HTC One M7 - Poor signal reception problem

One of our readers- Matt who own T Mobile HTC One has reported some problems regarding poor signal reception. The user had hard time in getting signal for his devices at various public places like - cafeteria, Metro station and basement. After some research, we found that some HTC one users have reported similar issues in the beginning- few days after its launch.

Weak Signal reception problem - Solution

Though the problem is very intermittent and only few users could experience this issue. there's a simple solution for this problem and before you try this solution make sure that you have properly change the Wi-Fi calling settings.

Go to the Wi-Fi settings and make sure that the priority for wifi calling was NOT set to wifi only when available rather than whichever is better. So when it has strong wifi singnal and weak network signal, it switches to wifi signal and drops the network completely.

After the small check, follow the procedure to solve your signal reception problem.

• First restart the HTC One
• Go to  settings >> open mobile data >> verify that network mode is set to all types
• from mobile data menu >> select network operators automatically.

this should probably solve any problem related to the network and weak signal reception.

HTC One Heating issues with Solution - Affects battery

After some initial hiccups, HTC One has made it's way to all the major countries. The very first users who could check out the ONE had noticed some heating issue. Though the issue is intermittent but seems like mos of the One users are experiencing over heating issue with HTC M7 devices. M7's predecessor - One X/ One XL are known for the heating issue as they had the Tegra processor which is infamous for producing too much heat.

HTC One overheating issues & Fix

The heating issue is prominent after playing games and browsing on LTE continuously. One of the main reasons behind the issue can be powerful quad core 1.7 Ghz processor. HTC One's processor is 28nm (28 nano meters) so it's very small compared to it's predecessor but still it does emits lot of heat. 

According to the users, the metal frame behind makes its more gets hot after playing few minutes of games and browsing. The metal frame at the back is made up of aluminium. Supposedly, The aluminium plate has been used as a heat sink and it gets warm.

Solution to avoid overheating

Go to the power saver mode and check the following 2 options.

1. CPU power - this mode consrves the power needed by CPU
2. Data connection - It disconnects the data when screen is off which saves lot of battery and will help you in cutting down the amount of heat.

HTC One - Heating iss

Our reader John mentioned another point regarding the metal frame. Most of the people use Covers-case for HTC One and they won't really feel the heat. If the aluminium back is acting as a heat sink then it might affect  life of your device.

Battery

Another thing about HTC One is faster battery drop while device gets hotter but we are yet to confirm these issue. It's not recommended to use your phone while you charge it and the phone can rise upto the temperature of  40 Celsius with such usage.

Have you experienced any heating issue with your HTC One? Please share it with us.

HTC One M7 Custom Color Themes- Orange, Blue & Red full themes

One of the first HTC One M7 themes have been released on XDA. XDA user hd2neuling has rolled out first set of color themes for the HTC One and One users would be glad to checkout all the new themes in various colors. The following themes work on every custom ROM and lot of  HTC users have already tried the themes for their devices.

HTC One M7 Custom Color Themes

Orange Theme

The orange one is vibrant and really goes well with the silver-white theme. You can see an orange theme with  gray background. Download the orange theme.

Blue Theme

This is one of the most popular HTC M7 theme. The blue looks pretty good with stealth black device.

Download the blue theme.

Red Theme

Third theme in the picture is red theme which seems like a good combination with blue background.
Download the red theme.

You can check previews of the themes and checkout more themes at this XDA thead.

HTC M7 Problem - Unresponsive home & back keys

Are you having issues with your HTC One  home / back key ? HTC One M7 users have been talking about  the home button of the device which is unresponsiveness. The home key or the back key doesn't respond sometimes and such issue has been observed in some previous android devices too. Issue persists in almost every HTC One But it's certainly not as bad as the Sony Xperia S which has been criticized a lot for it's touch keys.

Hate your home key ?

Unresponsive home & back keys -solution 

There is a simple solution for this problem. For those who are experiencing Unresponsive back/home buttons you could try the following solution.

1. Go to HTC One >> settings.
2. Choose 'language & keyboard'.
3. Then go for HTC sense input.
4. Inside that click advanced and then calibration tool.

While you are going to calibrate the keyboard, press the keys / buttons very lightly. Once you're done you should experience better back/home key response.  What we are going do here is to calibrate settings to response to the slight touches.

This can help you upto some extent but it's not the final solution. You will have to learn how exactly you need  to use the keys. Let us know your opinion about this problem.

Best Twitter Apps for HTC One - TweetCaster or Tweetdeck

Twitter is a micro blogging site and a social network used by millions of users.HTC one-a new flagship phone which has plenty of options to tweet.  After the rise of smart phones,   Twitter is one of the most used platform from the smart phones and tablets. let's find out and compare one of the best Twitter apps.

Twitter Apps for the  HTC One

HTC one comes up with pre-installed official Twitter app. The app can also be downloaded from the Google play. The official Twitter app is less popular compared to the other applications which use for treating and sharing your tweets. TweetCaster and Tweetdeck are the most rated third-party twitter apps used by android and IOS uses. It's quite surprising that users are choosing an third-party app over the official one, which proves that the usability and user experience is what matters for a user.

TweetCaster 

one of the best features of TweetCaster is you can login with multiple Twitter accounts and share your tweets Simon tenuously. the real-time flow of this app is pretty awesome and you'll never see any delay in receiving your favourite tweets. in one of the recent updates, the application provided the feature for user to upload favorite pictures. TweetCaster  makes reading and sending tweets really simple and intuitive. you can download and use Twitter app for your HTC one

TweetDeck

This app has its roots in iOS and if it is officially supported by Twitter. TweetDeck also works for Facebook, Buzz, foursquare account. unlike TweetCaster, TweetDeck is not dedicated Twitter application. This one is less popular and is got less ratings compared to another app.

Though, people who are willing to have a single application to sync with multiple platforms-  TweetDeck is the way to go. Get TweetDeck for your HTC one from Google play.

We would advise you to use the first application for your smart phone. there are some other application which can also be used to make your user experience much better.we'll see some more apps in next posts.

Developer's Edition for HTC One - Advantages over AT&T - Sprint contracts

After waiting for more than a month, HTC One Developer's Edition is up for pre order. AT&T and Sprint will first network to start a pre-ordering. Developer's edition is highly debated point and different people have different opinions about both - Locked  devices and developer's edition. Let's understand some of the advantages and disadvantages of  Developer's HTC one version.

Price of dev edition is $649. This is unlocked device with 64 GB version which is maximum memory available for the smartphone. They are even offering free shipping and a free case for being an early bird.
The dev edition is the same as the AT&T version which even includes  support for AT&T LTE. Here are some of the but with these additional benefits.

Advantages of Developer's edition over locked ones

• The phone is SIM unlocked and hence  you can use it on AT&T or T-Mobile without having to get it unlocked which is awesome. 
• It comes with an unlocked bootloader which means you can install any custom ROM and variety of kernels without waiting for some hack or tweak.
• Carrier devices have the pre installed  AT&T apps which is kind of annoying but the developer's edition will be free from any such customization.
• As we looking forward to for Key Lime Pie- Next android OS, Official updates will likely be available faster as  they won't require carrier approval from AT&T or sprint.

No Contract HTC One by AT&T in USA - 32 GB & 64 GB versions

AT&T becomes the first network carriers to start pre-ordering of the HTC one. they are offering two variants of the phone which are 32 GB and 54 GB. shocking news for the buyers would be missing black colour handsets. Lot of buyers will be interested in buying no contract phone.

No contract AT&T HTC One Pricing

people tend to buy no contract phone from network carrier rather than buying a developer edition. the 32 GP Silver no contract device costs  $599.99  whereas the 64 GB version is priced at $649.99. There's no official word about the developers edition and no such pre-order has started.

usually, AT&T make some changes and puts the layer over the original android OS. For HTC One, the carrier has not made many changes and tried to The device as original as it can be which is a great thing.

32 GB white Silver - $599.99
64 GB white Silver - $649.99

AT&T HTC One Pre order starts - No black color Option

Finally a AT&T starts the pre-ordering of  HTC one devices. The official message displayed on AT&T's website says that the pre-order will be start from April 19th. It's the first carrier in the USA to offer two versions of HTC one- 32 GB and 64 GB. the only bad news about the phone is- there is no colour option. Silver white is the only option offered by the AT&T. As we all know, one has two colour variants- Silver and Black.

 There are two pre-order plans:

• 32 GB Silver - $199 with a two-year contract
• 64 GB Silver - $299 with a two-year contract

No black color for AT&T HTC One

lot of AT&T users were waiting for the device to start selling in USA. not having a colour option can be a disappointment for some of the loyal HTC fans. There is always good to have color options and people prefer to buy black coloured phone.

We have talked to the support team and they have confirmed that they do not have any black device up for the pre-order. So if you're going to pre-order the phone, you will be getting the cell model. It seems like it will take a while for company to get the color option.

Shattered - Broken display screen of One

It has been just few days after the launch of HTC one, we have got few users who have already broken the display screen, yay !!  HTC one uses gorilla glass 2 for their display screen but it seems like even gorilla glass  2 fails when a device is fell right on it's face.

Shattered - Broken display screen of One

cracked display screen of HTC One

in a picture, you can see lot of cracks and the shattered display of the device. this highlights another disadvantage of this device - no edges around the display to protect when it directly falls on the ground. Sony Xperia Z has this feature and even if the phone falls directly on the display, the brackets around the display will absorb all the shock and as display will not  touch the ground.

It seems like HTC one has clearly missed out this feature and user will have two be more careful while handling their devices.

Background Noise - HTC One Audio Issues

HTC One is one of  trending android smart phone of the 2013. The phone has a lot of great features including beats audio. Beats audio is HTC's own innovation and it has been part of every premium HTC device. Though the hardware and the software used for the phone is top-notch, there has been lot of problems reported regarding the background noise or disturbance.

Background Noise - HTC One Audio Issues

There have been cases reported by HTC One users, regarding the strange noise is experienced behind the audio. the noise is quite noticeable while listening to music, watching videos hand after the ringtones. This problem seems to be appearing in most of the HTC one handsets.

In some cases, turning the NFC off worked and in another case disabling the beats audio helped users to reduce the background disturbance.

Does your HTC One has such noise problem and what did you do to overcome the problem ? let us know in comments.

How to Close Recent Apps in HTC One

Did you have problem in closing recent applications in your HTC one ? lot of users faced problems in finding a way to remove the recently used or recently opened application. From Android ICS (ice cream sandwich) OS update, every android device follows a unique way of showing the recently used apps.

Just press and hold the home button and you will see a list of recently used apps. Just drag the application which you want to close to either left or right and it will be removed from cache memory. HTC one has a quite different way to access and remove recently used applications.

Just double tap the home button and same interface with recently used apps will be shown. To close them just slide the box up and it closes the app. Rather than following native android methods, this is kind of new experiment from HTC and double tapping home key is quite simple and easy to understand.

Hope this helped you in clearing recently used apps from your One.