HTC One Tips and Tricks (keep unnecessary chatter to a minimum)

TheSuper · Apr 22, 2013

Found this article over at Droid Life complete with video for the HTC One showing a 20+ beginners tips and tricks. Very useful indeed.

Here's the video:

20+ Tips and Tricks for the HTC One - YouTube

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Discovered more tips and tricks for the HTC One. Also handy for beginners. This article is very good.

35 HTC One tips and tricks - Opinion - Trusted Reviews

AM2 · Apr 23, 2013

For those annoyed with the battery saver notification in the drop down, long press and force stop....it will go away until phone goes into battery saver mode....when that happens just repeat and SHAZAAM!!! gone again. I'm loving this!

marctronixx · Apr 24, 2013

*#*#3424#*#*

This opens up a diagnosis setting. Lots of options to test. Comes in handy when troubleshooting.

Caution must be observed however, as you have the ability to select a factory reset in this mode.

Samcanadian · Apr 25, 2013

I know he mentioned how to take a screenshot in the video, but for those who are wondering.... holding the power button and clicking the Home button makes for a slightly quicker screenshot. Does everything else the same though.

mistral_blue · Apr 28, 2013

Hi guys,

I've read a few posts with people mentioning that the One can be on occasion, just a little TOO LOUD (even at minimum volume). A brief search of the Interwebs and I came across this 'fix', which I have used on my One and it works fine...

It's a free app that you can turn on/off as you wish, to further control the volume down to an acceptable level. Please note that sometimes you have to flick the EQ ON/OFF buttons a couple of times to get it to work well, but basically turn the VOLUME down to 1 and then adjust further with the EQ if required. Hope that helps...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...esult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImhyLnBvZGxhbmljYSJd

Mistral_blue

ironman187 · Apr 29, 2013

This might belong in tips and tricks, but I wasn't sure. Anyway, I had a heck of a time trying to start a wifi hotspot on my One for the HTC transfer tool. It just wouldn't work no matter what I tried so I gave up for a while. Then while messing around with the one I decided to update the PRL and profile. Guess what, HTC Transfer works like a charm now, so if you are having issues, update everything and give it another go. BTW my old phone is an Evo 4G.

Spewy · Apr 30, 2013

In messages, to change the font size it is as easy as just pinch to zoom!

ironman187 · May 5, 2013

Just a word of caution, if you hide apps in your app drawer, they will also be hidden from your home screen...I found this out the hard way after spending about an hour tweaking my home screens then going into the app drawer and hiding the apps that were on the home screen ( hey who needs to clutter up the app drawer with apps that are already easily accessible right? lol)

rgs · May 5, 2013

Lately whenever I bring up an email with pictures the "show pictures" link is always greyed out. Also greyed out in the HTC ONe native email app. This was working earlier but I must have done something to disable it. Can't find what I've done though. Anyone have any ideas?

Found a workaround for anyone else having this problem.

Bring up the email with the greyed out link
Click on the address field at the top (To

Then click on the Show Pictures and it will show the pictures
Click Always show and the pictures should now always show from this address

Don't know why this works but it does.

NJSmoke · Jun 2, 2013

This is a big thing for be because I usually like to take pictures of things spontaneous stuff like fights. But any way even if your phone is password protected you can take a picture with out unlocking the phone by holding the camera app and tossing it into the middle of the screen.

Spewy · Jun 2, 2013

When using the torch, use the volume rocker to adjust the brightness.

KOLIO · Jun 2, 2013

I've booted into the stock ANDROID recovery before,but now,I can't remember the button combination to do so.

I get as far as POWER+VOLUME DOWN,which brings up the menu.I select RECOVERY>then press the POWER button,which brings me to the TRIANGLE SCREEN.

How do I proceed to the recovery screen from here?

THX!

bcrider · Jun 14, 2013

I didn't read the manual when I got my phone and couldn't figure out how to add randoms to the blocked list. Surprisingly didn't find anything on the webz saying how to natively do it and I didn't want to install an app so I downloaded the manual and read it. Turns out it's pretty simple.

To add random unknown phone numbers to the block list, go to your call history screen. From here long press the phone number and a menu pops up. Choose block contact. That's it.

If you want to see who all is being blocked, click the menu hamburger on the top right of the screen to get to your blocked list and it's screens.

Hope this helps someone else out as well.

scotty85 · Jun 14, 2013

KOLIO said:
I've booted into the stock ANDROID recovery before,but now,I can't remember the button combination to do so.

I get as far as POWER+VOLUME DOWN,which brings up the menu.I select RECOVERY>then press the POWER button,which brings me to the TRIANGLE SCREEN.

How do I proceed to the recovery screen from here?

THX!

once youre at the triangle screen,hold vol up/power. that will bring up a menu

mcpricex · Jun 24, 2013

If you have set another page as your home screen it can take a while to scroll all the way back through to the top of the blinkfeed page but if you press/hold/release in the status bar (between the notification area and the clock) you will be taken straight back to the top of the page. This also works in the app drawer.

You can also use the volume rocker keys to dismiss alarms, great when you have an alarm going off in your pocket.

breadnatty08 · Jul 9, 2013

Here's a great find!

How to get rid of the on-screen menu bar on the HTC One with Android 4.2 | Android Central

BluBrett · Jul 22, 2013

Did it tonight. Used non-acetone nail polish remover. The aluminum and white strip still look brand new, the sheen of either has stayed the same. Pics:

tommo47 · Jul 23, 2013

I noticed this morning that the top left edge of the Beats logo was starting to wear off. I've accelerated the wear by gentle application of my finger nail. It's taken about 15 minutes to remove the logo completely with no adverse affect on the case. The red Beats came off quite easily, the silver Audio was a bit more stubborn.

The back looks much better now.

nynvolt · Sep 12, 2013

Bought a thin tpu case to try out. It was a tight fit and kept sticking to my Xtreme skin. I bought ten sets of skins so I decided just to remove it so I could use the case. Xtreme skins are awesome products and the adhesive was incredibly strong. While peeling it off it pulled part of the T insert in the HTC logo. I was able to save it and press it back in but it's probably going to fall out again. This is just a heads up, use caution when removing skins around the logo.

Rush · Sep 29, 2013

Hey folks ...

I found this video on some cool tips -- who knows...you might find one or two that you might have never known. :thrasher:

check it out ---

20+ Tips and Tricks for the HTC One - YouTube

MartinS · Oct 21, 2013

I've just accidently noticed that in the Messaging app, you can pinch to zoom the conversation screen to make the text bigger/smaller!

SolApathy · Apr 7, 2014

Here is a nice little article on the most common issues with the M& and work-arounds for them.

HTC One Problems: Bugs users complain about most (and solutions) | Digital Trends

Steel36 · May 7, 2014

I used No Lock on previous phones for this purpose, but the volume buttons didn't wake it when I tried it on the One. Any ideas? that power button is just stupid being on top. Loved the side location on my Razr M.

tommo47 · Dec 11, 2014

I had a rare glitch on my One today - when trying to play any of my music tracks in either Deezer or stock music app it would play for a fraction of a second and stop. First noticed in Deezer and assumed it was the app so cleared cache, force stopped and tried again - still the same - tried the stock music app and it was the same so it was clearly not an app problem.

Did a 'wipe cache partition' and everything is ok again.

The BlinkFeed app updated yesterday which seems too coincidental to me - I know my music was ok on Tuesday!

Wipe cache partition has cleared a number of things over the last 18 months and I've so far avoided having to do a factory reset.

hangfirew8 · Jan 14, 2015

I have been getting endless requests from ZOE for permissions that I don't want to give it. So, I hit Deny, and a few hours later it asks again. Annoying.

So, I hold down on the Notification and go to App Info, does it take me to Zoe APP? No! It takes me to Android System! Evil.

So I am forced to dig down into Settings->Apps->All and Zoe has earned itself not just an uncheck of Notifications, but a Force Stop and a Disable.

If Zoe would have just remembered to SHUT UP and stop asking me for permissions, it would still be running. Are you listening HTC? (Probably not).

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