HTC One (M8) Thread

kerry4sam

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

Er, what are you doing with it to use up 145euros in one day? Are you downloading a silly amount of mkv video files by any chance?

Thanks for your reply,
Now today I've disabled some apps; online for few hours intermittently and credit has stablised.
Might just enable apps as I intend using them until I find the source of this & see which eats more credit as I use it.

received numerous texts from Vodafone lastyear saying they were upping the price of online usage (msg now lost with my last phone, along with photos, videos etc etc). Anywhoo, was online alot lastnight on play downloading varying apps and setting up varying accounts on the phone.
Just that price still seems excessive.

threein99

kerry4sam wrote: »

Just bought my HTC m8 (ready-to-go) yesterday and it just ate up my credit. I m putting most of it down to setting various things up with spending some time online; but
~ had small amount of credit
~ topped up with a further 40 ->gone in no time
~ topped with another 30 -< gone in no time
~ topped up again with another 40 &
~ put in a further 35

down to just over 50euro left. Seriously cannot put any more credit in this week

My last HTC ate credit for the first few days also; again setting everything up and playing around with it, but this seems crazy.
Am with Vodafone - Happened anyone else?

Many Thanks,
kerry4sam

What's apps are you using? That definitely can't be right. Switch your mobile data off when not using it, that will save credit and battery

kerry4sam

threein99 wrote: »

What's apps are you using? That definitely can't be right. Switch your mobile data off when not using it, that will save credit and battery

Might also switch off mobile data when not using it. Was receiving updates for some time and new alerts from online accounts also as they happened which would've affected usage each time one came in.

Thank You for replying,

threein99

kerry4sam wrote: »

Might also switch off mobile data when not using it. Was receiving updates for some time and new alerts from online accounts also as they happened which would've affected usage each time one came in.

Thank You for replying,

No problem, if you can switch to 3, you get unlimited data on ready to go for 20 quid. Far better deal.

Stormington

kerry4sam wrote: »

Just bought my HTC m8 (ready-to-go) yesterday and it just ate up my credit. I m putting most of it down to setting various things up with spending some time online; but
~ had small amount of credit
~ topped up with a further 40 ->gone in no time
~ topped with another 30 -< gone in no time
~ topped up again with another 40 &
~ put in a further 35

down to just over 50euro left. Seriously cannot put any more credit in this week

My last HTC ate credit for the first few days also; again setting everything up and playing around with it, but this seems crazy.
Am with Vodafone - Happened anyone else?

Many Thanks,
kerry4sam

Must resist...urge to make Kerryman joke...

That's not your phone: that's your data eating your credit. I downloaded a load of language apps the first time I got a smartphone and managed to chew through 30 euro of credit in 2 days: I had gone through my 500mb monthly allowance and it started to eat my credit instead. I jumped ship from vodafone a week later after seeing just how many MB I would use in a day and how much the competition offered.

You might also want to dive into settings and turn off instant notifications, updates and sync emails to every 30 mins (unless essential to you) because they'll all run in the background constantly and with 3g or 4g running will hammer your pocket as well as the battery.

Mars Bar

Has anyone got any tips for cleaning the camera lens? The quality of the pics in the last month on my phone has been really bad.

Compare these two photographs

August 2014

October 2014


to this one I took today

and this one I took last week



I know the lighting etc is different but it still seems really bad.

Mars Bar

Mars Bar wrote: »

Has anyone got any tips for cleaning the camera lens? The quality of the pics in the last month on my phone has been really bad.


I know the lighting etc is different but it still seems really bad.

The anti-fingerprint coating on the lens probably needs to be removed. I used toothpaste, made a huge difference.

Gunther_Gloop

Yup. I had to use toothpaste on mine too.. wipe on with an earbud. Off with surgical spirits/ vodka. Massive difference. You can even see it on the lens -before it's like scratched to death. After is like new.

Mars Bar

I looked up the toothpaste thing you mentioned. I think it worked!

Gunther_Gloop

You might find doing it again will improve it further. You don't want to overdo it obviously, but I bet if you look at the lens you will see it clear near the centre, but still all scratchy as you go out to the outer area. That's how it looks to me from that photo at least.
You could leave the toothpaste on for a minute or so before removing.

Mars Bar

I'll do it again tomorrow. I'll take it outside and see how it looks too. Think it's easier to see in natural light.

Is there a massive difference between the m7 and m8?

Just wondering whether it's worth upgrading

My m7 still running great

Mars Bar

Well the M9 is not far off so you might as well wait and see if that interests you

Mars Bar

Mars Bar wrote: »

Well the M9 is not far off so you might as well wait and see if that interests you

Yeah was thinking that too

DublinBeaker

rarnes1 wrote: »

Yeah was thinking that too

I upgraded from M7 to M8 about 3 months ago. Nice phone but not much in the difference in my opinion. With M9 being so close would hang on to see what that brings!

DublinBeaker

DublinBeaker wrote: »

I upgraded from M7 to M8 about 3 months ago. Nice phone but not much in the difference in my opinion. With M9 being so close would hang on to see what that brings!

Yeah the specs aren't massively different. I might just wait

Lollipop .10 OTA has apparently started rolling out today.

1jcdub

Just received lollipop on my unlocked M8

Just downloading lollipop as well atm. Unlocked phone.

Gunther_Gloop

And? Well? Big difference?

Caliden

In the process of downloading it on a Vodafone M8.

One cool feature I noticed is the background image on lock screens if you're using netflix/spotify as it shows tv show/album art.

Just got the update on vodafone. Downloading it now.

Keano

Just checked now and downloading it

Caliden

Lock screen is cool, shows notifications and you can interact with them by double tapping.

Found one thing that could be annoying. The 'recent apps' button will bring up all recent apps in a different format (card layout instead of a grid) but there's no longer a way to close all of them at once like you used to be able do.
Unless I've completely missed something.

cullenswood

I'm on an old version of InsertCoin ROM and have been waiting for this update to be released so I start using the more up to date versions. Does anyone have a copy of the RUU, and if so, would they have a few pointers on what to do from there to upgrade my device.

Thanks

Uriel.

Caliden wrote: »

Lock screen is cool, shows notifications and you can interact with them by double tapping.

Found one thing that could be annoying. The 'recent apps' button will bring up all recent apps in a different format (card layout instead of a grid) but there's no longer a way to close all of them at once like you used to be able do.
Unless I've completely missed something.

No, it's a feature of lollipop. It is bad for battery management to be clearing all your recent apps, and then restarting them from scratch next time you use a frequently used app. Lollipop is trying to force you into better battery management practices.

Various custom roms provide a "solution" if you want to keep that the close all apps feature

Caliden

Caliden wrote: »

Lock screen is cool, shows notifications and you can interact with them by double tapping.

Found one thing that could be annoying. The 'recent apps' button will bring up all recent apps in a different format (card layout instead of a grid) but there's no longer a way to close all of them at once like you used to be able do.
Unless I've completely missed something.

You can change it to HTC grid by using 3 dot menu when in recent apps. If you can't see the menu, then try putting your phone in landscape.

Killing apps for memory and battery management with android is generally a waste of time.

DublinBeaker

Must be a result of update to Lollipop.
I have a pattern set up to unlock the phone and I can just wake the phone to that screen,
it wakes up to the lock screen where you have to drag the padlock up.

I previously had it just waking up to where you enter the pattern.
Anybody else use this sequence.

reni10

Same for me, downloading Lollipop on my Unlocked M8 on Meteor now, hopefully I don't regret it!

threein99

My update starts to install then dies after about 25% of the install process on my M8. I have a custom recovery but I reflashed a stock one to install the update. Any suggestions ?

skodacb

Render from Evleaks on twitter.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8cIdk3CYAEzATg.png:orig

Considering his track record on phones as regards what they'll look like, I'd consider this very valid.

54kroc

skodacb wrote: »

Render from Evleaks on twitter.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8cIdk3CYAEzATg.png:orig

Considering his track record on phones as regards what they'll look like, I'd consider this very valid.

The one on the right is beautiful, the one the left is just vulgar.

Meesared

It goes: HTC Sensation (2011) > HTC One M7 (2013) > HTC One M8 (2014) > HTC One M9 (2015)
From left to right, in terms of HTC flagship leaks from EVLeaks

NUTZZ

Beautiful looking phone if it turns out to be it;

JacksonHeightsOwn

NUTZZ wrote: »

Beautiful looking phone if it turns out to be it;

Hopefully it's not too big either. I'm in limbo with my upgrade at the minute.

I had planned on the nexus 6. But the fact it dwarfs my current note 3 I'm now 3 months waiting for an upgrade, and I'm nearly tempted to try an iPhone 6 😕.

If that leaked picture is the new htc, I think ill get that.

NUTZZ

chrisbonnie wrote: »

Hopefully it's not too big either.

With it being in two different sizes it should be able to suit most people thankfully. I wonder how the new physical home button will be received on the larger model.

sword1

NUTZZ wrote: »

With it being in two different sizes it should be able to suit most people thankfully. I wonder how the new physical home button will be received on the larger model.

Some of the review s seem very poor, saying Samsung better, how can you have a proper review without either finished product but at the same time I would not follow blindly

DublinBeaker

DublinBeaker wrote: »

Must be a result of update to Lollipop.
I have a pattern set up to unlock the phone and I can just wake the phone to that screen,
it wakes up to the lock screen where you have to drag the padlock up.

I previously had it just waking up to where you enter the pattern.
Anybody else use this sequence.

Yeah, that's a side effect of them rushing the lollipop update. This feature has been removed, but hopefully it returns for sense 7.

Meesared

Meesared wrote: »

It goes: HTC Sensation (2011) > HTC One M7 (2013) > HTC One M8 (2014) > HTC One M9 (2015)
From left to right, in terms of HTC flagship leaks from EVLeaks

First one is supposedly the HTC edge. I've had about 10 HTC phones, including the sensation, and mine didn't look like that....Had to Google it!

skodacb

sword1 wrote: »

Some of the review s seem very poor, saying Samsung better, how can you have a proper review without either finished product but at the same time I would not follow blindly

Apparently it's not an actual physical home button in the style of Samsung's flagships just merely a fingerprint sensor, so it'll be more like Apple's touch ID in implementation compared to Samsung's sliding fingerprint.

The Real B-man

Just installed Android Lollipop on my M8, The update became available this evening on Meteor

Meesared

Where on earth are you seeing reviews for a phone noone outside of HTC has seen in the flesh?

SpaceTime

Just downloading update on my unlocked HTC One M8.

Hopefully 3 customers don't have the usual inexplicable massive delay.

threein99

threein99 wrote: »

My update starts to install then dies after about 25% of the install process on my M8 and the red exclamation mark over a pic of the phone appears . I have a custom recovery but I reflashed a stock one to install the update. Any suggestions ? I've unrooted the phone as well the

Anyone?

MoodeRator

What version of Lollipop is everyone getting? Is it the 5.0.2?

SpaceTime

MoodeRator wrote: »

What version of Lollipop is everyone getting? Is it the 5.0.2?

I'll tell you in a minute... the installation process is quite long!

SpaceTime

It's 5.0.1

For some reason I got another free 100GB of Google Drive storage thrown in for free.

themacdaddy

SpaceTime wrote: »

It's 5.0.1

For some reason I got another free 100GB of Google Drive storage thrown in for free.

Lads I updated last night and had an issue with Wifi after. My phone is unlocked with no custom roms or any mods. After I updated it wouldn't connect to my home wifi. I googled it and found some people were having this issue after the update. So I did a few simple things people recommended like change the wifi frequency, update all the apps, and forget and reconnect to network. None worked, so I figured that it needed to be restored. I didn't restore yet and I went into work this morning to find it connected to my work wifi with no issues. All my other devices worked fine on my home wifi last night, and when I went into wifi settings on my M8 it looks as if my wifi scanner was having issues. Very odd!

jones

Three are horrendous for releasing updates always the last network to release any update

SpaceTime

Try just deleting the WiFi connection and reconnecting as if it's new. It's possibly some minor glitch.

No bugs on mine so far but I'm not sure I love the UI changes.