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[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Warlord721:
Hmm really? Ok, well maybe I will have to do some reset-ing..

I've had very little issues with this phone at all. After all the reading I've done, sometimes I feel like I have one of the rare unicorn PH1's. Yes, there are the little things, but they don't seem to bother me, and aside from one major thing that the 360 camera doesn't work, everything else has been a great experience.

Even on Sprint, my speeds and signal have been much better than my HTC 10 and I don't live in an awesome Sprint zone. (Southern Michigan)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Mingyuj1:
Type c earphone did not work on this phone, I do not know why,,,,and while I plug into the type c to earphone jack, the system inform me that it is changing the outside devices ??
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] d3vroid:
Soft Bricked Essential??

OK, so admittedly I'm a noob when it comes to posting here on XDA but I have been using XDA as an info source for a few yrs now. So, I apologize up front if I break any rules...

To get to the point, I have indeed (soft) bricked my essential. It is stuck in a boot loop, I can NOT boot into recovery. The only thing I can do is boot to the bootloader, which is unlocked, and I do have fastboot access and the device is recognized.

Before this happened I had the Lineage OS 14.1 ROM installed. To make a long story short I, like a fool, accidentally installed the wrong version of TWRP (via fastboot of course) that was meant for the stock essential ROM. Hence, the reason I'm here...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blakeatl:
I'm looking to purchase the PH-1 and I see the Sprint (locked) version is cheaper than the unlocked version. How easy is it to unlock from Sprint and will I be able to use it on AT&T?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] yplion:
I want to install usb drivers for windows xp.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
Did you try installing official drivers?

https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/how-to/unofficial-usb-drivers-essential-ph-1-t3678231
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] yplion:
I tried it.but it supports only windows 7,8 and 10.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] GabrielMed:
Do Google camera app has image stabilization ?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] CtDMonet:
I'm curious about this. The new Sprint plans include 10GB of Hotspot use, but I use far more than that with a couple of my rooted phones (kids/youtube constantly). Before I rooted my S5, I got a notice when it got to 10GB and wouldn't work anymore. After rooting and installing Ressurection Remix - it worked fine. I was hoping a similar ROM would be available eventually for the Essential.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Zargone:
UN-Rooted Backup

Well it happened... with the lack of cases, I dropped my phone out of my shirt pocket while getting out of the car.

Glass is damaged, white trim between glass and titanium is damaged as well.

So here is the thing. I have a two year accident warranty that I do not want to void by rooting my phone (yet).

As such, I cannot use Titanium backup.

So, what CAN I use to backup the phone?

I want to backup the phone, do a factory reset, send it to be repaired or replaced and then restore everything to the phone.

I hope for a single app solution.

Your guidance is appreciated.

Thanks! :o :crying:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] indian84:
You can try Helium backup app. It works without PC provided you have the app installed on your phone and PC Client.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en

It has not been updated for more than a year. But i think it should work on 7.1.1
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Cdkraemer:
So I made a post and I cannot seem to get an answer, I have unlocked my bootloader and fastboot recognizes my phone, but every time I go to flash twrp so I can put it on the required update to install the lineage os rom, I get an error that fastboot cannot flash twrp. I'm sure it's a simple mistake but I cannot figure it out for the life of me. I haven't rooted a phone since my old htc 4g so this is all a little different haha, if anyone can help me please pm me. I'll buy you a beer! ?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mikakeem:
Hi all,, i am new owner of ph-1,, i’ve read that youtube app now have the zoomed to fill feature for some phone with 18:9 ratios. Do you guys know whether ph-1 is actually having the same feature? I have tried to clear cache, but no success. Thanks!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] gundamcs:
Video call on wechat

I'm having trouble using wechat video call when the earphone is plugged in. The voice still comes out of the phone directly. I'm on Android 7.1.1 and when I do voice call on wechat, everything is fine. Is it a known issue?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] TheDethEgineer:
The essential phone uses a different ratio, so it doesnt not :(
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sabrefresco:
No audio when calling

I've been having issues with audio when making/receiving calls. More so when receiving calls. Everything's set to default with Cellular Data and WiFi calling turned off on T-mobile running NMJ51B. Anyone else experiencing that?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] ams1576:
hello everyone,

My phone struggles to charge till it reaches above 15%(the charging stops randomly at any point), once it reaches 15% there is no issues in charging. Can someone help me here?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] maaneeack:
I've got a Nexus 6 (stock, rooted), I can get the Essential for $6/m on my sprint plan. I'm going by a store tonight to play with the display model. I'd obviously keep my N6, and with the changes I just made to my plans (they are offering unlimited hotspot now, thank god) I can continue to use it as a wifi device. Is the Essential Phone a good successor for a daily phone? The only problem I see for myself is that I use earbuds and my phone when I mow the lawn, I wouldn't be able to do that with the essential since there's no headphone jack and I'm not going to buy bluetooth earbuds. My main use of the phone is streaming audio, watching videos (youtube/amazon), android pay, navigation, etc.

I just recently upgraded my N6 to 7.1.1 with Magisk and TWRP, stock otherwise. Was happy with the phone before, happier since updating it.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] TheDethEgineer:
you can use the included headphone jack adapter, no need to buy BT headphones
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drewC617:
Well, I aquired asecondary device last night, Alcatel 4060a. Tried rooting it an brick seen within minutes. Seen do all night researching. Would I be able to root again? I got root but to could no to get rid of king
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] r8dooo:
Anyway to get full screen video on you tube, sky go? Amazon seems to work

Thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
Unlikely with the PH-1's Aspect Ratio: 19:10
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] r8dooo:
Shame not sure how Amazon prime video do it however
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] zoori2000:
Hello guys I'm having a problem with Gameloft games like Gangstar Vegas, modern combat 5 and modern combat versus and mostly all Gameloft games where they will say I am connected to a controller but I am not and I can't change the controls back to touch screen so want to know if I am the only one having this problem or is it a phone problem and I'm currently running Android 7.1.1
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] maaneeack:
I now have three essential phones in the house, all 7.1.1 on the Nov update, so far all working great. None came with the USB a to c though, only c.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] adnan.makarevic:
hi@all

short question, did someone notice the issue with the stock cam app and gallery, when a picture is taken it's not visible in the stock gallery app accessed through the cam app directly. i have to finish the cam app and restart it, to be able to see the pic? any idea how to solve that behavior?

thx
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Airwolf79:
Yes, full screen video on YouTube is possible if rooted with Magisk. There's a Magisk module called Injected YouTube Video Playback. It also allows overriding the codec to allow 2k video.

---------- Post added at 03:11 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:06 AM ----------

It sucks we don't get very much support here. I've had many questions go unanswered as well. We're u able to figure it out? Did u read the FAQ from Invisblek? http://mata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] corey unknown:
I've broken my hotspot and wifi after rooting with magiskl on nmj88c ,I can only dload through phone atm and for some reason the oreo2 mega upload zip (through mega apk as chrome won't direct dload) keeps corrupting transferring from phone to desktop .. I can open zips from mega that are dloaded through browser ... Is there a way out of the wifi break besides doing a full return to stock??? I hope this all made sense cheers
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Toyeboy:
New to this phone. When I flash a ROM, does Sprint still work okay? I know they have some script that automatically runs
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] avd:
Yes
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] retiredtrebor:
Just received a new Essential phone. For the last 6 or 7 years, I have used phones from HTC. So, I have a bit of a learning curve to go thru. First of many questions that I will have, is there any way to put firmware in some sort of order? How do I know which firmware is newer than what is currently on the phone? HTC used a logical numbering system. I haven't been able to determine the correct sequence of the firmware from the numbering system.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Airwolf79:
Yes, the larger numbers are the latest. 88C is the latest stable firmware, 7.1.2 Nougat. By order of realease, it was 20D, 32F, 51B, then 88C. The Open Beta Oreo firmware go by 1, 2, and 3. We should be receiving official Oreo in the next few weeks.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] retiredtrebor:
Does one need to update in order of release, 20D then 32F, then ...? Or can I go from 32F to 88C skipping over 51B? By the way, I have the Sprint PH-1.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] thehappydinoa:
[Help] Remove Threads without Project Automate the Rooting Process

Hi I need help with removing multiple threads that were accidentally created. I am quite bad at XDA and created too many projects but I cannot remove the Threads. Please help
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Airwolf79:
No, you can skip firmwares, but you need to unlock your bootloader in order to manually flash updates. For Sprint the latest is 81C. Downloads and instructions here: https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] xRenol:
Hi, I am unable to update the software to Android 8.0.0 - Build OPM1.170911.254 via OTA.

I am currently running on stock Build Number OPM1.170911.213. I tried factory reset but still encountered "Couldn't update Installation problem".

Please advise how can I further troubleshoot and resolve?

Thanks.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] retiredtrebor:
The PH-1 NM181C.zip (166MB) is the firmware and the PH-1 Images-NM181C.zip (1.0 GB) is the ROM? Correct?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Airwolf79:
Correct, the first download is the kernel and wifi drivers (for Windows only), which are needed to run adb commands. You don't need the whole Android studio, just the command line tools from here: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html#downloads
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] xRenol:
Is it normal to encounter a high failure rate when using fingerprint to unlock the phone while charging?

EDIT: Solved
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] garywojdan81:
How's signal strength & volte on Verizon?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] paleman27:
I was able to sideload B3 (works perfectly), but now I'm trying to unlock the bootloader so I can root it but I can't. I used the Minimal ADB fastboot to flash the B3; no problem with that. Now I can get the phone to reboot in bootloader mode with the Minimal but once it's in bootloader mode the Minimal can't find the phone when I enter the command fastboot devices. Does this mean I can't unlock the bootloader if I flashed B3 first?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
You need to manually select the drivers in device manager
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] paleman27:
Thanks. Which drivers I select? What am I looking for?

I appreciate your help.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
See

https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/how-to/unofficial-usb-drivers-essential-ph-1-t3678231
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] paleman27:
I wasn't able to install the Google drivers. I when ahead and googled "drivers for essential phone" and it took me to Essential's page. I went to the developer section and there it was the official driver. Its an .exe file so all I had to do was download in PC and execute.

Here is the link:

https://storage.googleapis.com/essential-static/Essential-PH1-WindowsDrivers.exe
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
There's a link in my drivers thread
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] quibble8:
What ROM?

Hi.

I'm new to the Essential Phone (so new it's in the mail and hasn't reached me yet). But I'm curious if there is any form of consensus as to what ROM is 'best'. I appreciate that best can be highly subjective so looking for a starting point.

For me, the needs are:

Fast

Stable

Radios working (WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC for android pay)

Stable, fast camera

Sensible UI tweeks & customisation built in

No bloat

Any other bonus features are always welcome but these are the main things that come to mind. Just looking for a start as there's always a lot to learn with a new phone!!

Thx
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rignfool:
Right now...

Stock...

Cm15.1 is close... Everything else... Is a WIP
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] dubedollars:
Any one have issues with streaming music while on data? I just got the essential phone a few days ago. Was at work today listening to Google play music and Pandora via Bluetooth speaker. Whenever the phone went to sleep the stream would pause after 3 songs. The screen lock was set to 2 minutes. Upped it to thirty and it happened less but still happened. I Haven't tested on wifi yet. I've tried toggling smart Lock and messed with the data saver which was originally off to exclude all music apps to no avail. Any ideas? On Android 7.1.1 build NMJ88C. Stock unrooted.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] indrafendy:
What do you mean by close? I just install the rom:/
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rignfool:
I answered your question...

Meaning CM 15.1 is close to what you've described... But stock is still better
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] paleman27:
17 days later:

I really wanted to stay with it... Unfortunately it went back today. Poor signal reception, I have to press hard the touchscreen corners to respond, sometimes incoming calls do not wake the screen, I can barely see the screen when I'm outdoors, the battery wont charge half of the time I plug it in, and then some... It could have been really nice. I hope they release another edition this year; I will sure give it a shot! Just ordered a Oneplus 5T; I hope it turns out well. Bye and thank you for all your help.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blakeatl:
Wow! Sounds like you got a dud. This phone is excellent! Install the right rom to get the most out of it and you have nothing short of a beast.

Sorry to hear about your experience though.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stryver:
Say I want to make a nandroid backup to fall back on in case of some bad flashing. Obviously it wouldn't work because I would be backing up twrp tied to boot.img, but isn't the easy fix just to flash the boot.img after the restore, or even before the backup? Would this work?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blakeatl:
You could make the backup and then save it to your computer.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stryver:
What I'm saying is, would flashing the boot.img for the rom after restore, or before the backup cure the issue? Or does it run deeper than that because of something like maybe say, the wierd partition scheme?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blakeatl:
I see. Not sure about that one but I would think it would need to be flashed after only if the restore bootloops.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stryver:
That's exactly the issue. Once you flash twrp, the boot img will no longer be bootable until overwritten again. I'm hoping it's that simple of a fix but not yet ready to try it. I thought I'd ask around first just in case.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Hadookie:
Anyone rooted on 8.1b able to get the viper driver installed? I've tried all 3 versions available via magisk manager to no avail. Keep getting the dreaded i/o error.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] geminihc:
is there supposed to be any noficiation blinking lights if i have notifications..? i dont see it..
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blakeatl:
Use Viper4Android FX for Magisk v15. I'm rooted and have Viper.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sd_shadow:
Settings\notifications\settings\pulse notification light
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] geminihc:
thanks!

another question, i'm thinking of rooting it. however i'd already spent a whole day setting up the phone, what's the easiest way for me to backup everything including settings/passwords/fingerprints so i can easily restore them after i unlock the bootloader/root/magisk?

thanks!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Hadookie:
Can I ask which module or version of viper you are using. Many of us with the essential are facing the i/o issue when trying to install the driver.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] deepu458:
[MENTION=1924750]blakeatl[/MENTION],

Kindly let us know as I had tried all the 3 magisk viper4android mods and couldn't make it to work on 8.1.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] blakeatl:
Sorry for the late response. I'm on AOSIP with Viper4Android FX v6.0.1. I do have 8.1b firmware flashed (back to stock) though.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] geminihc:
is there anyway to utilize the FULL screen (like where the notch is) in LANDSCAPE for google photos? i noticed that it works in portrait but NOT landscape. why is that?

Also , is this called immersive mode? anyway i can force this in landscape?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Tech180:
Does Lineage os on this phone support usb power delivery? If so how fast is it? Normal? faster? slower?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] maverickmarc:
Reverting to Nougat form the 8.1 beta using Linux mint, full step by step available somewhere? About to take a hammer to this phone. ADB and fastboot just won't find the phone, I've tried over and over again.... Anyone?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] seabro01:
There's full instructions on the Essential site.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] maverickmarc:
Doesn't work... Wasted my day trying
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Seanjohn561:
Hi i have T-mobile USA & the phone is all over the place losing LTE signal does anyone have any suggestions on the APN settings?
[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Questions & Answers] TCoreXxx:
Hello, I ask for the following help, as shown in the screenshot, I can not update to update the latest version. The question is why? Who has tips for me how I can solve the problem? Thank you
[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Questions & Answers] wynr:
PV = Point Version , you can be flashed via TWRP
[Huawei Nova/Nova Plus Questions & Answers] Mphidi:
how do i get firmware updates?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello everybody

I Have a problem with my galaxy tab A 2016. Some spots of light are off under the screen (just above the navigation buttons) and this results in a shadow under the screen. Any idea about how can I fix it ? You can see a picture here : https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbbjepzbn0m97di/20170820_204717.jpg?dl=0

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beut:
You can try to reseat the LCD cable. Be careful with this connector, gently lift the black locking clip up, push the LCD cable all the way in. Push down the clip to lock it and secure the LCD cable and connector with tape as well as the middle of the battery. This long LCD cable and the loosely secured mainboard can pull the cable out of position easily.

In this picture, the LCD cable is out and below the white line, which can cause shadows on the screen or completely blank screen

[IMG="Loose LCD cable"]http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ad6d/klmb5n8vg09u4n96g.jpg[/IMG]

This one, the LCD cable is fully seated

[IMG="Fully Seated"]http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/dd58/6dj2rwdp07ltsay6g.jpg[/IMG]

The LCD cable should be secured by tape like this:

[IMG="Secured with tape"]http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8125/6ck143xubf63tum6g.jpg[/IMG]
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wacly:
Thank you Beut :good:

I will try it and go back to tell you if the problem is solved
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wacly:
It worked perfectly :laugh:

Thank you Beut you are awesome :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] :
Everytime i go to the dailer screen my siganl cuts out for a few seconds and fomes bsck.....or if i dial from contacts it drops the call
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] :
Open Settings > Apps > contacts app > top right 3 dots menu > uninstall updates

If you updated the contacts app it causes this problem with the newer versions
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] adie1234:
Aaaaa rite...yea i did

Fixed problem ????
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] xda2020:
hello please help me...

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-8-0/help/n5100-motherboard-china-csc-chn-help-t3659722

Reply to this topic..

Some one on the Aliexpress site told in review of the mother board that he installed your

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/samsu...n5100-wifi-philz-touch-advanced-cwm-recovery/

and then ... Install

CivZ-FlexNote8.0_KK-Rev2.1-N5100_signed

I need to install INU n5100 Firmware and Change CSC to INU

installed this... i dont know what that will do or help but can u please reply to my POST up there.

Thanks
[ZTE Blade S6 Questions & Answers] :
Hello,

After 2 years of normal usage my ZTE Blade S6 just got white screen on startup. My first think was that phone software failed so i went to run update.zip from SD card. After i tryed i got following error

do not has prop update.zip

This is phone version

I have done this with both firmwares from www[dot]needrom.com/download/zte-blade-s6

IMAGES

cdn[dot]discordapp[dot]com/attachments/
332565268884881409/348904587194925057/IMG_20170820_205734[dot]jpg
332565268884881409/348904587811356682/IMG_20170820_205818[dot]jpg
332565268884881409/348904588331712512/IMG_20170820_205926[dot]jpg
332565268884881409/348904586767237121/IMG_20170820_210110[dot]jpg

If anyone could help me or guide me how to fix this issue i would be very grateful.

Thank you in advance
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hi:) please how to delete a foreign language from source folder:confused: my smartphone is rooted:good: thanks:D
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
My phone's motherboard to has changed.

The imei on the old card was written on the new card.

How does the bootloader unlock up in such a case?

thx
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You have to contact LG and let them know they have to update there unlock database with your new devices id
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numanbtn:
He says he does not match me when I want to get the Unlock.bin file.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMadScientist:
You have to contact LGs customer service, Explain That you had the motherboard replaced.but your device has the same iemi as the old mother board.

That you would like to unlock your devices bootloader as it is one of the unlockable models.

When you boot to fast boot and get the OEM ID. The OEM ID that LG has on file for your iemi is incorrect due to motherboard swap.

Then You need to ask them to please update there unlockable devices list with your new OEM ID from new motherboards fastboot with old iemi.