yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Try grabbing the current platform tools from Google
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] elonmusketgood:
outputs (v.29.0.4-5871666):

It gives me one of two outputs for this one:

PS C:\...\platform-tools> .\fastboot.exe getvar active-slot
active-slot:
Finished. Total time: 0.002s
PS C:\...\platform-tools> .\fastboot.exe getvar active-slot
getvar:active-slot FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')
Finished. Total time: 0.004s

PS C:\...\platform-tools> .\fastboot.exe --set-active=a
error: Device does not support slots.

This is kinda weird because I am updated to Q
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
But "fastboot devices" works?

Edit:

You're using a USB 2.0 port, not 3

You're using a USB-A to USB-C cable? No adapters?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] elonmusketgood:
yep it does
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Did you see my edit?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] elonmusketgood:
yeah i've tried a couple different a to c cables, and both usb 2 and 3 ports with both cables, and no adapters
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Is this a new computer? Do you have an older one? You're using Windows, could you try booting a Ubuntu live disk?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] elonmusketgood:
no, it was working off of this computer before

I'll boot up linux
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Well, the only other thing I can offer, isn't really helpful. I have a PH-1 that charges, but the data connection is bad.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] elonmusketgood:
Using linux worked, tysm!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Well, awesome!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sk8erboymax:
So I have the essential phone and a few months ago I had successfully rooted and installed twrp on my phone. After I did that I proceeded to install different ROMS until I found one I liked. Well it's been a few months now and I tried to boot into the twrp recovery using the volume rocker and power key but it will now only boot into the stock recovery on the phone. I checked multiple times and it says I still have root and everything works fine in my rom I have installed. But I have no idea how to go about re installing twrp without ****ing my phone up or bricking it. Please help me
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Using Fastboot to boot into the TWRP image, without actually installing it is the safest way to go.

Here's what you're dealing with. Every time you flash a different boot.img (kernel) as part of a ROM, you replace the previously existing one. On an A/B partition device like the PH-1, the boot.img is where both custom recovery (TWRP) and root go. There can be conflicts between the custom recovery and root, which is why booting recovery from Fastboot is safer.

On my PH-1, which I keep rooted stock with TWRP installed, my order of flashing is;

1) Reboot to recovery(TWRP)

2) Flash OTA zip file. (This could be a custom ROM)

3) Flash mata TWRP zip (won't work on Android 10 - really should boot TWRP from Fastboot)

4) Reboot to system, do any setup, ensure everything works and automatically switches to the newly flashed slot.

5) Reboot to recovery

6) Flash correct Magisk version for ROM (Android 10 needs canary channel at this time)

7) Reboot to system.

With custom ROMs, you should review requirements and make sure whether installing TWRP or booting TWRP from Fastboot is recommended
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] CamoGeko:
This is a great resource, everyone should check this thread before posting their own help question thread.

Love this community! ????

I appreciate everyone here taking the time to reply to people and provide assistance.

Sent from my mata using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] garywojdan81:
Hey all, anyone have any long term experience using the phone after the speaker grille falls out? I've had mine over 18mos and it finally happened the other day.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kt-Froggy:
I bought this phone used in Jan 2019, already without the grille. Replaced the cracked screen and have been using it since then with no issues. I am usually pretty careful with my devices, so it's definitely not abused. No water, no dust, in a case most of the time.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] garywojdan81:
Good to know. I'm the same, this has never been dropped, wet, out of a case or screen protector. Took it out of my shirt pocket and noticed what I thought was a thread sticking out of the top between the case and the speaker slot.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JustSomeDuude:
Help with LOS

Hello, I just (re)flashed LOS. I had it installed previously with no problems, then went BTS. Now I'm trying to flash LOS again. It boots up ok, but it is really buggy. I get a "bluetooth keeps stopping" error. wifi also won't turn on. I tried a factory reset but it didn't make a difference. Not sure what to try....?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
I'd do a fresh (2nd?) clean flash. That includes wiping data (not user data) as well as system, and cache(s). Clearly you'll lose you user installed apps but should keep downloaded files, documents and the like. You should make sure you have a backup first.

Especially when switching ROMs, or updating to a major version, you always need to clean flash.

If that doesn't help, then you need to provide specifics as to which LOS version and what device this is.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JustSomeDuude:
Device is Essential PH-1. I'm installing LOS Mata (Essential PH-1) version 20191203. I'm also using an older TWRP that actually has touch working, as outlined in the Read the Docs. Not sure if it matters or not, but I also get the red verity warning on startup, but just hit the power button to get past it, also as outlined in the Read the Docs.

So here's what I did. For the sake of simplicity, let's say I start on slot A:

1 - fastboot -w

2 - Change to slot B, fastboot -w

3 - Flash TWRP to slot A (which is inactive at this point)

4 - Switch to slot B, reboot to TWRP recovery

5 - In TWRP Wipe > Format Data

6 - In TWRP, Advanced Wipe > System

7 - In TWRP, Advanced Wipe > Dalvik / ART Cache

8- In TWRP, adb sideload LOS, selecting options for Wipe Dalvik Cache and Wipe Cache

9 - Reboot into LOS (errors appear at startup)

10 - In LOS, factory reset

11 - In LOS recovery, factory reset

After doing all this, the errors still appear. I agree, it seems like some cache or user settings somewhere are being retained, but I don't know how to clear it. Note, when I reflash the stock ROM, I don't get any of these errors.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Sorry, I haunt several Q/A threads and missed that we were in the essential one [emoji849]

Are you using the correct gapps? I believe it should be "mind the gapps" There's a link buried at the end of this post
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JustSomeDuude:
No worries, your help is appreciated. :good:

I'm not flashing any gapps, I'm actually trying to de-Google my phone and LOS seems to be the easiest way to do that.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Does that mean you are using MicroG LOS?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JustSomeDuude:
Just straight Lineage, no microg, no gapps, etc. I flashed AOSiP yesterday and it seems to be working perfectly fine. Ideally, I'd still like to get LOS up and running, though.

I thought I read somewhere on xda that the thing to do after flashing the rom is to reflash the bluetooth and wifi images, but I don't know where to find them.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
My experience with custom ROMs has been starting from the correct version of the stock ROM, and installing the required ancillary packages is often required for correct functionality. That said, I'm really not sure what lineage version you're on. You said a 20191203 release, but is that 15, 16 or 17?

If it's 17, then flashing the latest stock to both slots (requires flashing twice after changing slots) might be required before flashing LOS. But if it's 15, then an older release might be more compatible. If you downloaded from a thread here, the prerequisite firmware should be specified in the first post.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Insertnamehere1:
Hi everyone, I got my hands on a almost fully functioning essential phone. One issue, the power button doesn't work. This doesn't bother me in normal use, but it does cause issues with unlocking the bootloader as I cannot select yes to unlock the bootloader. Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do here short of repairing the power button.

Thanks!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] vermy:
How do I identify what boot image my phone has? I want to replace mine with a Magisk patched image, and the choices are Build NMJ32F, or Build NMJ20D. Looking at my phone info, I don't see the correlation. Any help would be appreciated .
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
The two builds you mention, NMJ32F and NMJ20D, are old.

You should patch the correct boot.img yourself by going to https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds and downloading the full factory image that matches your current build. Unzip the file and look for a second zip. Unzip the second file and you'll find the boot.img file.

Then, from within Magisk manager, patch the boot.img and Fastboot flash it to the currently booting slot. https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] vermy:
I flashed the magisk patched boot image, and rebooted. Root checker basic say I have properly installed root!!!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mattin64:
Clock format

Hi everyone, I'm new on xda dev, I hope I'm posting my message in the right thread.

I did a factory reset of my phone today. Everything went well except now the clock format on my phone is " 23 h 30" instead of "23:30" that I had previously.

It's everywhere, notification bar, when the phone is locked and all applications using the clock (WhatsApp, Messenger etc...)

I would like to switch back to hh:mm.

I went to settings to modify the format but there is nothing there.

I tried System UI tuner, I only can add seconds and have "23 h 30 min 40 sec"....

I search on this forum but didn't find anything.

If anyone can help me, it will be highly appreciated!

Thanks

Martin
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
Welcome to XDA :)

When asking for help, it helps to know what the device is and what android version plus stock or custom ROM.

Just guessing, there is probably a setting in the device settings. Try settings -> system -> date & time. Many devices have the ability to search the settings - look for a magnifying glass icon.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mattin64:
Hi!

Thanks for the answer, and sorry for the lack of information.

I have an Essential Phone PH-1 on Android 10 version QQ1A.200105.007. It's not rooted and have a stock ROM.

I already checked on settings, the only thing possible is to switch from 12h to 24h format.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
I keep missing that I'm responding in the Essential Q/A, I follow several and just see it's aQ/A. Sorry [emoji39]

I no longer use my PH-1 and it's not in.A10 yet, but my guess is it's got something to do with the network time. I'm assuming your setup to set the time from the network provider (setting -> date & time -> automatic date & time). Maybe it read this format from the SIM card on setup.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kt-Froggy:
Not sure if my guess is correct, but let me try...?

Your time format appears to be standard for the French (or "French-based") locale setting. Try going to the Date and Time settings, disable the "Use locale default" switch and force "Use 24-hour format" - see the attached screenshot.

Hope this helps...

Hmm... Just read your next message. Strange - I am on full Q stock (same build), and I have two switches for the time format in the settings, not just one. No idea why you only have one.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mattin64:
Hi,

Thanks for your help.

I manage to switch back to the '' hh:mm'" format by modifing the langage. After the reboot the first language was French Canadian, after switching to "regular" French the clock immediately get modify.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kazuoaka:
NO WIFI NO MOBILE, where to go

NO WIFI NO MOBILE, tell me where, or which thread, to go.

My PH-1 was boot loader unlocked, magisked and Edxposed, worked very well until last Sunday.

Took picture outside and shut down, even the battery has more than 50%, but still usual for PH-1.

After several times shutting down and reboot, It have lost mobile connection and wifi both for the first time.

flashed latest version ROM didn't fixed, Previous Pie ROM didn't also. Boots normally but stops at Wifi setup, saying IP address Unavailable MAC address unavailable.

Many wifi threads exist but they are not for me. Is there any theread for me?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] canezila:
Feb updates. Stock. Rooted Magisk 20. But NOOB question here

I have been having issues with getting touch working on TWRP.

Backstory: Was on LiquidRemix for a long time. I actually must have forgot something because I used to have TWRP working fine. But I wanted to have updated security patches and LiquidRemix is several patches old.

I reverted to stock and have the latest everything including my patched Magisk. So I am rooted and liike everything except my bluetooth goes wonky after getting a phone call. So I want to install Havoc OS because I like the Pixel theme and would probably be happy there. But I cant, no matter what, get my TWRP touch screen working. And following the directions to adb twrp install /sdcard/ (location here) will not work. I have my phone debugged. Rooted. Busybox. I can run the shell, cd to the dl area, ls to view and try to install.... but it doesnt work.

Do I need a different / older maybe version of TWRP to work with the FEB stock rom?

Thanks.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] CamoGeko:
TWRP doesn't work with Feb firmware.

You need to go back to January.

Then you can install TWRP as normal.

Sent from my onyx using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] terzarima:
I recently received a like-new Essential PH-1, running Android 10 with build number QP1A.191005.014. I want to load /e/ on it, but I'm a little uncertain about some of the steps and have questions:

1. /e/ is still based on Nougat. Is it a bad idea to run a ROM based on Nougat in 2020? I assume it's no longer receiving security updates.

2. If the LineageOS build for this phone is based on Pie, why is /e/ so far behind? Would it be better to install LOS?

3. According to the /e/ documentation, I need to flash the firmware in this NMJ88C archive in order to downgrade to Nougat, but I read in this thread that the latest firmware is in this NMK32F archive. Should I use the newer NMK32F firmware or the NMJ88C firmware, as documented?

4. I found a bug report pertaining to the official TWRP, which apparently requires a custom version to workaround. Why would some custom version of TWRP work better than the official one? And how can I tell if it's safe or legitimate?

5. The instructions in the LineageOS documentation and the TWRP documentation differ from those on the /e/ website. Which instructions should I follow?

6. I also read in this thread that I should use this version of adb/fastboot over the official distribution from Google. Why? As with TWRP, how can I tell if it's safe or legitimate?

7. I read on this page that I need to use a cable that wasn't included with the phone. I'm not sure if this cable I received is the original one or not. How can I tell if it will work or lead to a brick?

I know that's a lot, and some of it might be better asked on the /e/ forum, but I'm hoping someone here will know some of the answers at least.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ktmom:
I don't use /e/, so I'm just going to give you my opinion, not experience with /e/

Yes /e/ is far behind. Probably reflects the interest in development. I personally prefer to stay as current with security updates as possible for my daily driver.

/e/ is a completely Google free development. official LOS, like stock, includes Google integration.

The vendor and boot firmware version will matter. Follow /e/'s instructions.

/e/ is on an older firmware release. In not surprised there a disconnect. Again follow /e/'s instructions.

The Essential fastboot (for Windows) has always been recommended for this device. That said, I use Linux and have never had trouble with the Google release.

You need to use a good quality USB-A to USB-C cable, preferably on a USB 2 port, not USB 3 and definitely not USB-C (on the computer). The cable that came with the device was USB-C to USB-C. Intended only for charging.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] droidian5:
Anyone else loose fingerprint reader with last update of lineageOS? My reader first started acting up about 2 weeks ago after an update. Now with the April 6th update it is not working at all. Says reader is dirty when it does register touch.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] droidian5:
Figured out. Firmware mismatch. Flashed [MENTION=3301438]CamoGeko[/MENTION] Feb novendor firmware and all is good now!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] CamoGeko:
I am glad you managed to sort it. :good:

How's LOS running for you now?

I'm still on an ancient AICP build and running January firmware currently, but just no idea what to try since theres still pretty active development going on for PH1. Apparently pre-built TWRP might come with Statix-OS soon. Which means Feb firmware will be standard.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] droidian5:
Seems alright. I just flashed it about 1/2 hour ago and have been working on the computer mainly since. I'll let you know if I find any bugs.

I get it about what to try! So many popping up with various pros/cons/bugs. I am on Verizon and a few of them don't like the sim for some reason so I play it safe with LOS. Statix with pre-built TWRP sounds great actually. I will keep an eye on it. Thanks for the tip and the no vendor I really appreciate the work you and all the devs put into this great phone!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] CamoGeko:
Ahh nice thank you!

Yeah I've been sorta keeping an eye on it as much as I can in the current climate.Also, Essential kinda left the phone sooner than they said.

Thanks for kind words, the devs have done some amazing work on the ROMs. I'm not very relevant here tbh, I just help where I can.

EDIT: if anyone is looking for a new ROM to try for daily driver then there's a new build of AICP coming. Keep an eye on this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/development/rom-aicp-15-q-beta-t4031005/page13
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] confusdnbaffld:
Help me noon here

I purchased an Essential phone on eBay.

Excited to use my new phone;

I tried to insert my sim card

(I use Walmart Family Mobile which is under T-MOBILE)

and I get a screen saying

"SIM NETWORK UNLOCK PIN"

So confused I look up the IMEI to see if it is unlocked or not

It says CLEAN

other things it said:

"Error message: device is available"

"Device FED description: FED is in the past. Financial eligibility on the device has been met"

"Blacklist status: CLEAN(failed deactivation)"

"Activation status: device is inactive"

"Currently active: no"

Device FED met: YES

SPCS: YES

I tried rebooting the phone a few times. I tried going through settings but when I tried to select "automatically detect network" and turn it off, it goes to a black screen and the settings app crashes.

So I went into the recovery mode just to see and it says

PRODUCT NAME - MATA

VARIANT - SPRINT

BOOTLOADER VERSION - MATA-34cc3f5

BASEBAND VERSION - 2.0.c.4-M2.0.10

SERIAL NUMBER: *BUNCH OF THINGS*

SECURE BOOT - yes

DEVICE STATE: LOCKED

I have tried contacting Sprint they said they can't unlock with the account. The eBay seller has yet to get back to me and I'm frustrated. I tried contacting family movie and no one there knows a lick about anything other than how to read a script. I checked online with Family Mobile and T-MOBILE and both websites, after entering IMEI, I shouldn't have any problem and to sign up for a contract with them today! But talking on the phone family mobile said it is impossible to switch a Sprint phone over to them because you can't switch a Sprint phone to be used on T-Mobile. Which I know is baloney....

I just wanna use my phone with my same number and stuff... Idk why this is so difficult.

This may be a stupid question but I'm definitely stupid and uneducated in this department and would love some advice/assistance...

Please and thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] CamoGeko:
Best thing you can do is send it back to the seller and get your money back. If they haven't replied or don't reply then open and case with eBay.

Sprint models need to be unlocked by them before they can be used on other networks, I know there was a guide here on XDA with another method but I have no idea if it works or not.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
added

Firmware mirror

essential-static - Browse Files at SourceForge.net

sourceforge.net
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blackice000:
On my second PH-1. All working fine. No recent updates Rooted latest stock (10) Magisk.

Last night it began randomly rebootiing.... I deleted a few of the most recent updates and attempted a restart (Long press power, tap restart) phone will NOT come back on. Battery fully charged.

Tried LOOOONNNG Hold on Power. Vol Down + Pwr (long and short holds) Vol Up + Pwr (Long and Short Holds. No reaction from phone at all.

Connected via USB to a known working ADB/Fastboot capable PC. Device is not seen at all.

No idea what to try next.

Please help.

Rick
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
Does the pc make a sound like it's connected?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blackice000:
No. No reaction from the PC at all.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
I don't have any ideas.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blackice000:
ok... Seems pretty odd
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Saikrishnakatakam:
Sorry for digging this thread from its grave. I just got the essential phone with a 360 camera on swappa. wanted to use it for my vacation along with a Zhiyun pro.

It's on android 10 stock at the moment. Can anyone suggest to me a good ROM based on Android 11 which has the 360 camera working ?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] kt-Froggy:
I am using StatixOS which works perfectly for me, including 360 Cam. It has its own quirks like using a specific stock firmware base. And the last two OTAs are screwed up, so the latest stable one that works for me is May 2021. There is a thread about this ROM in the ROMs and Recoveries forum - read it for all the details.

This is just my experience. I am not recommending this ROM, just saying that it works for me. 🙂 I haven't tried any other A11 ROMs.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
Updated some mirror links
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mrcooter:
Shot in the dark with this phone and my issue... but hoping someone has some insight. Messed with this phone quite a bit so familiar with quarks etc but this is a new one on me.

I was trying to fastboot BTS images to downgrade OS versions messing around, froze during the writing system stage so i restarted the bootloader as i had done many times before without issue.. but it just went dark this time and now i cannot get it to turn on at all. Battery is good. Was at 40% when this happened and device was fully recognized by my PC too. Even when holding down the power button, with and without the volume down button, i get a split second green LED blip, but then nothing happens.

Let it sit for about a week to let the battery drain in hopes it would come back to life. Nothing. Charged for 48hrs, still same results. Any ideas? Cannot get it to turn on at all. No bootloader access etc. so cannot try much via PC etc.