yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Security patch upate is my first priority, and doesn't matter which rom (custom or stock).

So I'd like to use the rom that has patch update release at first week of each month.

Down from my list, so far Statix OS and LOS keep update patch regularly which make me feel safe.

Btw, understand that ppl have personal life, but there's lots of free ROMs out there that I can pick and compare (it's my personal choice)
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] foueddyf:
The dev should maybe pay you to use his ROM. He certainly wouldn't want you to run to a "competitor". After all, you're his most valued customer.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
I picked free stuffs, compare, select, and use it for my own benefit.

I don't say which dev is better than others. There's no competitor in here. You might look in the wrong direction.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vineetbhatia:
Are any of you guys able to make Google Call Screening work on this rom?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] gk1984:
VoLTE working on AT&T? Searching only confirmed it working for Tmobile.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
No, VoLTE doesn't work on AT&T
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] RawSlugs:
Does updating through the app keep TWRP and Magisk?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Anyone tries the 4.4 release? Does VoLTE work now ?

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Not sure that you can do update through the app.

You have to dirty flash, I believe (flash ROM --> TWRP --> Magisk)
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cge_95:
Hi,

If you're updating with build-in updater then you can use a magisk module to keep TWRP (TWRP A/B Retention Script) and install Magisk on inactive slot in this order.

This need to be done after the ROM update and before to reboot

Christophe
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Look like battery is not good anymore after 4.4 release.

And still....no VoLTE
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
I'm on TMo. I see VoLTE enabled and get the 4G+ signal on phone calls. As for battery life, I have not been paying much attention but I actually feel like the overnight battery has gotten better though.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Do me a favor by dial *#4636#* and go into phone information. You can see if VoLTE is really on or not.

Mine is fade out and not enable.

About the VoLTE and 4G LTE enable option in Evolution, I'm not sure it's real. Because when I make a call, the cell icon changes from LTE to 4G.

In stock, it stayed at LTE+ all the time.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Greyed out but enabled (see screenshot). As for the icons, it's always tricky. I remember the early days of 4G when carriers, notably AT&T (I was with them back then), were putting 4G icons when it was really H+ lol!. So yeah, icons should be taken with a grain of salt, but I believe those on this rom are pretty much stock.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thank you for quick answer.

So do you think the VoLTE was ON from previous build or just new in 4.4 version?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
It's been on previous builds. What I'm thinking is that it might be carrier specific. It might be fine on TMo but not on AT&T or others because the carrier is blocking it for some reason, e.g. so you can buy their branded phone :).
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Well.....it might not true, because I'm using PA rom now, and I have everything on it (VoLTE, Wifi calling ..etc)

So, it must be Evolution rom that is not fully customize for AT&T ppl.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
2nd June build running well for me here so far. Cannot comment on battery yet.

One really annoying problem is YouTube vanced no longer opens for me, perhaps due to some Google commits in this ROM.

Crash log:

https://del.dog/istylymaly

Google have really f****d the latest YouTube app with non stop ads and laggy performance, then to top it all off they want £11.99 for YouTube Premium!!! What are they drinking/smoking over there ?

So if I can't get Vanced working I'm just not going to bother with YouTube all.

Sent from my PH-1 using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
YouTube Vanced in working fine for me. Might be something else on your end causing the issue. Maybe reinstall?

I do get some noticeable lags almost consistently. Even clearing the apps or rebooting does not seem to resolve much.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
I tried every way to get it working, through TWRP and through Magisk - both times it crashes on opening.

Are you using Magisk module or MicroG?

Edit: Yeah it's really gone wrong over there at Google/YT, I guess they just want more money so they can fix the poor performance...

Sent from my PH-1 using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
I installed the non-root variant from vanced.app. I do have Magisk installed, but just did not use that install method.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
Ahh gotcha thanks. I couldn't even access that website from where I am, maybe it's being blocked.

I finally solved it though, somehow I had some old overlay that was overriding the theme.

Got the Magisk version installed in TWRP using the original ytva install files, and it's detached from Play Store too which is nice.

Sent from my PH-1 using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Could someone please tell me what is the current kernel version in Evolution 4.4?

Thanks in advance.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Gopal6600:
How were you able to flash Magisk? I have TWRP on the B partition and EvolutionX on the A parition, but flashing Magisk from the B partition was unable to work. Otherwise, my battery life has drastically increased from switching from stock to this ROM. Thank you!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
See screenshot.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Switch slot from within TWRP. Just select Reboot and look at the bottom. You will see the current slot info as well as two buttons to select a different slot. Once you are in slot A, flash Magisk and reboot on that same slot.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Thanks for the info.

From what I heard, ver 4.4.224 or 4.4.226 is better.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R2D2_SW:
Which custom roms have these versions? What are the differences observed?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
PA has 4.4.224, but I don't know the differences.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
I wouldn't say it's better unless you can provide a detail comparison of both, and compare them to the current ROM version in this thread which is EvoX (not PA). I think it's pointless to say one is better than the other without proof.

Sent from my PH-1 using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] The Doctor04:
I have it all greyed out and I am on Verizon. However, i did a speed test and I am getting Lte + speeds. Might be more of an gui thing
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Yes, it's in LTE or LTE+ for internet, but when I make a call, it drops to 4G
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] M. .:
hi,I found the phone is freeze in randomly,then it will reboot automatically,this is the log before reboot.please!:crying:
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
I actually got a couple of forced random reboots since flashing 4.4 as well, just didin't grab any logs sadly.

Sent from my PH-1 using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
I got reboot after fresh install, but look like it's from Google Play patch update process.

No more reboot after the patch got installed.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] M. .:
Can you help me with these log files?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
I have solution for you if you still want to use Evolution with VoLTE enable (AT&T carrier)
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vineetbhatia:
I have no lock screen set, when I read power button it directly unlocks my phone, doesn't show a lock screen. How can I see a lock screen when press power button.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
You need to setup your lockscreen password.

Goto Setting - Security, and setup your lockscreen
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] jabia:
Extremely Well Polished!

This is by FAR the most pixel-esqueue ROM I have ever used. Everything looks and feels great.

Thanks [MENTION=9407911]Ocean'Depth[/MENTION]! Great job!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shri_chanakya:
[MENTION=2224116]oceand[/MENTION]epth thanks for the great rom.

Can you please lok into why the camera stops working after couple of days?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Mostafa Wael:
Could you explain your issue a bit more? I've had a similar issue where after some time the phone wouldn't save the images I've taken. I would just tap on the shutter button and I see nothing saved in the Gallery. That happened to me after some uptime with Gcam and the stock Essential camera app.

Speaking of which, Gcam was a pain in the rear to install. Only one version (Hyper Kronos) can be installed and works well (until the bug I just mentioned comes into play). All of the other apks would give me an FC as soon as I open the Gcam app or tap on the shutter button.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shri_chanakya:
Same issue which you are referring to... I will keep hitting the shutter button and images would not save the image.

It happens after couple of days of uptime... a reboot fixes it though .. I cannot rely on my phone camera for those crucial moments...
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Edgehead123:
Hyper Kronos is amazing, thank you so so very much!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Mostafa Wael:
Yes it is but beware this doesn't solve the problem of not saving the images you take after a couple of hours.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Don't know about Gcam but for stock cam (in Evol) I have no issue.

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Hi everyone,

I just realize the the official Essential website is gone.

For whoever wants to go back to stock and didn't save stock firmware would be a problem now.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vineetbhatia:
Why Evolution X keep replacing my recovery every time I advance reboot to recovery?

Is there a way to stop that?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
No, that is not a problem... I'm pretty sure theres a thread on XDA with BTS firmware zips.

Did you patch both slots with TWRP zip after flashing the ROM?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dasbooter:
Hey its been awhile. I'm getting an error when I try to install the zip file downloaded from the https://sourceforge.net/projects/evolution-x/ . I just reverted to january and touch works but flashing the june 29th zip just gives an error?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
You might flash the wrong rom, Evolution for Essential phone is mata and the latest is 06/12/2020 (EvolutionX_4.4_mata-10.0-20200612-2253-OFFICIAL.zip)
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dasbooter:
ERR thats embarrassing ...thanks
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vineetbhatia:
Yes. I always do and always gets overridden. When I flash it opens fine, and if use adb reboot bootloader it's works, but as soon as advance reboot from rom. It overrides it, once overriden then even when I use adb it goes to some basic rom which looks like default recovery, but I know it's not.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Edgehead123:
I noticed and that's ok. It's by far the best nightsight I have used on my essential phone.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Does anyone still have problem with camera on new release?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] DestroyeRCo:
Hello, I managed to resolve this the last time but can't remember how (I think that by reinstalling the rom again), this happens right after flashing Magisk, the problem is that whatsapp doesn't show statuses, can't take or see photos from the chats, also it can't take photos from the stock camera app (the only installed).
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] a455450222:
I don’t understand what’s wrong, I’ll flash it in 4.5, it will cause the voice call microphone of social software is not included, the other party will not hear it, 4.4 The camera is not very stable, often flash back, can’t take photos, or the photos are full Is green. I really like this rom

我不明白怎么了 ， 我全新刷入4.5 ， 会导致用社交软件语音电话麦克风没有收录声音， 对方会听不到 ， 4.4相机也不是很稳定 ， 经常闪退， 照不出来， 或者照出来是全是绿色 。我真的很喜欢这个rom
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] jeddy877:
With the July build, I keep getting a freeze and reboot after a few seconds of being in the system. Any remedy for this?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MarsyChan:
Hihi, my phone have crashed two times writing this message, the touch hengs which means if I click backspace i5 mich end up deleting my whole message ålso when loading stuff gifs 9n discord i5 will sometimes be çrasy slow

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Something tht helped for some odd reason is to turn on battery saver mode, for anyone tht is interested in a temporary fix lol
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shri_chanakya:
I am also facing the same issue. Looks like some regression in July update build.

Random freezes, soft reboot is a norm in this build.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Edgehead123:
I have not encountered the issue where saving any picture from any camera app fails, requiring a reboot on the July 10 build.

Using hypercam Kronos 7.3 .0.20. I have now lost the ability to save nightsight pictures. The camera snaps,the thumbnail generates but when I go to view the picture it disappears then the thumbnail disappears. Restart and reinstall does not help.

This did not occur in the June 12 evolx build. The nightsight worked properly
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Hi everyone,

If anyone that has problem with camera in July release either app gets crashed or image not saved.

You guys might try this....It might not work for your phone but it does work for me.

All I do is force to turn on flash all the time, then the app never crashes, and images always saved.

If you turn off flash or set flash to auto, then it will either crash or not saving image.

Just try it.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MarsyChan:
Having a weird issue, when I plug in the USB to aux adapter tht came with the phone, the phone thinks its charging and randomly disconnects it and shows the charging symbol in the status bar and vibrates
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dogslayer:
Yeap, after the last update, camera and Google photos are killing me and the phone.

Hardly any photo saved and freeze and autorestart all the time when used.

Also the navigation through some app (FB) is hanging
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vineetbhatia:
Same here. Freezing every time I open YouTube.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
It shouldn't do that though, never had this happen with my Mata and I've been flashing ROMs on it for 2 years almost.

You must be missing a step or doing it incorrectly.

Patching slots with TWRP ALWAYS patches both slots with TWRP so there's no way you'd see stock Recovery.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dasbooter:
Any body here use Google assistant allot? I use it extensively with my home automation and it just didn't seem to work with this ROM . I would get "cannot reach Google at the moment" in the assistant when saying hey or ok Google. I just switched over to paranoid Android and it seems to be working fine in that ROM. I like all the customizations with this ROM though and it seems to be actively updated so I wondered if any one else uses Google assistant with this ROM. Thanks for this ROM I'm even going to finally replace the battery and post pone getting a different phone!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] CamoGeko:
If I'm honest Hey Google has never worked for me on any Mata ROM I've tried, unless I manually unlock device and swipe left to navigate to Google app and even then it was only working intermittently.

Although I have never tried it on PA personally. Glad to hear it works!

Weirdest thing - now that I've switched to a Pixel 2XL running Dirty Unicorns "Hey Google" works every single time, even from the lockscreen.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Thebear Blue XDA Labs
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dasbooter:
Thanks for your reply. Ya even on the stock essential ROMs it was iffy. It would often disable itself and I would have to restart the phone and re-enable it which I would do BC it was so integral to my smart home set up (really helpful to do things hands free). If the Dev for this ROM ever stops by and I can help out with trouble shooting I will. Not sure why it's working in paranoid Android which I'm running now or even if there is causation. Who knows maybe something in the requirements for flashing PA fixed it. Any ways thanks for chiming in. It's quiet around here it seems but some still appreciate the tweakable pure Android that the essential phone was about. Unlocked bootloaders seem a rarity these days
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] leonid26:
Hello everyone, I updated to the latest firmware and the smartphone periodically freezes and reboots, the camera works disgusting. Tell me when the update with OTA fixes will be released?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dogslayer:
It is terrible. Now I can't take any picture anymore. I also tried to go back to stock but I can't flash anything now. Fastboot is recognize the phone, but no command works anymore. Anybody has an idea how to solve it?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Maintainer is fixing it, if you can't wait, back to stock or try anothe rom.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mrrocketdog:
found a post on reddit , i believe ; where someone's "fastboot" wasnt working and their fix was to type ;

fastboot -i 0x2e17

also because i have no p.c. i run adb and fastboot from terminal emulator from a spare rooted phone.

unpack this zip (linked) and place in >system>bin with correct perms.

works for me [emoji12]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/izuml39vbvvzujd/ADB-Fastboot (1).zip?dl=0
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MarsyChan:
I had a similar issue when flashing to this rom, i solved it by borrowing my brothers computer, which is super old 2013 desktop, because neither my desktop or my laptop would do it even though it worked before when updated to the Q beta via the fastboot image, so kinda weird it just froze when I gave it a fastboot command, this is all I can think of, if u don't have an older/another computer available, then u could try one of those really bad USB hubs, dunno if it would work though
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vineetbhatia:
I really appreciate all the work developers do to bring this amazing rom.

Just a quick question:

Can I dirty flash back to 4.4? Would that work?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Shouldn't be a problem, but I highly recommend to back up all important data....just in case.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shri_chanakya:
Please let us know how does it goes..
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Edgehead123:
Dirty flashing the June build seems to have worked for me :D
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shri_chanakya:
Thanks for the update

adb or twrp?

did you take backup or just relied on google backup?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Edgehead123:
TWRP

Did a TWRP backup but ideally won't have to use it. Everything seems smooth so far.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dasbooter:
I would like to keep trying this ROM but flashing different ROMs, probably BC I'm not doing right, seems to be an ordeal. I believe right now that I have the ROM I'm running on slot A

and TWRP installer has installed TWRP to both slots and Magisk is working fine. Whenever I try to flash another ROM everything goes to Hell and a handbag. Then I've got to flash the stock January using the flashall.bat to completely reset the phone. Then get TWRP touch working by pushing TWRP installer then running it through adb...u guys know the rest of it.

Can I just keep flashing ROMs to the A slot without having these issues?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shri_chanakya:
For some reason my twrp was overwritten by the rom.. I reinstalled twrp, lost touch.. some how fixed that and now twrp is not taking password for decrypting the sdcard nor adb side load is working...

stuck at boot logo of Evolution... :(...

only option looks like is stock flash and go back to evolution Jun build... this July build has really done bad do do...
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dasbooter:
Pretty sure decryption hasn't worked since pie. As far as I know everybody here removes there security b4 they boot into twrp
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shri_chanakya:
Finally was able to side load june release using windows machine and essential ph-1 cable on usb-c port.. earlier tried linux and random cables... nothing worked..

Thankful that Jun update is working without any issue far... touchwood...
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mrrocketdog:
probably a dumb question , but i'll chance it :) ; after pushing the twrp-installer did you reboot to twrp > press reboot > and select "initial" slot?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] vineetbhatia:
It's working great! Same as 4.4.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] dasbooter:
I think the only way touch works in TWRP is if I boot to the other slot after running the TWRP installe.r I'm not sure if this is the initial slot. This is after flashing January with flashall.bat

I was just wondering if I boot into twrp if I switch slots so that I'm flashing to the slot where the custom ROM is installed. I can avoid the inevitable bootloop or no Os installed warning or back to TWRP recovery which seems to happen when I want to try another rom
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mrrocketdog:
[MENTION=2681430]dasbooter[/MENTION] , well for me i used this twrp and touch worked just fine. (if thats an issue).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u2axlph70x7vdg5/TWRP-SEP.img?dl=0
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NanoDice:
I've been on the January security patch ever since. I'd like to move on to this rom, but I see that the instructions include wiping data off the phone. Is there any way of flashing this but NOT losing all my internal storage?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MarsyChan:
well u have to take a backup because even if u could dirt flash it without problems, just by running the unlock bootloader fastboot command will wipe ur phone, so no.

Also I'd recommend to install 4.4 if u wanna use ur phone, because 4.5 is really unstable, hopefully a fix soon