Hi Folks
I've just put a tentative toe in the Android waters, after being an iPhone user for the past 5 years. To be truthful, I'm finding it a little difficult making the change, and have a few questions:
1. I've spent hours and hours trying to get the phone to sync nicely with Outlook on my PC. This used to be a simple task with iTunes, but now seems overly convoluted. I don't want to use Google Calenders, MS Exchange, or sign into anything - I just want my Outlook calender on my phone. The first time I used HTC Sync Manager, it did move my Outlook calender to the phone, but in doing so, also wiped my Outlook data off my PC! After my initial panic, as there seems to be no way to sync 'back' with HTC SM, I managed to restore my calendar from a backup. I've since used My Phone Explorer, which at least has the option of directional syncing, but at first I ended up with duplicate entries all over the place. After sorting out a right mess, I'm now back to where I want to be (but am frightened to sync calendars again!), however, I still have an issue with Tasks, which are synced with Outlook, but I can't see them on my stock HTC Calendar, and they don't appear in the Tasks app either. How can I view these tasks?
2. I'd like to be able to remove the Three boot animation on startup and shutdown. I can see what I think is the zip file in My Phone Explorer, but don't want to mess things up by deleting or editing it. As far as I know, my phone isn't rooted, and I don't really want to go down that road, or the road of custom roms. Is there a simple but safe way to remove the boot animation? What if I just deleted the file in \System storage\system\customize\resource\H3GUK_bootanimation.zip?
3. I can't seem to get music to stream via Bluetooth to my Ford car audio. The phone is paired, but music still just plays through the phone speakers.
4. Also, on the subject of Bluetooth, I have a Yamaha music system at home, which the HTC One M8 will stream to, but the Bluetooth on the phone seems to be locked 'On' to the Yamaha, even when the Yamaha is switched off. With my iPhone, the Bluetooth deactivated when the connected device was switched off, or disconnected from Bluetooth. Is there any way to get the HTC to do that, as I don't want to run the battery down with an active Bluetooth connection, when it's not actually in use.
I'm sure I will have more questions soon, but thanks in advance for any advice.
Simon.
I've just put a tentative toe in the Android waters, after being an iPhone user for the past 5 years. To be truthful, I'm finding it a little difficult making the change, and have a few questions:
1. I've spent hours and hours trying to get the phone to sync nicely with Outlook on my PC. This used to be a simple task with iTunes, but now seems overly convoluted. I don't want to use Google Calenders, MS Exchange, or sign into anything - I just want my Outlook calender on my phone. The first time I used HTC Sync Manager, it did move my Outlook calender to the phone, but in doing so, also wiped my Outlook data off my PC! After my initial panic, as there seems to be no way to sync 'back' with HTC SM, I managed to restore my calendar from a backup. I've since used My Phone Explorer, which at least has the option of directional syncing, but at first I ended up with duplicate entries all over the place. After sorting out a right mess, I'm now back to where I want to be (but am frightened to sync calendars again!), however, I still have an issue with Tasks, which are synced with Outlook, but I can't see them on my stock HTC Calendar, and they don't appear in the Tasks app either. How can I view these tasks?
2. I'd like to be able to remove the Three boot animation on startup and shutdown. I can see what I think is the zip file in My Phone Explorer, but don't want to mess things up by deleting or editing it. As far as I know, my phone isn't rooted, and I don't really want to go down that road, or the road of custom roms. Is there a simple but safe way to remove the boot animation? What if I just deleted the file in \System storage\system\customize\resource\H3GUK_bootanimation.zip?
3. I can't seem to get music to stream via Bluetooth to my Ford car audio. The phone is paired, but music still just plays through the phone speakers.
4. Also, on the subject of Bluetooth, I have a Yamaha music system at home, which the HTC One M8 will stream to, but the Bluetooth on the phone seems to be locked 'On' to the Yamaha, even when the Yamaha is switched off. With my iPhone, the Bluetooth deactivated when the connected device was switched off, or disconnected from Bluetooth. Is there any way to get the HTC to do that, as I don't want to run the battery down with an active Bluetooth connection, when it's not actually in use.
I'm sure I will have more questions soon, but thanks in advance for any advice.
Simon.