yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
So, your APN is correct? That's odd.

Also, LTE+, yeah that's mostly marketing fluff from carriers, you're still connecting to that band wherever you used to. Just doesn't differentiate the icon.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] brochacholibre:
I have encountered a really strange issue and I'm hoping one of you guys may be able to shed some light on it. I recently picked up an open box unused unit which came bone-stock with an older stock build, Android 8. It seems to be as from-scratch as one can possibly get here. I intended to use Lineage 18.1 on it, so I followed the following steps:

- Dev options > OEM Unlock > Reboot fastboot > fastboot flashing unlock

- Once unlocked and wiped I booted right back into the bootloader and flashed QQ1A.200105.032 (Feb 2020) with the flashall.sh script

- Once flashed I booted right back into bootloader and flashed lineage recovery

- Rebooted recovery

- ADB'd Lineage img

- Rebooted system

- System boots but refuses to detect SIM card. When a SIM is inserted, the phone soft reboots immediately and sends me to a recovery prompt. Paraphrasing, "Android couldn't start. Factory reset?"

I managed to (I think) solve the issue and I now have my SIM (Verizon) working by doing the following after the above:

- Reboot recovery

- Flash QQ1A.200105.007 (Jan 2020)

- Rebooted straight into bootloader

- Flashed recovery, rebooted recovery, flashed Lineage img, rebooted system

My question after all of the above is this: The device functions perfectly now, and I think I solved the issue. Is there a compatibility issue with the Feb build even though the Lineage img flashes all relevant partitions anyway? Do I need to fastboot flashing unlock_critical and redo the January flash? Does a Lineage OTA flash all the partitions like initial installation through fastboot or just boot/system etc?

I'm glad my phone is working, but I'm worried there's a firmware mismatch somewhere along the line and I don't want to encounter the issue again after an OTA.

Unrelated, but after reading the whole post chain: I have used and loved this ROM on my old PH-1 for quite some time and I love it. A big thanks to the devs and the maintainer(s) for their hard work!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
you're fine, we flash everything needed.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] IronRoo:
It's working now, strangely.

I added "mms" settings for MMS as well (defaults from SIM/network are blank), there was no change.

Then I selected IPV6/IPV4 (SIM/netwrok default setting is just IPV4), still no change.

Gave up as everthing semed to be working (bar assistant.)

Then later i noticed the little cross bottom right of signal strength bars was gone!!! Can't explain it, maybe my changes triggered some setting at my network provider and it took a little while to roll out?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TDP95:
My PH-1 also experiences the chipmunk audio when trying to make a call using VoLTE. I've tried installing LOS 18.1 with either the stock February 2020 or January 2020 OS's originally installed on the device, but the issue persists. I haven't found a solution except to disable VoLTE. My MVNO carrier is Ting and I'm using the T-Mobile network. It looks like others are having this issue too since LOS 17.1, https://xdaforums.com/t/chipmunk-audio-on-los-17-1-essential-ph-1-t-mobile.4193983/

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/l1r8ez

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/kwatpy

I noticed however this doesn't occur on the January 2020 stock OS when I tested it. The audio with VoLTE enabled works fine.

Has anyone found a solution to this issue? T-Mobile is going to require devices to support VoLTE very soon as they're killing off their 3G network.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
I reinstalled the ROM from scratch and now if I go into my Google account settings to check what it's syncing, Contacts doesn't even show up as an option (see screenshot). Any clues how do I fix this?

Will I have to remove the Google account and set it up again? Or worse, have to reset the phone?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
In fact, contacts from my exchange account aren't syncing as well.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
What build did you try? Maybe you can go back one build and see if it's still missing.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
It was the 27th Dec build. I reset the phone and it's brought the contacts syncing back. Let's see how everything else goes. Setting up the phone again.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Let use today release, see if it fixed all of your issues.

I use it as secondary device so I don't know if it's fully operated.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
I had faced some other issues as well. Some settings were missing and device was showing as uncertified. I reset the device and all seems to be ok now.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
My device is always uncertified with LOS from beginning (even in 17.1)
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
This is the first time I have installed the rom on the Essential phone. Previously I had it on a different device. That was always registered as certified from 17.1 onwards. I was even able to use Google pay. Can't seem to do on this one.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
FYI, my device is now showing as certified when I check the play store.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Does anyone know if there is a way to keep phone vibration off when the alarm goes off? I am one of those that will snooze the alarm 5-6 times before I wake up and all that vibration ends up draining the battery unnecessarily. Phone vibrating when the alarm goes off is unnecessary IMO.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ziddey:
Anyone have Widevine L1 support? From what I remember, it doesn't require the bootloader be locked on the PH1. Only seeing L3 here.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pedro2NR:
Just installed nightly 18.1-20220124 with mind the gaps. I noticed my phone reboots randomly and boots into recovery stating: "Can't load Android System".

I select "try again" and it boots up but randomly happens.

Any suggestions?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Try fresh install from Jan stock rom and don't root. Let see if it happens again. Mine is ok no problem at all.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
I have the random reboots too. For me, it typically happens when I am in a location where the network keeps jumping between 3G/4G. Not sure why are facing the loading error though.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pedro2NR:
Thanks for your input. I have been on stock for a while and had no issues of rebooting. I'll keep an eye out for more issues. Thanks again.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pedro2NR:
Very interesting. I"ll keep an eye out for that. Thanks for your input.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] IronRoo:
can be set for each alarm when setting alarm up
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Are any of you using any of the gcam ports with this ROM? I am using the one made by Urnyx05. It mostly works fine but if I click a number of photos in a short span of time, suddenly my phone does not have volume if I try to play anything. Sometimes even a call does not work immediately afterwards. Way out is to restart the phone.

Didn't have an issue with the same port when I was on stock
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ronFenomeno:
Hi, I have just installed lineage 18.1 on my essential phone. I could enable volte in settings but I could not get volte connection. I have checked with *#*#4636#*#*. The ims status is registered but the voice over lte is unavailable. Would there be any solution to work wtih it?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
What's up with the builds for mata?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Sometimes they skip one week. It happened before. We should see another one next Monday.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] manoloturbo1:
Question about the Known issues the Wifi works?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
of course wifi works.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
No update for 3 weeks....strange!!!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
2 weeks I would say. This is the start of the 3rd week..

But yes strange and something I was wondering about last week.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MuddyDog:
npjohnson should post regarding the PH-1 build schedule.

That said, the upcoming PH-1 changes and active build queue for Lineage can be seen at: https://www.lineageoslog.com/18.1/mata

It appears that Lineage has been keeping its build servers busy with Lineage 19.0 test builds for the Google Pixel phones.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
19.0 stuff threw us off for a short time, then an APK edit to fix some telephony bugs resulted in signing issues. Will be fixed by next build
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] IronRoo:
Thanks for the update, hope the telephony stuff incls lower call volume, personally I'd be happy enough with monthly updates (assuming no significant bugs need fixing), especially if it's due to Lineage 19 dev! Thanks again for your work.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
this fix has nothing to do with call audio - it fixes sim hotswap
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ronFenomeno:
Thanks you so much to letting this device keeps having update. I am having a question about the volte. May I know that whether it is working or not? As I see in the settings, it has enabled but seems not working. The ims is registered, but volte is unavailable.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Works for me in the UK. Unfortunately, LineageOS ROMs don't show the volte logo
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
Did it work on stock for you? If not it won't work here.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ronFenomeno:
It works on stock rom. But it seems that the new build makes volte work again. Thanks.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lraed74:
Any way to get Live Captions added/working with 18.1?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Quick question. Some of the other lineage builds for other phones allow showing a data counter in the status bar. This one doesn't. Any specific reason? Is it because of the notch as that is where the counter appears?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
it supports it it just can't be in center
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Ok. But where's the setting? Can't find it anywhere. Used to be under system > status bar
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
Ah wait, yeah, we do hide it due to notch.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Any chance it can be brought back and we display the counter on the side instead of the centre?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Yesterday's update removed magisk from my phone. Anyone else have that?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SpunkySam:
Hey, I'm having a problem installing the recovery file onto my phone. When I try to fastboot flash boot either to slot a or b, with the .img file, I get hit with

Warning: skip copying boot_a image avb footer (boot_a partition size: 0, boot_a image size: 67108864).

Sending 'boot_a' (65536 KB)

and it either stops there indefinitely, or it eventually shows

FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))

I've tried many different solutions. Different usb ports, different PCs, different .img files (like TWRP), and I've been having no luck, and I haven't seen anyone else who has the same problem as I. Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Try to go back to Jan stock rom and when flashing LOS recovery image, don't put slot (fastboot flash boot recovery.img)

I followed LOS installation instruction closely, and it've never failed me.

Hope it works for you. Good luck.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
@npjohnson can I ask a question about the v19 of the LineageOS ROM for Mata (whenever that is, no rush)?

Like you kept the essential camera in the ROM in v18.1, will you do the same for v19 as well? Thanks.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
Yes, it's already there.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Zraxonix:
I have the same issue as Sam. I have tried changing usb cables, usb hub, laptops, PCs, OS and nothing helped.

Tried going back to stock rom and couldn't flash anything as well.

What do you mean by "don't put slot (fasboot flash boot recovery.img)"?

@SpunkySam did you have any luck with this?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SpunkySam:
Nope, I haven't. Someone on reddit messaged and said some of these phones just don't work properly. If using different devices and a usb hub didn't work, I truly cannot think of or find any other solution.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] malerocks:
Don't put slot means don't specify the slot it should be flashed to i.e. a or b.

Personally, I always specify the slot. Instead of using _a, try using __a
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Oswald Boelcke:
Thread closed on request of OP @npjohnson

Regards

Oswald Boelcke
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ttocs99:
Wonder if this will ever have enforcing. Reflashed rom and lost magisk and say device not certified in Google play. Can't even reflash magisk as i have lineages own recovery installed.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MuddyDog:
Magisk is now packaged as an APK. See: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases

"Starting from v22.0, the Magisk app (renamed from Magisk Manager) includes everything it needs within the APK itself, making installation a 100% offline process."

There is also an updated installation guide: https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MuddyDog:
The moderator could clarify this. I simply followed the Wiki page.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ttocs99:
I e read all of that but I've had to return the laptop back to my friend. And the custom recovery is the lineageos recovery and not twrp so I'm actually stuck at the moment
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MuddyDog:
You can download the Magisk APK directly to your phone from from https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases and then install the APK from local storage. No recovery is needed.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] numanair:
You can flash magisk from the lineageos recovery. You might need a computer to adb sideload (I'm not sure). Are you saying you don't have one you can use at the moment?
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ttocs99:
Easy installing the app, and patching bootloader but you need a pc or laptop to fastboot flash the patched image.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ttocs99:
Yes I had to return my friends laptop and won't be able to get hold of it again untill after the holidays.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nitix007:
anyone else having this issue: mobile signal works fine by default, after I change my apn settings(which I'm required to do by my carrier if I want to use LTE) the signal goes away, tries connecting for a split second then goes away again.

I think this is a problem with LOS 18, because I also tried Evolution rom based on Android 11 and I had the same issue.

How can I report this issue directly to LOS?

p.s I flashed stock January firmware and followed the official guide, did not use gapps or magisk just to be sure
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] chanh2018:
Do you want to flash LOS or not? if you do:

1. Download the rom and recovery image from LOS:

LineageOS Downloads

download.lineageos.org

2. Follow exactly the instruction

Install LineageOS on mata | LineageOS Wiki

wiki.lineageos.org
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
No idea stock supported that, I'll take a look!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] npjohnson:
Will remove that. Firmware is shipped in package, don't worry about it.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Pfhortune:
If it helps, 17.1 seems to have USB keyboard/mouse working through a hub, but having video issues with that too. Stock worked fine with my LG USB-C display and USB hub.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nitix007:
manually setting the apn type to: default,supl did the trick
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] moichman:
unless i missed something, the only instructions i am seeing on this thread, so far, are for installing LOS 18.1, which wipes the phone and does a clean install.

in the updater for 17.1, it link to to upgrade instructions

Upgrade LineageOS on mata | LineageOS Wiki

wiki.lineageos.org

i don't want to lose, then reinstall all the apps and app data i have, or pictures, music, etc. i just want to upgrade and keep all of that, if possible.

it *looks* like the upgrade instructions, using the sideload, keeps all of that (although gapps has to be updated, still).

has anyone followed the upgrade instructions and does it preserve the apps and data, and pics, sounds, music, etc?

thanks!
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lynnux:
Yes, I followed the upgrade instructions and it kept everything, just as with an update.

I did have to reflash, things went haywire after a few hours - apps freezing, lagging, etc. Now it's working fine. I've seen similar reports on Reddit thread.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] moichman:
thanks.

i think i will sit on it a bit and see if things smooth out after some updates. i will back up everything, of course, before attempting the upgrade. just would prefer not have to go through putting everything back :)
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Excelsis27:
So far, this is kind of a crapshoot for me. Went from 70% to 15% during the night (~6hours). GSam says my phone was in deep sleep for virtually all of that time, too. Nothing obvious that was draining battery.

Kind of a shame, considering my phone could easily last two days on a charge on stock firmware with light use...

I haven't used LOS since 14.1 on an LG G3, so It's been a while and many changes later, anything I could do to troubleshoot or fix this or is this just the way things are?

Edit: Clearing data for Google and Google Frameworks seems to have fixed it.

Further edit to clarify: This completely fixed my issue and now, a few days later, I've never had this good of battery life with this phone.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lynnux:
Wise decision. I tend to jump into these things, and have sometimes been burned.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Verdugo:
I was able to flash 18.1 and the mindthegapps but I can't get the phone to connect to wifi. I get a "failed to connect to network" error. I've tried factory resetting and flashing 3 times with no success. Mobile network works just fine also. Has anyone has the same issue and was able to resolve it?

If it helps, I use a Google Nest mesh wifi for my wireless.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] newbieandroid:
Looks like this will be fixed in the next build: https://review.lineageos.org/c/LineageOS/android_device_essential_mata/+/306777/

LineageOS Downloads

download.lineageos.org
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] nitix007:
Join the LineageOS Discord Server!

LineageOS is an open source Android-based operating system for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. | 6119 members

discord.com

try asking for help in LOS Discord
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Chirtan:
Hey I'm having an issue where my cellular radio keeps connecting and disconnecting rapidly. Anything I can try to fix this? I've tried both your latest build and the official build.

I've now observed the behaviour after a fresh install. It only starts to happen after the device has been restarted. It will operate fine up until that point.

Edit: When I roll back to recovery lineage-17.1-20210329-recovery-mata.img and lineage-17.1-20210329-nightly-mata-signed.zip everything seems to work fine. So the issue must be in the latest builds.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Chirtan:
Im having a similar situation. After one device restart after a fresh install my connection starts rapidly connecting and disconnecting eventually the phone will just crash. Very strange.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] hogehoge61:
I had the same problem, but I solved it by setting the APN type to the minimum "default,supl" according to the settings specified by my carrier. I don't know if this is the solution for all mobile services, but I think it's worth a try (depending on your carrier's service, there may be other required fields such as "mms").
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Chirtan:
I see, I'll give this a try when im home tonight and report back if it fixes the issue.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ｡･ﾟ･ヾ(｡•﹏•｡)ﾉﾞ･ﾟ･｡:
Today's (2021.04.05) update seems to have fixed some bugs such as not being able to connect to WPA3 Wi-Fi.

LineageOS Downloads

download.lineageos.org
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] life02:
Has anyone gotten Magisk to work on Lineage 18.1? I've tried manually patching and installing the zip. The app is installed but Magisk install status still shows as N/A.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] lynnux:
Yes, I successfully installed it following the sideload method they recommend, if you have trouble doing it any other way. I downloaded the latest apk from the github page to my computer, renamed it as a zip file, and sideload/flashed it via adb.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Verdugo:
Thanks for the heads-up. The update resolved my WiFi issue.
[Essential Phone ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] life02:
Yeah that's the method I've tried as well. It sideloads and appears to install correctly (Mounting, unpacking, patching, repacking, etc....). I see there is a new ZIP file posted at https://magisk.me/zip/. Going to try that one now.

EDIT: Same thing. Magisk still shows as N/A in the app but the zip file sideloaded over correctly. I've tried on the 4/02 and 4/05 release. Going to do another factory reset and try again. So strange.