impressive. I only use the battery saver thats built in, can get about 2 working days, so from 9am today to 5pm ish tomorrow on one charge. Thats if I'm not using it a lot which I usually don't at work as I have the desktop. I wouldn't be bothered turning off location services, love google now too much plus I have access to a charger pretty much all day so no need to be too battery conscious.

Dubba · 28-11-2013 10:06AM

I like blinkfeed so left it on.

I turned off all the options in 'Settings' > 'Location'

I was wondering why my battery would drop a good bit without even using the phone much... maybe this was the culprit:
'Let Google apps access your location, even when you are not using them'

listermint · 28-11-2013 10:09AM

Idleater wrote: »

Makes no difference unless an app is actually using it. It's passive radio (listen only) unlike wifi for example.

Listening to GPS costs battery, listening and translating anything costs battery.

Ivefoundgod · 28-11-2013 11:44AM

Dubba wrote: »

I like blinkfeed so left it on.

I turned off all the options in 'Settings' > 'Location'

I was wondering why my battery would drop a good bit without even using the phone much... maybe this was the culprit:
'Let Google apps access your location, even when you are not using them'

I like Blinkfeed too, don't know why others hate it. Yeah I prefer to keep Google Now functioning so I have to leave GPS on.

Zascar · 28-11-2013 12:30PM

I just got a software update notification so I downloaded it - but it says the download was curruepted. I tried a few more times, seemed to work ok and automatically restarted without asking me. Now it has a black screen with a picture of a hone with a red triangle and a red exclamation point. Won't do anything else. Holding the power buttons makes the home and back button flash.

Any ideas?

Idleater · 28-11-2013 12:59PM

listermint wrote: »

Listening to GPS costs battery, listening and translating anything costs battery.

Agreed, but my understanding is it is only listening when asked to as opposed to constantly listening despite the icon saying enabled.
I'd be interested if someone could setup a test to see how much power is consumed by an inactive background service that only starts listening when invoked by another service compared to the power consumed by the screen navigating to (quick) settings and enabling GPS when prompted to by another application.

listermint · 28-11-2013 01:10PM

Idleater wrote: »

Agreed, but my understanding is it is only listening when asked to as opposed to constantly listening despite the icon saying enabled.
I'd be interested if someone could setup a test to see how much power is consumed by an inactive background service that only starts listening when invoked by another service compared to the power consumed by the screen navigating to (quick) settings and enabling GPS when prompted to by another application.

When Icon is on, its is constantly assessing Lat Longs from Sats in space. So that apps can ask it what the latest Lat Long is.

rovoagho · 28-11-2013 01:36PM

The icon is only on when an app requests it though. When the icon is off it's in idle mode. I have no problems with battery with GPS switched on.

listermint · 28-11-2013 03:18PM

rovoagho wrote: »

The icon is only on when an app requests it though. When the icon is off it's in idle mode. I have no problems with battery with GPS switched on.

however your base line would increase with it off.

Its about personal 'perceived' problems

Everyones phone usage is different which is why i think these discussions are poor for comparison.

FatRat · 28-11-2013 04:51PM

stevekavo wrote: »

Mine got sent off 2 weeks ago on the Wednesday and I got it back the following Friday.Mine went to a 3rd party via HTC. They have a track my device but it isn't kept up-to-date.

Ok thanks for the reply! I sent mine on Monday so hopefully I'll have it before the end of next week.

FatRat · 28-11-2013 04:55PM

One thing I have noticed with the upgrade is the apparent extra usable memory. In the app "Advanced task killer" before the update after killing all tasks I'd have 850-950MB of usable memory. Now, after the upgrading, after killing all task I'll have over 1000. Sometimes hitting 1150. I'm not sure how accurate these readings are but ever since the upgrade they have increased which can only be a good thing.

beno619 · 28-11-2013 05:38PM

FatRat wrote: »

One thing I have noticed with the upgrade is the apparent extra usable memory. In the app "Advanced task killer" before the update after killing all tasks I'd have 850-950MB of usable memory. Now, after the upgrading, after killing all task I'll have over 1000. Sometimes hitting 1150. I'm not sure how accurate these readings are but ever since the upgrade they have increased which can only be a good thing.

Its generally not recommended to not use those "Task Killers" anymore, do more harm than good.

http://www.howtogeek.com/127388/

Ivefoundgod · 28-11-2013 06:18PM

As above, absolutely do not use task killers. Theyve been useless since 4.0 onwards.

rovoagho · 28-11-2013 07:53PM

listermint wrote: »

however your base line would increase with it off.

The difference is imperceptible. I say this from practical experience and testing.

Idleater · 29-11-2013 07:25AM

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

As above, absolutely do not use task killers. Theyve been useless since 4.0 onwards.

Since 2.1 really

Dinarius · 29-11-2013 03:31PM

Carphone Warehouse have the camera on this phone as being 14Mp.

http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/category/BILL-PAY-PHONES/331.0

Vodafone have the camera as 2Mp, as does the HTC website.

https://www.vodafone.ie/myv/mymobile/upgrade/phones#device/698050

A few review site give it as 4Mp.

Go figure as they say.

Really tempted by it though. Sick of the size of the iPhone screen, while other phones such as the Xperia are getting into mini-pad territory - i.e. too big in the hand.

The HTC is a thing of beauty. But, is the next iteration due out soon?

Thanks.

D.

Ivefoundgod · 29-11-2013 04:53PM

Dinarius wrote: »

Carphone Warehouse have the camera on this phone as being 14Mp.

http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/category/BILL-PAY-PHONES/331.0

Vodafone have the camera as 2Mp, as does the HTC website.

https://www.vodafone.ie/myv/mymobile/upgrade/phones#device/698050

A few review site give it as 4Mp.

Go figure as they say.

Really tempted by it though. Sick of the size of the iPhone screen, while other phones such as the Xperia are getting into mini-pad territory - i.e. too big in the hand.

The HTC is a thing of beauty. But, is the next iteration due out soon?

Thanks.

D.

The Mega pixel count is confusing because HTC marketed the phone as using ultrapixels. If I remember correctly its 4 megapixels but uses a sensor which makes the camera amazing in low light conditions. I use it and find the camera much better than my old S3 but I have heard others say its rubbish.

The next one will probably be out around late March or April. Certainly wouldn't rush into a 24 month contract for the current One. Its an amazing phone but if you can hold out you might as well get the newer one.

iwantmydinner · 29-11-2013 04:56PM

Dinarius wrote: »

Carphone Warehouse have the camera on this phone as being 14Mp.

http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/category/BILL-PAY-PHONES/331.0

Vodafone have the camera as 2Mp, as does the HTC website.

https://www.vodafone.ie/myv/mymobile/upgrade/phones#device/698050

A few review site give it as 4Mp.

Go figure as they say.

Really tempted by it though. Sick of the size of the iPhone screen, while other phones such as the Xperia are getting into mini-pad territory - i.e. too big in the hand.

The HTC is a thing of beauty. But, is the next iteration due out soon?

Thanks.

D.

I've only seen the 4 ultrapixel description; either way - the camera is class. Absolutely unreal in low light.

Dinarius · 29-11-2013 05:32PM

Cheers guys (gals?

)

I think I will hold out.

Low light performance is irrelevant to me really. I'm a photographer by trade.

Getting away from the tiny (relatively speaking) screen size of my iPhone 4s is my main concern. The iPhone 5s is no improvement, IMHO.

Needless to say, having invested in a shed load of apps, if Apple improved the screen size, I'd stick with them. But, that's getting close to mini-pad territory then, isn't it. So, they're unlikely to.

D.

Ivefoundgod · 29-11-2013 06:19PM

Dinarius wrote: »

Cheers guys (gals? )

I think I will hold out.

Low light performance is irrelevant to me really. I'm a photographer by trade.

Getting away from the tiny (relatively speaking) screen size of my iPhone 4s is my main concern. The iPhone 5s is no improvement, IMHO.

Needless to say, having invested in a shed load of apps, if Apple improved the screen size, I'd stick with them. But, that's getting close to mini-pad territory then, isn't it. So, they're unlikely to.

D.

If you're a photographer then I suppose no phone camera is likely to impress you

There's a possibility Apple might introduce a bigger screen but probably not more than 5in. I'd wait until Samsung and HTC announce their next phones before deciding anyway.

rovoagho · 30-11-2013 12:31AM

I never need to fiddle with my camera, works almost as well as my Panny in IA mode.

Dinarius · 30-11-2013 01:30PM

Is there a time of year when manufacturers typically launch new models?

Thanks.

D.

vard · 30-11-2013 01:49PM

Dinarius wrote: »

Is there a time of year when manufacturers typically launch new models?

Thanks.

D.

Not particularly as far as I know, but there are certain events / periods / financial quarters where things are announced and signify the arrival of the next/new generation. I think, at this stage, it's worthwhile waiting for CES and MWC.

The_B_Man · 30-11-2013 05:55PM

Lads, today I got 4 hours out of my HTC One's battery.
It was fine yesterday. I even turned off Blinkfeed this morning coz I noticed there was something up after its went down to 75% pretty fast.

Its a bit sluggish to unlock so I'm thinking theres something running in the background thats using up all the CPU.
I've rebooted it a cupla times as well.

Is there any better way of finding out whats using the battery? At the moment, it just says the Android System is using 37%, Dialer is using 23%, Google Services 6% and HTC Sense using 3%. Then is has Wifi 14% idle 10% and voice cals 3%.

That doesnt really tell me anything.

darragh o meara · 30-11-2013 07:18PM

I see there is a dual sim version coming soon.

http://www.htc.com/in/smartphones/htc-one-dual-sim/

Could this be the next version? I meant the design of the HTC one is pretty bang on and it would be a shame to redesign it just yet.

beno619 · 30-11-2013 09:55PM

darragh o meara wrote: »

Could this be the next version?

Nope its just another variant of the One like the Mini & Max, will be interesting to see if the western world is interested in a dual sim flagship.

Dinarius · 01-12-2013 09:33AM

http://www.htc.com/in/smartphones/htc-one-max/

How new is the Max?

Don't think I saw it in Carphone Warehouse.

D.

01-12-2013 09:52AM

Dinarius wrote: »

Is there a time of year when manufacturers typically launch new models?

Thanks.

D.

If you're talking about HTC, their flagships normally arrive around April/May. Samsung has followed another month or two later. This has been the pattern the last few years anyway.

wilser · 01-12-2013 10:05AM

I am in the process of selling my one x & am looking for advice.

Do i need to do a factory reset of the phone before i sell it or can i just remove my google account from the phone?

If i need to do a factory reset does it bring the phone back to the android version the phone was on when it was manufactured?

my photos are backed up to dropbox so i wont lose them (is this correct?)

any thing else i should do before i move it on?

any help greatly appreciated

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