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Hermes and Infra red Probs?

I am using Novii Remote Deluxe 4.11 on my cingular 8525...
it looks like it'd be a cool program, except i can't use w/ my tv from farther than 5 inches away...
is there a registry hack on wm6 black 2.0 that i need to change to increase my IR or something?
any help would be great, thanks
ps... does anyone know how to change the registry to display a different carrier name?
i know there is a guide in the wiki, but i don't think it's for wm6, thanks in advance

IR
It is also mentioned in the threads that IR signal strength is weak.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291249&highlight=infrared

stukes said:
It is also mentioned in the threads that IR signal strength is weak.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291249&highlight=infrared
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lol, i understand, i have read that too, but i just thought maybe there was a registry edit to increase baud rate or something that could help the signal strength....
i'm an electrical engineering graduate that has lost all his knowledge of engineering lol

dmenshunzz said:
lol, i understand, i have read that too, but i just thought maybe there was a registry edit to increase baud rate or something that could help the signal strength....
i'm an electrical engineering graduate that has lost all his knowledge of engineering lol
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Well dude, i wudda thought lowering the baud rate would increase distance slightly (ie less error over greater distance)??

Electrical Engineer....
mrvanx said:
Well dude, i wudda thought lowering the baud rate would increase distance slightly (ie less error over greater distance)??
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Well Im a central office technician. I loves to tear off into my field of expertise. If you are like me then tear off into the HERMES and add another LED or whatever makes it beam IR.... LOL

stukes said:
Well Im a central office technician. I loves to tear off into my field of expertise. If you are like me then tear off into the HERMES and add another LED or whatever makes it beam IR.... LOL
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i indeed did think about that... i think since the wii came out, everyone has raised the prices and stock of ir sending leds... maybe, just maybe if i buy a new case to do some kind of paint scheme i'll buy a higher emitting one... but thanks for the suggestions folks, for now, i'll just uninstall remote programs b/c they're useless

[Q] One X battery, Li-ion or Li-po ?

Please check your battery info in *#*#INFO#*#*
mine is saying it is a Li-ion battery (?) despite all specs I have read on almost all tech sites until now. Is it same on yours?

Li-ion
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

iLHaNroID said:
Please check your battery info in *#*#INFO#*#*
mine is saying it is a Li-ion battery (?) despite all specs I have read on almost all tech sites until now. Is it same on yours?
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agreed, i have read reviews where they say its li-po! and mine says li-ion

Li-ion too.

Lion

But Li-ion is the family of battery... Diet coke is still coke.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

weird...
i do not want to void guarantee just in order to satisfy my curiosity
anyway, maybe an expert who knows the OS and this particular INFO tool much comes and says that it is due to a standard text issue in the INFO software.
Have not checked with any of the 3rd party apps yet, but if you have Quadrant and/or AnTuTu benchmark apps for instance or similar ones including device info, you can double/triple check with them too (if they do not retrieve data from same source as well)

iLHaNroID said:
weird...
i do not want to void guarantee just in order to satisfy my curiosity
anyway, maybe an expert who knows the OS and this particular INFO tool much comes and says that it is due to a standard text issue in the INFO software.
Have not checked with any of the 3rd party apps yet, but if you have Quadrant and/or AnTuTu benchmark apps for instance or similar ones including device info, you can double/triple check with them too (if they do not retrieve data from same source as well)
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did you not read my post?? its directly above yours

nickhuk said:
did you not read my post?? its directly above yours
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thought they were two different technologies..

*#*#4636#*#* > Battery
It'll state the battery type there.
Do the same thing on an Xperia S, or other Sony Ericsson droid

says Li-ion in tests, on the packaging but the HTC guys (HTC staff i mean) on elevate say it;s def Li-po

nickhuk said:
But Li-ion is the family of battery... Diet coke is still coke.
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ok.. then, from this point of view; Ni-mh is sprite or fanta as
what about the Ni-cd then? Pepsi
Anyways, battery cycle is better than expected.
Cheers!

[Q] Build Quality and serial numbers

Yeah i know there is a build quality thread but one thing has caught my eye from the posts on Facebook and the posts on here.
My One X serial number starts HT23 and i have none of the problems that most users are describing. A quick search of this forum shows at least one other HT23 user claiming no issues and on the HTC FB page there a few more.
In contrast there seems to be a lot of users with serial numbers HT24 that do have problems....
Both are obviously made in Taiwan but i wondered if there could be a link and are HT23's generally more fault free.
So what is your serial and do you have problems.
Of course it could all be coincidence so far but could be interesting to know for sure....

poll wont do
HT23PW made in Taiwan, white, no defects, obvious screen flex/creaking which went away on pressure, software glitches present, warm screen, no LCD ripple
HT242PW made in Taiwan, grey, no defects, minimal screen flex which went away on pressure, software glitches present, warmer/less bright screen, LCD ripple when pressed hard on the edges

Hi,
My phone (HT23) gets very warm after 20 mins play of Glowball. The battery temp gets to around 56 Deg C, at this point I stop playing and the battery state is "overheat".
Spongy power button.
Ripple effect when lightly touching the sides of the screen.

Hello,
My HT23 gets very hot (+50'C) when driving using maps navigation and bluetooth.
Don't mind it so much because my rooted HD2 Android 4.0.4 also did

HT23VW, grey, Made in Taiwan. Glitches.

I had an HT23 white. Screen flex and heat issues. Replaced it with an HT24 white. Much less heat and no screen flex but I do get the screen ripple effect if I press on the screen hard. I dont press on the screen hard though so keeping it I think.

HT23FW one dead pixel otherwise perfect..made in Taiwan..
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6

How do I know if One X is from Taiwan or China (mine is a HT23) ?

hamdir said:
poll wont do
HT23PW made in Taiwan, white, no defects, obvious screen flex/creaking which went away on pressure, software glitches present, warm screen, no LCD ripple
HT242PW made in Taiwan, grey, no defects, minimal screen flex which went away on pressure, software glitches present, warmer/less bright screen, LCD ripple when pressed hard on the edges
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Agreed really.
I just wanted to see if there really was a link between the serial's and if some were better than others and then we could see if there were specific issues with specific models or if it was generally all of them (which is starting to look the case) lol
Mine's HT23WW with no issues just for the record.

Moved, use proper section

Howling Wolf said:
How do I know if One X is from Taiwan or China (mine is a HT23) ?
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Its on the box.

Tiersten said:
Its on the box.
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Plus all serials HT are Taiwan, SH are all Chinese.

According to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642459 the serial numbers can be decoded in the following way:
XXYMDAABBBBB
XX = Manufacturing location
SZ = Shenzhen, China
SH = Shanghai, China
HT = Hsinchu, Taiwan
CH = Wuhan, China
Y = Year (2 = 2012)
M = Month (hex 1...C = 1 - 12 months)
D = Day (hex 1...9A..Z = 1 - 31 days)
AA = Part Code
BBBBB : Identification Number (decimal)
It looks like the One X has a part code of W1.
My One X is HT23NW1xxxxx which means it is an One X made in Hsinchu, Taiwan on 23/03/12
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Plus all serials HT are Taiwan, SH are all Chinese.
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Ahh. Handy!

Tiersten said:
Its on the box.
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Thanx, I didn't see it at first on the back, it's written on the side of the box in bold

Tiersten said:
According to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642459 the serial numbers can be decoded in the following way:
XXYMDAABBBBB
XX = Manufacturing location
SZ = Shenzhen, China
SH = Shanghai, China
HT = Hsinchu, Taiwan
CH = Wuhan, China
Y = Year (2 = 2012)
M = Month (hex 1...C = 1 - 12 months)
D = Day (hex 1...9A..Z = 1 - 31 days)
AA = Part Code
BBBBB : Identification Number (decimal)
It looks like the One X has a part code of W1.
My One X is HT23NW1xxxxx which means it is an One X made in Hsinchu, Taiwan on 23/03/12
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Ahh. Handy!
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Question;
I dont understand how to read the manufacturingday in the serial.
Can someome maybe explain it to me?
If i read this part of the qoute above:
D = Day (hex 1...9A..Z = 1 - 31 days)
Then i count more then 31 days?
if day one =1
and day nine =9
and day ten = A
Then Z would be?
day 35?
As an example:
Somebody wrote this serial in some topic over here:
HT23XW103489
In the way i understand it now, that says its a HTC one X, made the 33th-march-2012 in Hsinchu, Taiwan?
That doesnt make sense right?
So what am i reading wrong here?

eazy103 said:
Question;
I dont understand how to read the manufacturingday in the serial.
Can someome maybe explain it to me?
If i read this part of the qoute above:
D = Day (hex 1...9A..Z = 1 - 31 days)
Then i count more then 31 days?
if day one =1
and day nine =9
and day ten = A
Then Z would be?
day 35?
As an example:
Somebody wrote this serial in some topic over here:
HT23XW103489
In the way i understand it now, that says its a HTC one X, made the 33th-march-2012 in Hsinchu, Taiwan?
That doesnt make sense right?
So what am i reading wrong here?
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*shrug* Try it on your serial number. That other serial number either has a typo or the method for decoding the serial number is missing something. Not sure what you're trying to ask for here as I don't have any secret HTC information regarding this.

When I purchased mine. i went through 7 phones in store to find a good one.
all had yellow spots on the screen and 3 also had at least 1 dead pixel.
All were HT23, including the one I have now which is issue free.

SH23RW here with zero problems.
White screen without yellowing, no creaks,flex or blemishes and my only complaint is a random crash and reboot but that's expected on a newly released phone with latest software.
Very happy with it.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

SH23 here for SEAsia, no software, hardware problems but yellow screen
no complain

Any suggestions on which Serial Number is better? I'm looking at getting an One X and it has a SH23 number should I go ahead and get or just wait?

[Q] What is the SAR value mentioned in the manual?

Hi fellow P6 owners,
I bought the P6 after a lot of research including the SAR rating which seemed acceptable as per the following website and a few others that confirmed it to be "0.64W / Kg" (US) -
androidvipclub<dot>com/sar-values-of-all-android-phones/
However, when i received the phone and checked the manual, it says that the SAR value is 1.590W / KG !
This is more than double the value specified in reviews / websites like the one above.
I hope Huawei isn't quietly varying the SAR limit on a country by country basis. Is that even possible?
Also, could anyone please post what they see as the SAR value in their copy of the manual?
It would be helpful to include the country of purchase.

Bump! Could anyone care to check their P6 safety guide that came along with their phone and report what is the Actual SAR of this phone? I think the actual SAR is way higher than what is being reported on websites everywhere.

gautman said:
Bump! Could anyone care to check their P6 safety guide that came along with their phone and report what is the Actual SAR of this phone? I think the actual SAR is way higher than what is being reported on websites everywhere.
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"The highest SAR value reported ... at the ear was 0.638W/kg, and when properly worn on the body is 0.850W/kg."

klincharov said:
"The highest SAR value reported ... at the ear was 0.638W/kg, and when properly worn on the body is 0.850W/kg."
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Thanks! I am assuming that is what is written in your safety guide that came in the box. In which country did you purchase the handset from?
It is strange really, here in India, the safety guide says - "The highest SAR value for this device is 1.59 W/Kg".
How can the SAR value for the same handset vary by such a large number in different countries? How is that possible?
It would be great if any others who own the P6 can confirm what they see in their manual / safety guide.
Edit: It appears that the differences in values could be because of different SAR standards (EU vs. US). If anyone who purchased this phone in the US could confirm this then i think that could be the reason for the different SAR values.

It is from Austria.

klincharov said:
It is from Austria.
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Makes sense then, as per the following website, the SAR values in your manual are as per EU standards. Maybe the SAR US rating is 1.590 W / Kg.
sarshield<dot>com/radiation-chart/

[Q] need advice about M8 DevEd from US

Hi folks.
Being long time user of HTC Desire, I'm finally looking for a proper replacement device (Desire still alive and kicking, thanks for asking ) and yes, I'm HTC fanboy.
I live in Croatia and I'm looking at M8 developer edition from htc.com.us, main reason being its unavailability in Europe. I can get it via friend who lives in US. Another reason is that here in Croatia there's only 16GB version available in stores. I'm not a developer though, but I want to be able to root it easily if I want to. I do have some experience with it by rooting and tweaking my Desire.
Now, my specific need is audio quality in video recording in low light and loud sound environment because I work in live music / touring business and I attend lots of concerts. The other thing is that I like to take pictures while on the road, through moving vehicle window. Even though many people ***** about M8's camera low specs (low MP, that is), according to real users experience I still think that M8 can comply my needs well because I use these videos and photos mostly for personal use and social pages.
But there are few things for which I need advice:
1. Am I right thinking that M8 will do well for my specific needs mentioned above? Can someone please post some videos from concerts and/or pictures of fast-moving objects?
2. As US and Europe use different voltage in power grid (110V vs 220V), can I simply use the charger from my old Desire to charge M8 normally?
3. Will the warranty (not necessarily HTC Advantage, just usual and general 2-years international warranty in case of defected device) be valid in Europe? There is official HTC service center here in Croatia but for proper answer from them I need to give them IMEI No of the device, which I obviously don't have yet. I know this is a tough one but someone out there might know the answer.
4. I like dot view case a lot, but its hinge issue and price tag keeps me on the fence for it, please advice with your experience with it..
5. Do I really need developer edition or I'll be fine with just unlocked device considering that their price is the same?
6. Excuse my english if it's no good, it's not my mother tongue
7. Any answer and advice will be highly appreciated
Thanks in advance

2. Not recommended. The standard M8 charger provides up to 1.5A, and I'm pretty sure your old Desire charger doesn't. This will result in longer charging times. All chargers work with both 110V and 220V, and both 50Hz and 60Hz. So you can use the standard M8 US charger in your country with a simple adapter (just to make it physically fit your wall outlet).
5. The Developer Edition comes with an unlocked bootloader, while the "regular" carrier-unlocked edition doesn't. That's pretty much the whole difference between them. Since you know that unlocking the bootloader yourself is not such a big deal, I'd say it doesn't really matter which of them you choose.

noam_el said:
2. Not recommended. The standard M8 charger provides up to 1.5A, and I'm pretty sure your old Desire charger doesn't. This will result in longer charging times. All chargers work with both 110V and 220V, and both 50Hz and 60Hz. So you can use the standard M8 US charger in your country with a simple adapter (just to make it physically fit your wall outlet).
5. The Developer Edition comes with an unlocked bootloader, while the "regular" carrier-unlocked edition doesn't. That's pretty much the whole difference between them. Since you know that unlocking the bootloader yourself is not such a big deal, I'd say it doesn't really matter which of them you choose.
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thanks
I just checked my Desire charger and yes, input voltage is 100-240V and 50-60Hz, but the output is 5V and 1A. Generally I don't mind that much about charging times because I usually charge it overnight and as I already have the adapter for US plug type, this revelation definitely solves one of my worries.
I will also go for developer edition then, I like my devices factory clean and ready to be used in its full potential.

NoobVulgaris said:
thanks
I just checked my Desire charger and yes, input voltage is 100-240V and 50-60Hz, but the output is 5V and 1A. Generally I don't mind that much about charging times because I usually charge it overnight and as I already have the adapter for US plug type, this revelation definitely solves one of my worries.
I will also go for developer edition then, I like my devices factory clean and ready to be used in its full potential.
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Buy the WWE international version - it's unbranded, clean and factory state from the get-go. Unlock the bootloader/use S-OFF. - Then if you choose convert it to a dev edition if that's what you truly want.

radicalisto said:
Buy the WWE international version - it's unbranded, clean and factory state from the get-go. Unlock the bootloader/use S-OFF. - Then if you choose convert it to a dev edition if that's what you truly want.
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hmm.. can you please post a link for that version, preferably of online store? I can't find any.
I was looking at htc.com only as I don't trust resellers too much and only unbranded versions there are unlocked and DevEd so I was just choosing between those two.
Besides, $700 directly from HTC is quite different than €700 - its price in EU, but I'm still worried about warranty issue. I probably won't root it right away, I just want to be safe in case of defected device.

hey guys, sorry for the bump, I'm running out of time on this..
So, I live in Europe and I want to buy developer edition (or unlocked/unbranded one) M8 straight from htc USA but I'm worried about the warranty.
Does anyone knows will the warranty (not necessarily HTC Advantage, just usual and general 2-years warranty in case of defected device) be valid in EU? I asked HTC customer support about this but no answer from them. I don't want to end up with $700 paper weight by getting faulty device.
thanks

Pretty sure it's a US-only warranty as it's a US-only model

EddyOS said:
Pretty sure it's a US-only warranty as it's a US-only model
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Shouldn't it be international version coz it's not available anywhere else?
What about unlocked/unbranded version? Would that one be a wiser choice for me?
thanks

NoobVulgaris said:
Shouldn't it be international version coz it's not available anywhere else?
What about unlocked/unbranded version? Would that one be a wiser choice for me?
thanks
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The 'Developer Edition' M8 is the US version of the International unbranded M8, for those not wanting to buy through a carrier. The US is a different beast when it comes to mobile phones. If you're in the EU, get the unbranded EU model as the warranty is then valid and you'll get updates in a timely manner (probably quicker than the US phones!)

EddyOS said:
The 'Developer Edition' M8 is the US version of the International unbranded M8, for those not wanting to buy through a carrier. The US is a different beast when it comes to mobile phones. If you're in the EU, get the unbranded EU model as the warranty is then valid and you'll get updates in a timely manner (probably quicker than the US phones!)
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Trust me, I would if 700 USD (in US) would be the same as 700 € (in Europe) or even 790 € (in my country). That's no less than 250-370 USD difference so you see why I'm exploring this option to get the phone, even if I don't get the updates instantly...

Then get it. Just don't brick it

EddyOS said:
Then get it. Just don't brick it
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no way.. I won't even touch it, I'll frame it and hang it on my wall
seriously, maybe I will root it some day, but for now I just want a device that works fine and to be safe with possible defects.