yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
I think I figured it out. After numerous trials and a lot of wiping. I think it's Dark Mode to blame, unfortunately. Google might have not programmed its new UI or designed it to work in Dark Mode, so it reverts to the old style of saving a screenshot: negating the new UI and displaying a notification in the notifications shade instead.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I have been using dark mode all along.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
Interesting...

I'll keep digging then.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Good luck. By the way I had to revert back to the stock phone dialer. Google dialer beta wouldn't allow me to answer a call from the lock screen.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] zole2112:
How do I know which partition to flash the updated image to, b is active on my PH-1 currently.

Thanks!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I have slot_a as active, so I flashed to slot_a and rebooted.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
Looks like the new DP2.1 fixes this issue when suddenly the phone would become a bit too laggy, according to XDA: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-11-developer-preview-2-1-patch/
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] 2001windstar:
Essential ph1 Android 11

I was on the December update and did the whole theng with TWRP flash vendor wipe system install system install boot install TWRP ... No pc done enjoy DP2 11
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] demolatorul:
DP3 is rolling out now
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
Yes, I just saw it. Weirdly it seems that the GSI has not been posted yet :(

Don't see links to a new GSI here, the changelog is still the same even: https://developer.android.com/preview/gsi-release-notes#downloads
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfhawke:
Yeah, I see that too, I suspect we'll be waiting with baited breath for the GSI for DP3, shucks, we might have beta by that point.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] freshlysqueezed:
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/06/android-11-beta-coming-june-3-with-launch-show-on-youtube/
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
Nope.

https://developer.android.com/preview/gsi-release-notes

Updated to DP4!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I've gone back to essentials stock ROM let me know what it's like if it works out for you
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
Sure thing!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
My curiosity got the DP4 flashing bug.

System seems to be smooth and default phone app is working from the lock screen after setting the defaults.

Recents doesn't work for me. All my apps do.

Will have to wait and see what the battery life is like.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
So I flashed the new DP4 GSI. It seems the new "Select" mode in the 'Recents' is not there. Most likely it will remain a Pixel-exclusive feature.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I went back to stock again. Had some random reboots and phone issues.

Phone working properly is my only concern. My Nexus 6p finally died.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] newbieandroid:
Flashed DP4 and the updated UI is aware of the Essential's camera notch again(Doesn't apply to all apps)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Mostafa Wael:
Oh I see. Well, my good ol' OnePlus 3 is still kicking it. Flashed PA Quartz 2 on this thing and it is really smooth and snappy now. A breath of fresh air from the dreary slow OOS.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Do you have any trouble with the navbar buttons. I couldn't get the recents button to work.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
For me fullscreen navigation does almost work correctly with a third party launcher, but the gesture to bring up the recent app screen seems to be bugged so far. hope there will be a solution in the near future (with the beta release of R or through a third party launcher update).
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] prometh696:
Does DP4 still require a modified kernel?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Yes for wi-fi. Recents button doesn't work properly either. Everything else seems fine.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mpena:
What about VoLTE? The DP1 and 2.1 don't work for me. The phone switch to 3G for calls. (In my case roaming) and I cant receive calls because most of the time the phone have LTE+ (4.5G)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I'm with Telus mobility in Canada which is LTE+.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Can anyone confirm whether the currently deprecated Fingerprint API is scheduled or has been removed from Android 11? I'd really like it if banks and other institutions were forced to update their apps instead of leaving P4(XL) owners SOL.

[EDIT] Thought Essential meant Essential and not the manufacturer doh.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] TacoLoco:
Tried DP4, WiFi finds my home Router (FritzBox 7590) but it doesn't connect.. Flashed the modified Boot.IMG..
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
i filled out a bug report in terms of the issue with the recent app overview and third party launcher. the team of nova launcher said that the issue relates to android itself. hope there will be a fix in the next release of the gsi.

bug tracker:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/157324162
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] erych:
I have flashed and re-flashed dp4 and the notch and dpi (battery and time in corners cut off by curved screen) are still not set to recognize essential phones screen 'parameters' it seems =/ how did you get this fixed? i have tried the "-w" command and manually/separately "erase" and "format" userdata commands.

thanks in advance for halps and reply! =)

Build# shows RPP4.200409.015 although seems like not DP4. maybe an image or something is not updated been following reddit forums for links/steps on flashing
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
your rom is the correct one.

the notch cutout for the essential phone is not supported at the moment. to get the notch for your essential phone to work, please have a look a this post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82532255&postcount=98

a memember here has also made a good guide with usefull tweaks, how to flash the image etc.: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82122893&postcount=58
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
Edit: The development team has fixed the issue.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Awesome, now if they would release the beta.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] matwyr:
They just did, I flashed it over without wiping, everything seems to be working (everyting that did work at least)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Installed beta1, all seems good. Recents are working again.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] notz76:
What about sensors? Is the light sensor working? Wasn't working form until DP4.

Gesendet von meinem PH-1 mit Tapatalk
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
How do I check for that.

---------- Post added at 08:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:58 PM ----------

If you mean ambient display it was not available.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] notz76:
I mean auto display brightness

Gesendet von meinem PH-1 mit Tapatalk
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] matwyr:
it doesn't :/
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] hammer7t:
I haven't seen anything compelling in Android 11 to make switch. Flashed one of the earlier DPs but switched back to stock soon thereafter. Happy for now.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
It is basically an updated stock experience that works.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
It seems like the Essential cutout overlay does not want to work with this release. Back to the Tall cutout overlay.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
hello guys,

in relation to post #98 i have modified the overlay apk for the stausbar that respect the front camera cutout for the beta release. for the circle icon shape there was no modification nessesary.

first of all u need a rooted (latest Magisk carnary - https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/dev-magisk-canary-channel-bleeding-edge-t3839337) device and a root explorer (https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/jrummy-apps/root-browser/root-browser-3-5-10-0-release/). in the attachment u can find the necessary files you will need for the statusbar overlay and the circle icon shape.

edit: new signed version in attachment that also works with the above mentioned root explorer

at the moment there seems to be a problem with the above mentioned root explorer when extrating the zip file (original size doesn`t match the size after extracting) instead please use the build in file explorer to extract the zip file or download the file on your pc and extract it.

with root explorer extract the zip file and copy the folders "DisplayCutoutEmulationEssential" and "IconShapeCircle" into "(root directory) produkt/overlay"

set the permission of the apks in the folders to rw - rw - r (664)

after rebooting your device the cutout overlay called "Essential Phone Cutout" could be chosen in the developer options (see screenshots) or activated via usb debugging:

adb shell cmd overlay enable --user 0 com.android.internal.display.cutout.emulation.essential

the circle icon shape could be activated via usb debugging with the following command:

adb shell cmd overlay enable --user 0 com.android.theme.icon.circle
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I was referring to this method just to be clear.

The essential cutout overlay is in place with proper permission. It just won't work for me.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
i have reuploaded the file.

there seems to be a problem with root explorer when extrating the zip file (original size doesn`t match the size after extracting)

instead please use the build in file explorer to extract the zip file or download the file on your pc and extract it.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
That did the trick. Awesome work my friend.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Beta is very stable. Battery is on par or a little better than stock.

Not bad for a phone with no support.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dememted1:
What doesn't work on beta guys...?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
I have replaced app's with Google equivalents. Everything seems to work without any problems.

Just remembered hotspot doesn't work for me.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
for me everthing is working fine so far with the beta release.

except the following:

the notification led is not working even with a third party app

the swipe fingerprint gesture is not working

to get auto brightness to work you have to use a third party app like "lux lite"
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] potatohead:
Does Android 11 Preview with Magisk (after activating Magisk Hide and also hiding the manager) pass Safetynet on PH1?

Thank you.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
at the moment safetynet does not pass
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] potatohead:
ctsProfile false may be caused by device fingerprint mismatch, do give the below a try to see if it can be resolved:

1) download Magiskhide Props Config module, install, reboot

2) via any terminal app, run as root user, type 'props

3) option 1 'Edit device fingerprint', option v 'Use vendor fingerprint (for Treble GSI ROMs)'

4) enter 'y' for yes, reboot and run SafetyNet test again

the 'normal' way to overcome false ctsProfile is to pick a certified fingerprint to match the Android version, however, Android 11 being beta there is none to choose from, not even from Google devices (from the list).

https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-R...md#use-vendor-fingerprint-for-treble-gsi-roms

fingers crossed for good news!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
switching to vendor fingerprint didn't resolve the issue, but you are right, the issue is related to the fingerprint certificate.

thanks for your input.

I really appreciate it.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] potatohead:
that is unfortunate ...

food for thought - will a pixel phone with android 11 beta and magisk (manager hide and magiskhide activated) or simply without (as ctsProfile seems not related to root) pass SafetyNet (ctsProfile True)?

if yes, is it because Google has also updated its fingerprint certificate (is that found within the vendor image?) to match android 11? is it possible to extract that from the various full roms Google has posted for Pixels?

the vendor image for PH1 no doubt updated to accommodate android 11, is still 'for 10' as Essential has named it.

if any Pixel running android 11 beta will also fail SafetyNet due to ctsProfile false too then i wonder why, for it doesnt make sense if beta testers cannot test certain integral function of Google like GooglePay, let alone report bugs for it in the new android os.

sorry if my qns are off track, not a dev in any way, just coming from the pov of a layman :)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
did some digging
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] potatohead:
clap clap!

so you simply chose the latest published device fingerprint for PH1 (10 v.032), rebooted and it works? any other modifications involved?

i always thought the certificate version has to match the actual android rom version for ctsProfile to be true (for normal rom though); if no other mods r necessary, then i am wrong, probably because treble roms work in a different way.

thanks!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
enabled magisk hide, followed your instructions and picked the certified fingerprint from essential android 10

edit: the issue i have is that all apps with support of biometric authentification does not recognize that i already have set up a fingerprint, magisk included for example. unlocking the device with fingerprint does work flawlessly.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] potatohead:
probably due to version mismatch between device fingerprint and android version; will have to wait till android 11 is released, pick a certified fingerprint file for it and then test the behavior between apps and biometric authentification again to confirm.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] newbieandroid:
New GSI was released.

https://developer.android.com/topic/generic-system-image/releases

https://developer.android.com/preview/release-notes
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Benoitgaudreault:
there is a way to have OTA update with this rom
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
i have installed the new rom.

no changes to the previews build found so far.

no problems with my overlay tweaks mentioned in post #121.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Is your essential phone cutout overlay still present?

Just checked and it has to be reinstated.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
that's normal after a system update.

btw i filled out a bug report in terms of gestural navigation.

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/159274985...hope this could be fixed.

edit: issue has been fixed
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
i filled out some bugs/requests like the missing led notification and the issue about the empty battery status.

if you like you can follow my issue tracker under the following link:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues?q=reporter:mrmrkmail@gmail.com

its never to late to fill out a bug report with your issues and requests.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] hammer7t:
Much appreciated! Did you also create an issue for auto brightness? I assume ambient display not working is not really a Google issue?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
i never was a fan of google's integrated automatic brightness control, so i am using "lux" (https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1944921) to control the brightness of the display.

lux may crash at start, this is because you have to enable "usage data access" and "screen overlay" for lux first.

if you are looking for an uptodate google phone app:

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-google-phone-v14-0-175904292-bubble-t3708218
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dememted1:
How do I enable "usage data access" and "screen overlay" please?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
can be found in settings (see attached screenshots)
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dememted1:
Thankyou so much
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dememted1:
I seem to have managed to get some new accent colors
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Could you explain how. The colours available are not the greatest.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dememted1:
This is how i did it.

1) Download this :-

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-magisk-module-qacc-custom-accent-t4011747

2) Use the app to make all the colours you want but

DO NOT REBOOT

after creating them.

3) Make a backup of your colours in the app settings. (Saved in /sdcard/Documents/ACC/).

4) Use a root explorer and go to backed up colours and extract them. (They seem to be double compressed as *.tar.gz then *.tar.

5) Copy the hex_*****.apk's to /system/product/overlay/ (make sure they have -rw-r-r- 644 permissions).

6) Reboot Ph1.

7) Tap the Accent Colour you want in the ACC app and enjoy.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Awesome, now I have the accent colour of my choice.

Thanks
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
New build is out:

https://developer.android.com/topic/generic-system-image/releases
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dememted1:
System image is a lot smaller.... Installing now..
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
issue so far is that there seems no access to root directory with current magisk
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Please check the wi-fi hotspot toggle. It doesn't stick on beta 1.

Thanks
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
meh hotspot toogle doesn`t stick on beta 2
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Going too stay on stock. Need the hotspot toggle every weekend. Hopefully Google will fix it .
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] hammer7t:
Not sticking meaning the toggle doesn't work or does not survive a reboot or stay toggled?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
Doesn't work, goes on and off immediately.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] farmerbb:
Hey guys, I was having trouble applying [MENTION=8878926]mrmrkmail[/MENTION]'s overlay APKs on Beta 2, since the system partition is now permanently mounted as read-only. So I went ahead and packaged up the overlay APKs as a Magisk Module.

Just download the attached zip, install it using Magisk Manager, then reboot. Note that you will still need to manually enable the overlays after installation, which can be done by running these commands in a root shell:

cmd overlay enable --user 0 com.android.internal.display.cutout.emulation.essential
cmd overlay enable --user 0 com.android.theme.icon.circle
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
very nice, thanks al lot, i really appreciate it!

edit: does work very well!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
very good work with the magisk module! you are my hero.

may i ask you, if its possible to create a magisk module, which can change the ui audio to the original essential audio (see attached file).
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] dememted1:
deleted

Reason.... I'm a moron..

On the brighter side i've managed to get custom colours back...

Took a bit of a risk but it worked... Phew!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] farmerbb:
Here you go!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] newbieandroid:
Is there a specific version of TWRP I have to use for the Essential phone with Android 11? My phone is encrypted and when I try to decrypt it in TWRP all the passwords I try are incorrect. I did try "default_password" without the quotes. I'd like to use some of the Magisk modules.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
TWRP will not work properly. Our phone has not had a proper working version of TWRP for a couple of years now. Essential android 10 January build was the last to work properly with TWRP made for our device.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] newbieandroid:
Delete
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] mrmrkmail:
very good work, thanks a lot!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
When looking at the file size in WinRAR it is slightly larger than when extracted. I wonder if this has something to do with the system being read only. My lock screen stays black when alarm goes off as well.

Back to Feb. stock for now.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] qtto:
Did anyone manage to get magisk working on DP2, and if so - how? I patched the boot.img (works normally) using magisk and flashed it but it causes a bootloop.

Any recommendations?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
You need the latest Canary magisk manager.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] SirDigitalKnight:
When the Official Android 11 is released (sept?) will I be able to install it on my Stock PH-1? Will it be a nuke and pave or will I be able to upgrade from 10? This is my first device with the A/B slots so I haven't attempted any custom ROM's and have stayed stock since purchasing it.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
There will be no official release for this device and to go from Android 10 to 11 will require a clean, completely new install. Data backup and restore will be required.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] SirDigitalKnight:
Thank you for the reply. Do you know if I go ahead and do that will I be able to some how load monthly security updates released?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] newbieandroid:
I used the boot image from here without an issue on Beta 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/essential/comments/faozh8/comment/fizk5i1
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DAE1964:
See page 6 3rd post from bottom of the page.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] BxginZ enMy:
Hello there :)

Long story short, I updated my Mi 8 (Global Version) to MIUI 11.0.1.0 before the update got suspended. A few weeks ago, my network provider had some technical difficulties, so I lost the signal a few times throughout the day.

A few days later it happened again, even though my provider fixed everything.

But this time I also lost my WiFi connection and I didn't get it back to work.

After rebooting, my SIM did not get recognized and my phone didn't want to connect to the WiFi network

After rebooting it over and over again for like 10mins, everything worked again.

But this issue occured every day since then.

A few days ago I updated my phone to MIUI 11.0.3.0 and the issue was gone for a day or two.

But now I am experiencing those things again, but this time it usually takes a few seconds and the sim activation service starts again and everything works fine for the next few hours until it happens again.

I will provide a full log later, hopefully someone can figure something out.

I really don't know whether it's a software or hardware issue, but losing signal and WiFi like every hour is driving me crazy and I'd like to avoid resetting my phone....

Oh and by the way, I don't have TWRP installed and it's not rooted or anything else.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] sk3lt:
Hi,

With me it happened exactly the same, I already paid to solve it and nobody has done it until now. I already lost hope of ever being able to repair