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[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spotmark:
Thanks for the write up on this. TiBu, Substratum, Pie, Adaway, no more nav buttons. I don't know if I even need a custom ROM.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sakerhetz:
Also many thanks from The Netherlands for this post .

substratum and many more apps that i need are finally on my PH-one
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mrcooter:
Root works great. Speaking of substratum though, what can we actually apply? Tried a lock screen mod with substratum (system_ui) and ended up having to reflash system partition which had me worried for a bit. Constant system ui force closes even after recovery zips.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] xocomaox:
Substratum theme would have to be compatible with the firmware... So it will vary from theme to theme depending on how they built it. Trial and error, lol.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
Everything working great on my end...

What is the best way to add volume skip track with root for this device...i know xposed has a way but not sure if it can be installed on here yet.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Zorachus:
Just do not understand why Essential has held back the factory images this long ? This phone will be way more popular if a good development following starts to come
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] vincentallen2:
You guys (both of you) should start a separate thread in the Essential Phone Development section. It'll make it easier for other users to learn how to root the PH-1... Until Essential provides us with the proper image files we need for a real root method, of course haha
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
[MENTION=4550123]bmg1001[/MENTION] you should make the root process a sticky in the development thread
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
i would really like to thank [MENTION=4550123]bmg1001[/MENTION] for all of his help rooting the device.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Mike02z:
Worked perfectly! :good:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] TheBurgh:
Question about step #3. Is the fastboot flash boot.img command used once or twice?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mrcooter:
Just once. The double message is an issue/typo with the code box.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
Xposed works
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] :
To all those flashing Magisk and Xposed for the device, aren't you all worried about accidentally bricking the phone? We have no system images or way to restore stock yet, so this seems highly risky. I'll receive mine on the 9th, and I think the only thing I'll have the guts to flash is Magisk.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mrcooter:
We do have a system image. I actually had to use it so can verify that it does work. In this thread there is a look to newest update dump. Personally not a fan of Xposed so haven't tried that.

EDIT: Oh, and I had to flash system only because I messed up applying all of my old substratum setups, and there was one in there for Center clock mod which I think through everything for a loop. LOL. Couldn't get the recovery Zips to work probably because we don't have a proper recovery yet, so just flashed the system img in that dump since that's where the overlays are stored and all is well
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
How did you install it on this device?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
Thru magisk
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
Im on the latest update which is still 7.1.1 and I see you have 7.1.2?

What theme did you use for the status bar?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
I'm on linage rom. But it works the same on stock. I tried it too...it's an Xposed module..flat style bar indicators
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
To not end up in a boot loop, which xposed file did you flash thru magisk
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
Sdk 25

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Make sure u download the installer from there as well
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
Thank you.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
correct me if im wrong but once xposed is installed then safetynet fails?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] prgopala:
I had taken the OTA update before doing root. After rooting i could not get the wifi to connect. So looks like it was because my system was of much later version than NMJ20D and it did not play well with the boot. So I flashed the system from NMJ20D . Now the wifi connects but the fingerprint sensor is not working for some reason. Any suggestions?

Thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
Think so
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mrcooter:
I have sideloaded each update so far. Sprint takes too long. Ha. But as long as you were on 20D, don't see why there would be an issue. After all, that's what the patches boot img is based off of. If it were me, I'd try a factory reset.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] prgopala:
Tried all different methods. Reset the phone. Flashed boot and system again but to no avail. Can't even see fingerprint in the option any more.

What all images should be flashed to get the phone back to completely stock? system and boot.img right? or are their any other img files?

Thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
Do you see any battery drain or hiccups with it installed
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
Nope
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
i appreciate all the help today. i just wanted to make sure everything goes smooth on my end.

btw, what xposed modules are you running?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
Just that one
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] prgopala:
Looks like I have a faulty fingerprint sensor and will have to return the device. What is the easiest way to go stock and re-lock the boot-loader?

Thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] vincentallen2:
You might want to read this article before you return your PH-1

https://www.droid-life.com/2017/11/06/fresh-look-essential-phone-worth-now/

He states that the fingerprint sensor issue is a software problem that's going to be fixed with an update
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] prgopala:
Thanks for that. Quite interesting though. Out of curiosity what build number is everyone rocking here? I had got an ota as soon as I setup the phone and I am pretty sure the build was not NMJ20D. And on that ota the FP was working fine. Later I had to flash NMJ20D system image since i had rooted and that boot IMG was not letting me to connect to WiFi. How do I go to stock and lock the bootloader so that i can check if I can still get that ota again?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] gk1984:
I'd push the NMJ20D ota via adb sideload after you push the system and boot images then factory reset if it didn't do that automatically. Then test again. If the fingerprint sensor worked before, you messed with software, and it stopped working, I'd believe it's software-related not hardware. If the fingerprint reader never worked, then I'd suspect hardware.

However, if you pushed the NMJ20D system image, you have NMJ20D installed and you won't be expecting an OTA until Essential pushes the next one. So any issues related to NMJ20D you would also experience.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] prgopala:
Got it. So there is no later versions than NMJ20D? It may be that I would have been on a much lower version may be early October or September and since you will receive the ota's one by one, after you setup the phone new, I would have assumed that I was getting a Nov ota where as the ota would have been for early October or something. Now it kind of makes sense. I will try the steps you mentioned and see how it goes. Thanks so much.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mrcooter:
Here is an option for you just posted https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Tikerz:
nvm lol
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sarcoptic:
Please try the unofficial factory image posted by invisiblek here:

https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681

Let us know if that resolved your issue.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] drocny87:
how would one create a backup through twrp without the use of the touchscreen?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] nrage23:
I am pretty sure TWRP cannot decrypt so you cannot do a backup at all.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] prgopala:
Thanks guys. That thread helped me to get back to complete stock and FP works now.

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BTW there is new OTA and this time I am sure it is a new one because the build number is NMJ32F. Did anyone try it? Do we have a zip to sideload this?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] sarcoptic:
Your answer is in the factory image thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
There's 10,000 slots available instead of the Sammobile reported 7500 slots available. Once you click a few agreements, you get in automatically but then nothing happens. You have to force the update by going into Settings\Software update. The update happens normally then. The settings menu has changed quite a bit, Oreo is MUCH snappier (especially reboots), and some icons have changed. The warning in the last screenshot comes up automatically about 20 seconds after each reboot. Good luck getting in!!! :highfive:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] billydroid:
I'm in feelsgood.jpg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] najoor:
Can someone post the OTA? OR Odin flashable files if there is any way to get them?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bogdi1988:
I don't see it. Any way to force it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
The OTA downloads to the /cache folder which non-rooted users don't have access to. I wasn't rooted and I don't think you can be in order to join the Beta. Trust me, Sammobile would have posted it already if this was possible.

You have to be either a T-Mobile or Sprint customer or have the unlocked model. It won't appear for anyone else. It will ONLY show up in the Samsung+ app. If you don't see it on the main screen, use the 3 dot menu on the left to see if it shows up there like the screenshot I posted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] milan03:
I would love to get my hands on the radio and at least flash the modem. Would that work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
Here's the official press release: https://news.samsung.com/global/sam...ta-now-available?CID=AFL-hq-mul-0813-11000279

Sure, you could flash the modem if anyone could get the OTA but I'm pretty sure it'd be quite difficult. Since we're not rooted, you'd literally have to catch the OTA transmitting over your WiFi network onto your PC and then extract it. Which reminds me....

[MENTION=442915]bogdi1988[/MENTION] - Perhaps it's not showing up for you because you're not connected to a WiFi network. Make sure you're logged in to your Samsung account in Galaxy Apps and that all your Samsung Apps are up to date (the only way they update is when on WiFi.) Then check the Samsung+ app to see if it shows up for you. Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] milan03:
What about the basic stuff like: adb logcat > file.txt

Then check for updates, extract the url and manually download the OTA?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bogdi1988:
Samsung account signed in. All apps are updated. Tried wireless and cell signal and no prompt. Reinstalled the app a few times. Still nothing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
I updated hours ago and have rebooted several times since updating. I don't think I'd have a chance of finding the file name at this point. It would've been best to start a logcat right before initializing the OTA.

Damn dude :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] bogdi1988:
Yea! Super bummed about it!

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On T-Mobile. Been looking in both places each time...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] alphastride:
View attachment 4321989 attached is proof it works. im running stock Oreo no root.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
My "upgrade" did not go well. Turns out that package disabler pro is not playing nice with this update. I kept getting Android system has stopped and couldn't even load the main home screen. I gave up finally and hard reset and resintalled all my apps. I also had a pretty bad problem with the battery draining faster than it was charging on a wall plug. Factory reset was a pain to reinstall everything (still ongoing as I need apps, I reinstall them) but the battery issue has disappeared. Can't tell if WiFi is any better. Opinions on this release would be most welcome.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
You're complaining about a third party app that disables stock apps that is NOT updated to support Oreo yet not playing nice with a Beta build??? Absurd. I'm quite sure the upgrade went as smoothly for everyone else as it did me.

As for my feedback, I haven't noticed a single hiccup with the build. It doesn't feel like a Beta. It seems like it could've been a final/official build.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] FiddleGoose:
Samsung+ never showed the update to me. Oh well. :crying:

Yes, I'm on T-Mobile S8+ in US.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
It's not about "showing" it to you. They're pushing it to almost everyone. I spoke with 3 other guys who signed up and registered through the Samsung app and it pushed it on the next update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] FiddleGoose:
So you see, I don't think my Samsung account is registered to their Beta program. I have never seen links to do so.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
I guess as a small consolation, Samsung/TMo pushed a Nougat update out: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s8/SM-G955U/TMB/download/G955USQU1AQJ8/193749/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
LOL, that wasn't a "complaint" that was an observation. As noted by the no complaint and an observation comment. As far as not noticing it's a beta, would that be between the 15 or so times per minute that the software pops up a warning that this is beta software and may not work as well as expected and may cause problems? That not obvious it's a beta message? Also, the bad battery drain was an issue. That shouldn't happen no matter what.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] milan03:
Is there a mirror with speeds faster than 15kB/sec ?

The Image is 3.6GB this will take half a day.

Thanks again!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
I just started downloading it. I'll upload it to AFH in a few hours and post a link.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
I uploaded the firmware and started a new thread as to not confuse people.

This is NOT the Oreo Beta firmware

This is the latest T-Mobile S8+ 7.0 official stable firmware released 11/2/17 (G955USQU1AQJ8). Full ROM and separate BL and modem are posted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
This guy claims to have dumped the Oreo Beta: https://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s8+/how-to/oreo-dumps-opr1-170623-026-t3699455
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] tube517:
Did a backup before the update

Cleared cache partition after the update.

Looks great! GIF support is now available in the samsung keyboard

Long press a (supported) app and it shows shortcuts to taks within that app. I'll upload a screenshot later.

Dual Messenger - Not sure what this is. I only have one Whatsapp account so I'll have to check this out.

I got to picture in picture by accident. A youtube video popped up out of nowhere in smaller box. Don't know what I did but it came up. Youtube is one of the few apps that support PIP

Lot more stuff to check out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] FiddleGoose:
Is this backup and cache clearing done in Odin?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] tube517:
No.

I did the cache partition clearing in recovery.

Backup done in Samsung smart switch.

My Oreo Beta was an OTA
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] rogerandgina:
Has anyone got their Gear S to connect?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] chastity:
I have been running this for days now and only one issue: In one program the touch screen is not responsive. I guess it must be app dependent though so I am very happy thus far.

I do not see better battery as was reported earlier though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] hazard666:
Does anyone know how full the TMO program is? I was redirected here because I noted in another thread that I have tried getting into the beta via both TMO and U1 firmware and never received any beta notification. Would love to be able to update via OTA rather than having to reflash for each update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
I got this the first day it was released, don't be quick to jump. If I had the ability to roll back until all the bugs are worked out, I would. Battery drain is horrible, screen colors are really bad for some games (SimCity Buildit (don't judge, it's a good time waster) is constantly starting with completely unusable screen I have to kill the app and restart it)), I don't see a lot of improvement in WiFi, and overall, it's very buggy. This is my experience so far after about five days of using it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] hazard666:
Damn. I keep reading of so many conflicting reports as to the quality and bugginess. Some say hardly any bugs and way snappier and others have experiences closer to yours. I'm just tired of the lag on 7.0. At first I thought it was people over exaggerating the whole scenario because, you know, LOL Touchwiz, but it's ridiculous how much input lag I get when doing basic tasks such as pulling down the notification bar or pulling up the navigation buttons or switching apps. A new phone shouldn't experience 5 second lag just switching between apps. Anyway, have you not tried downgrading using one of the 7.0 image dumps or are you locked in to Oreo after beta, even when using ODIN?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
I use nova launcher and don't see any lag with it. Not sure if the default launcher is buggy. Everything else I cited above is expected in a beta. Every time I restart or about 4x/day I get a message that pops up that states that this is a beta and that I should expect bugs and be backing up.

This is beta software, remember, the hell you know is better than the hell you don't. I have had to disable a few apps that I had working before such as substratum (and the later variant sungstratum) and a few other apps.

Expect bugs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
I think the Beta is full and closed because, for the last couple of days, the Beta program listing in my Samsung+ app is gone (second screenshot of OP.) Has this happened to others that are in the program?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
Is anyone in the States seeing this OTA?

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-android-8-0-oreo-beta-firmware-two-813919/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] animal7296:
I haven't gotten it yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] billydroid:
I haven't received beta 2 either
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
It's weird, I kept refreshing the update section of the software update yesterday and nothing showed up. Then, last night about 6pm EST when I got home, I got a notification that there was an update and that I should manually go and install it. I did, and voila, an update. At least now when I close down SimCity or some other graphic-intensive game, the screen doesn't go completely haywire and comes back to what it was before. Not sure what else was updated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] billydroid:
Where are you at? I'm in Pittsburgh, Pa
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
I don't think the location makes any difference at all. I'm "at" NY, however.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] billydroid:
Staged rollouts is why I asked. But I guess not idk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] animal7296:
The Samsung+ app no longer shows I'm in the beta program. Will that keep me from getting updates?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
You try emailing them?

On a related note to updates, they just pushed another one this morning, about 400Mb, version G955USQU1ZQK8/G955UOYN1ZQK8/G955USQU1ZQK8, no idea why it shows this 3 times but this is what is shown now in the software update information screen.

Found this: https://www.theandroidsoul.com/thir...-8-0-update-begins-rolling-out-as-build-zqk8/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
I posted earlier that I'm in the same situation. It's been gone for several days now. Apparently the second Beta was pulled in the US with the common Oreo phone bug:

Perhaps they're already pushing another update to correct the problem? Either way, I don't think we'll get it without the correct status displaying in app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
I just got off the phone with Samsung Beta support. The newest Beta is a staged rollout and will be released by IMEI number/region. He also told me that the Samsung+ app was only to enroll in the Beta program and that we should be using the Samsung Members app to provide feedback and get info. I read that this app was only for UK members, but that's not the case at all. It doesn't even come on US Samsung phones, but you can grab it from here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...msung-members/samsung-members-2-2-10-release/

This clearly shows that I'm still in the Beta and just have to wait for the next update to come to my phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
Never thought of staged rollouts. Thanks for pointing that out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Itaintrite:
Just checked and got the third beta on my TMobile S8+. 300+mb in size. Hopefully it'll solve the black screen bug for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] rogerandgina:
That is not the third beta. It hasn't been released in the u.s yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] rogerandgina:
View attachment 4343791

This is the correct size and firmware version for beta 3.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] docnok63:
Beta 3 is now available in the US
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] sanjsrik:
I got a notification for it this morning. Downloaded it about 300mb. It really helped the SimCity and the screen not being black when switching back to the game when you switch away from that screen. I mention this not for just SimCity (although, I do like the game) but because it seems they fixed some basic issues with the screen refreshes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] Itaintrite:
It was technically the third. The second had bugs and they pulled it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] rogerandgina:
Beta 3 actually ends in kk.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discus] tube517:
Beta 3 fixes alot of bugs in Beta 2; however, I had some lagginess in the Allo app.

Also, phone froze up once. I cleared cache partition and had to force stop Allo.

Battery life is still not as good as the stock Nougat.