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Hi... can you see the whole OP I submitted about the getting really hot when not being used, making weird phone calls to contacts without me doing it etc... I can't find it since I edited it (the part about the lock screen). I apologise if this is just me being stupid and you guys can see it but I can't find the OP...

New development as well, I told my boyfriend about it and he's just installed this call spy software on it, which has alerted me to someone 'eavesdropping' on my calls on two occasions to different contacts.
 
again, i think you are going way overboard with this.

just some questions to ask:

are you rooted? ask your mate this question if you dont know

you are in the UK. what carrier?

how long have you had the phone? is it a new purchase? used/second hand? refurb from
an insurance claim? sold by a local third party?

have you ever experienced this before?

did this happen just prior to you perhaps installing an app? uninstalling an app?

can you reproduce the no lock screen issue again and again or is it intermittent or is it no longer happening?

again i highly doubt you are being spied on or hacked. its more than likely a glitch, it could be an app you installed that takes over the lock screen, or any number of things. its hard to diagnose these types of gremlins over the internet.

worse case you can reset your device to factory and that will put your mind back at ease, however installing "eavesdropping" apps is not the cure.
 
hanslankari said:
My One gives a warning after every single call, in or out; "invalid input". And then ok or cancel.
What is it? Very annoining.
The phone is new and it started doing this right from the benning.
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So no-one ever encountered this problem?
it went away for a week, and came back. Always it asks 3 times after any phone call: "Invalid Input" OK Cancel.
"Invalid Input" OK Cancel.
"Invalid Input" OK Cancel.

In case I don't play with it 3 times either cancel or OK, it won't allow me respond to an incoming call.

The battery life is a real suck! After Nokia e90 this HTC is the purest shti to someone who tries to work using telephone.

Touchscreen jams once and a while so nothing happens.

The predictive text input is THE S H I T of all modern times! It is disabled, and the f*ck still insert its idiotic words to any application that requires typing.
There is NO WAY to get rid of the prediction shit.

I really really really miss the times when Symbian was the king, and phones had batteries lasting a full work day, or even 2, and they had REAL buttons to type a message in a few seconds; a message that contained the words YOU wished to say, and not the words the shit itself decided to enter.
 
hanslankari said:
So no-one ever encountered this problem?
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No, never heard of this one. Can't find other examples with a web search either. Really don't know what this is.
The battery life is a real suck! After Nokia e90 this HTC is the purest shti to someone who tries to work using telephone.
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Those old Nokias had battery life that exceeds any modern smartphone. But what sort of battery life are you getting, and for what sort of usage (time with screen on, time in call, what you do when the screen is on, what apps do you have syncing in the background and how often)? It may be that there are things you can do to improve battery life (obvious ones include not letting every app poll for updates every few minutes, for example). A battery monitor like GSam Battery Monitor can help identify what is using the power.
Touchscreen jams once and a while so nothing happens.
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Again, something I've never experienced. Are you running anything in particular when it happens?
The predictive text input is THE S H I T of all modern times! It is disabled, and the f*ck still insert its idiotic words to any application that requires typing.
There is NO WAY to get rid of the prediction shit.
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Really? I just tried switching to the stock HTC keyboard on mine (what I guess you are using) and disabling predictions, and they were disabled. No problem. Are you using the "trace keyboard"? I believe that doesn't let you turn off predictions (it is hard to see how swiping around rather than pressing keys would work without prediction), so if you have that enabled you need to turn it off.

Otherwise what software version are you running, and what keyboard are you using?
I really really really miss the times when Symbian was the king, and phones had batteries lasting a full work day, or even 2, and they had REAL buttons to type a message in a few seconds; a message that contained the words YOU wished to say, and not the words the shit itself decided to enter.
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You can install other keyboards, and maybe a different one will suit you better.

Nothing to be done about the buttons, unless you buy a Blackberry. In the early days a number of manufacturers, including HTC, made Android handsets with keyboards. The lack of them now is because there wasn't enough demand for them to be profitable (which is no consolation if you are one of those who wants one - there are a few trends in current phones which I dislike too). Maybe fashions will change, but right now nobody is making them.

But you have enough odd things going on (the "invalid input" thing, the touchscreen freezes, and maybe the keyboard predictions) that I wonder whether it's worth considering a factory reset (after backing up important data)? If the problems are due to something you installed, a messed-up setting or a corrupted cache after a software update that would fix it, though it's a scattergun rather than a surgical solution, and it's not a guaranteed fix since we don't know the causes.
 
I don't know a whole lot about space in these phones. I'm curious as to how much space text messages take up. I try to clear my text message inbox every month or so. Am I wasting my time or does that speed up the phone.
 
text (sms) messages are small but if you have a million of them they will impact your memory. ;)

there is a setting to delete old messages after X amount of days or so, so you can set that up.

you can keep hundreds of messages and you will be good, but they DO take up SOME memory. id rather remove unimportant programs im not using.

also try CCleaner for Android. nice little app. also for the desktop.
 
All of a sudden when I open the app drawer on "custom" it's just all my apps listed alphabetically! I used to have several organized folders and stuff. Has anyone had this problem, is there a way to get them back? No idea when my last backup was.

If there's no getting them back and I need to reconstruct my folders, is there a desktop solution for that or do I just have to hold and drag and hold and drag?
 
not knowing your phones environment (rooted, what flavor Android, yadda yadda...), assuming you are stock, you will have to remake the from scratch.

if you use a backup program, it may have saved this setting. if you are not using one, you should.

there is also a built in backup program and a thread on this forum that talks about it.
 
On my droid3, I could edit a contact, and check a box "send to voice mail"

But now.... on HTC One (M7, I believe), that option is not present.

The only option is to Block the contact, which appears to be stronger than sending calls to VM.

What are my options here? (this is a very important feature for me!)

(Use google voice as voicemail.... would prefer to do this natively, as part of my google contacts, not via an add on app)

Thanks!
 
Dear all: I have a trouble with my newly purchased HTC One device. It's an ATT device with the latest software upgraded.

As the title suggested, my phone froze whenever I browsed photos (using stock app) and stayed at one photo for an extended amount of time (10 second +). None of the one-screen button was responding and the power button didn't work as well - and also, the battery was draining quickly by the fact that the phone got warmer and warmer. I had to turn off my phone and power it on again.

Anyone else experienced the same problem before?

Many thanks,
Vinny.
 
Vinny,

These phones freeze, glitch, etc. There's no rhyme or reason why.

Things to check:

Storage memory. Are you low on ram?
Are you rooted?
Any programs installed or removed prior to this happening?
Soft reset?
Tried Power plus volume up button pressed until phone reboots on its own?
Fastboot unticked?
All above fail, factory reset.
Could be a rogue app, etc...

I see you had issues with an older device as well. Did the same issue on that phone show up on this phone?
 
@marctronixx: Thanks for your thoughts. For your list:

1. I don't know how to check if it's out of ram since it froze up when the problem occurs, and I had to restart the device.
2. It's a second-hand device, so I'm not sure.
3. This problems occurs even when I hard-reset the device, so I think it's not related to any other programs.
4. Your trick to reboot the device is exactly what I'm using to restart the device, but that's not a permanent solution.
5. Fast boot is disabled.

I think your hypothesis about ram usage sounds, but I have no way to check it and if that's the case, what I can do fix the problem?

Thanks,
Vinny.
 
Hey,

So it helps to know the phone is second hand as opposed to a just new out of the box handset.

Look in the about page in settings tab to view the kernel and status of android os. If you purchased from att then it's probably not rooted. If you purchased from a person, contact them to inquire about the history of the device.

Use ccleaner from the android store. Its a great app for the desktop and is pretty good on android.

If this issue happens even after a factory reset, it could be a hardware issue (water damage, shock/drop damage, etc.)
 
Hi, whwhenever I press the power button on my HTC one it waits 3 seconds then comes off idle and turns on again. There are no tasks running and no viruses, help?
 
Need more info

Are you rooted
What carrier
Was this a refurbished model or did you purchase brand new
Did you install or in install anything prior?
Have on a screen protector?
Using a case?
Have you factory reset?
can you receive calls?

Please answer all so people can try to help
 
Its second hand, I haven't factory reset it, this is the only thing wrong with it, I don't have a case but the power button has sunk in don't know if that's it I can receive calls, and what's rooted? Do you mean o2? Cos that's my SIM card but it was Vodafone before and so that's the start screen but I bought it unlocked
 
It's used which, to me, explains the issue.

More than likely the physical button and/or the circuit board underneath may be damaged, has dirt /debris or combination of both.

Factory reset should be performed. If issue still occurs, it's in need of repair / replacement.
 
I attached a screen shot, there is an image of an icon I can not identify. The icon is to the left of the alarm icon in the top bar.

I've been into sprint and they had no idea what it was and wouldn't help.

Please help!
 

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Hey,

I accidently blocked the phone number for my bank when they were sending me weekly bank statements. I have a HTC one and I'm with o2 network.

I've tried going to the list to block numbers, and choosing the "unblock" option, but it just doesn't do anything - the number says there.

Does anyone know how I can unblock this number? Also, is it a network issue or a phone issue? Is it worth me contacting o2?

Thanks! :)
 
I would think it's a phone thing - in fact I just unblocked one while disconnected.
You've tried it via the menu (open menu while viewing the dial pad and select "blocked contacts") as well as via long-pressing the contact in question in the contacts list? It should be the same, of course, but with 2 ways of doing it you may as well try both.

You could also try deleting the contact and entering them again. I reckon that should do it.
 
Hadron said:
I would think it's a phone thing - in fact I just unblocked one while disconnected.
You've tried it via the menu (open menu while viewing the dial pad and select "blocked contacts") as well as via long-pressing the contact in question in the contacts list? It should be the same, of course, but with 2 ways of doing it you may as well try both.

You could also try deleting the contact and entering them again. I reckon that should do it.
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Hey,

Thanks for your reply. I've just had a play around adding the number as a contact and deleting it but it didn't make any difference. The problem is, it's First Direct (bank). It doesn't show up with an actual contact number, just the name First Direct - The number just says unknown. I tried to unblock a number that has an actual contact number and this worked, it's just not working for First Direct.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
 
Ok...if Google Image search's best guess is an International Fluorochemical Company...Android Forums...you're my only hope.

It's been bugging me ever since my Verizon Lollipop update finally arrived last week. Still coming down from the shock of the changes from KitKat, so far so good...I'm managing.

Still, this little icon eludes me.

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Happy Friday everyone wherever you may be. 8_)
 
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