yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Realme X2 Pro Questions & Answers] asusgarb:
Hi. Can somebody give me some details.

In every user app there are 3 possibilities to choose about power saving:

1. Allow running in background.

2. Deny running in background.

3. Let the system choose (Intelligent Power Saver.

In many apps I would like to deny background, but I don't know this:

If I deny background leaving Intelligent Power Saver activated, will it be denied or the IPS will work even on denied apps?

Because if I deactivate IPS, when I leave "let the system choose" will work anyway?

I've asked to Realme Support but still no answer.
[Realme X2 Pro Questions & Answers] manus31:
Good Question,I generally use the IPS for all apps though do prevent some from running in background.

I would assume if it was prevented from running in the background it would not be able to use IPS,

Don't know where you could get a definite answer.

Update: From looking at the battery statistics,I have some news apps in there which I prevent from running in the background but they do have background activity time in the power usage stats which suggests that they have been running in the background so my guess is IPS preceeds the other settings.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] Jesustole:
hello, can someone help me to root the xiaomi redmi a8? I tried and it seems impossible. thanks
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] ways2:
What problem are you having specifically?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] Jesustole:
all the methods that I have used fail me
[Xiaomi Redmi 8A Questions & Answers] ways2:
Well first you have to unlock the boot loader, then install custom recovery, then flash a patched boot.img so you can use magisk to Obtain root.

Follow this thread and let us know what you got stuck on.

https://xdaforums.com/xiaomi-redmi-8a/how-to/guide-how-to-install-magisk-miui-how-to-t4030175

The thread has pre-patched boot images as well
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] SajkoX:
Hello !

I just did root on my phone few days ago and it worked for another few days. Then my battery went off same as root. Had bootloop, and i could only fix it with original boot.img.

I'm pretty naab with that stuff. Used mostly tutorial from this thread https://xdaforums.com/mi-9t/how-to/root-k20-indian-rom-v10-3-6-0-twrp-t3958566.

After that I installed TWRP - Still worked fine for me till that stuff with battery.

From now on i can work with TWRP but cant with root - stuck on bootloop.

Only thing which i saw wrong on TWPR [or just i think so] is "unhandled flag wrapped key".

If any1 can help me - please! Save my life like a hero w/o cape!

There is some stuff on root that i cant live w/o!

P.S.

I did some stuff with sql/terminal to pay with GPay, but still i could reboot few times till last turn off bcz of battery.

P.S. 2.

Sorry if i posted that in wrong discussion / pretty bad english c:
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ggpew2:
Reserved
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] herna:
Yay!!!! :fingers-crossed::laugh::fingers-crossed:
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nilezon:
Thank you. Did you notice there's a ASOP firmware/vendor available from Essential now? "Vendor (AOSP) Release | Q 10 - QQ1A.200105.088" over at https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mpena:
VoLTE Is working?

Edit: I can confirm is working
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ggpew2:
Yes, I am aware. However, that vendor image is not compatible with this current beta. You want to use Essential's stock vendor from the February factory image.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ckzX5211:
Great ! ! !
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] H3llNuN:
Is Netflix working? On many roms, starting netflix caused a reboot, I tried Pixel experience, Evolution X and a previous Version of Paranoid Quartz.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] agmyers76259:
Curious if Google Duo is working - historically audio for Duo never works with non-default Essential builds - TIA!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] itsita:
Installed the ROM yesterday and I have to say GREAT JOB.

I don't know if it's the CAF base but the battery life is really good and comparable to stock. Very smooth UI as well.

Didn't find any bugs yet, but will check Netflix soon!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Milan P.:
Is there a planned update schedule for this ROM?

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Are you using Magisk?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mpena:
Yes is working, I don't have root/magisk installed
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] H3llNuN:
Yes :)
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mhamzas:
Finally working with Statix Rom.

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Bugs so far ?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] itsita:
Working with MAGISK installed
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] agmyers76259:
Haven't tried the ROM yet. I will if Duo and Assistant work, and there are no Bluetooth issues - those are the key ones from Stock that I am looking to verify before I switch
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mpena:
I can confirm that Assistant works perfectly, with locked screen and unlocked. I don't have Bluetooth issues compared to other ROMs that I have tried like Lineage OS, and Google duo other else confirm that mic is working.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Milan P.:
Great ROM! Everything seems to be working fine, although the lock screen wallpaper doesn't change, it just stays the same as the home screen.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nomesrjp:
The flashall* contains that.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nitix007:
Very slow

V2 - After installing it was very slow but i blamed it in the battery since I only had like 8%
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
This is the QQ...088.img vendor that I'm talking about

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No, it's not

After second clean flash, the ROM is more stable and has better battery life now.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nitix007:
how would a second clean flash change things

edit: just tried pa-quartz-2-mata-20200428.zip

sim not recognized, one or several apps with package name com.android.***** kept giving the app not responding dialog while i was setting up, it seemed to work faster.

Eventually the phone became quite hot to touch so I turned off and flashed stock.

Very nice concept though, I hope v3 is more stable
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
I did little different in second trial. I wiped everything and format the data before copy the rom and TWRP installer to phone.

Also, this ROM is picky on SIM carriers as trouble from first release of Quartz 2. Your carrier might fall in this category.

The battery life in my phone now is similar (not better) to stock ROM, and so far no issue at all.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Just clean flashed and battery is still not great. It's perfectly fine when the phone is idle but as soon as I start using it, I'm dropping about 1% for every 2 mins of screen on time. Hoping the next release addresses this.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Mine is dropping about 2.5% per min, even it doesn't perform as good as in stock rom, but not too bad for a custom rom.

For me, in stock rom, it drops arount 3% per min. Do you remember how is yours in stock?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Stock was better but comparison isn't fair given that I'm using my phone way more now than when I had stock installed (thanks to all this working from home). Nevertheless, I'm not going back to stock. I'm sure this will be addressed as I did not notice this kind of drain on release 1 from what I remember.

2.5% a minute is up there. Don't think I could stick around with that kind of drain.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Where is the change log for Quartz 2? If not much difference, then maybe I'm going back to release 1 and see
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Not sure. I'd have to look around.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Just want to check SOT on my phone to day and here's what I got...

The phone intially got charged at 90%, after 40 hrs using + 3h 14mins SOT, I still have 24% left

I think it's good enough and seem like similar to stock ROM to me.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
I have 2hrs screen time and I had to charge. I was down to about 18% when I plugged in. But as long as I'm home, I can deal with that.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nomesrjp:
Hi guys,

I'm using Quartz 2 and have noticed that my CPU states only report 1.82 GHz and Deep Sleep. Is anyone else seeing this, or is it just me (I OTA Q1 to Q2)? This might be owing to the abysmal battery life when being used, at least for me.

Thanks
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Good observation. Same here. Did you track the CPU states while in Q1? If so, was it different?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thanks for the update. How that 1.82 GHz and Deep Sleep affect the battery?

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If the CPU is running at lower frequency and the phone has deep sleep, then it will save more battery, right?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] gk1984:
Not exactly. If you need to do a task that needs a lot of work to complete, doing it at faster speeds uses less power and time vs completing it slowly.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thanks for your explanation.

Now I need to figure out what is the best optimization for it.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
I'm always reluctant to play with the CPU governor. I think back in the days we could adjust those settings in the late CyanogenMod. Now perhaps by flashing a different kernel or using third party apps would do but I don't know any reputable one. I'll probably wait for PA to fix this, assuming they are onto it.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
For mata, EX or Franco is ok. I might try one of those but yeah....I'll wait for Quartz 3 if performance is improved.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] hedphurst:
I saw that as well. I was happy to have my camera working better on Quartz 2 (would only save the first 2-3 photos I took, then required rebooting and usually wiping cache in TWRP before taking another 2-3 photos, on both Quartz 1 and EvolutionX April release), but the phone got hot pretty quickly and battery drained quickly. The only governors available on stock PA Quartz kernel are Interactive and Performance, with Performance the default. I figured the lack of anything but full power or deep sleep might be at least a part of the issue, so I tried flashing the ElementalX kernel. Seemed to help battery a bit, but then I realized my WiFi kept turning itself off and failing to turn back on, so I wiped everything and did a clean flash of Quartz 2 last night. So far, under fairly light use, it's not getting as hot as it did the first time I flashed this ROM, but battery life is still significantly worse than stock. Camera seems to be back to borked, so I'll probably end up going back to stock until the custom ROMs can iron out these kinks on Android 10. If like to have the latest security updates, but I need my device reliable and fully functional more than I need to be protected from malware, etc.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nomesrjp:
I didn't review the CPU states on Q1, but am thinking it would have been much the same. I installed EX from Feb, as a test and the system now reports multiple CPU states using the Interactive governor (default on EX), this time down to 300MHz (1.9MHz upper limit on little). That said, whilst performance seems better (doesn't lag) and battery consumption is improved, WiFi does not function (though cellular does), likely due to CAF (and noting custom kernels are NOT supported)!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
I switched to LOS 17.1 and the bulk of the time is spent at 1.9GHZ with only mere seconds spent at lower frequencies. Too soon to tell about battery life. However, the phone does not get hot so that's a plus.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Like you I remember going back to stock and still showing not certified.

However, i switched to LOS 17.1 to check on another issue and decided to check the device certification while I was here. It says certified even though my bootloader is unlocked. I'm wondering if it's a coincidence or whether the ROM has some control after all.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
What app do you use to check CPU freq?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
BetterBatteryStats

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thanks. By the way, please let us know if you satisfy with LOS 17.1
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Will do. My only gripe so far is missing file/mtp transfer when connecting the phone and consequently, no Android Auto.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dragynbane222:
Don't try those on anything but stock, custom ROMs are built in such a way that those 2 kernels will cause a bootloop
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] HalcyonOne:
re: sim unrecognizance

I flashed this and it didn't recognize my SIM, which is from a sprint mvno (Tello), so skipped all that in setup. Unfortunately, it wasn't ever able to recognize it. Hope this can be addressed in Q3
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thanks for the warning. :good:
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SixFingeredAmish:
Reset your phone from Settings. This fixed it for me.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nomesrjp:
So I've been running EX (v4.12 - Feb 2020) for a day or so now and Q2 performance and battery is subjectively improved (albeit no Wi-Fi, everything else functions fine). During use, CPU fluctuates between 300Mhz (~2+ hrs) and 1.9GHz (~25 min), and anywhere between (deep sleep is ~12 hrs). Phone was charged to 75% and been on battery for some ~16hr with 37% remaining. That said, with a brief test complete I intend to head back to Quartz 2 proper. I do think however, more could be done to the kernel to make Quartz operate a little more efficiently on the PH-1. Recognising of course, PA caters to multiple devices.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thanks for sharing your experience. I hope if wifi is working, then EX + PE is a good combo.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] humfl:
Gapps

Is there a tutorial to remove gapps? Will there be complications?

I don't get the name "paranoid" when google is shipped with it?!? Seems to a newbie like lineageos is more paranoid by not inculding gapps?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] gavinfernandes2012:
Iirc back with LOS16 or 15.1 invisiblek had implemented some sort of spoofing to make the kernel report a locked bootloader state to the rest of the system.

I can't remember where I found this info though, probably one of the old LOS threads or mata's read the docs website

EDIT: invisiblek being our previous unofficial LineageOS maintainer of course
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] HalcyonOne:
I also tried this, both resetting only the wifi/mobile as well as a factory reset. Neither worked, which sucks, since this ROM is easily my favorite i've used.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Darkside1984:
So...what's the best solution for the high battery drain? As many others It loses 1-2% per minute when I'm using it (and getting warm).
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
I'm back to stock, and lose 1% per 10 mins --> happy

There're no custom roms stable at this time.

- LOS -> trouble with rooting (Magisk), and kind of tricky to get it installed

- Evolution X -> battery drain, bluetooth issue

- PA -> battery drain, device gets hot, wifi unstable in some devices

what else?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Agreed. After 2 days on LOS 17.1 the battery life is only slightly better than PA. But there's the MTP /file transfer issue so it's not perfect either. Btw, using the 5/1 17.1 recovery did allow me to flash Magisk without any issues on LOS.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thanks for sharing your experience.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
I might follow you on the stock route. Did you flash Magisk over stock? I'm curious if that works smoothly or is a no go.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Don't follow me..... ;) I jump a lot..

I'm in Evolution X now, just flashed the May release yesterday. So far the battery is very good, and everything is ok, I just couldn't get RCS working, don't know wny

Oh, the device is certified now....that's weird. Even when I was back to stock, my device was not certified (I'm always unlock bootloader)

Back to your question, I didn't flash Magisk, but you knew with Feb build, I can't use TWRP
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Ha ha! I've been jumping ships quite a lot lately too. LOS17.1 just ate my battery at a 2% rate per hour while on standby last night. The phone never went to deep sleep but instead stayed on the lower 300mhz all the time. So I need to get out of this rom. I'll probably go to EvoX myself too. I didn't have any complains last time I used it, other than the Google Play System version not updating. Has this been resolved?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
It's been removed from this May release, so I don't know it's been fixed or no more update but....

This is what they said in Telegram:

"Also, for the month of May, Google play system updates in the Settings app has been disabled as per the May bulletin:

There are no security issues addressed in Google Play system updates (Project Mainline) this month."

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2020-05-01
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Fine by me. I'll give it a try. Thanks!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Before you flash it, take a look at this post about metafile, I don't know if it's important.....

https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/development/rom-evolution-x-4-1-69-t4073153/page14
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Too late. I flashed right after sending my post. But I don't think this is an issue. I'm actually thinking this is what makes the device certified. I believe I saw a LOS commit with that key as well. I'll have to look to be sure.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] JudasD:
On everything that you have tried, do any of them have the back-button-kill feature natively?

Thanks,

JD
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Sorry, I've never tried this function in any of them.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Darkside1984:
Any way to add recovery option into the power menu?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
It's already there, just tap and it will switch between "reboot" and "recovery"

After that, long press on it will excecute

Sorry, that's for different rom, but for PE, if I remember correctly, when press the power button, there's advance selection which give an option to select recovery boot mode.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Darkside1984:
It worked! Thanks [emoji2]
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kfhughes:
I'm on Q1 (briefly updated to Q2, but reflashed Q1 because of some issues), but recently started having the Google app "zoom" on swipe left from the home screen. If I go to Home settings and toggle "Show Google app" off and back on it fixes it. Anyone else seeing this issue?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SixFingeredAmish:
Quartz 2 had many changes that caused a lot of things to crash in the background and the phone would always be burning hot. Is this fixed in Quartz 3?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] gk1984:
Too early to tell but when I get some time, I'm about to find out. The download server crashed due to too many users downloading, so it's not likely anyone will know until that gets back up and running. But I did find an alternative URL to get the downloads that's not crashed yet - https://download.paranoidandroid.co/roms/mata/
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
Download link in the OP worked fine for me.

Got it downloaded, although I'm currently testing EvoX and no access to a laptop so can't run the vendor script or back up if something goes awry. Will try at some point though. ?

Sent from my PH-1 using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] gk1984:
Nothing is crashing for me, everything working fine. Just make sure you factory reset before flashing. Battery life is still sucking but it might work itself out as I use the phone less. Been restoring my stuff most of the day and streaming music.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] just4me12:
At first sight i can confirm the battery problem should be solved. Core1 - Core4 are fluctuating between 518 MHz - 1824 MHz and Core5 - Core8 806 MHz - something over 1200 MHz (didn't get load on the cores). So everything is like it should be. Before the cores remained on maxed speed all the time. The device is cold as it should be. My battery consumption is something around 208mA which is a little bit better as it was with LOS16. So i think everything is back to normal. For the data above i used AIDA64 if you're interested in looking for yourself. And it's running a lot smoother than before.

I just flashed the new pa-quartz-3-mata-20200608.zip over my old version 2 by using TWRP.

I wish you all a good weekend.

Ahh... i have to mention i'm using microG and get lost of most of the google apps. So your battery consumption might be different.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] H3llNuN:
I made an Update from Quartz2 to Quartz3. (Cache wiped).

Battery seems to be better.

Viper4Android still brokes phonecalling, but temporary disabeling the Viper-Module in Magisk works to get the callfunctions back.

But I can not add new bluetooth devices to my phone.

Devices I added before the Update (my Car e.g.) are shown in the Bluetooth menu, but I did not try to connect it, so I do not know If Bluetooth is completly broken.

———————————

UPDATE:

After a few reboots Bluetooth is working again.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] tlxxxsracer:
Flashed. Getting tons of stops for phone and contact sync app

Little confused. OP says we need Essential's Vendor before flashing but instructions say to flash AOSP found in the Jan .zip
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
You need to flash vendor image to both slot a and b (use QQ1A.200105.088) before flash PA rom
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] tlxxxsracer:
I did. I was on Feb build. Reverted back to Jan, formatted data then flashed the images in the Jan+AOSP zip then flashed PA in twrp.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
After you revert to Stock January, download the proper vendor image from Essential, reboot to bootloader and type the following fastboot commands:

fastboot flash vendor_a vendor.img

fastboot flash vendor_b vendor.img