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Samcanadian said:
And another thing with the battery: It will always drain fast the first couple days you use it. One reason is because you probably can't even put it down due to enjoying the new device, but another reason is the battery hasn't had a chance to enjoy a few good, long charge cycles yet. After about a week or so the battery settles down and you'll start to get more consistant charges out of it.

That's what I've found with mine anyway.
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Oh yeah, and the Snapdragon BatteryGuru thing takes several days to "learn" your device. It should help as well. I had forgotten he said he installed that.
 
Hi everyone,

My GF just had our second son. Wanted to show our first son pictures from the hospital. He fiddled with the phone and accidental initiated the factory reset.
Everything is lost.

Is there a way to restore data from my HTC One (got it in april 2013) after a factory reset?
 
the purpose of a factory reset is to erase/wipe all data, so the short answer is no you can not get the data back.

never say never, but more than likely you can't.

KiteOne said:
Hi everyone,

My GF just had our second son. Wanted to show our first son pictures from the hospital. He fiddled with the phone and accidental initiated the factory reset.
Everything is lost.

Is there a way to restore data from my HTC One (got it in april 2013) after a factory reset?
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Using the native email app to manage corporate email is giving me fits.

1. Opening the email app routinely (bit not always) opens and I see inbox and sent msgs rather than just my inbox. I have unchecked email grouping and I'm only syncing the inbox.

Anyone know what causes this? A setting I've missed?

2. When I open an email is there no way to delete and automatically go to the next oldest email? Now if I delete an email that I've read I'm returned to the inbox. Annoying.

Thanks for the help.
 
I'm a Gmail user but have just setup access to my Gmail account using the stock Mail app and it's working as I would expect. Under settings there is a Folder option and by default this is set to 'Inbox', however if you change this to say for example 'sent items; then whenever you open the app it will always default to that folder.
One of the folder options is 'Inbox & Sent Items' so I assume that there lies your problems, change this to just Inbox and you should be OK
When I'm in my Inbox as my default folder and view an email and then subsequently delete this it takes me back to my inbox..
 
Yeah it should but doesn't. Often I open and it opens to inbox/sent. I've checked/unchecked all those boxes and I can't get it to reliably open to inbox only
 
hello,

does not matter what "type" of e-mail you have, it all behaves the same way in the native app.

with all respect, yes you are missing something--IF..IF I am picking up what you're layin' down.. ;)

if you see "inbox+sent" you can tap the three dots at the top right of the e-mail app screen, then tap "Folder", then you are presented with whatever folders you are syncing under that account.

example, under my corporate exchange account, i have "all messages" "inbox+sent" "inbox" "deleted" and a slew of other folders that I sync under exchange. other accounts will have more or less folders--again depending on how you have your account setup up at the server.

as for #2, do you have group messaging ticked or unticked? try either way and see if this helps.

in earlier sense versions, there was an option to go to the next message or go back to inbox, but i think the group messaging option has taken place of this.

with group messaging ticked, once you delete a message in that "group" you go to the next message in that "group". again playing with this option may work better one way or the other.

bear in mind this is the stock native e-mail app, so it will not be a magic bullet for all users, this is why 3rd party e-mail apps are available. ;)

sending a request ticket to htc requesting this option to be re-added may not be a bad idea.

TexasLegend said:
Using the native email app to manage corporate email is giving me fits.

1. Opening the email app routinely (bit not always) opens and I see inbox and sent msgs rather than just my inbox. I have unchecked email grouping and I'm only syncing the inbox.

Anyone know what causes this? A setting I've missed?

2. When I open an email is there no way to delete and automatically go to the next oldest email? Now if I delete an email that I've read I'm returned to the inbox. Annoying.

Thanks for the help.
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Will Verizon give Power Saver mode to its HTC One customers in the future? I read all the threads on this issue but no one has given a firm answer on it. Thanks.
 
Not sure but the power saver mode was built in to the software on 4.2.2. We just don't have the option to switch it on or off. As for your question, we most likely won't know till the software is released.

Im running stock with about 120 apps and I can go all day on a charge unless I'm gaming. Think the battery life is real good.
 
Thanks for the quick and detailed reply. If it is automatically built into 4.2.2, how does that work? It seems as though we don't have the option to uncheck or check the features we want to have on as compared to other carriers do.

What is your screentime to standyby time ratio like? Last I checked, I got 3.5 hours of screen time of my 20.5 hours standby.
 
I get about 3.5 to 4 hours. The power save features are predetermined and kick in around 20% battery left. It slows the processor down a bit as well as killing unnecessary things that might be running. Also brightness is adjusted too. I usually have my brightness at 35 but when on auto, I notice once the battery is below 20, the screen is dim unless there is a large change in brightness around me...
 
oh I see, thanks for clarifying. if I was to root my phone, would I be able to set the processor speed to a lower amount so it would use less battery?
 
Sure, if you are s-off you can use the app setcpu to set your processor speed and bunch of other options to. Its a great app
 
You don't have to be S-Off to use SetCPU. You just need to be using a kernel which supports the features.

However, since you are on Verizon I guess you may need it in order to root (if they are blocking the HTCDev unlock)? In which case I note that there's a very relevant thread in the VZW One All Things Root forum :).
 
Hi, my contract with my cell company is coming up for renewal, and I'm due for a new phone. I've been getting an HTC phone for the last few iterations, currently using the HTC Desire, and it looks like the next phone I get will be the HTC One.

I've read a number of pages of the User Reviews, and I'm looking forward to the sleek feel, excellent screen, and surprisingly great sound. I'd like to ask a few questions pertaining to what I would like to see in my next phone.

I've rooted a phone before, but I never got around to doing it to my Desire. I basically look up how to do it and follow the instructions; I'm no pro. I think I want to root this one so as to have more control over how I interact with my phone.

I'm very interested with voice-controlled commands. I want to be able to have my phone mounted in my car, and I speak its name and say 'Call wife' and it will happen. On speaker phone, of course. I want to be able to say 'Add to file Grocery List: Milk' and my phone updates the grocery list for me.

Is this kind of thing doable? I don't have a lot of needs that go beyond the different apps I can find, but I'm not sure if this level of functionality requires a greater amount of control that rooting the phone provides.

Any advice at this stage would be greatly appreciated!
 
The One has car mode, which does indeed have voice controls.

It is pretty basic, but works well.

Stock there is nothing really in car mode for adding to your lists, third party apps should be able to handle that however.

You should download the one User Guide and browse through it to see what you can do without rooting. I bet most everything you want will be doable without it.
 
renegad3 said:
The One has car mode, which does indeed have voice controls.

It is pretty basic, but works well.

Stock there is nothing really in car mode for adding to your lists, third party apps should be able to handle that however.

You should download the one User Guide and browse through it to see what you can do without rooting. I bet most everything you want will be doable without it.
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Thanks, I found it in the User Guide. What about activating the phone by voice alone? Is that out there in App-world? I saw in the User Guide that it uses a single-touch activation to receive voice commands.
 
Long Con said:
Thanks, I found it in the User Guide. What about activating the phone by voice alone? Is that out there in App-world? I saw in the User Guide that it uses a single-touch activation to receive voice commands.
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Probably this -

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/08/2...touchless-controls-to-all-google-now-devices/

Google removed it from the Play Store rather quickly but you can get it here and side load it -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450131

Side loading isn't difficult, but I have to leave instructions for someone who knows where enabling other apps is located in the One's settings.

Caution, depending on how you set it up, it can eat battery power quickly. See the links above for tips.
 
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but is there a way to disable the emergency alerts? I thought I figured it out but nope didn't work...
 
I guess I accidentally checked to bring my contacts over from twitter so now I got a jacked up address book. Is there any way to undo this other than restoring the phone?

It also will not let me delete the twitter contacts out of my address book. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Crookedsoul said:
I guess I accidentally checked to bring my contacts over from twitter so now I got a jacked up address book. Is there any way to undo this other than restoring the phone?

It also will not let me delete the twitter contacts out of my address book. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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See if this helps... In contacts, click the phonebook word at the top where it says multiple sources. you should be able to unchek twitter there
 
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