HTC One [Megathread]

17-12-2013 10:21AM

pm1977x wrote: »

Have to disagree with this - there's lots of people complaining online about battery drain since 4.3 - from personal experience it's at least a one-third reduction in battery life. I accept plenty of people have had no issue, but for me it happened immediately after the update, too close to be a coincidence having been delighted with battery life up until then.

All I'm saying that if it was a known issue, tech sites would be all over it. It's simply a case of figuring what it causing your drain. Did any of your apps update around the same time? Have you added new apps? Have you added new media to your device?

If you do a Google search for improved battery life on 4.3, I wouldn't be surprised if you could find lots of info also.

For the record, I also have average battery at the moment, but this is due to increased use of Google music and switching over to g+ photo uploads..... The auto awesome feature is actually good enough to replace Zoe highlights now!

If you think that going back to 4.2.2 would give an extra 50% on your current battery, I would recommend rooting and flashing a stock 4.2.2 ROM such as ARHD. It's a simple process, and won't void your warranty.

TheChevron · 17-12-2013 10:52AM

I have the latest 4.3 update. There is absolutely no additional drain on my battery.

listermint · 17-12-2013 10:58AM

The case is that various apps can cause battery drain and its not necessarily the update itself. Some apps are calling on services that they shouldnt be calling on and developers never bother to update to suit a newer OS. This can be a sole reason why some users see battery issues and others (like myself) wouldnt see any changes.

waynegalway · 17-12-2013 11:39AM

listermint wrote: »

The case is that various apps can cause battery drain and its not necessarily the update itself. Some apps are calling on services that they shouldnt be calling on and developers never bother to update to suit a newer OS. This can be a sole reason why some users see battery issues and others (like myself) wouldnt see any changes.

I use GSam Battery and by far and away the biggest drains according to that are Kernal and Android System.

So it doesn't look like an app as such, but maybe an app that was fine before the update is doing things to the system now that are causing a drain that didn't show up before.

waynegalway · 17-12-2013 02:59PM

Lots of reports online about this issue. Seems that a back up and factory reset is the best course of action, so I'll try that out and report back.....

Paddy_B · 17-12-2013 04:50PM

I'm looking into a solid fix for this. I know it is fixable without any radical factory reset or flashing of different ROMs. I'll dig around tonight and post back the solution. I know it involves disabling one or more certain Google services that constantly wake the phone, causing the battery drain.
Watch this space

waynegalway · 17-12-2013 04:58PM

Paddy_B wrote: »

I'm looking into a solid fix for this. I know it is fixable without any radical factory reset or flashing of different ROMs. I'll dig around tonight and post back the solution. I know it involves disabling one or more certain Google services that constantly wake the phone, causing the battery drain.
Watch this space

Wakelocks weren't the issue for me anyway. There were some alright,but according to the battery monitor, they only accounted for about 5% of drain. Compared to 40/50% for kernel, that's insignificant, in my case anyway.

I've just done factory reset. Bit of a pain to set up again, even with backup done first.

Paddy_B · 17-12-2013 05:28PM

I believe it is the wakelocks that wake other services within the kernal.
If the wakelocks are cut down, so will the kernal usage.

dulpit · 17-12-2013 09:23PM

OTA update to 4.4.2 for the Google Play Edition. Just installing now, think it's just bug fixes...

irishgeo · 17-12-2013 09:35PM

after a night out i have woken up to the swiftkey keyboard not stretching across the screen. i have a blank area with an arrow but that only moves the keyboard left or right.

it seems to be in a zoomed in mode as the letters are tiny.

no idea on how i done it or how to change it back despite a good search around the settings.

any ideas?

Bluefoam · 17-12-2013 09:42PM

Change the keyboard, then change it back again...

Idleater · 17-12-2013 10:22PM

Bluefoam wrote: »

Change the keyboard, then change it back again...

Not even, the swift key settings have 3 modes. Press and hold the settings button and choose standard rather than compact.

irishgeo · 18-12-2013 11:43AM

Idleater wrote: »

Not even, the swift key settings have 3 modes. Press and hold the settings button and choose standard rather than compact.

lifesaver, it was driving me insane.:D

waynegalway · 18-12-2013 11:51AM

Battery life update

After doing a factory reset, the battery does seem a lot better.

It's been off the charger for 8 hours now. Down to 75% with 1hr 10mins screen time. So far, that's about double the screen time I was getting for 25% battery before the reset.

The factory reset cleared all apps, but a restore put most of them back. Notable ones that aren't restored are big ones like Ashphalt 8 and fifa 14. I've not bothered putting them back on yet.

I have restored Cover and Aviate, though. I'm leaving locations completely off, so I'm using Aviate in a more "manual" mode, which is fine.

I'll report back later.

18-12-2013 11:54AM

waynegalway wrote: »

Battery life update

After doing a factory reset, the battery does seem a lot better.

It's been off the charger for 8 hours now. Down to 75% with 1hr 10mins screen time. So far, that's about double the screen time I was getting for 25% battery before the reset.

The factory reset cleared all apps, but a restore put most of them back. Notable ones that aren't restored are big ones like Ashphalt 8 and fifa 14. I've not bothered putting them back on yet.

I have restored Cover and Aviate, though. I'm leaving locations completely off, so I'm using Aviate in a more "manual" mode, which is fine.

I'll report back later.

Battery stats can't really be assessed until a few charge/discharge cycles have completed. Glad it seems better for you though

texas star · 21-12-2013 12:55PM

Hi can somebody tell me how do i save my contacts to phone ive to change sim cards ive done this into menu people manage contacts import/export contacts import from sim card to phone then phone says no contacts and i doing something wrong or are they already saved to phone.Thanks

rovoagho · 21-12-2013 01:02PM

Are your contacts actually on the SIM card though, or are they on your old phone? Contacts on the SIM card is very rare these days, they're limiting both in terms of space and data beyond names and numbers.

texas star · 21-12-2013 01:23PM

I dont know i had the HTC Desire and done some transfer button when I got my new phone.Is there a way of knowing if they are on the phone thanks

Idleater · 21-12-2013 01:26PM

texas star wrote: »

I dont know i had the HTC Desire and done some transfer button when I got my new phone.Is there a way of knowing if they are on the phone thanks

Go to the contacts section of your Gmail account using a "normal" computer and see if your contacts are there.
If they are, you can just sync with your new phone. If not, then your easiest solution is to sync your old phone there first.
You can check if you have sim contacts in the people app, by deselecting the other contact sources.

texas star · 21-12-2013 02:53PM

Thanks but i don't have old phone anymore see I was told to change my sim as i keep getting no signal on Tesco network so they've sent me a new sim to try out.So im hoping when I put in new sim all my contact will be still there.Thanks ill just have to see what happens later when i try it out

rovoagho · 21-12-2013 03:08PM

If it's a new SIM that was never in your old phone, your contacts couldn't possibly be on it.

texas star · 21-12-2013 03:30PM

Yes thats what im asking will my contacts be on my phone?Thanks

Ivefoundgod · 21-12-2013 06:57PM

texas star wrote: »

Yes thats what im asking will my contacts be on my phone?Thanks

No.

Idleater · 21-12-2013 08:34PM

Ivefoundgod wrote: »

No.

Yes if it was synchronised with google contacts or htc backup.

aka accounts 2010 · 21-12-2013 09:35PM

Hey guys,

Recently bought a HTC One Mini.

My caller ID is not showing up when I'm ringing people which is annoying and causing difficulties as some people will not answer Blocked numbers.

I've gone into Settings and it states that my Caller ID is being displayed. Any other way of correcting this problem?

Thanks.

Ivefoundgod · 21-12-2013 09:36PM

Idleater wrote: »

Yes if it was synchronised with google contacts or htc backup.

Read back through what he/she said. They're hoping a new sim card will restore the contacts. I'm not trying to be unhelpful I'm just telling the truth. On a separate note, mobile providers, specifically they're salespeople need to start telling people correct information about contacts transferring. They should be pushing Google contacts for android phones, my mother was recently sold an android phone with no contacts transferred off her old sim to micro sim. Went in to shop to complain and they said they thought she would know. The woman is in her 50s and very obviously not tech savvy. I hate mobile providers and their staff.

/rant over

dulpit · 02-01-2014 02:23AM

I converted my phone to the Google play edition version a few months back, got the ota update to 4.4 and everything, worked like a dream. However, of late I've been getting very annoyed with battery life, I was getting maybe 12-14 hours max out of it (I use bluetooth, the speaker and gps quite a bit).

Bit the bullet yesterday and installed maximus rom, a sense 5.5 kit kat rom. Battery life today has been class, have 25% battery left after a long days use, it would have ordinarily been teetering around 0 by now.

In addition I've forgotten about the small touches that sense does well, such as allowing quick access to certain settings (turn bluetooth on/off, turn auto rotate on/off), so I'll be sticking with Sense once more.

Just my 2c, if struggling with battery maybe try a sense based rom...

03-01-2014 09:38AM

aka accounts 2010 wrote: »

Hey guys,

Recently bought a HTC One Mini.

My caller ID is not showing up when I'm ringing people which is annoying and causing difficulties as some people will not answer Blocked numbers.

I've gone into Settings and it states that my Caller ID is being displayed. Any other way of correcting this problem?

Thanks.

I assume you got this sorted. I had the same problem on my One, even though I had it set to show my number in the phone settings. Turned out I had to call Vodafone and they had to do something from their end to get it working.

dulpit wrote: »

I converted my phone to the Google play edition version a few months back, got the ota update to 4.4 and everything, worked like a dream. However, of late I've been getting very annoyed with battery life, I was getting maybe 12-14 hours max out of it (I use bluetooth, the speaker and gps quite a bit).

Bit the bullet yesterday and installed maximus rom, a sense 5.5 kit kat rom. Battery life today has been class, have 25% battery left after a long days use, it would have ordinarily been teetering around 0 by now.

In addition I've forgotten about the small touches that sense does well, such as allowing quick access to certain settings (turn bluetooth on/off, turn auto rotate on/off), so I'll be sticking with Sense once more.

Just my 2c, if struggling with battery maybe try a sense based rom...

I have tried GPE ROM's multiple times and I just can't stick with them. Sense has little touches that I miss too much. That said, one of the things I really missed when on a GPE ROM was having Zoe highlights etc, but now with g+ auto awesome photos and movies, it's a great alternative.

Testament1 · 03-01-2014 11:08AM

I have had my One several months now but recently it has developed an issue where if I am on a call with someone and put them on speakerphone or try to use headphones then the person on the other end cannot hear me yet I can still hear them. Anyone able to shed some light on this? I upgraded to 4.3 OTA not long ago if that maybe has something to do with it?

03-01-2014 11:17AM

Testament1 wrote: »

I have had my One several months now but recently it has developed an issue where if I am on a call with someone and put them on speakerphone or try to use headphones then the person on the other end cannot hear me yet I can still hear them. Anyone able to shed some light on this? I upgraded to 4.3 OTA not long ago if that maybe has something to do with it?

A possible cause is if you're somehow blocking the noise cancelling mic on the back of the phone (in the white strip above the camera lens). A case could possibly cause this problem, or lying the phone down while on speaker with the second mic covered.

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