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[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Euclid's Brother:
I just now got the Sprint OTA update notice. Ardoid 8.1.0 - Build OPM1.180104.141. Update size: 1013.9MB wow! I'm still on the sprint 7.1.1 NKM24B
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] sting12345:
What was that again? Eat some crow when the ph2 comes out? Jilted GF LOL? Looks like someone else maybe eating that crow. Nice work there champ analyzing the numbers wasn't hard, it was right there for anyone with a brain to see.

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Do I need to even say it? How stupid you look now? My facts and OPINIONS were oh so wrong. Seems like there is some crow to be eaten and it's most definitely not me LOL. The numbers were right in front of everyone but they were too dumb to understand them. I can lead you but can't make you accept the facts but now, it seems like the facts are I was exactly right and you all were completely so wrong it's laughable. Good luck with all your ph1's and that up and coming ph2, i hear it's gonna be so thin that you can't even see it!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] SquireSCA:
While I do think that you were whining a bit, in the end, your points about Essential and sales numbers and all that, wasn't wrong. They have failed as a company, and I am betting that support for this phone will now go down faster than a Clinton intern....

I sold my Essential but ended up coming back and the second time around was a much better experience. Now I see the company folding and that has me concerned... I really want a OP6 but OnePlus doesn't get their devices "certified" on AT&T like Essential did, so there is no simultaneous voice and data on LTE, no VoLTE(HD Calling), etc... Looks like if I want a phone that works properly I have to go with a Pixel or a Samsung...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Rox598:
I thought the sRGB option was for OLED/AMOLED panels just? I have the option on my pixel c and I believe my Razer phone had it too and both of those it did nothing.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] SquireSCA:
Seems nice and smooth so far... Will have to see if the touch lag persists, or the few Android Auto hiccups. Gonna play with the camera as well.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Jank4AU:
https://www.xda-developers.com/color-rendering-android-why-all-oems-must-offer-an-srgb-mode/

I don't think it is only for OLED/AMOLED displays. I could be wrong, it's happened before. Just ask my wife.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Rox598:
If it's true that it can be used for LCD/IPS panels looks like they don't want to use it. The toggle doesn't work on my other android device (pixel c)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] surface13:
Well poop, that sucks. GMD Immersive still works for me though. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmd.immersive&hl=en
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Jank4AU:
Yeah, I really notice a difference on my Pixel and Galaxy Tab S3. I just wanted to see what it would do on the Essential. It would probably mute the colors too much and I'd end up turning it off anyway. I like it on with my other devices because it's a real PITA going from one device to the next after seeing the oversaturated, "popping" colors on the AMOLED devices. I'd rather have them all a little more natural, even if somewhat subdued. Just my opinion, I know a lot of folks like those bright, in your face colors. :good:
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] rootnooby:
That about sums it up!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] stinger4321:
I like this app for immersive called.. Navigation Bar Hider.. its like the built in type where you can select certain apps to hide the nav and status bar

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.tsdo.elw
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] sting12345:
This is a beta 8.1 after spending months in beta 8? I'm so super disappointed in them right now. No wonder it sold 88k units. My nokia 6 has oreo stable and feb security patches. This is just pathetic to be honest. I mean what have they been doing this entire time the oreo 8 beta was running? They didn't fix any problems. Security patches on the new A/B partition are so super easy there is no excuse anymore.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DROIDESP:
Really? I feel the opposite. Beta versions of 8.0 have been quite good, they are pushing camera updates at a rapid pace. I'm glad they did not go GA on 8.0 but instead opt'd to take beta one step further to 8.1. Makes good sense.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] daeshawn:
Complain complain complain. Sheesh. Anyways Im happy with how they're handling things considering it's a new company not a powerhouse like Google or LG or Samsung or Apple. Getting regular updates allowing us to test ot out poses no problem to me.

I had the LG g6 b4 this and took a chance. Essential didn't force me to get it. Sooooo if there's issues then yes they need to fix em but again I took a chance with the underdog and could go somewhere else.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] rootnooby:
Doesn't work on 8.1 based on my testing. I was using it on 8.0 v3 beta successfully.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] PowerPC:
I tried reflashing back to stock ob3 boot.img and restart. Then the update still failed. Not sure why.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] purple.epod:
I had to go back to 7.1.1, then install OB3, and then take the OTA. However, the 8.1 zip is up on the Beta site, so you could try just installing that.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] shaq1612:
So I'm on Oreo B3 and I'm rooted with magisk, can I flash with twrp or do I need to flash to stock and take the ota?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] PowerPC:
I'll give it a try on the beta zip from developer site. Don't wanna do a wipe. too much hassle.

Thanks.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Jank4AU:
Agreed, this is pretty darn good in my opinion.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] shooterlgk:
Anybody get data to work on Sprint?

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I can't access apns
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] primaleph:
I had Magisk installed, so uninstalled it before applying the 8.1 OTA update.

Now I have the "your device is corrupt. it can't be trusted" message, and factory data resetting doesn't fix it. Neither does re-applying the update via adb sideload.

and fastboot doesn't work at all. I get "target didn't report max-download-size" and then it fails. Not sure what to do now.

The 8.1 beta software does work, but fastboot is still broken. And that red screen on reboot is annoying.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
Yep, mine works fine...no problem at all!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] shooterlgk:
What was ur process? I sideloaded the beta
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
I sideloaded the ob3 but the 8.1 b1 was ota.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] shooterlgk:
Makes sense. I'm doing that now. Hopefully it works. U rooted?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
Nope, my phone is unrooted (never been) and unlocked.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] shooterlgk:
Nice don't know how u can resist root lol
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] gflexstump:
Went from 7.1.1 to 8.1 and was my first attempt to sideload on this phone and was a learning process but 3 hours later figured it out. Thanks for all the help and guides on this site. 8.1 makes the Essential a brand new phone and one I am proud to own.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] primaleph:
My data stopped working when I installed Magisk. Had to remove it to get data back.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] chereko:
8.1 beta seems like a substantial improvement...so far haven't noticed touch response problems and scrolling does seem smoother (though I never really cared about that). Audio crackling at the start of recorded videos is still there though :(
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] epicbeardman911:
It should be an OTA for Beta 3, you will lose root, I suggest rooting via patched boot image and ignoring TWRP all together.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] chaoticdeathly:
I had to download the 8.1 stock dump and ran flash_all.bat to fix this, then flash the patched Magisk boot.img.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] reverenddak:
I had no problem dirty OTA onto Beta3 with root (Magisk 15.3). Didn't need to re-root, but did anyway. Skipped TWRP, and fastboot flash boot patched boot img method instead. worked without a hitch.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Ascertion:
Scrolling is smoother but still not up to par. Good improvement. Haven't tested wireless signal much yet so no comment there.

Glad they decided to go to 8.1. never understood OEMs that released nougat at 7.0 and Oreo at 8.0. ?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] sirdicholas:
Update seems good to me. I never had a problem with the scrolling, but the phone does seem smoother and snappier. Also, I used to have no signal at work, now I'm getting a couple of bars. The signal is still garbage and useless, but the 2 bars does give me the warm and fuzzy feeling. Love this device more and more everyday.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
Decent update for sure, still some scroll jitters, but I tip my hat to Essential for fixing the graphic glitches, in some higher graphic games.

:cowboy:
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ralphoberholzer:
Bluetooth audio still not working on 8.1. signal strength seems to have improved
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
Believe me, I've been there done that and still remember how helpful the "root" was/is. All of my previous phones (a lot can't remember them all) had been rooted. Back in the day, the stock rom Android was so plain and simple so we need root to add the needed features. Nowadays, the stock rom Android has been improved a lot and new features/updates added faster then they used to .

Now, I only root my phones when the manufactures stopped support their phones. Essential phone is still pretty new and has all the features that I want/need (just me) and updates regularly so there is no need for me to root it.

Don't mind me...Enjoy and Happy flashing!!! ;)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] MoistPicklez:
Bluetooth audio isn't working - music and basic audio too? Huh, gonna connect mine and check.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
I've never had issues with bluetooth audio since updated my phone to ob2, ob3, and now 8.1 ob1. It just worked everytime I updated my phone.

Are you rooted???
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ralphoberholzer:
No root. I have Bluetooth issues if I have Bluetooth to autoconnect. I must turn it off and on again for it to work. Otherwise no audio is heard even if music is playing.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] NaterTots:
I've also not had any issues with Bluetooth audio since I got the phone. Used all 3 Oreo betas and now 8.1.

Only issue I have is my song info doesn't show on the head unit of one of my cars. And I haven't checked it with 8.1 yet.

But it works with my home audio system, BT headphones, and 3 cars.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
I'm not sure if they are related but I use smart lock and I set all of my bluetooths as trusted devices in my phone security settings.

Did you sideload the update? or OTA? If you sideloaded, verify the checksum of the image you downloaded.

The very last option is factory reset your phone might help solving the issues.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] tama102:
Flashing

I am currently running 7.1.1 (NMI81C - September security). I have TWRP and root. Can I just flash the Beta build with TWRP, or do I need to go the ADB route per the Essential instructions?

Has anyone needed to do a factory reset to get things working when coming from 7.1.1?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ralphoberholzer:
I have it set up just like you with trusted devices. Updated through OTA maybe I'll give a factory reset and see if this solves the issue
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] herwarth:
hmmmmm not so good experience with this flash. went from rooted oreo beta 3 to 8.1b1 with adb sideload the ota. when done the phone rebooted and android system kept crashing.

so i did the back_to_stock fastboot flash. with the all_flash.sh on osx i had a kernel panic when at writing system_a 4/4.... wtf. rebooted my mac and did it again. again a kernel panic at the exact same spot!when it booted it gave me a running android 8.1 but i did not trust it.

so i took my linux laptop and am doing the fastboot flash_all.sh method again.... but this one is usb2 only so slow as hell....

next time i am going to disable magisk and the theming. boot the original boot image and then do it again.

dirty flashing over a rooted build is not guaranteed to work!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] artiemon:
So far I am very pleased with this release. Things seem smoother to me and no issues yet.

In poking around settings, I did notice that OEM unlocking was not selected after the update. I would think this has the potential to create problems with future Fastboot operations, so I re-enabled it.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] rootnooby:
If you find that the Navigation Bar Hider app didn't work (didn't for me), you may want to consider this ADB command combined with the app called "Gesture Control - Next Generation Navigation" from Play store.

I ran this ADB command to bring the top portion of my screen close to the notch for a little more real estate up top, and completely hide the navigation buttons on the bottom:

adb shell wm overscan 0,-19,0,-150

Then used the app to assign actions to swipe gestures. Reminds me of the functionality of the Moto phones home key.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] morphius88:
So if I want to keep my data and apps and such, I would have to

1) remove magisk?

2) re flash twrp

3) sideload the rom

4) flash rooted boot file through twrp?

5) reinstall magisk

I am unsure of the steps process but I think this is how I had to do it for beta 3. Correct me if I am wrong or missing any steps.

Thanks
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] cappysw10:
Just sideloaded Oreo 8.1, so far so good, smooth as butter. Nice changes to the UI. Device feels snappier, things just open faster. Going out later so will test the Bluetooth connectivity. Loving Essential for giving us these updates as quick as they can. Only thing, I wished I would have waited for the new colors! Bravo!

Update- Bluetooth worked great, no skipping and connected just fine. Calls are great. Only complaint would be Chrome taking awhile to load web pages at first but it seems to work fine now after using it for 12+ hours.

Update #2- Started to have internet connectivity issues, things will load slow when connect to my home wifi. Going to try and reset network and see if it's still an issue, I know Spectrum has been having troubles around the country. Don't want to factory reset just yet, such a hassle to get the phone back to where it is.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] SquireSCA:
I just went in to the stock wallpaper picker and selected a different wallpaper, and Launcher3 app now keeps crashing. I tell it to open again, it crashes again. I rebooted the phone, still does it and I can't get it to stay open long enough to go and pick a different wallpaper... So now I guess I have to force a factory reset?

I can swipe down from the top to get into settings and change it back from there, but it still keeps crashing over and over...

Great update, this 8.1 beta is.... LOL
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] TimboC2000:
I have same problem with Launcher3 and stock 7.1.1. Try and download the Google wallpaper app and use that to select the wallpaper.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] SquireSCA:
Yeah, luckily I was finally able to get into my file manager and install the pixel launcher apk I had on there... If I try to go back to the stock launcher, instant repeated crashes, phone is unusable.

Stock, updated to the 8.1 beta from OB3, no root, no mods, bone stock and I had just done a factory resent like a week and a half ago...

I have been trying soooo hard not to go spend the money on a better phone. It's sitting right here, but I keep forcing myself to wait and see if they fix this stuff, but I just get the feeling that I am wasting my time...

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That's the one I am using, makes no difference. Even after it changed it and I rebooted the phone, it still crashes. When I go in and change the wallpaper with Pixel launcher rootless, I can change it, no issues. Switch to stock launcher, constant crashes... This phone is just whack...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Zargone:
Ok ... Dumb question. If I load 8.1 Beta now, will OTA result in the 8.1 Official release? Will I have to do multiple device erases? The erase all is the dread and what I am trying to avoid.

Thanks!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] herwarth:
I also had a hard time updating the phone to 8.1b1. i had to do a full wipe and recover the phone using the stock image and flashing all parts with the flash-all script. but I had magisk and substratum themes.

iOSfinitely way better with updates then android. android is still a bit immature. for example restore a Google backup. this does not restore the setting from the apps. annoying as hell.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] NaterTots:
I think restore app data from the Google backup is taking effect with 8.0/8.1.

I could be wrong but after my last reset it asked if I wanted to save app passwords and sign in data.

I haven't tried it though
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] morphius88:
Are you saying you had substratum on stock android oreo beta? I thought that was only available for custom roms.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] NaterTots:
Substratum is supposed to work with stock Oreo and no root. There's a thread on xda about it. You do need a PC to set it up though
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] morphius88:
Sweet. I hope I can still set it up after I figure out the OTA 8.1 update.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Themes work either way on Oreo 8.1b1. But I prefer root method because updates for themed apps and themes themselves would require a PC + Andromeda when not rooted. Swift dark is my favorite theme.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] morphius88:
Just looked it up, its pretty nice, that blue phone screen was super annoying.

Did you have to reset your device to get the 8.1 on or were you able to keep all your data and such?

edit: Looks like I was able to take OTA update while rooted without issue. Just have to reroot
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dhorgas:
Yeah I'm having a lot of problems too. First, device does not go into deep sleep any more. On Oreo Beta 3 and prior this wasn't the issue. As you can imagine the battery drain is therefore excessive. I've also had several app crashes so far, including repeated crashes of the same apps. Issue with calling when Enhanced 4G LTE Mode is enabled is still around (doesn't affect all carriers all the time but results in the call recipient not being able to hear you, the caller). Last was somewhat expected being that they did not push a radio update but I was at least hoping it was the OS build not the radio. Overall lots of issues. Time to factory reset.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Ota worked fine but I removed root and themes first. Having trouble with bt connection still. Takes 5 + minutes to pair.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] primaleph:
Install Greenify and then use the ADB commands that let it enable Aggressive Doze without root?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dhorgas:
Yeah, I'm not going to do that. I expect the OS to handle this properly. It was working fine on Nougat, then all Oreo betas. It only started with 8.1 now and I did a wipe this morning. Since the wipe it appears that it is working fine again (I left the house at 9am with 95% battery charge and 1.5 hours later it is still at 95% charge). Just as an FYI, using WLD before the wipe the three apps that were at the top keeping the phone aware were (in order) Samsung Health, Phone, and Google Play Services. It seems so far that after the wipe the latter two are behaving normal. I will restore Samsung Health later today and see what it does.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] cappysw10:
Yes, when Essential comes out with the official 8.1 we will get that update OTA. I didn't erase my device but backed it up according to the Essential Developer site just to be sure. I didn't lose anything but system settings which I expected.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Teloah:
I have been running the Oreo betas since they came out, and still have problem with rapid charge. I have to connect/disconnect/connect the charger to get it to rapid charge. This happens almost every time I charge the phone.

Is there someone else having this issue? I can't use the stock charger since I live in Sweden (bought a Samsung Galaxy S8 charger). Also worth knowing is that I have not done a system reset, I have been waiting for the proper Oreo release before I want to do it.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Arju:
I live in Sweden using the stock charger with an adapter and quick charge works. I'm on Oreo 8.1 beta. Could be your charger that's having an issue.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] gtshiftin6:
I can't make or receive calls in 8.1 beta no other issues any ideas?

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I reset network settings and it works now...weird this was new phone just got yesterday
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
I have a Sprint model. It is unlocked and I'm using it on on other carrier I flashed F non Sprint firmware. If I flash 8.1 will it give me unlocked version or Sprint version? Since there is only one version to download. Thanks

Edit : Never mind. Didn't get that stupid Sprint tying to activate screen at 1st. But after a few reboots, there it is. Wish there was a way to wipe sprint from the device forever.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] daeshawn:
Anyone notice their device heating up now?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] arya9901:
I am seeing this as well. Did not notice the first couple of days but now I see it is never going to sleep. I had no problems at all with this on 8.0. Guess I will look at doing a reset tomorrow.

It is kernel showing keeping it awake with Android system and Google play services using most of the battery.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I am going back to 8.0 b3. it was working much better than 8.1b1