hi i received the my 64gb htc one .i love it .but the only thing i dont like in it is the black bar on the bottom(below home screen).it is really killing the screen real estate .it appears on every app on the phone .it is really disgusting to see htc made such a bad move with sense 5 .phone is loaded with bloat software.i think the sense on htc one x+ is good .can anyone let me know is there anyway to make it transparent.so it looks fine .
thank you guys ...
sush143555 said:
hi i received the my 64gb htc one .i love it .but the only thing i dont like in it is the black bar on the bottom(below home screen).it is really killing the screen real estate .it appears on every app on the phone .it is really disgusting to see htc made such a bad move with sense 5 .phone is loaded with bloat software.i think the sense on htc one x+ is good .can anyone let me know is there anyway to make it transparent.so it looks fine .
thank you guys ...
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Just unlock the bootloader and install a custom rom. Most have it removed. It's because there is a lack of menu button
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You can't really blame HTC for this one. This is due to poor app programming and updating. Google has clearly stated, for 2 years now I think, that apps are to have their own triple block settings button. Yes, most phone manufacturers have kept the hardware button and that has allowed software developers to not care about following the design guidelines that Google has put forth. I think that as more phones forego the menu button, a move which I fully support, the apps will be upgraded accordingly. Blame the apps, not HTC.
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You can't really blame HTC for this one. This is due to poor app programming and updating. Google has clearly stated, for 2 years now I think, that apps are to have their own triple block settings button. Yes, most phone manufacturers have kept the hardware button and that has allowed software developers to not care about following the design guidelines that Google has put forth. I think that as more phones forego the menu button, a move which I fully support, the apps will be upgraded accordingly. Blame the apps, not HTC.
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You can ABSOLUTELY blame HTC for this one.
There are 2 easy solutions to this:
1. Software buttons.
2. The same god dang buttons they used on the ONE X with a long press!
It's terrible that a logo is more important than non-horrible functionality.
I do agree with you that they could have implented that. I think that my ideal set up is to have the HTC logo act as the multitask button and a long press of that or the back button act as the menu button. But I still blame the app developers more for not following long standing Android design principles. In fact, the only reason they get away with it is because the Play store is open. Whenever Apple changes design guidelines, they do not allow the app to be used on the new OS until the app has been updated to follow the new design guidelines. I sometimes wish Google had a little more control over the Play store.
Do people not research a phone before they buy it anymore?
A simple search and / or watching a few of the early video reviews would have shown the button layout and how they function..
It makes NO sense (pun intended) to me that people buy a phone knowing it's features, or lack thereof, then throw tantrums on an internet forum over them..
^^^ fair enough
Know why App developers haven't implemented menu buttons in their apps? Samsung phones have menu buttons.
I don't care for the lack of a menu button myself, and long press on the back button would have made sense to include.
sush143555 said:
hi i received the my 64gb htc one .i love it .but the only thing i dont like in it is the black bar on the bottom(below home screen).it is really killing the screen real estate .it appears on every app on the phone .it is really disgusting to see htc made such a bad move with sense 5 .phone is loaded with bloat software.i think the sense on htc one x+ is good .can anyone let me know is there anyway to make it transparent.so it looks fine .
thank you guys ...
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If you really wanna fix it without rooting, get a different launcher like Nova, Apex or Go. All of them are customizable, down to gestures to use for functions that a 3rd button could provide.
gunnyman said:
Know why App developers haven't implemented menu buttons in their apps? Samsung phones have menu buttons.
I don't care for the lack of a menu button myself, and long press on the back button would have made sense to include.
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I'm running the renovate rom from the international forums and it has an option to make long press of the back into menu which gets rid of the menu bar
raqball said:
Do people not research a phone before they buy it anymore?
A simple search and / or watching a few of the early video reviews would have shown the button layout and how they function..
It makes NO sense (pun intended) to me that people buy a phone knowing it's features, or lack thereof, then throw tantrums on an internet forum over them..
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very true ... they just want to be a "kool kid"
graffixnyc said:
I'm running the renovate rom from the international forums and it has an option to make long press of the back into menu which gets rid of the menu bar
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Yeah I'm on that rom myself. Is nice.
Related
Though I am not a developer, I think it would be nice to start a thread for ideas to be thrown out on what people would like to see in development for the EVO LTE so developers can get an idea of MODs and features this community is interested in. Not that every single feature/MOD should be in one single ROM, but just an idea of what MODs have interest. I think I make sense.
This list reflects my suggestions as well as member's posts through this thread as of 5/31/12.
While the phone is locked, pushing the dedicated camera button for XX amount of seconds wakes the phone and opens the camera app, but doesn't necessarily unlock the phone
Quicksettings/Quick settings tab in notification area
Ability to place the 1x1 widgets (such as Sync All) into the Rosie
A MOD for a curved, classic EVO 4G Rosie
Increase the transparency of HTC widgets
A MOD to create a white pull down notification area as opposed to the black space
Multitasking "issue" to be resolved
A MOD to force the screen to stay locked after a call ends
Tthe ability to adjust the notification volume separate from the main ringtone volume
Get rid of the app association feature
Volume wake
CRT Animations
Long press volume keys to skip a track forward and back in Music apps
Ubuntu development
Other interests?
I'd like to get a mod to force the screen to stay locked after a call ends. If you're talking hands free with phone in pocket, it will unlock when your call ends. Should be a straightforward fix to force lock after call if screen is off.
someone to dig through the android code change from GB to ICS and see wtf Google changed that borked the ability to adjust the notification volume separate from the main ringtone volume...I'd LOVE to have that back....from what ive been told it isn't in stock ICS nor is it even able to be controlled via 3rd party apps on devices running 4.0.X like they could in GB and previous versions...
^^^^^^ agreed.
And how to get rid of the black menu bar and incorporate longpress for menu somehow.
Lastly, (well, for now, lol)
Brightness slider in notification bar (may have to wait for AOSP for that), but actually, it was something else, oh, yeah, how to get rid of the damn app association feature that HTC had to develop to get around apple patent BS. I've read that simply removing htclinkify.all does not accomplish this. I hate what apple forced on Android.
Oh, and CRT animations.
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
Would be nice to be able to adjust the auto-brightness levels like Cyanogen.
Volume wake
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scottspa74 said:
^^^^^^ agreed.
And how to get rid of the black menu bar and incorporate longpress for menu somehow.
Lastly, (well, for now, lol)
Brightness slider in notification bar (may have to wait for AOSP for that), but actually, it was something else, oh, yeah, how to get rid of the damn app association feature that HTC had to develop to get around apple patent BS. I've read that simply removing htclinkify.all does not accomplish this. I hate what apple forced on Android.
Oh, and CRT animations.
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
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I for one have 0 problem with that feature and actually like it better now than it was before. the way it is now at least offers us more customization over the previous...no?....
Long press volume keys to skip a track forward and back.... CRT animations.... and The HTC Shortcuts and Clock widget!
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someone to dig through the android code change from GB to ICS and see wtf Google changed that borked the ability to adjust the notification volume separate from the main ringtone volume...I'd LOVE to have that back....from what ive been told it isn't in stock ICS nor is it even able to be controlled via 3rd party apps on devices running 4.0.X like they could in GB and previous versions...
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There is an app that takes care of it already, actually:
ICS Enhanced Ringer
Like most people, I'd like to see the recent apps button become the menu button and get rid of the damn triple dot bar. The recent apps should be a long press of the home button like it was on the OG EVO.
Now, if I'm dreaming big dreams, this is what I really, really want:
I want Ubuntu for Android on my EVO. The demos I've seen so far have Ubuntu activated when the phone docks, but who needs that when you have HTC Media Link. I envision hooking a media link up to a monitor, and pairing it with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse (maybe a DLNA hard drive). Obviously you'd have to manually launch the Ubuntu desktop, but in that case, you could even have a popup option that offered you Ubuntu desktop, or the Ubuntu TV interface.
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I for one have 0 problem with that feature and actually like it better now than it was before. the way it is now at least offers us more customization over the previous...no?....
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Good luck watching YouTube videos in the YouTube app when they're posted as a link. Chrome often launches the YouTube app when trying to play a video, but isn't always consistent. It's an improvement over the stock browser... But I'd rather it launch the app than try and render it on the page. If we get prompted, we can pick every action as they occur, or even leave some options open so you can use a couple different apps for one choice (ergo, click a phone number and add it to contacts/call the number/send that number a text message. I like that much more. I imagine most do too.
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sgt. slaughter said:
I for one have 0 problem with that feature and actually like it better now than it was before. the way it is now at least offers us more customization over the previous...no?....
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Do you mean the app association? If so, how do you figure? I really like when I click on a link, when it asks me if I want YouTube or browser. Right now, I'm not allowed to change anything. Defaults are set, and I don't get a choice. A total Fn joke, in my opinion. I can only imagine many others agreeing (unless I'm missing something)
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
scottspa74 said:
Do you mean the app association? If so, how do you figure? I really like when I click on a link, when it asks me if I want YouTube or browser. Right now, I'm not allowed to change anything. Defaults are set, and I don't get a choice. A total Fn joke, in my opinion. I can only imagine many others agreeing (unless I'm missing something)
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But you get a choice in the defaults...?
I'm not arguing against you, but I can't agree that you have no choice.
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No. In my defaults, I see no other choices. For links it says browser. No option for YouTube (even though I wouldn't want to pick it because of course some links shouldn't open with YouTube). IDK, am I missing something?
Edit: I know, buddy. You and I have been on the same page on lots of stuff
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
w3r3wolv3s said:
Like most people, I'd like to see the recent apps button become the menu button and get rid of the damn triple dot bar. The recent apps should be a long press of the home button like it was on the OG EVO.
Now, if I'm dreaming big dreams, this is what I really, really want:
I want Ubuntu for Android on my EVO. The demos I've seen so far have Ubuntu activated when the phone docks, but who needs that when you have HTC Media Link. I envision hooking a media link up to a monitor, and pairing it with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse (maybe a DLNA hard drive). Obviously you'd have to manually launch the Ubuntu desktop, but in that case, you could even have a popup option that offered you Ubuntu desktop, or the Ubuntu TV interface.
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check the dev sections this is already done!
These are great and I believe very plausible.
Some of these features have already been done
RegnierD said:
Good luck watching YouTube videos in the YouTube app when they're posted as a link. Chrome often launches the YouTube app when trying to play a video, but isn't always consistent. It's an improvement over the stock browser... But I'd rather it launch the app than try and render it on the page. If we get prompted, we can pick every action as they occur, or even leave some options open so you can use a couple different apps for one choice (ergo, click a phone number and add it to contacts/call the number/send that number a text message. I like that much more. I imagine most do too.
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Okay I get the frustration with youtube....but seriously do you go to youtube and watch a ton of vids every day?
If they added youtube as one of the association types and let you pick youtube app or browser that would solve that...
still able to long press on phone number in your address book and send text message...you couldn't go directly to text message form a phone number from within gmail email message before from what I can tell on my 3D...though it takes no time to long press and copy it then go to messages and send that copied number a txt...
gianmarco00 said:
There is an app that takes care of it already, actually:
ICS Enhanced Ringer
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48hr preview?.....ehh ill pass on that esp at $3 for full version....I love supporting Dev's for their work but $3 is wayyy too high for that small added feature i'd be getting out of it...
Had the iPhone 4s for about 6 months and had the EVO LTE for the past 3 weeks. Before my iPhone, I had the EVO 3D and EVO 4G. I found love for both phones, which is why I want to switch to the White S3. Seems like a potential great hybrid. However, there are some things I'm forseeing as a possible problem. Hopefully, there are ways around.
~When using exchange eMail, many of my eMails have pics integrated into them. My iPhone showed the pics as part of the eMail. EVO's make me download each pic as separate files. Can the S3 do it like my iPhone?
~What are the tactile buttons on the S3? I thought the one on the left was the menu button, but was told that was wrong. With that, how do you multi-task without the button and what is the button on the left?
~When playing music through my car stereo with my EVO LTE and I change songs, there is a weird digital noise blip. Anyone notice this with the S3?
~What's so horrible about TouchWiz that are sending people into Frenzy's in other threads? Personally, I think TouchWiz makes the phone look more like iOS.
~On the launch bar, is there a way to move where the apps launcher drawer is? I like it in the middle. Is that customizable?
Again, these are small things that I like, and any help is greatly appreciated
virgil1528 said:
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~When using exchange eMail, many of my eMails have pics integrated into them. My iPhone showed the pics as part of the eMail. EVO's make me download each pic as separate files. Can the S3 do it like my iPhone?
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My gs2 can and if the gs3 can't I'm sure there an app for that
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This is weird as Hell Man! I had the same exact phone you did and in the exact same order.
Irrelevant but I had to point it out LOL.
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virgil1528 said:
~What are the tactile buttons on the S3? I thought the one on the left was the menu button, but was told that was wrong. With that, how do you multi-task without the button and what is the button on the left?
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Left is menu
Multi task is done by holding home
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virgil1528 said:
~What's so horrible about TouchWiz that are sending people into Frenzy's in other threads? Personally, I think TouchWiz makes the phone look more like iOS.
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U answered your own question
We are iPhone haters lol
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virgil1528 said:
~On the launch bar, is there a way to move where the apps launcher drawer is? I like it in the middle. Is that customizable?
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No its not with stock launcher but if you use a replacement launcher like nova launcher (all of stock features and more) you will be able to
If I helped hit the thx button
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virgil1528 said:
Had the iPhone 4s for about 6 months and had the EVO LTE for the past 3 weeks. Before my iPhone, I had the EVO 3D and EVO 4G. I found love for both phones, which is why I want to switch to the White S3. Seems like a potential great hybrid. However, there are some things I'm forseeing as a possible problem. Hopefully, there are ways around.
~When using exchange eMail, many of my eMails have pics integrated into them. My iPhone showed the pics as part of the eMail. EVO's make me download each pic as separate files. Can the S3 do it like my iPhone?
~What are the tactile buttons on the S3? I thought the one on the left was the menu button, but was told that was wrong. With that, how do you multi-task without the button and what is the button on the left?
~When playing music through my car stereo with my EVO LTE and I change songs, there is a weird digital noise blip. Anyone notice this with the S3?
~What's so horrible about TouchWiz that are sending people into Frenzy's in other threads? Personally, I think TouchWiz makes the phone look more like iOS.
~On the launch bar, is there a way to move where the apps launcher drawer is? I like it in the middle. Is that customizable?
Again, these are small things that I like, and any help is greatly appreciated
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1. Not sure since I use Gmail and in the Gmail app, the attachments are on the bottom of the email and I can open them up individually.
2. Left button is the menu button. You multi task by long pressing the home physical button.
3. No sound issues whatsoever. Played great in the car.
4. To me TouchWiz is a little cartoonish but it doesn't bother me as much as others. But I think because it looks like iOS that's the reason people really hate it .
5. No way to move the apps launcher icon to the middle, but you can get a launcher if that's a big deal.
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Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
~If I do root, which I have never done before, does that interfere with updates that come out? The reason I ask is, I may want to switch dialers, where the app drawer launcher is, and a few other minor things
Again, thank you so far
virgil1528 said:
Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
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Yes, they recognize it and there is no on-screen menu button.
virgil1528 said:
Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
~If I do root, which I have never done before, does that interfere with updates that come out? The reason I ask is, I may want to switch dialers, where the app drawer launcher is, and a few other minor things
Again, thank you so far
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The touch keys on either side of the physical home key are recognized throughout the entire OS, apps included.
Also you do not need to root in order to use a different Launcher [to change app launcher location).
On screen buttons have so far only been used on the Galaxy nexus, so the screen space on the S3 is purely for whatever your doing on it.
Also in case your still confused on multitasking, Holding down Home (physical middle button) brings up your running/recent apps, in which you can A: tap the one you want to go to or B: close them out by sweeping them left or right just like the notifications.
And the new touchwiz allows lock screen shortcuts now, just throwing that out there since your coming from an Evo background.
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virgil1528 said:
Thank you for the answers. The have prompted for two more:
~If the menu button is one of the physical buttons, does that mean that the apps are aware of this and don't allocate the bottom of the screen for it as well. That bottom 5% where it's all black, except for the menu icon that is. I feel that would be dumb
~If I do root, which I have never done before, does that interfere with updates that come out? The reason I ask is, I may want to switch dialers, where the app drawer launcher is, and a few other minor things
Again, thank you so far
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Dont worry about updates
If you root you will get an update saying that update is available but you can't install it but you can always unroot and install
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When update is coming you don't need unroot dev can update with unroot method.
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Let me preface this by saying I don't know jack squat about how development is done, I just know some of the lingo, so feel free to ignore this and move on, but I have a request for something I'd like to see and don't believe it would be too awfully difficult to do for an experienced developer.
I've had my EVO for about three days now and love it, but there is one thing that is kind of annoying and I don't understand why HTC did this.
The phone has no capacitive menu button. Where I thought one was is just an app switcher button. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but because it exists in place of a menu button, when I go to many apps, the whole bottom of the screen gets turned into a big, Nexus-style menu button. Just a big waste of space.
What I'm asking for if someone will create a rom that changes nothing about Sense, the phone's UI or anything, just tweaks two things: Make the app switcher button into a menu button and make the app switcher feature come up by long-pressing the home button just like it used to in Android-past.
Like I said, this is a selfish request, so feel free to blow it off.
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727413
disclaimer: I haven't tried it; just googled.
Dude, that option is available in almost every rom as well as instructions on how to get rid of the 3 dot on screen menu that takes up unnecessary space in some apps
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First off, you should post this in Q&A not development. Also, every rom has this ability and the mod is out there so do your homework and find it.
This has already been done.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1681034
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This section of the forum is only for developers posting their work.
But as others have mentioned nearly every custom ROM has the recent apps key remapped to a menu button
crankybot said:
Let me preface this by saying I don't know jack squat about how development is done, I just know some of the lingo, so feel free to ignore this and move on, but I have a request for something I'd like to see and don't believe it would be too awfully difficult to do for an experienced developer.
I've had my EVO for about three days now and love it, but there is one thing that is kind of annoying and I don't understand why HTC did this.
The phone has no capacitive menu button. Where I thought one was is just an app switcher button. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but because it exists in place of a menu button, when I go to many apps, the whole bottom of the screen gets turned into a big, Nexus-style menu button. Just a big waste of space.
What I'm asking for if someone will create a rom that changes nothing about Sense, the phone's UI or anything, just tweaks two things: Make the app switcher button into a menu button and make the app switcher feature come up by long-pressing the home button just like it used to in Android-past.
Like I said, this is a selfish request, so feel free to blow it off.
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As Ripply said, this is available in pretty much every Rom in the dev thread. Have you flashed any roms yet? Plus, this is a general section.
Mods please move....thanks
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Leoisright said:
As Ripply said, this is available in pretty much every Rom in the dev thread. Have you flashed any roms yet? Plus, this is a general section.
Mods please move....thanks
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I have not tried any custom ROMs with this phone yet. I had the Hero and used to mod it all the time, but it broke and I had the less developer-friendly Samsung Replenish and my modding sorta stopped after that.
Just to chime in here to say that although I see why people want to remap their recent apps key to a menu button, I don't think that the savvy members of the android community (i.e. people like us who frequent sites like xda) should really be doing so. It's against Google's philosophy to move away from the menu button and more towards the action bar. This choice has already been in place for over a year, and it's time for users, manufacturers, and developers to honor it, if only to help against these arguments of android fragmentation. Frankly, it's a little unacceptable that the SGSIII features a hardware menu button (or that both the new Evo, which I own, and the SGSIII to still have hardware navigation buttons).
I really think that we should be pressuring app developers to update their products instead of regressing our phones.
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If you spent 5 mins reading the forum you would have found the answer to this countless times.
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corcgaigh said:
If you spent 5 mins reading the forum you would have found the answer to this countless times.
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And if you would've spent 2 mins reading this thread you would see that this has been pointed out to him already
Hi guys I'm from the UK and will probably be getting this phone when they release it as the htc deluxe or whatever over here.
On my one x, I can change functionality of the recent apps button to act as the menu button, getting rid of the ugly black bar at the bottom of the screen. I was watching a video review of the DNA, and it looks like this has been removed?
Can anyone confirm if this option has been put back in?
it isn't HTC that made this descision it is Google.. they got rid of the back button for the recents button in ICS... I havent looked back since ICS... I love my recents button for quick swapping between apps... but I'm sure if you want once the developers get into the device they will allow custom button mappings. maybe not to the extent of the nexus line where you can map widgets to the button but it should easily be the menu button
Actually its the same as the one x it just wasn't enabled in the settings on the DNA in the video.
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i can confirm that in the current stock buid, the option to remap buttons has been taken out, and from what i understand it was vzw descision not htc
easy fix on custom roms to remap it
Engadget's review stated this option was removed.
Do people miss having a back button when web browsing? Since there isn't even a menu button, I assume people use some kind of swiping on the screen? Unless the back button and address and such always are shown on screen....
two_cents said:
it isn't HTC that made this descision it is Google.. they got rid of the back button for the recents button in ICS... I havent looked back since ICS... I love my recents button for quick swapping between apps... but I'm sure if you want once the developers get into the device they will allow custom button mappings. maybe not to the extent of the nexus line where you can map widgets to the button but it should easily be the menu button
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flaring afro said:
Engadget's review stated this option was removed.
Do people miss having a back button when web browsing? Since there isn't even a menu button, I assume people use some kind of swiping on the screen? Unless the back button and address and such always are shown on screen....
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there is a back button, just no menu button, which cases that horrible 3 dot bar to show up in some apps
Hmmm so hopefully this will appear on the unbranded European/global versions. Verizon took it out? I thought we had it bad over here for crapware on branded phones, but to take it back out is just mind boggling.
Thanks all. I guess I'll just have to wait and see when it launches here.
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Yeah i agree. I have the same option on the evo lte. This phone is prolly no different. The one x,xt,evo lte,dna all will run the same stuff basically id say. Only difference is the x plus and dna have jelly bean version where the one x and evo lte have ice cream but the rumour is we get updated this week as well.
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Hey guys, I am a long time iPhone user and I got a Black HTC one a few weeks ago and for the main part, I am LOVE the change and really love SENSE 5. I have messed around with the Apex Locker and some awesome UI's but would miss blink feed and some other SENSE issues.
I do have a lot of smaller issues I am hoping to figure out (which may not be a big deal to some people). I was told to come on here and poke around and ask questions for some answers.
Email:
I LOVE the stock/native email APP and cannot use GMAIL for business; however many emails do not shrink to fit the window like the GMAIL app or on my iPhone. I am really hoping we can figure this out
Google Voice:
Works amazing with google products and Google now but I am having an issue integrating it with HTC apps or other 3rd party apps.
Home/Back Buttons:
As many now these do not light up until in a really dark room. I use my phone a lot at home with the lights dimmed while watching TV and they still do not come on.
Lock Screen:
The Lock screen requires a swipe up to answer calls, which happens a lot when I pull the phone out of my pocket (even with the stock locker and accessability turned off). I think I would like a different way (sideways) to answer a call and unlock the phone.
Bloatware/Stock apps:
There are a lot of ATT apps I do not want on the phone and do not want to use, but all of the HTC apps I do want for the most part
So.....You pretty much have a problem with every single function of the phone.
Google voice, don't know don't use it.
Email, don't know don't use it
Home back buttons, what do you need them lit up for? You'll learn where they are.
Lock screen, not gonna happen with stock lock screen. Use a different locker or flash a Rom.
Bloatware, unlock bootloader, s-off, recovery and root.
This is also in the wrong section.
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pameister said:
Hey guys, I am a long time iPhone user and I got a Black HTC one a few weeks ago and for the main part, I am LOVE the change and really love SENSE 5. I have messed around with the Apex Locker and some awesome UI's but would miss blink feed and some other SENSE issues.
I do have a lot of smaller issues I am hoping to figure out (which may not be a big deal to some people). I was told to come on here and poke around and ask questions for some answers.
Email:
I LOVE the stock/native email APP and cannot use GMAIL for business; however many emails do not shrink to fit the window like the GMAIL app or on my iPhone. I am really hoping we can figure this out
Google Voice:
Works amazing with google products and Google now but I am having an issue integrating it with HTC apps or other 3rd party apps.
Home/Back Buttons:
As many now these do not light up until in a really dark room. I use my phone a lot at home with the lights dimmed while watching TV and they still do not come on.
Lock Screen:
The Lock screen requires a swipe up to answer calls, which happens a lot when I pull the phone out of my pocket (even with the stock locker and accessability turned off). I think I would like a different way (sideways) to answer a call and unlock the phone.
Bloatware/Stock apps:
There are a lot of ATT apps I do not want on the phone and do not want to use, but all of the HTC apps I do want for the most part
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I don't recall an iPhone lighting up the home button.
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Well my lights work so something isn't right with your phone ?
To try to help you fix some of the issues on your HTC ONE you can choose not to have the lock screen go to settings--->Personalize----> lock screen style and choose no lock screen. the back and home buttons light up when the screen is on push the power button on top. I never had that issue with the htc email client my emails fit to the screen but then again I flashed a custom rom on my phone. Not sure if that makes a difference tho.The bloatware you can uninstall go to your app draw and hold down the icon of the app and drag it to the top of the screen you will see uninstall drag it to there and its off your phone. I cam from an Iphone too and I also love the change. I am not sure if you are aware but if you have a google account and you sign in the app store will keep a record of all apps on your phone so if you want it back you can easily re install it. I hope that helps.
Just to clarify re: the bloatware, you cannot uninstall these if you're not rooted. However, you can disable the apps, which will also hide them in the app drawer.
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mattyd578 said:
To try to help you fix some of the issues on your HTC ONE you can choose not to have the lock screen go to settings--->Personalize----> lock screen style and choose no lock screen. the back and home buttons light up when the screen is on push the power button on top. I never had that issue with the htc email client my emails fit to the screen but then again I flashed a custom rom on my phone. Not sure if that makes a difference tho.The bloatware you can uninstall go to your app draw and hold down the icon of the app and drag it to the top of the screen you will see uninstall drag it to there and its off your phone. I cam from an Iphone too and I also love the change. I am not sure if you are aware but if you have a google account and you sign in the app store will keep a record of all apps on your phone so if you want it back you can easily re install it. I hope that helps.
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No it doesn't help. You are completely wrong about almost everything.
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pameister said:
Hey guys, I am a long time iPhone user and I got a Black HTC one a few weeks ago and for the main part, I am LOVE the change and really love SENSE 5. I have messed around with the Apex Locker and some awesome UI's but would miss blink feed and some other SENSE issues.
I do have a lot of smaller issues I am hoping to figure out (which may not be a big deal to some people). I was told to come on here and poke around and ask questions for some answers.
Email:
I LOVE the stock/native email APP and cannot use GMAIL for business; however many emails do not shrink to fit the window like the GMAIL app or on my iPhone. I am really hoping we can figure this out
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I actually find the native emaill app to be pretty sharp, but unfortunately it's too limited in functionality to do all the things i want for my corporate email. If you are a heavy Exchange user, I would recommend getting Touchdown. It's $20, but well worth it for detailed functionality in Exchange accounts. You will sacrifice much of the aesthic of the native mail app, though I find the function to be a worthwhile trade here.
pameister said:
Google Voice:
Works amazing with google products and Google now but I am having an issue integrating it with HTC apps or other 3rd party apps.
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Could you be a little bit more specific with how you are hoping to integrate it and with which apps?
pameister said:
Home/Back Buttons:
As many now these do not light up until in a really dark room. I use my phone a lot at home with the lights dimmed while watching TV and they still do not come on.
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I haven't had this issue. Do you run your phone in power save mode often? This could potentially have an effect on the lights, though I doubt it. I've never seen issues with mine, so perhaps it's your unit
pameister said:
Lock Screen:
The Lock screen requires a swipe up to answer calls, which happens a lot when I pull the phone out of my pocket (even with the stock locker and accessability turned off). I think I would like a different way (sideways) to answer a call and unlock the phone.
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Not sure what to tell you here. I think it's just a function of Sense that you have to get used to. But I agree it can be a little tedious to deal with. I got used to it, though.
pameister said:
Bloatware/Stock apps:
There are a lot of ATT apps I do not want on the phone and do not want to use, but all of the HTC apps I do want for the most part
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Just got to your settings > apps > all, and run down the list to disable as many of the att apps as you desire. most of them can be disabled, though none directly removed without root. disabling does the trick. you can also hide them from app drawer as mentioned above. I disable nearly all AT&T apps, among others.
Welcome to the One, it's a fantastic device. I have owned iPhones in year past but can definitely say you've made a great choice to convert. HTC has caught some slack recently with some tough financial times and sales figures, which is unfortunate because this phone is phenomenal. hopefully their big investment in (an odd Bob Downey, Jr) marketing campaign will help.