*** The official HTC One X thread ***

Robbo said:
I have a suspicion about the signal issue, it could be the same on the One S as well.

The MicroSIM sits in a not especially solid SIM tray, could it be the case that when the phone is moved sharply, the MicroSIM moves a bit and disconnects from the phone internals and it causes a signal drop, and it has to find the signal again?

Something like that?
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Don't think.so. Seems to happen sat still.
 
Nexus18 said:
Yeah, I think it is a software problem as well (hopefully!)

Sarge did a good explanation of the problem for the S here:
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I get a similar type of graph, too, though I've never seen it go so low. Presumably it does, and that's when it kicks out the 'Emergency Calls Only' error.

So far I've only seen the issue crop up in three locations.

1: At work, on my desk, where I know the phone sometimes switches between T-Mob and T-Mob Orange. I suspect it happened here when it was switching carriers and had a fit. I had to restart the phone to get it back.

2: Sat on our sofa at home. My side of the sof has notoriously bad signal. It's pretty much bang centre of the house, and my iPhone 4 on O2 could never hold a signal there. The 4S was better due to the improved antenna. The One X, on T-Mob seems to keep dropping into 'Emergency Calls Only' mode here too, though it instantly reconnects. I only know it's happening because I have an app monitoring for it in the background.

3: Driving around our village. Again, I suspect this is happening when the phone is either switching towers, or switching between Orange and T-Mob. I know our area is one where this happens a lot because the wife sees Orange a lot on her T-Mobile iPhone 4S.

So, what I'm thinking is this - the issue I had at work was a bug that's related to the 'Emergency Call' thing but not quite the same due to the fact it needed a reboot. The issue of the logging app seeing disconnects seems to be related to the phone switching either carrier, masts or 3G/2G. Either way, it doesn't appear to be handling a handover particularly well and taking long enough for the phone to think something's wrong.

Does any of this fit with anyone else's symptoms? What about the stories in the One S forum?

I'm running the MaXimus 2.1 ROM which is the latest 4.0.4 version of Android with Sense and updated radio drivers. What about everyone else?

Long story short - I don't think it's hardware or it wouldn't reconnect so quickly, and if it was just poor at picking up signals then I'd have an iPhone 4-like experience with the One X on my sofa.

There, epic over :D
 
Yeah that sounds pretty similar to some of the people having problems with signal on the S, some also experience the constant switching between G, 3G and H connection.

One guy has it pretty bad, where his signal cuts out an awful lot and can have around 30-70% no signal, however, with his defy + and the same SIM, it apparently has a strong consistent signal all the time. However, he got a GS 2 and it appears to be worse than the S :confused:

I personally don't have any problems with the signal on my S, however, I think it should be better than what it currently is in terms of strength and consistency and mobile data speeds. Thankfully I don't have any signal cut outs like that though.

I use "GSM only" mode whenever I don't need a fast connection i.e. H/3G or I am on a wifi connection as I then get better/more consistent voice reception even when wifi is connected and of course it is better for battery life :p
 
I notice my One X is on "E" a lot, for example, under a railway arch in Manchester, my HTC Sensation was on "H" most of the time, now for some reason the One X is starting to use "E" and hardly anything will load from the Internet when that happens.

Is this similar to the problem described above? I can get good reception and "H" icon but not half as much as I could with the HTC Sensation.
 
Ol!ver said:
RIL?
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Radio Interface Layer.

HTC used a proprietary RIL which uses HTCs own commands to activate various functions rather than keeping things simple, which is why even CM9 has the issue.
Turning the radio functionality on is a bit of a hack rather than a nice clean solution, and nobody is in a rush to completely recreate an open source RIL as its too much work.
 
Derek W said:
Just joined the HTC One X club. Can anyone recommend a cover and screen protector for it. It appears my usual mobile phone accessory place doesn't cater for the phone yet. :(
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I use the official HTC screen protector, it doesn't quit stuck down at the very edge, but it's a nice protector.

I use a cheap gel case to protect the phone , and it makes it easier to hold.
Finally, even in the gel case, it fits perfectly in three official HTC leather wallet case fighter the HTC titan.
 
hmmm odd one this. Got the thing on charge, said there was an update available, downloaded it, started installing it. went away for my tea now the phones got a blank screen, it doesnt appear to be charging any more and wont turn on! :(

EDIT

Red flashing light up the top now?
 
Might need to try an new rom, the maximus rom is giving me some strange behaviors these past few days.

The battery life has taken a bit of a nose dive and the phones smoothness and response has been shocking to the extreme. i dont know why.

what could be the issue? too many apps installed? syncing too manny emails? i tried multiple reboots onmy phone but still very slugglish and slow
 
Hi all, i bought this telephone in May, now i'm just wondering to buy case for this telephone. Should i buy it or not? I'm asking this question because in my country does not sell HTC One X cases.

Sadly looking for ebay.com and ebay.co.uk, can anyone suggest me to which case should i buy?

Sorry for grammar mistakes I'm from Turkey and I'm very bad at English, i do my best :)
 
jonneymendoza said:
Might need to try an new rom, the maximus rom is giving me some strange behaviors these past few days.

The battery life has taken a bit of a nose dive and the phones smoothness and response has been shocking to the extreme. i dont know why.

what could be the issue? too many apps installed? syncing too manny emails? i tried multiple reboots onmy phone but still very slugglish and slow
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Ah, so that's your post I just read on XDA-D :)

I've been very impressed with MaXimus, though I do still have a hankering to try something a bit more stock if there are any recommendations. That said, I've got Apex Launcher and WidgetLocker installed, so there's not much Sense to be seen anyway.
 
@ jonneymendoza

do you have loads of sms messages? I recall the TW-FOX or whatever his username is complained about similar problems in the old and now defunct desire thread (something along the lines of 5000 threads/ messages) i flash my sensation weekly probably and I do definately notice a slow down if I restore my text messages (3500 ish)
 
Amedra said:
Hi all, i bought this telephone in May, now i'm just wondering to buy case for this telephone. Should i buy it or not? I'm asking this question because in my country does not sell HTC One X cases.

Sadly looking for ebay.com and ebay.co.uk, can anyone suggest me to which case should i buy?

Sorry for grammar mistakes I'm from Turkey and I'm very bad at English, i do my best :)
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Try this, I use it and it's great. My phone fell off my moving car roof onto the road in one of these and it was not scratched or damaged at all. Mega impressed :cool:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-H..._MobilePhonesCasesPouches&hash=item4d0037d8fe
 
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