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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] IronRoo:
Could well be the battery, or possibly hardware (so don't let them reseal phone until new battery proven to last), though before getting it changed I'd reflash the Essential stock factory firmware from here as you do not know it's history,

https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds

(Or from the XDA thread with all the stock images, if in the future this link no longer works)

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Did you fix this?

Try boot into safe mode & see how that goes.

Turn off WIFI & Bluetooth scanning

Check you haven't got malware like a crypto miner (run good anti virus and look at what processes are running under developer options)

Reflash stock ROM

Change battery (as per my post above)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Ricky Vercetti:
Thanks IronRoo & chanh2018.

Days ago I reflashed to Android 10, January patch, and calibrated the battery and now in 1 hour spends about 8%, either without data or with data.

I don't know why, but the top of the phone is always warm, and before isn't.

For now I prefer no open the essential at risk to crash the display panel.

Thanks!
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Tom23824:
Got this reply from Essential some time ago (before they went belly up) and it helped me:
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] takashiyeo:
OH so i'm not alone... i guess it's the software issues.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] takashiyeo:
after my 5th factory restores my app keep crashing...
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] IronRoo:
Did you restore app data after reset?

Which android version are you on? Latest stock?

All apps crashing? Or just one or two?

System apps OK?

If you have reset 5x and still have issue, guess you should reflash the stock ROM.

(Side note: Today my phone lost a lot of power very quickly on standy, 20% in about 3hrs, only app showing as using battery was Google Play services, showing only 1%( strangely?) with nothing else showing when including system apps. Have just rebooted, will see if it continues, think Google Play updated yesterday (Beta ver). Though don't suppose our issues are related)
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Ricky Vercetti:
Hi, 3 days ago I replaced de battery and also made factory reset and now the phone continue drain, about 100% to 0% in 12hours. Two month ago I reflashed to stock Android 10 - January and always the same problem. Now has February Patch, but always I try with Android 10, Witch version do you have?

Hi, how they help you?

Personally I think that is a hardware issue, I try everything but install Android 9 or lower. But now the phone has the boot loader locked and I can't remember all steps to make the downgrade

me too in using battery, normally doesn't appears nothing.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] takashiyeo:
Change battery will helps.

3rd party battery cost about SGD 25 usually come along with the tool to open the phone

Glue/tape to stick back the LCD to the phone $1 - $2

If you mess up like me breaking the LCD you need to spend another SGD 25- 40 on the screen.

Hairdryer blow against the LCD to soften the glue, use the suction cup to remove LCD do remove with care there's cable attached to the phone at the back of the LCD and you might accidentally splitting the LCD films, remove all the screws cable(shortest screws) four corners of the plate(medium screws) near the middle(longest screw), remove the plate from the right side because left side is slotted into the frame of the phone, remove two screw to remove the cover that support the battery ribbon, slowly/carefully remove the battery that was stick on the phone start from the side slowly pull up or you also can use hairdryer to soften the glue/tape, use the tape given by the seller to stick the battery to the phone and just put back everything.

*Do remember to put back the black rubber that is on the front camera*

Pardon me for my bad English. ?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Essential Phone's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Dirtny:
I am0 2∅,
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] andril:
Very impressed with the battery output after experiencing the Nexus 6P debacle
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] BonkersTheClown:
The first couple days, it wasn't great. Then it just seems to cruise. I stream a ton and the PH-1 handles it admirably.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Essential Phone's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] mtmdatlanta:
I'm a pretty light user in general. I also keep my non-essential radios off until I decide to use them, I don't do updates until the phone is charging, I close apps after I'm finished with them, and I usually run the phone all the way down, and don't leave it on the charger much past 100% . My batteries usually last much longer than for most people I know, and I charge much less frequently than most people. My last phone was an LG G4, and I usually got 3 to 3.5 days per charge. It also had a 3000 mah battery. After I topped off the phone from new, I had to take it back to Sprint to get it back on the network. They wiped it, so on battery power it redid the setup, and then re-installed all of the apps, contacts, etc, then updated everything, then I continued to reconfigure the phone. Pretty intense usage for about 6 hours, and that brought it down to 50%! I then activated more apps as I used them, did some searches for a better camera app , as well as my regular usage, and got a full 48 hours out of the thing, using power saver starting at about 10%. Did the first recharge, and with my normal usage, it was at 49% at 48 hours. In the past, I have used Juice Defender to help with battery drain, but it keeps crashing on the Essential, so it's not even on, and my longevity is really impressive. Can't wait to see what happens when we get Oreo. Very pleased with the battery performance, to say the least.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Essential Phone as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the Essential Phone is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Essential Phone is a beautiful phone.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] andril:
it took me a while to get use to the camera placement - but the build makes up for it
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] BonkersTheClown:
If you're looking to show off or have a prettiest phone contest? Probably the most attractive phone I've ever seen.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] fishman8:
One words: Gorgeous !
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] dksxmks:
Agreed. Although the black one is a fingerprint magnet.. :eek:
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] allsports:
The ceramic backing looks fantastic and the phone just feels great in the hand. I can be one handed on the phone again.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] plus_c:
Design is fantastic. It looks nice and feels nice in the hand. A bit slippery though.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] niko_c:
The design is great and the phone feels very solid. No problems with slipperiness so far, though I have only owned the PH-1 for a bit more than a week. I barely even notice the camera notch anymore.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] seabro01:
The overall design of the phone is stunning. Love the look of the big screen, titanium frame and ceramic back. I've had phones I though looked nice like the 6P and 3T but the Essential Phone is on another level.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] BenBarker:
This is by far the best looking and feeling phone I've ever had. Amazing build quality and eye catching esthetics. It always gets attention when I use/show stuff... Now all Essential has to do is support it pass Oreo... To... Um... Popsicle?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] scottdanpor:
This phone would be perfect with a bit bigger battery, waterproof, and no front facing camera.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] :
??

I don't think I've ever used the front camera... On any phone... And 5,000MAh battery would have been perfect IMO, but I have to admit this thing is getting great battery life. But I'm in agreement!
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Thordelan:
Totally agree with you guys, I owned quite a few phones those last years and this is definitely the 1st time I’m so pleased by the look of a phone.

Really love it and this is the best looking phone ever to my knowledge if you ask me (I own the halo gray version by the way).
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Saaber:
I just bought a Halo Grey model, and I can't say that it's all that attractive. The matte grey back and silver sides have a very industrial look to them. It's certainly not an ugly phone, but it's no looker compared to the sterling blue Moto X4 I had before this. Still, I love the huge screen, relatively small size of the phone, and the speed, so I'm keeping it. :good:
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] droidstyle:
Great looking phone...and amazing battery life.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] mookiexl:
I use to feel like I had to have one of those huge samsung devices without considering anything else. This device is easily the most aesthetically pleasing device I've ever owned including the S8. I chose the halo grey and it isn't slippery or a smudge fest like the S8 or other colors of PH-1. It did take a little getting use to operating a device one handed without stress on the hands but its all worth it . I feel like putting a case on this phone is a crime punishable by lashing and then death by emojis.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] matistight:
The front is kind of weird when the screen is on. I feel that they should have gone with OLED with that notch. Or maybe a LCD like what LG uses in their G4-G6. The screen kind of looks cheap. The sides look nice, but the plastic trim around it is very thing and easy to scratch and crack if you're not careful. Titanium on the side is nice too, but also easy to scratch if you have the glossy ones. "Pitting" is pretty common too, which looks weird. It looks like they put a paint coating on it and it's chipping off. Matte seems to be a little better. Finger print magnet regardless. The back is kind of odd. The glossy one scratches easily, but kind of matches the whole glossiness of the phone. The Matte ones are nice, but I wish that they made the fingerprint scanner matte as well. It is shiny like the camera lens. Another thing is the scanner is not plastic like most phones, so it can crack, but it is extremely difficult to scratch, which is a nice touch. Also the back, whether it is glossy or matte, is very difficult to scratch, but it is possible. Also the notch is so small that it makes you think they would have been better without the front camera altogether.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] cannabiscure:
Well the look of the grey one is superb; shiny, glossy futuristic and a bit industrial all rolled into one. The screen looks wonderful (colors, saturation is good), edge to edge screen is like no other phone I have had, they squeeze a big screen into a small space which is a good thing!

The notch looks fine, it's small, and adds to the overall image of the phone that kind of "does it's own thing". Like they weren't afraid to take risks and think outside the box a little bit. Call it "edgy" if you like :)

I am considering keeping this phone I just bought on ebay a week or 2 ago solely based on it's looks and the processor/ram specs. It really is pretty neat looking and kind of an original look like no other phone. I mean I know they all share design ideas but the PH-1 does stand out as being "different" if nothing else!

The sides are a bit thick for my liking, and the phone is a fingerprint magnet (especially the back). I agree with the other person that said don't cover the back with a case because the phone just looks so unique! It looks cutting edge to me..
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how you think the Essential Phone feels in terms of quality. A higher rating indicates that it feels premium and high-quality (attention to detail is high, manufacturing defects don't exist, etc).

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] :
Personally I don't think ceramic is a good material to use. Too slick, it's an insulator not a conductor for heat, and may be an issue for cellular signal.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] rjsmith2007:
Do you know what materials are in the ceramic used for the Essential phone? Not all ceramic materials are insulators.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] :
You'll have to point me to that information, I'm curious to read about these conductive ceramic materials. Thx
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] :
Read up on ceramics... Had forgotten about some of those highly conductive ones, cool stuff. However, I don't think essential used any in this phone.

Why do I say that? Well, when the phone heats up the heat goes mainly to the frame and fingerprint scanner, both metal. They'll be very hot while the ceramic is not even warm. Maybe they intentionally designed it so heat would follow a certain path to compensate for the ceramic....I don't know, and I'm doubtful they did. Luckily I don't use it hard enough to worry.

So, I'm pretty sure this ceramic is an insulator.... IMO ...based on how the heat moves ?
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] haasor22:
Love the feel of the ceramic but it is way too slick. A slight breeze can blow it off the table. All is better now with a silicone case on it. Overall has been a nice phone.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Please, no "that's what she said" jokes. Rate this thread to express how you think the Essential Phone feels in-hand. A higher rating indicates that it's comfortable to hold for long periods of time, even in one hand. Resist the urge to say "TWSS" just now. Seriously.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] oxbatz:
Feels amazingly good. A bit slippery.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] isopure:
I like the slight weight, ceramic back mirror finish feel & the Titanium frame does have a band of grip surface which never felt slippery in my grip.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] flakko86:
Probably the best phone I've felt since the iPhone 5. It's weight and size are perfect for my medium sized hands. Although it is pretty slippery for me. I would highly suggest a skin for the back
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] JCBomb:
It's a little too wide. if it was iphone 6 size it'd be great. I came from a z3c
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] mark_20:
A little too slick and can be easily dropped, or just slide off something
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] twcook:
I love the feel and don't find it too slippery. Now that I'm used to it, the 'heft' is just right and it feels less flimsy than any phone I've used in years.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] xxBrun0xx:
The sides actually have a lot more grip than most phones due to the antenna bands that go around the whole frame and the big flat sides. Love it!
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] RCNet:
I think it is about the same size as my now retired iPhone 6. With the flat sides and extra heft, it is much easier to hold than the iPhone 6. I don't notice the front or back being too slick when holding it, but when putting it down on a cloth surface, such as your pants leg or the arm of a chair, it will slip off without much hesitation.

I really like the feel of it in my hand. It reminds me of my old iPhone 4.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] cappysw10:
I'm loving the heavy feel and smaller form factor. Coming from the V10, it's definitely a better fit in my hands and pocket.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] runderekrun:
I can operate my phone with one hand (for the most part) again. Only problem is I am too scared to do this without a case as the phone is so damn slippery. Also don't like that it never stays put. I put in on my couch and it starts sliding instantly. But seriously it feels great in my hand.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] sactownbully84:
Fantastic feel .I usually buy a big ole phone protector ...but this Halo Gray ph-1 is too sexy to cover her all up...just installed a skinomi matte finish full body skin and it's great
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] blackice000:
So far, I like the ergonomics of this phone. it is much slimmer than my previous phones, so does feel "different."

If I have one complaint it's the placement of the side buttons for VOL and PWR. When holding the phone, it would be easier if the VOL buttons were closer to the bottom of the phone (in the middle is fine and the PWR was further up. Much easier to manipulate when holding, without hitting PWR all the time instead of VOL-

Rick

BlackIce
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] cannabiscure:
Feels very solid; a little bit too thick on the sides though, I would like it if they were a little more narrow. Very impressive compared to most as far as quality feel though. Like one of the best I have ever held.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Are you comfortable in your own skin? Is your phone comfortable in its skin? Rate this thread to express how you deem the skin on the Essential Phone. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it adds just the right amount of features, it's visually pleasing, and overall it's additive to the experience. If this is a Nexus phone (you didn't think we hand-wrote all of these prompts, did you?) then use this rating to indicate how the latest version of Android looks to you.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] oxbatz:
Simple, effective, perfect.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] BonkersTheClown:
Not great but this is not unexpected for a pure Android. Comes with almost no software at all and you have to go find this or that app. Doesn't play well with my car's Bluetooth connection. Would be nice if more apps used the entire screen. Customization less than stellar.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Tardeaux:
I had problems with my car's bluetooth. What fixed it for me was to go into Settings -> Battery -> Battery Optimization from the menu. Switch to "All Apps" and set Bluetooth MIDI Service and Bluetooth Share to "Not Optimized". Works perfectly now.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] LastQuark:
The skin will affect the gig wireless connection, e.g. 360 camera and future peripherals. We're not talking about the pogo pin power connectors here. I'll avoid it if I can.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] TheDethEgineer:
you are talking abou a skin protector. This thread is about the User Interface skin over Android OS
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] ikarios:
Just jumped ship from a Nexus 6P and I don't feel like I've missed a beat besides going back in time a month to before Oreo. However the scrolling jitter is a big smudge on the usability. If/when that gets fixed, it should be great.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] yuhanyanghaeng:
I agree.

I agree.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Rate this thread to express how well you can see the Essential Phone's display outdoors. In case you've been playing Minecraft for 18 months straight, you might not known how to get outside anymore. Well, find the door and walk through it. A higher rating indicates that it has very high maximum brightness and thus fantastic outdoor visibility in direct sunlight.

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[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Jmar72:
The brightness is fine. It's not as good as the galaxy s8 but def better than HTC10 or honor 8\ p9. I watched basketball on it the other day and it was great.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] fishman8:
light can be set to very dimmed but the color contrast is still vivd. Good!
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] 1901madison:
I have the Pixel 2 and the Essential. I think the Essential gets brighter. Very satisfied on that front.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] NixxonExxo:
This phone is more bright then most people think because some people don't turn off the adaptive screen option when they want to maximize the brightness. It makes a huge different without that option.
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] matistight:
True. Having this feature turned on by default should be punished to life in prison.

I mean you make the screen the highlight of the phone, and then nerf is by default??? WTF
[Essential Phone Real Life Review] Genesis3:
It's ok, but not excellent.

I rate it approximately equal to most other devices in full sunlight outdoors. You will want to shade it with your body but, having done so, it's acceptable.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] y0u5uf:
Hello here,

I have lost Autocomplete of Contacts when writing a name in the To: Field of an Sms message.

I have Fun Contact installed, which gives the contacts an iPhone type look, since then it's been playing up. I have since uninstalled this, but it still doesn't provide suggestions of names in my contacts list, when I begin to type a name in the To field.

It's very annoying and one of my favourite features of using Sms on Windows Mobile.

Any Suggestions would be really appreciated.

Regards.

Y.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Carty:
Does other predictive input work fine with your default keyboard? One more thing, when you try entering a contact name, the predictive function searches only for the contacts with numbers entered in the "mobile number" field. Check if your contact has the number there.

Regards,

Carty..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] corleno:
I lost that feature when I installed touch keyboard + keypad from dutty's collection

but after uninstalling them its fine now
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] y0u5uf:
Hey Carty,

Thanks, that's something I hadn't checked. My other predictive imput isn't working either. I have an idea why it might be. I downloaded KaiserTweak and, changed quiet a few things with it.

I set the Autocomplete to suggest me 6 words and this option is not available from the Drop down menu in the settings menu Of WordComplete.

It is not working anymore even though I have set them both to 3 words and after entering 3 letters. I have since Soft reset the device? Help would be really appreciated.

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] y0u5uf:
Found the Answer

As I was saying I had made some changes with the KaiserTeaks app.

One of the changes I had made was to Enable XT9 under the Text Message options.

I realised this just now as I was going through the options and have set it to disable XT9, which is the default and this has fixed the problem

Hope this helps someone out there.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cmlow0:
thanks y0u5uf,

will try it out seems like your suggestion is the easiest way out since i installed app like kaiser tweak, touch keyboard+keypad ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 4getfull:
is there any way that i can erase the words that i have wrote in my predictive text, are they stored somewhere where i can just go into and delete them, i want to start all over??
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] 4getfull:
nvm i got it lol sorry
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] roblight:
SMS Input

I have a similar issue. When I enter a character in the "to" field I dont get a list of choices to pick from. BUT, if I hit backspace and erased a character the names and/or numbers pop up.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can fix this?