The Official HTC One Thread

Orcvader · 2 Jul 2013 at 13:49

toxic said:
Just got this phone a couple of hours ago...

where the heck is the menu button that used to be on the old htc phones...
and how do i get rid of that HTC news thing on my homepage..its annoying?

cheers for any nooby help

Install a different launcher such as Nova or Apex.

4.2.2 has just been released in Taiwan: http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-422-ota-appears-international-users

Hopefully it should roll out for the rest of the world later on.

toxic · 2 Jul 2013 at 14:59

Orcvader said:
Install a different launcher such as Nova or Apex.

4.2.2 has just been released in Taiwan: http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-one-422-ota-appears-international-users

Hopefully it should roll out for the rest of the world later on.

cool..installed Nova..more like my old phone now. Enjoying the look of the phone...but the lack of menu button is annoying me for now :rolleyes:

Antony101 · 2 Jul 2013 at 15:31

How the guy that designed this phone thought the power button was a good idea... My god is it a pain to use.

ShortWarning · 2 Jul 2013 at 15:37

Antony101 said:
How the guy that designed this phone thought the power button was a good idea... My god is it a pain to use.

What's wrong with it?

Some people think it's in the wrong place but other than that it does the job.

Antony101 · 2 Jul 2013 at 15:39

ShortWarning said:
What's wrong with it?

Some people think it's in the wrong place but other than that it does the job.

It's in completely the wrong place, the top left is by far the worst place to possibly have put it. Also, the button doesn't actually protrude from the top of the phone so you actually have to push your finger into the hole to power it on.

ShortWarning · 2 Jul 2013 at 15:52

Antony101 said:
It's in completely the wrong place, the top left is by far the worst place to possibly have put it. Also, the button doesn't actually protrude from the top of the phone so you actually have to push your finger into the hole to power it on.

This is why I asked. Mine protrudes and it is supposed to. Some people have reported this. If you're bothered about it you may be able to get it swapped.

Antony101 · 2 Jul 2013 at 16:02

Tried to get a picture of mine, it's so close to being completely level with the body of the phone.

ShortWarning · 2 Jul 2013 at 16:12

Mine is in for repair so I can't take a picture but it protrudes more than that and there is a definite click when pressing it.

Antony101 · 2 Jul 2013 at 16:13

ShortWarning said:
Mine is in for repair so I can't take a picture but it protrudes more than that and there is a definite click when pressing it.

Is it worth asking Phones4U about it or would you just leave it. It's not a huge issue but it's also not a cheap phone and will only get worse.

ShortWarning · 2 Jul 2013 at 16:22

It's entirely up to you mate. If it doesn't bother you, leave it. If you think it might get worse then it's probably worth popping into phones4u.

Orcvader · 2 Jul 2013 at 17:11

Mine protudes a tad more as well, just enough to find it in the dark. If it really bothers you then get a replacement if possible.

As for the position, I agree at first it does feel strange for it to be in the top left corner, but after a couple of days I've gotten completely use to it. Probably because my Nexus 10's power button is around the same place as well when held landscape...

iMacMart · 2 Jul 2013 at 17:30

Mine is more out than that but I'd say it's only a 1 mm higher than the case top itself anyway?

reflux · 2 Jul 2013 at 20:45

On my silver One it's raised about half a mm. Was a pain to start with, but got used to it now.

Oxide™ · 3 Jul 2013 at 11:00

or you could flash ElementalX kernel and use the various wake options instead of the power button :cool:

baldmonk · 3 Jul 2013 at 14:40

well got my htc one yesterday and its going back nice phone but had shoddy build quality.Now stuck what to do,get another and hope its better or try a different phone.My last 3 have been galaxy 1,2 and 3 good phones but a bit bored with them to buy number 4.iphone is too small,so that's out of the question.Any recommendations

Chillimonster · 3 Jul 2013 at 14:41

Try another.

I've had two and they were both spot on.

Montala · 3 Jul 2013 at 16:01

baldmonk said:
well got my htc one yesterday and its going back nice phone but had shoddy build quality.Now stuck what to do,get another and hope its better or try a different phone.My last 3 have been galaxy 1,2 and 3 good phones but a bit bored with them to buy number 4.iphone is too small,so that's out of the question.Any recommendations

Sorry to hear that.

Is it the commonly reported problem of a gap between the screen and the speakers, or are they not even at the same level?

It's a shame that a top level phone like this appears to be having so many quality control issues.

baldmonk · 3 Jul 2013 at 17:06

Montala said:
Sorry to hear that.

Is it the commonly reported problem of a gap between the screen and the speakers, or are they not even at the same level?

It's a shame that a top level phone like this appears to be having so many quality control issues.

both

i could have managed with the height difference at bottom but it would drive me crazy when pulling down notification bar apart from that the phone was great really liked it might go in store,do you think they will let me keep checking phones till i get a good one

Belloni · 3 Jul 2013 at 21:49

Just flashed 4.2.2

So far so good, yet to properly test the camera improvements, battery percentage included!

ShortWarning · 4 Jul 2013 at 11:08

So it looks like three are sending me a replacement phone. It should arrive today.

I'm kind of scared I'm going to get a dodgy one returned to me!

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