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[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
It is xda (aka a development forum), the same reason people flash alpha or test builds where features like camera and even wifi aren't implemented yet. Try new things, attempt to figure out fixes, etc...

Isn't that part of the purpose or a large precursor to even being on these forums? A degree of curiosity and willingness to experiment?

I'm on rogers in Canada and so far this build has been flawless for me, I love it personally but obviously YMMV
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] surface13:
Unfortunately not. I'm back on the May SP
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Archangel:
Brother I get you,,,I have been around for a minute. I guess I just never understood all these questions about the same thing in regards to the incoming and out going calls issue with the beta build. Thats a pretty important aspect that,,if not working,,,really negates flashing this particular build. It is the main reason for me why I dont flash it. I am not going to flash it just to find that out. Why would I do that when thats the very reason for a site such as this. If I see almost all the reports saying that it doesnt work why in the world would I think it would work for me, then flash it, and finally question why its not working even though there are a lot of reports saying its not working, LOL? Also, I completely understand the curiosity aspect as I have been curious about the lockscreen and whether it has weather updates on it and no one seemed to take the time to answer a simple question. Instead, this thread has been littered with the same questions. But, I bet there were a few out there who read my post and said to themselves "flash it and find out" which totally goes against the intended reason for XDA,,you know people helping people.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] albertordzcz:
after reverting to may update the issue was solved? or still cant make calls thru 4g/LTE?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] surface13:
Everything working as intended on May SP. I am able to make and receive calls on LTE
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] aer0zer0:
Essential already has volte fixed, next DP
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] BakedTator:
I'm sure calls will come in if you disable volte...could someone test this for me...I don't have volte
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] chris_stan:
hello, thanks for the information, I do not know if they also have the intention to put a right-handed / left-handed option for the new Pnav bar
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] knift:
I know why my ph-1 can receive phone calls under 4g/LTE then. Because in Taiwan all voLTE or vowifi is disabled by default unless you pay the additional payment. I am lucky without paying for that.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] quasi51:
Can you comment on the data speeds and latency with the P beta build? Do we know if they have made any modem changes? I'm on 8.1 with Telus and I've found pings to be spiky and LTE speeds low despite reasonably strong signal strength. I'd like to pick up another essential for the wife while they are going cheap but I use data pretty frequently and my experience has been worse (anecdotally) than it has been with other phones. Thanks
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Seems fine for me on Rogers, the same as it was on Oreo. Did you flash the full firmware or the ota?

I do find as a whole the radio is not up to par with other phones I've owned, the s8 most recently.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] quasi51:
I flashed full firmware to 8.1 but I've taken the last few security updates OTA. I haven't done any testing with the P beta, just up to the current 8.1 patch.

I've noticed a meaningful difference when I take the case off (Tudia Tamm). In one location the phone will hop onto LTE+ without the case but reverts to LTE with the case on. The ping still isn't really stable but I was getting 2.5mbps down with the case on and 43mbps with the case off. That is probably an extreme example but it seemed to make a real difference. I'll take this over to the signal strength thread but I appreciate your feedback on the P beta.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] aago1254:
Verizon I had no problems making or receiving calls. The problem however is volte calling isn't available. And sometimes even in Oreo it unchecks my apn. And data stops working have to make sure it's checked. But I haven't had the apn uncheck issue after a week so maybe it's just something myself had a issue with.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] an1mashunzgamer:
So just so I understand, are you saying that the issue has already been fixed, or it will be fixed in the next developer preview?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] aer0zer0:
It's already fixed by essential, but you won't see it till next dp.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mikeearwood:
Will Essential notify us when a new release is available?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] indian84:
Yes of course.

If not internet will let you know...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] zimilaci:
I installed it as well - in Europe with German LTE is working just fine. The Only thing what bothers me is that the Snoopsnitch is stopping at 95.7% .d

but so far its fine. No bugs no annoying issue.

I sideloaded the OTA zip

The flash.bat was not working for me well :)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Jostian:
so the P preview thats available now is still the initial preview release? no new versions since release right?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Correct, still the first one essential released.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Thomas Cloutier:
What issues does this preview have? Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS, data? Is everything (or most stuff) fine?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mikeearwood:
I have a preview update downloading now.

Fixes cellular connectivity, dark mode and Bluetooth issues.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
Mine "couldn't update; installation problem". Anyone else run into this?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mikeearwood:
Mine updated with no problems...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pgoelz:
Can you explain dark mode? I cannot find and dark mode setting. If I look at system apps, I do see an app called "dark" but it seems to be a system app and not present in the app launcher.

If there is a dark mode, how is it enabled?

Paul

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I have seen some references here to "WiFi issues" but no explanation of what they are. The only WiFi issue I have found in P preview is that with "scanning" disabled in SECURITY AND LOCATION > LOCATION > ADVANCED, WiFi defaults to OFF following a reboot. If you then turn WiFi on manually, it seems to stay on but will revert to OFF after the next reboot. If I enable "scanning" in SECURITY AND LOCATION > LOCATION > ADVANCED, WiFi stays on following a reboot.

Paul
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] jomansch:
same here, could not find a solution yet...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
I ended up downloading from the essential site and sideloading successfully
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] jomansch:
thanx buddy, that's what i've done in the meantime, too...everythingx fine now...:good:
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pgoelz:
How long was it between the time you started the sideload and getting that error? When I tried sideloading, the process began but stalled at the 2% point at the "verifying" step (as reported by the phone). I left it for maybe 5-10 minutes, then rebooted and used flashall.bat in the "fastboot" version. That worked fine (but it if course wiped the phone).

Perhaps you have the same issue as I did but you left it running longer?

Paul
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
I received the error trying the Ota. Sideloading took about 10 minutes to complete. Never got stuck at a particular percentage.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] jomansch:
same here: error occured trying OTA, sideload took like 10mins without any problems...maybe a bad download?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
You need to choose a dark wallpaper and it changes automatically. You don't have the option to do it yourself.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pgoelz:
That would make sense, although I would have expected it to terminate with an error instead of hang. But if it was just me, then the file itself would seem to be OK on their server.

Paul

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I tried both of the two "mostly dark" wallpapers that came with the phone as well as a totally black photo (snapped with the lens covered) and none of them seemed to change anything other than the wallpaper itself. Are there specific "dark" wallpapers, or do you mean any wallpaper or photo that is mostly "dark"?

Or am I just not understanding what "dark mode" is? Does it change (for example) the text and background in the settings app?

Paul
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
See the attached photo, it only changes the quick settings, when you long press an icon on the home screen and the volume popup. No way to change anything else unfortunately.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pgoelz:
Ah, gotcha. No wonder I missed it ;)

BTW, is it just me or is there something different about how the home screen with a photo looks in P preview? It seems more.... something (in a good way) but I can't put my finger on it. Deeper blacks maybe?

And it is probably my imagination, but the stock camera app seems better in low light in P preview. A better balance of image compression and noise reduction maybe. Used to be you could get better results by tweeking the settings in Gcam but now they both produce pretty similar results (which also compare well to my iPhone 7), with near identical automatically set shutter and ISO speeds. My only complaints are that there is no OIS (which would help in low light) and sometimes the autofocus goes all the way to one end and sulks there in low light.

Paul
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Nickvanexel:
Does the P preview have the full screen options in developer settings?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] derausgewanderte:
I don't think so. I also read somewhere here that it's not in there anymore or not yet.

cheers
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Yeah not yet at least.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] stryver:
Can someone please bring me up to speed and tell me now that there are some fixes for previous bugs, what bugs still persist through latest update? Thanks ?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
I don't really notice any honestly
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bogdi1988:
I was just going to post about that! The camera in the new build seems to be fairly solid! Took one (auto HDR enabled) side by side with my S9 and it got very close in quality!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pgoelz:
After a lot of playing in low light with the Essential camera (stock and GCam) and comparing to my iPhone 7, I have found that the Essential camera compares well in exposure but sometimes suffers in detail. The issue seems to be overly aggressive noise reduction if there is any camera movement. The noise reduction algorithm reacts to blurred portions of the image as though they are featureless and further blurs them. It can also create blurred blotches that are very noticeable in scenes with slight camera movement. If there is NO camera movement, low light images compare fairly well to my iPhone 7 although the iPhone produces images with slightly finer grain noise. This may be due to the fact that the iPhone has OIS (further reducing initial blurring) and the Essential does not.

Note that I have reverted to 8.1.0 because the P preview would occasionally turn WiFi off even with "scanning" enabled. That is a no-no, since it can cause unexpected data usage. I liked P otherwise.

Paul
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
Phone rings on incoming calls!

MMS now works.

Other than that no other changes I have noticed. Tethering and hot spot seems to be the only major issue. Otherwise, very smooth build.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] celltech5333:
Did an ADB OTA sideload of P Version 2 a few days ago. As others have stated VoLTE is working now so incoming calls work on LTE+. Trying to get used to the clock being on the top left of the notification ribbon. What I don't like is how they seem to be burying the more advanced settings for various things under even more menus. Go dumb down IOS, not Android. Ambient display brightness works waaayyy different now...kinda interesting. Battery life is great and running smooth as silk. If you don't care about the hotspot not working it's highly recommended.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
New issue:

Latest Facebook and Instagram updates force close the apps immediately after launching. Not sure if the apps altogether, the apps running on P, apps running on Essentials latest update or just my phone in general.

Anyone else having the issue?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DROIDESP:
I dropped out of the beta for insta, FB, and messenger.. uninstalled and reinstalled release versions all working fine now.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
I tried that (albeit I was not in either beta plan) with no luck.

1. Cleared cache for both apps

2. Cleared data for both apps

3. uninstalled and reinstalled both apps

a. FB worked until an update applied and stopped working again (assuming the playstore download wasn't the latest and it updated when FB saw it wasn't the latest)

b. Insta still never worked

4. Joined Insta beta and downloaded. Still broken

5. Uninstalled FB and Messenger. Dowloaded Lite versions. Those do work.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] spotmark:
I turned off automatic updates so my FB works fine.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
Just verified that the issue doesn't exist on my pixel XL 2.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] fabiocastilhos:
The only way to get the DP is flashing it or it's available on OTA also?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
I'm sure you can find some DP on Craigslist if that's what you're into
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mimin0:
Here's how to get a third party launcher with recent apps (Oreo style) working, in case anyone needs it.

- Disable Home Button Gestures in the default launcher settings. Reboot. After this you should see the old-style 3 button android navigation.

- Uninstall the default launcher via adb: pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.launcher3

Done.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] shaq1612:
Yeah Instagram isn't working for me either since the last update, the beta doesn't work either by the way
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] gamestar21:
Instagram does indeed crash as soon as you open it with data/wifi. Downloading the Instagram .apk from the May 16th Instagram update seems to work for me however. Just a heads up.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Toekneereyes:
I'm running the latest version of Instagram and having no issues with running Android P 2. I used the fastboot method for installing the update. I do have issues with setting up my Samsung s3 gear. App crashes during paring process. Bluetooth picks up and connects.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] PAFats:
I've had the same problem with Facebook force closing. I uninstalled and loaded a previous version from titanium backup. Works fine now.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] spotmark:
Just don't update it.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] indrafendy:
so worth it to install P?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
110%

It's awesome in my opinion
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] aer0zer0:
Yep

Agreed
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] chris_stan:
Hello, is it possible via voice commands '' ok google '' to put on standby, thank you in advance
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] indrafendy:
You guys ota or sideload it?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mikeearwood:
OTA, no problems...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
I clean flashed but I was coming from RR so I figured it would be the best idea.

I don't think you'd have issues either way though
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] TheBurgh:
Used aer0zer0 BTS zip. Worked like a charm

Sorry....meant to indrafendy
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pmicho:
Worth it if you don't mind having to manually install previous versions of Facebook and Instagram.....and if you need Google pay that doesn't work. Went back to O for that reason, By the way battery life was very good on P, but I would say its almost as good or as good on O.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] kenennaoyeka:
Worth?

Dunno if it is worth for me. Hotspot didn't work and the notch settings we're missing. I hadn't even tested Google pay which would have definitely made me switch back to O. I run O daily now
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DROIDESP:
Google pay works fine for me
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] foxsdaddy67:
Mine worked for like 2 days after doing the latest beta and those apps started crashing. Very strange
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] sgravel:
Google Pay works for me on the latest DP.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pmicho:
You made me reinstall P....and you are right Pay works. Excuses for wrong info on previous post.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] pmicho:
Instagram bug fixed?

An update of the Instagram app seems to have fixed the crash problems. Do you guys confirm? No more crashes here after update sent 5 hours ago. Facebook still crashes.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DROIDESP:
Still crashing for me after the update
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DROIDESP:
Even tried rejoining the beta and clearing data/cache. Both current beta and current prod crashing for me
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ceelos218:
Latest ig v48 doesn't crash for me only v47 did
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bobnitup:
https://www.androidauthority.com/instagram-crashing-android-872605/

Seems to be widespread. I started having an issue with Fb around the same time. Not sure if connected as there are no mentions of Fb in the article
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] crixley:
Newest doesn't crash for me either.

Fb messenger on the other hand...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ceelos218:
Nevermind.. it started crashing after about an hour for unknown reasons. Phones not modified at all. Went back to v46
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] kingfiras:
Sorry if this sounds dump .. can I take the ota (while rooted using magisk) then, before rebooting to apply, using magisk, select install to second slot .. then reboot. That's what I always did on LOS .. but given this is rooted stock I am not positive.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] fabiocastilhos:
Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger latest versions from the Play Store aren't force closing anymore after updating to the the Android P Beta.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] elkay:
Is a wipe truly required coming from 8.1 official? I'm already fully bootloader unlocked and I see in the flashall.bat I can simply remove the format userdata, but not sure if anyone has tried this or if it would cause problems.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dragon-tmd:
[MENTION=242656]elkay[/MENTION]

In fact and if your are using a Gear S3, you have to upgrade that way (without -w and formating). So, it works and i have faced no probs at all.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mikeearwood:
Android P Beta 1 - Build PPR1.180510.022 OTA installing now...

Google security patches 2018-06

Latest Android P code integration

Improved adaptive brightness range
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] indian84:
If you have access to PC, follow below.

1. Download OTA zip from below link

https://storage.googleapis.com/essential-static/PH1-OTA-PPR1.180510.022.zip

2. Flash TWRP (like you did to root) and boot in TWRP

3. Flash the OTA zip via TWRP.

4. Reboot

5. If you need reboot, just follow the instructions in the rooting thread.

This is how I have been doing monthly security updates and I did the same for the P Beta update that came last night.

No need to wipe anything. :)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] cjbr0wn:
Do video calls work now in the beta?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Reiyer:
I was on a custom ROM with Magisk, sideloaded the newest Beta 1, wifi didn't work. I sideloaded it again in fastboot and sideloaded the OTA in recovery, but wifi still doesn't work.

What did you do exactly to fix the nonworking wifi?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] elkay:
Non-working wifi or bluetooth is usually a sign of a kernel mismatch. I would reflash the boot image and see if that fixes it.
[Huawei Mate 10  Questions & Answers] krishnexus:
I bought a Huawei Watch 2 Sport to pair with my Huawei Mate 10 Pro BLA-09.

I was able to connect once, but now, Wear OS is not opening up. Getting a message as shown in attachment. My watch doesn't get any notifications from the phone anymore. Tried everything including reset of watch and phone, but still have the same issue.

I was able to pair my watch with other Android devices like LG Aristo, Samsung Note 8 and Apple 6s. Shows its more of a Huawei phone problem.

Did anyone else face this problem and was able to resolve it?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Elizage2015:
Can someone backup their oeminfo.bin file from his device?? I need it for rebranding
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] alutastisch:
Where do i find it? I'll upload it for you ;)
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Elizage2015:
U can back upnit with twrp as i know
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Elizage2015:
How to make oeminfo backup.

1. Unlock bootloader

2. Flash TWRP custom recovery

3. Reboot into recovery and make backup oeminfo partition

4. Share to all. Your contribution will be appreciated.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Elizage2015:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24421527759882678 that is link for oeminfo backup too
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] benjorave:
i have a demo oeminfo.bin... Sorry!

i have a demo oeminfo.bin... Sorry!

if you want this i share it! :P

i'd want to find a CLT-L29C432 oeminfo.bin and i don't know how to modify custom.bin to change it in "hw,eu" from "hw,demo"!

:(
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] zain rizvi:
+1

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+1
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Elizage2015:
i want oeminfo.bin for that too :( i have demo too
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] ToLive4:
You can find OEMinfo and manual here https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/how-to/guide-how-to-root-debrand-remove-retail-t3788326

Simply copy attached oeminfo to phone and after that use ADB Shell to modify it to hw/eu
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] benjorave:
TOP!!! :D

thanks!!!
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] danifilth4king:
I have a question... My phone is CLT-L09(C432) bootloader unlocked, TWRP installed.

My partner's is CLT-L09(C782)

If I did a backup up my oeminfo partition on my phone then copied the backup to my partner's phone and flashed via TWRP restore, would it change the region code of his device to C432?

Thanks
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] matt4321:
If you're wanting to change region it's best just to use this guide, it's confirmed working by CLT-L09(C782) users.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nms247:
I've just Rebranded and can confirm its working.