HTC 10

Out of interest, has anyone who ordered from HTC UK and had it sent through Parcel Motel got theirs yet? Have the strangest feeling Hermes are storing them to deliver in bulk to PM.

Seve OB wrote: »

What does rooting do?

Just google it

Seve OB wrote: »

fair enough.

I was just wondering is it what you do to get rid of all the crap that Vodafone and three etc put on the phones. Wouldn't mind knowing how to do that myself. I used to be able to do it with the Nokias years ago, made the phones much more enjoyable to use.

Not sure why you would need to do that if you got the phone direct from HTC though.

Rooting will let you get rid of crapware. It also allows you install and run certain apps that you can't without root, such as ad blockers and titanium backup (the main reasons I root tbh).

Edit: Oh and rooting will also let you install new ROMs, which is always a plus.

dulpit wrote: »

Rooting will let you get rid of crapware. It also allows you install and run certain apps that you can't without root, such as ad blockers and titanium backup (the main reasons I root tbh).

Edit: Oh and rooting will also let you install new ROMs, which is always a plus.

cheers

what's a ROM?


Any good links to learning about this stuff?

Basil3 wrote: »

Mine finally had movement overnight, and was 'delivered to a secure location' at 7am this morning. This concerns me, because I'm sure nobody was there to receive at Parcel motel at that time, and I've heard of Hermes just leaving parcels lying outside. Trying to find out what the story is.

The 'Secure Location' bit is what has me thinking they're putting all the orders from HTC together somewhere and bulk shipping them to PM in Belfast.

Basil3 wrote: »

My assumption is that Hermes call a 'secure location' leaving something on a doorstep when nobody is there to receive a parcel. Unfortunately Hermes live help is little help. I'm trying to get info off Parcel Motel.

Edit: I checked with Hermes live chat, and they said:

"I have checked the online tracking for this parcel on my end, it is: 13/05/16 at 07:06 - Secure Delivery (Other) - Nightline"

So looks like it's been delivered to the PM depot.

Nice one!! That means they've had mine for over 24 hours and not contacted me about it arriving up there! Might get on to them.

Just noticed on my PM account its listed as in transit with the usual box pic. Should hopefully have it tonight, can't wait!!!

Basil3 wrote: »

Nice. I'd be expecting mine tomorrow night. This is my tenth HTC flagship over almost 10 years, and definitely my worst buying experience out of all of them!

If I had to do it all again, I would have just skipped the pre-order, and collected one in 3 on Wednesday. Less stressful

Same, not a 3 customer but would have found a way around it. The entire ordeal we've all had to go through makes a mockery of a "pre-order"

[Deleted User] wrote: »

At 8am I took it off charge. It's 6pm now and battery is at 32%. Been using it quite a bit. I wouldn't say there has been any major improvement in battery life.

How long have you had it ? Generally you need to let the phone "settle" before judging battery life.

Just as I was about to go to bed last night I checked my phone and saw I had an email from PM raced over and got it and subsequently stayed up until 1:30 playing with it and setting stuff up.

So far I love pretty much everything about it. Those of you still waiting having had to deal with HTC it's worth the wait. However having gone through the whole experience, I hope nothing ever happens to it because I never want to have to deal directly with them ever again.

The charge has been pending on my account all week as €652 and when I looked this morning there was a tenner or so less in my account than there was when I checked it yesterday eventually realised the payment to HTC went through as €663.

Now, back to playing with my new toy