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[One (M7) General] hamdir:
This is the weird thing there is no logo or any branding on the box, its all HTC branding except TW recovery out of box and the red warning

I smell corruption from HTC Employees...
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Customize BlinkFeed for HTC One
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Verizon HTC One comments make “big deal” of future release
[One (M7) General] MrKaon:
I own a HTC One on contract here in UK, there is no network logo on it but when I turn it on a splash screen appears before network logo.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Well exactly these branded devices appear to be unlocked with custom recovery installed in order to flash a stock a 1.28 ROM and hence the network logos are removed but when you reboot the device the initial HTC logo warns with red lines that's this is a development device (happens with my one x as well if you relock it over custom recovery)

I was fully prepared to shell out the entire amount just to be done, but honestly i was left with a feeling of disgust these are 200$ contract devices being resold by who ever is responsible at extreme premium and surprisingly they are flooding our market, i would understand if the price was tempting, but like this I chose out

My plans for buying the device are now officially on hold, unless the shipment from the USA occurs by some miracle

Funny last time I checked with the official reseller they were priced at 1200$ with its official warranty, tomorrow ill call them again and see if we are still in absurd lands...

What a mess, sorry for the rants everyone I understand most of you living in the better parts of this world suffer non of this

But for the rest is HTC starting to suffer the Asus availability syndrome?
[One (M7) General] MrKaon:
Hamdir

If you want I could get it here and DHL it to you.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Thanks bro but it won't work at the UK/$ exchange rate :) plus the customs tax over it, the only affordable shipment is from the US which is still supposed to come

Really appreciate it mates, I'm just reporting my experience to help users in my country or similar areas but i found peace with the matter, no hurry its just a phone after all ;)
[One (M7) General] ste1164:
Does sound like someone is unbranding branded handsets to sell them for a premium. Have you asked any elevate people about it?
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Maybe Ill post about it tomorrow on Elevate, its not really an odd practice (this was the norm before apple started to sell unlocked iPhones) what is really odd is the quantities and price
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Semi OT: SOCs ;)

Anandtech: Intel's Silvermont Architecture revealed

GPU is not too exciting
[One (M7) General] vizzy:
Stupid question. People are having issues with Aroma, is this down to it not beinng 100% compatible and needs an update? Or is it just the phone and we need a new installer?
[One (M7) General] mattman83:
Aroma needs an update. I've heard mention of both the sheer size of the install zips (nearly 1Gb) and also a new touch driver that may not be fully supported yet - though people are having issues when not using touch too... so NFI.

M.
[One (M7) General] jmitr:
I just spent some time at a mall in Kelowna today and went to all the phone shops. I've gotta say, the build quality of all the Ones on display was kinda horrible compared to mine. Gaps, discoloration and chunks missing in the white plastic etc. None were as bad as the non working dummy units but still awful. There were no display models in my town when I bought my One, mine was the first box we opened and I would describe it as the closest thing you can get to flawless, worlds apart from the display models.

I don't know if HTC due to the early supply problems rushed out very early pre production or non QC Ones for display but two things to take away from this:

1. The display models are NOT what you can expect with your boxed unit.

2. This slightly concerns me. The general public likes to shop if they are considering switching from an IPhone or getting something different. Walk into an Apple store, the display models are very close if not exactly what to expect when you purchase. If supply is no longer an issue perhaps HTC should consider sending out a new batch of display units. First impressions are everything. If these display units were my first look at the one and I didn't know better, I would probably have looked elsewhere.

I am still hands down smitten with this phone. It works so well for everything it is beyond words.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Retina reviewed: which smartphone screen rates best
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
HTC Blog: HTC Ultrapixel Camera in Action
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
OT:

Lumia 928 confirmed by official Nokia website
[One (M7) General] ste1164:
They say it has great low light capabilities. Isn't it using the same sensor as the 920? I mean thats good but they seem to be going after the one.
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
Good news from Turkey about HTC One (at least for me);

All of the units I've checked were completely perfect. No gaps, no strange screen colors, no deadpixels. Going to buy one tomorrow. I can tell you which batch it belongs to when I have it. going to pay 950 USD. Sad but yeah, phones are expensive here.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
HTC and windows RT, sigh...

HTC allegedly preps high-res R7 and R12 Windows RT Blue tablets for Q3 launch
[One (M7) General] aliHTCDHD:
People say windows rt is useless but it was never suppose to support legacy apps it is the alternative of a iPad but with the capabilities of Office. People say window 8 tablets are expensive but they were never suppose to be the same price as the iPad but instead a laptop in the form of a tablet. You may say that I might ad well get a laptop then do that.

The only mistake they made was calling it windows rt because in reality it has the functions of a phone in the form of a tablet. Windows rt and phone were suppose to be one operation system like ios for iPhone and iPad they are, but the marketing team messed up with the silly rt name. Windows rt targets the same audience as the ipad or other mobile operation system such as android tablets, the only extra is it has been designed for those who want entertainment and Microsoft office which puts it ahead of android and ios the only thing it lacks is apps but they will grow quickly.

The only reason why windows rt tablets messed up last year was because the socs weren't as powerful, marketing team and apps. Acer says windows RT has no value that's complete rubbish he just failed to understand the purpose.
[One (M7) General] jesr:
Shootout from iMore.com iPhone 5 vs HTC One: Camera shootout
[One (M7) General] mikbe:
Useless I might say. If you want candy colors in your One's pictures there are settings for that. And for much more. Women.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
same exact pricing fate around here, although upon further checks it seems the gap thing is still by chance regardless of the batch day, yes the newer gets better but there is still a chance, as for the screen flaws, they are all perfect all the dozen i have checked so far

one theory though, maybe fully unlocked non branded devices get the better gap finish in binning?
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
I think you are right about that.

And also I asked the sales representative about gap issue etc and he said that HTC let them know about it and they also said they fixed it but they'll still change it if is there any problem. So it is nice that HTC even letting sellers know about the issues. Because some sellers can be really annoying when people try to replace their phones. Maybe I waited a month longer than most people but I'll get (hopefully) a perfect phone right away. I hope I don't jinx it lol

Black looks gorgeous btw but i'll pick silver. All the phones I've used was black, I'm bored of them. :)
[One (M7) General] Thegreatheed:
I know!

I looked through that whole camera shoot out... and there were possibly 2 pictures that looked better on the iphone. I don't think she actually knows what saturation is.
[One (M7) General] pradeepvizz:
I understand your reason for the sigh. personally i think it's a better idea for HTC to take the windows route now, Android tablet market is too overcrowded. 7 is a lucky number!

---------- Post added at 11:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 AM ----------

t Nokia pits the Lumia 928 against the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III in low-light video shootout

Maybe that Nokia did not pit it against the H1 for purposes
[One (M7) General] vegetaleb:
How can we edit videos taken with zoe????

I can only trim,where are all the infamous special effects?
[One (M7) General] The-Last-Hylian:
After taking the Zoe, tap the screen with it open, go to edit, then retouch ^^
[One (M7) General] vegetaleb:
All I can do is trimming the video if I choose Edit!
[One (M7) General] The-Last-Hylian:
Okay try this. Go to gallery, camera shots, go to the Zoe, let it play, now press on it. You should see the Zoe timeline bar, Highlight, Share, Delete and Edit options, go into Edit, the Retouch.

Silly question but are you sure that you're taking Zoe's and not just a standard video? :silly:
[One (M7) General] vegetaleb:
Zoe is On before shooting the video (blue icon)

I can edit photos taken with Zoe(3 sec video) but not videos :eek:

It's very weird
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
no no i totally want them to go with windows, but they choose RT, im worried HTC will be against the power hungry windows pro since they are a mobile company first (also hinted by the HTC members tweets)

as for the VS, well well i think most media will immediately want to compare against the H1 in low light
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Anyway finally good news for me :)

my H1 has shipped from the US, wish me luck guys, i hope it's flawless
[One (M7) General] pradeepvizz:
wow! atb!
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
So yesterday i have inspected three HT34P units, 15 days old

1 out of 3 was flawless, the covers are almost as gap free as the back, so it's clear they are trying to achieve full gapless but it's also clear there are still gapped ones slipping out

so use your right to exchange, like Dharkan noted the issue is acknowledged by HTC and they fully expect you to replace them

i am talking about a real gap defect however and not a hairline OCD non sense, you have to keep in mind the front covers are not molded with the rest so they will never be fully seamless, but they also should not have a wide gap or deformity, they should also be rigid completely and not loose in any way

It's sucks but it is what it is
[One (M7) General] Galactus:
Meh, still waiting to find out when the 64gb versions are coming out. If they don't reach the UK then I may have to skip the One. 32gb is simply not enough for me
[One (M7) General] pradeepvizz:
I am thinking of ordering from HTC directly for the 64 GB Dev edition.64 GB only comes in silver ? is that right?
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
I have four covers of the H1

two x-levis, one dark transparent rubber and one transparented frosted slim hard cover, and another two slim hard covers

the forsted slim cover is gorgeous, sadly its very tough to slip in and remove, I also doubt it offers much protection being so hard it won't adsorb the shock well, this made me think why HTC is not offering a hard cover themselves

instead both the double flip and double dip are actually pretty soft, the phone slides into the double dip and the double flip edges are really very soft they slide in effortless

so it's clear HTC actually acknowledges the fragility of the premium finish :laugh:

I really don't recommend hard slim shells for the HTC One, from my hands on with them they risk damaging the plastic sides or even worse the speaker covers
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
i have a question to everyone rooted with branded phones

if you unlock and remain stock, can you still apply OTAs from the clockwork recovery? (like the nexus devices)
[One (M7) General] ayman0579:
Htc One $ $

I'm one of the HTC lover, using it for 5 years from HTC Desire to HTC Evo 3D.

So I'm willing to buy a new Htc One (M7) but I want to ask if the device has any problem with software or in the daily usage, and I need your advice weather to buy it or get another device.

Thx.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Cheating on Apple

Rob Walker just bought a non-Apple gadget for the first time in nearly 25 years. Here's why.
[One (M7) General] mitas35:
I played with one at the shop today sh34 big gaps on the top and the bottom ,what an amazing device, I can't believe that HTC ditnt sort it out yet,they did that amazing design and they can't fix a cover gap?? I don't understand why 'why?
[One (M7) General] voltron2k11:
I haven't experienced any software flaws or bugs yet.

It works like a charm and blinkfeed is a great add on in my eyes :)

I get at least 4 hours of screen time with heavy use and medium-high brightness (802.11ac WiFi most of the Time, about 20% LTE)

So the software is great and so is the battery-life .. the hardware is amazing too but I think that is clear :D

You will definitely not regret getting this phone as your daily companion :)
[One (M7) General] DeSaint2:
Have you read the comments yet? They all focused on the fact that he spoke about the look of the h1 and the apple products he so loved and that he didn't do a spec run down. People on the internet are incorrigible. If they want a spec run down there are plenty of websites that do exactly that.

Tohrment the Lesser slayer
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
https://twitter.com/LlabTooFeR/status/332115563855888384
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
Hey hey.

I got my H1, no gap issue, im heading home to check rest of the phone. ^^ Gonna give you some photos too. Box of the phone on turkey is small too.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
nice discussion between Shen Ye and HTC's Jeff Gordon about drop tests

https://twitter.com/urbanstrata/status/331920243318476800
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Chinese dual sim HTC802w unboxing

[YOUTUBE]BsKtowgypRs[/YOUTUBE]
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
gizmag: HTC One vs. Nexus 4
[One (M7) General] Trekest:
I'm stock and rooted, however I have kept the original recovery in place, OTA works. Preferred it this way.

First I just booted (fastboot boot) the custom recovery and made a nandroid backup (which includes recovery as well).

Only after that I flashed the recovery and installed Superuser (it didn't work when attempting to flash from just booting).

After it booted and SU was functioning correctly I reflashed the stock recovery to get the 1.29 OTA.

It broke root so I had to go through the rooting process again (backup recovery, flash clockwork, flash su, check, reflash stock).

Maybe Rootkeeper would help with the next OTA.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
excellent this would do it :good:

this is currently the only way to back up branded firmwares (like the ones sold in black market around here) otherwise you loose the original state of your device

without RUUs, if any update later actually requires hboot change you will be stuck, like those who had the same issue with the One X JB update as it required the new hboot along with it
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
anyone tried the latest Need For Speed Most Wanted 1.0.47

does it support the H1 yet? there is a Samsung exclusive v1.5.01 supporting the SGS4
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
mind blowing photos
[One (M7) General] Ali_ultra99:
Hamdir , my father wants to take my one x , and get me the one , is there any chance of a one + this year with 800 .
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
I really don't know this time, it all depends on what the competitors will do

if the Moto X phone or the Nexus 5 offer a more tempting meal, HTC will refresh and then we have the iPhone 5s as well with a beefed up processor
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
Hey guys, here's the photos of my H1, taken with my One S.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n01dwse2lubsc2g/pCcmGpgqcG

I got small box just like US carriers have. And also you might think there's a very very small gap but there isn't. :D I guess it is the lightning from champered edges. Boomsound is great, camera is great i was kinda afraid of camera but it is just perfect, I don't get how people complain about it. Oh sorry, It seems I don't need update for 1.29, I got 1.29.401.2. Is it the latest update?

If you got any other questions feel free to ask. Oh one last thing, It takes some dust from the air so if you have habit of wiping the phone like me you'll have hardtime until you get used to it.

All in all, I paid some serious amount of money but what I got in change worths it. Even frontfacing camera is as good as some 5 mp cameras. If not better.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
That's pretty gapless my friend :good:

sadly some people still OCD about such micro gaps from what i have tracked in the build quality threads, completely forgetting that it's a cover after all

did you hand pick it?

anyway awesome news and enjoy your new beast

by the way make sure to try sound recording you will be blown away and you will blow away others when you show them ;)
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
Yes I hand picked it. They even thanked me for telling them about the gap issue. :D

About sound recording, I'll take some nice vids for you people when I take it outside, we got many outdoor musicians in Istanbul.

Btw where can I find the batch number? I found this and this;

HT34LW90xxxxx and 99HTTxxxxx

or is it something I need to check from phone info?
[One (M7) General] Shasarak:
HTC has stated repeatedly that there will only be one "flagship" phone this year. However, it is important to note A: they said that last year, and it was a lie; B: what does or not constitute a "flagship" phone may be subject to interpretation. There might, for example, be a "phablet" device later in the year - something that is intended to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, in the same was as the One competes with the Galaxy S4 - that might have an S800 chipset in it.
[One (M7) General] ste1164:
I highly doubt a 64GB will be released in the UK. The launch said America and Asia only.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
its a pretty new build

check here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41059654&postcount=328
[One (M7) General] Thijssie909:
Do you guys have any recommendations for the camera settings? Sharpness -1?
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
definitely sharpness -1, which really should have been default

and be mindful that tap to focus also sets the exposure, this camera eats light so it's easy to over expose your photos
[One (M7) General] Thijssie909:
Thanks, video recording just default? Or HDR?
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Ok i'm posting this here for those who need it and linking it from OP as well, this content is deleted when you factory reset + SD wipe an H1 (which most shop salesmen do in my country)

[Resources] HTC One M7: Stock SD contents (205.1MB)
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
HTC First struggling as AT&T ramps Facebook phone subsidy
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
so HTC fans are gladly out of megapixels race and instead enjoying a light race ;)

meanwhile...

http://bgr.com/2013/05/08/samsung-galaxy-s4-zoom-release-date-galaxy-s4-activ/

Still I bet no one will notice that someone is churning out endless variations
[One (M7) General] Galactus:
And with that, no business to HTC from me
[One (M7) General] ste1164:
Agreed. It's fine for Samsung to release loads of different phones. Maybe a rugged s4 and a camera hyped one. No one cares if they do. Soon as a htc mid range phone is leaked people kick off.
[One (M7) General] Turbotab:
Quite why HTC decided to put some stock apps on the /data partition is beyond me!
[One (M7) General] sr1ks:
I got a copy of this 1.5 a friends s4..works fine on my One X.. My purchased version market still shows me an old version though
[One (M7) General] Turbotab:
OT SoC news

Tegra 4 in Shield, now leads the GLBenchmark 2.7 test table @ 18 fps, compared to 17.1 for a GS4 and 16.6 fps for 450 MHz GPU HTC One (with old drivers. I suspect that a 450 GPU One on the latest drivers will score 17.5 fps ~, so the Tegra 4 beats it slightly, but consumes a lot more power than a Snapdragon 600.

The Snapdragon 800 easily beats the T4 on the 2.7 test, and should match its CPU performance, while using less overall power. So it seems that Qualcomm did clean Nvidia's clock this round, lets hope Tegra 5 is more than hot air.

http://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benchmark=gfx27&D=NVidia+Shield
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
Btw I can't believe how good writing on that new keyboard feels. It is just so much better than Sense 4 keyboard, I made zero missclick so far. And also I liked new and simple sense clock more than oldschool one.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
A lot more info about the upcoming 4.2.2 update can be found here

[Dev] Dump 4.2.2 Leaked DLXB1 4.2.2 sense 5.1

Thanks to [MENTION=2477194]bmtdan[/MENTION] for the find
[One (M7) General] mahay_love:
HTC One sells out in Dubai - demand higher than Galaxy S4

:good:

Though I'm sure it sold out faster because of the lesser amount of HTC Ones compared to the S4. Nonetheless, still good news.
[One (M7) General] richyb86:
Need a favor to see if I have a problem with my screen with anyone on the 1.29 update....

I have a series of vertical lines in landscape and vice versa horizontal...

Today on googles search mobile view home page the logo is of a body on a black background.... Can any body see any vertical or horizontal tiny tiny blue pixels?

Help would be appreciated
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
So since last night I had in my temporary possession a flawless 950$ HT34PW (26 April), which allowed me to do spend some good time with the lovely H1, my shipping unit should arrive in the upcoming days

The screen, this screen is absurdly beautiful I don't know if there are variations, but the screen on this one is breath taking, never thought something can make both the iPad4 and One X screens look low res but it does, it simply reinforces the quality pristine feel about the entire device, the screen has infinite view angles, incredible color balance and blacks, it destroys the iPad4 calibration out of the water, it can be best experienced with the included colorful gallery samples, it's also so bright, there is only one negative and that is the glossiness of the glass actually is a step own from the One X "infinity" feel in tilted positions, in the H1 the screen will lose some of its brightness on angles, also in bright sun light its more reflective, still the glass glossiness actually contributes further to the premium feel of the device, finally it has the same coating which makes it well smudge resistant like the One X

The sound in both playback and especially recoding are just out of this world stuff

The signal for cellular, wifi, 3G, H+ is impressive and instantly connects despite the device being protected in a TPU case

Battery life completely destroys the One X

The notification LED despite being integrated in the grill is actually massively more visible than on the One X

I will post some photos soon to show you how gapless it is
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Yup and that as well but the file I posted is simply the sample stuff included on SD, sample gallery photos, music, demo and user guide
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
I don't like one thing :D Autobrightness is too dark for my liking. My One S is much brighter on autobrightness than my H1.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
Oh boy not on this one which is blindly bright, I think it has one of the better screens
[One (M7) General] bmtdan:
Thanks for forwarding this further :)
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
HTC One, 3D Games Performance Report Part I

: (tested on 1.28.61.7)

Be sure to check the other parts of this series:

HTC One, 3D Games Performance Report Part II>>

HTC One, 3D Games Performance Report Part III>>
[One (M7) General] ste1164:
Here is a video of 4.2.2

[YOUTUBE]E99w8MHOavg[/YOUTUBE]
[One (M7) General] Dharkan:
I decided that I don't like highend gaming on metallic phones, It makes my hand wet. :d I only play fun games.
[One (M7) General] jmitr:
Just clicked your link on my One, not compatible.

Oh and thanks for the sharpness detail, set -1 and my outdoor landscape shots are waaaaay better.
[One (M7) General] pradeepvizz:
[MENTION=1144067]hamdir[/MENTION] seems like you have been having sleepless nights :)