20+ Tips and Tricks for the HTC One

[@KJC0913]

I'm so glad you made this video. One of my main concerns, and this is probably really stupid, is that I was worried I wouldn't have access to the camera from the lock screen. I'm ditching my iPhone for this phone and you just sealed the deal.

[@16Nausea]

as someone who just picked this phone up today, and has never been fortunate enough to have a phone anywhere near this quality, I find this tremendously helpful.

[@bloodySunday77]

You've had it for 2-3 days? Good. I'm grateful that someone can give me tips for the HTC One after 2-3 days with it. Instead of, you know, 2-3 hours. I guess asking a "reviewer" to have it for anything more than a month or two before posting click-bait videos would be too much. Aaaaaaanyway...

[@v1ktos]

This phone is amazing. I absolutely love my One and I have owned many devices before. Admittedly I never thought I'd be going back with HTC again but this the best phone choice I have made to date.

[@robhay23]

you can also take a screen shot by holding the power button and pressing the home button..

[@drag096]

Thats the ipad, iphone and ipod touch...

[@akajambas]

drag096 that's the way it is for many phones.

[@benblackburn2693]

drag096 it works on HTC the latest update (that I have at least) allows you to screen shot in the top pull down settings page

[@LinCass]

u can actually make screen shot by holding power button and volume button up either down

[@centralvaresident]

Thanks... got mine yesterday, moving on from a EVO. The alternate home screen to get rid of blink feed was great.

[@helenbarbara1386]

how do customize phone options(power off, restart, airplane mode etc....)

[@prencorp1]

Really good video! Had the phone for a few months and the camera tips were particularly useful. Didn't know about them until your post. Thanks!

[@jadebell7242]

You can turn BLINK FEED OFF, Settings> Personalize > Customize Home Screen >Blink Feed Off Boom! Welx.

[@seangray4512]

thanx

[@OmgItzPhillip]

hey, you can change your home page. on the blink feed page, click on the 3 dots icon -> customize home screen -> hold on the panel you want as home page -> drag the panel to 'set home page' on the top left. Tada! If you want to remove blink feed, just hold and drag the blink feed panel to "remove" next to "set home page".

[@abibarker1869]

I have just got a HTC One and this has been absolutely fantastic! Thank you soooo much :D

[@Ahstaroth]

One thing I found useful: He mentioned you can long press the home button to use google now. There is a setting to change the action of the long press to function as a hardware menu button instead of google now. If you don't do this, a lot of apps will insert a menu bar at the bottom of the app that takes up a lot of real estate. May be useful to you if you don't use google now. Settings->Display, gestures & buttons->Home button to change.

[@AngelNClown]

I like the idea that you can't get rid of apps in the dock if the app drawer isn't open. It's sort of like a hybrid of iOS and Android- the dock is a part of the app drawer. Love it. Good one HTC.

[@458851928]

The low light photos look great and 80% of my shots are in that way (mostly at night). Once tmobile gets the ONE on its shelf I'll be picking it up.

[@melissaduberley7465]

Getting the HTC One tomorrow! Can't wait! Looks so good!

[@christos135]

I've had this phone in 4 days after having iPhone in 3 years, and I cant understand why I didn't switch to Android earlier, I just love this phone from HTC and the sound and build quality are just amazing!

[@LightsStudios]

Hope you're enjoying your HTC one, I can tell you its my favorite toy to keep on me! Everyone has said the phone is limited but I don't see the problem, battery life is amazing IMO (coming from a 1450 maH battery) and the storage is enough :D

[@svupster]

Great video.I'm getting HTC One tomorrow and this hopefully will help me get a good start. Thx dude

[@vannessaluva]

Me too! Upgrade was due and realised the 5S just wasn't worth it. I'm so excited to get to know this phone!

[@pooch2nooch]

I notice you're in Portland too, I just ordered the One unlocked! Thanks for for the tips!

[@TigerIcecold]

I'm going to switch from the iPhone 4 to the HTC One, so this vid will hopefully help me to get started quickly - thanks dude ^^

[@Marobobb]

you are the very best reviewer i have ever seen on utube. excellent

[@g00mba]

if you want to move your panels around, just press and hold, then you get to re-order them, you can also set a different panel as home this way.

[@rizevnarastek]

Yes it does. HTC has the transfer tool since the Desire and it's fantastic. Contacts for almost every device. If you have an Android 2.3 device or an iPhone you can transfer practically everything. Contacts, texts, photos, video, some settings, ect...

[@BuzWeaver]

I've heard a lot of great things about the phone the only two down sides are the Camera, which seems to do pretty well considering other reviews and the GPS. I've only seen one video review talking about the GPS, but having a good GPS is important to me. All in all the phone seems very impressive.

[@AdventureswithBay]

this was the BEST VIDEO as far as tips and tricks! THANK YOU!

[@rishabhrekhi]

thanks for the clarification. I was just shocked to see the massive change in numbers. I have the HOX and I'm struggling with 32 GB limitation.

[@mitchellwilliams1990]

I have had this phone for months and I love it. Mines from sprint and I have had absolutely no problems with mine what so ever. Great phone I recommend it for everyone

[@piettefrank]

Periphery: the home and back buttons light up automatically based on lighting. Cover the sensor with your finger and you will see them light up. I agree that it would be cool to maybe have them turn on automatically when your fingers hit that area but overall absolute gem of a phone. I owned all iPhones and S3, S4 and Nexus 4 and the HTC One amazing features and its simplicity comes out on top.

[@HaydenSmithElevate]

It's a very easy to use and fast transfer over bluetooth for contact info, calendar events and the like. It works with most phones including low end and old models

[@laurensimpson5778]

Thanks very much for this video! I have been deciding for a while now if I should go for the iPhone 5, or the HTC One. I currently have a iPhone 4 & this video has helped me decide to go for HTC ONE. Thanks! :))

[@Insearchofthetruth76]

Very informative. Getting one of these next week. Great vid to help get me started.

[@danielerickson5195]

It becomes officially available through AT&T this Friday 4/19, but several stores have already sold some units (possibly by mistake). I am not sure about Sprint or T-Mobile.

[@SnowNasty]

Great video. i like the POWER BUTTON and HOME BUTTON way of screen shots.

[@KuddlKat]

Thanks for the video. I just got mine (Dev Edition) 3 days ago and am coming from a DROID³ (2.3.4), so most of this was new. Got the moving app to/from places tricks by trial and error, but everything else is extremely useful.

[@house0412]

Man, I can't thank you enough for the tips. They helped a lot!

[@TheSoupwatch]

This is my first Android phone and I found this video to be a GREAT resource. Thank you!!

[@XTheDevilYouKnowX]

Great review, definitely learned some new tricks, especially how to customize my dock. Thanks for the video!

[@DavidSinawi]

Got it! We don't have it yet in the US! I look forward to it!

[@R1996s]

The speakers were at i think the lowest percentage but i could still hear them clearly. Boomsound is amazing man!!

[@ValentinTorres72]

when you click on best shot it takes the highlighted picture that you have selected as the best shot and the one that gets saved. It doesn't select the best shot for you, if you take a burst shot and just tap best shot, it will save the first frame as the best shot

[@PixelBomb]

You are correct, sir. Works the exact same way on the One X - also a great feature, I might add.

[@ShamaN357]

Very helpful video! I appreciate you posting this. Keep up the good work!

[@efari]

at 9:20 i think the 'best shot' button lets you choose your own picture as to which one is best shot (you just took the 1st one), it's a different approach on burst-shooting as to not have all those pictures in your gallery, but only the best one; so you need to select it yourself, i don't think it does that automatically, it's just like the One X i suppose

[@cezar7339]

Just bough my HTC one and this video was extremely helpful!!

[@dragonpantherphoeni1]

You can change the background from your messaging app. And when you hold an app from the app menu. You can see an uninstall option. That way you dont have to go through setting to find an app and uninstall it.

[@Phanbot01]

Your video inspired me to get the One, best phone I've ever owned!

[@jruss42]

You can also press home button when your deep on blinkfeed to get back to top!!

[@rosiejaws]

thank you! finally a detailed video on how to use this device.

[@777blueblood]

Good vid dude, very informative. This will be my next phone, can you tell me if the Transfer content function makes things easier/simpler to transfer from your old phone? And if so, how exactly?

[@julielevin3247]

Thank you for taking the time to help us!

[@doodle999911]

Great video thanks a lot. I'm most probably getting this phone in a couple of months, can't wait!

[@kevinhodge8868]

I'm two days old from a Photon Motorola and your video sure helped in many ways!! I was looking for a screen grabber app that I used all the time but could not find the same one i had before. Thanks for the tip that you don't need the app because the phone can do it. I don't want to hide much of the phone so what's your thoughts on a case for this one? Thanks much!

[@ASMRBully]

I've had this m7 for about a year now (already ancient at time of posting) and I can't even make it past the 2:30 mark without pausing and trying half of them. Update: I'm back, and it feels like a new phone! Thanks m8!

[@huynhtranhung]

ASMR Bully Just got m7 for my dad, any quick tips?

[@Grandsport4life]

theres 2 ways to take screenshots on the HTC One: Hold down the Power button (top left) and the capacitive Home key (bottom right) until you hear the camera shutter sound and see an animation onscreen. Hold down the Power button and the Volume down button (right spine) until you hear the camera shutter sound and see the screenshot capture animation.

[@djphathill]

@ 2:36 You can actually set any of them windows as home page so blink feed is not always on front. just grab them and drop them at the top left where it says "set as home" @ 2:52...

[@justinbrennan5471]

Agreed! The S4 is half an ounce lighter than the One, and my friend has the one and the only thing I really like about it is the back, which feels nice. Since I tend to keep my phones in cases, it would be a waste for me..

[@bloozism]

No worries. You can disable the vibration from the buttons by going to the "sound" menu, I have no idea why it's put there.

[@Jigsaw6677]

Thanks for the review, got my HTC One today and this was really helpful (:

[@lesnewman9435]

hi got my phone the 3 days ago its great your advice and tips really helpful to a complete novice getting the hang of it now cheers pal

[@kza117]

Very true, the s4 has a lot of nice cases, and I'm sure those features will be somewhat fun though I won't always need them. Thanks!

[@lilcleo001]

Thanks for the tip! This is much easier and doesn't have the LOUD snap shot sound.

[@KeiW]

This video was so helpful. And I really like the HTC One.

[@startedfromtheborder]

you can also hold down the power button and press home button to take a screen shot

[@jaredpersinger70]

Wow sense 5 has a lot of cool features. Thanks for this nice informative video

[@KirkWinterrowd]

I am still on the fence on this phone but your review showed me a few more things that should help me decide. Any build quality issues? I have been hearing a few things about the speakers moving, some small gaps that have sharp edges, etc...

[@nibabycake]

Loveeee my htc oneee .. cant go a day withoutt .. :D was going to get the S3 glqe i got this 1 besttttt evaa

[@milkteaful]

sameee!! are you going to get the HTC One M9 next year?

[@allegseuYT]

MirroTea whaattt htc one m9?? Thats pretty cooool i will get it

[@ghmurph1]

In Blinkfeed you can tap the Home button again and it will bring you to the top - I find that easier than tapping the notification bar.

[@MelBeKing]

Great video and super informative thank you for the walk through

[@handidrummed]

Regarding removing items from the dock. I don't know if it's different for different carriers or if an update has been done since this video, but I just got an HTC One through Verizon. You can remove an app from the dock without having to open the app drawer. Unlike in the video if you drag it to trash or to the desk top, it will disappear from the dock where as in the video it doesn't.

[@JollyMacwan]

pre-ordered the developer edition 64 GB on Friday, cant wait to get it..

[@DaSneakerHead99]

LOL I like how you save the most practical tip for the very last one.

[@iRvinCKF115]

great video that deserves a thumbs up! saved me from having to google up on how to do every little thing! thanks!

[@FirasXfull]

Great video there!

[@alwaysmycamera]

I have HTC ONE, got it almost a week already. And I recommend to everyone too.

[@xFreshKicks08]

Pop up player, multi window and air view are the only things holding me back from getting this

[@PortucoDream]

Because the stock sense 5 launcher has been especially optimized for the device while other launchers won't be specifically optimized for the htc one which means slightly slower performance and fluidity. also these are tips and tricks for the phone "right out of the box"

[@dosh2009]

just ordered mine should have it in 2 days cant wait

[@star_dust312]

Most of the features we see here are now on iPhones now.

[@obaidalmheiri686]

Thanks u sir for the great tips :) can't wait to get my hands on this beauty

[@jesser6830]

you can screenshot by holding the power button and tapping the home button as well

[@kidsolo94]

You can also use hold the power button and tap the home icon to take a screenshot

[@RengokuBA]

I think you'll be fine with the HTC One :) It's been out for a while so there's a lot of help out there if you dont understand something about it. The nexus 5 will be a good phone, but it's also going to be more expensive.

[@steve_o734]

Thanks man! This video was really helpfull and I also suscribed! Good work , nice video and explained very easily! Jeep it up!

[@pimpalicousq]

Im in seattle & i still like the Blazers Shoutout.... Good Vid just got the phone today, gotta get some music & movies on here & see what my upgrade got me

[@chigimonky]

Nice video! It would have been nice to see how to enable the back button to be a menu button as Im sure many people will be coming from a phone that has a dedicated menu button. I hate having to look around for a menu icon rather than just press the same button every time.

[@blackvirgo82]

Since buying these phone I have absolutely fell in love with my phone..I love this phone best phone out and best phone I got myself

[@sharonlawson8345]

Nice tips. Have to say thought that Blinkfeed is growing on me. You can really customize it. If you use facebook you will love it. Your calander events show on also. I think it is a keeper. Love my new HTC One!! (and i have been w/iPhone for years...)

[@jagat4]

Thanx for the video,really helped me to get use to it.

[@patriciaj1291]

Thank you for this video! For those like myself who cannot afford the HTC ONE, most all of these features are also present on the HTC Desire 601 as well, yayy! Also, Blinkfeed can be turned off in the menu page organizer.

[@Alsci]

You can either use mass storage or HTC has their own transfer software

[@shabanotti]

Great video, thanks! Mine is coming next week, can't wait :)

[@CheckmateWithPawn]

So it looks like it has a lot of really great features, HTC just didn't make them so easy to read. Thanks a lot for this video, man. Cant wait til mine shows up

[@BlissInDarkness]

Hey! I've had the One for a while now and the syncinc was really simple... for HTC phones (so old HTC to your new HTC) there is a HTC sync app... it actually asks you in the beginning when you first turn on your phone... if you wanna sync (from either HTC or other phone). In my experience syncing from my old HTC took about 5 minutes... (pics and vids and music takes a bit )... you can sync Contacts, Messages, Vids, Pics, Music, Calender... but I think that'S it.

[@Kenmaster828]

They're both solid phones. It all comes down to if you want HTC Sense or Touchwiz.

[@somebody13324]

this vid is really helpful, keep it up man

[@KenFerdinandsen]

I dig the popcorn part. That was funny - thumbs up

[@arfarf64]

Great video. Just got the phone and it is simply amazing

[@TheKakuchu]

Im getting a blue one tomorrow cant wait man.

[@TheNorfolkWolf]

Thanks for your reply they do a htc one in red here looks very good also do htc one have a fm radio ??