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T-Mobile OTA Update Bug (Android 2.3.4, Software 1.45.531.1) Affects Lockscreen

Just discovered a very annoying bug with this new OTA update. I've had it for about an hour, and everything else has been good except for this.
With the lockscreen, my first shortcut icon (Phone Dialer) suddenly disappeared. I have no clue how to get it back.
When I try to re-assign it as a shortcut, it doesn't appear on the shortcuts menu.
I'm 1,000% positive that I did not erase the dialer icon in the lockscreen edit menu.
Anyways, this is just a heads up for some of you TmoUSA people who just got the OTA update.
And if anybody has any suggestions on how to prevent/fix this, or get back my phone dialer shortcut, I'd really appreciate it.

I got the phone dialer and it did not disappear from lock screen after the update.

I think this may be an isolated incident. But wow none the less. I would suggest a wipe brother.

Wow, that sucks to know that it's just me
Not that I would wish this problem on any of you, just kinda bothers me because I factory-resetted just yesterday

It's not just you. I still have the phone on my first button of the lock screen, but if I go to edit the lockscreen buttons, the first one is now blank, and Phone is not an option in the list of available apps to assign.
As long as I don't change it, it's good...

The EVO 3D had this problem with 2.3.3 at launch. HTC sent out a minor update to fix. Expect a minor update in the near future.

I wonder if I should just install a phone dialer app from the market and see if that can be a workaround.
What do you guys think?

LPChris47 said:
I wonder if I should just install a phone dialer app from the market and see if that can be a workaround.
What do you guys think?
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I had this issue, and I made a workaround, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205384

I have phone as my 2nd shortcut and its still there, and it works.
But the 2nd shortcut is blank in the shortcut assign menu.
*my phone is totally out of box stock

new tmo update
has anyone did the tmo update with s-off yet? dit it work? is it worth my while

Wrong thread to ask that, bro. Take it to the Q&A forum

AudiHeel said:
I have phone as my 2nd shortcut and its still there, and it works.
But the 2nd shortcut is blank in the shortcut assign menu.
*my phone is totally out of box stock
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If you save any changes from that screen you'll lose the icon.

Really, yikes. I think I like the 4 I have there now so I'll leave it alone for the time being.
1st - Web
2nd - Phone
3rd - Gmail
4th - Messages

With all these issues I'm seeing I think ima just stick to leedroid or stock rooted. I'm playing around on my myTouch before I sale it.
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I just got the update and yes, while I still have the Phone icon on my lockscreen, if I go to the Settings page for the screen the position is blank and "Phone" isn't an option in the list of programs to launch.
It looks like birgertime's work-around may be what you need, until HTC (hopefully) releases a fix for this.
In the mean time, I'm not going to change my lockscreen icons (not that I frequently do anyway).

Not just you. Same thing happened to me. Just got the update today.

birgertime said:
I had this issue, and I made a workaround, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205384
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i had the same issue, the phone (dialer) missing from menu and lock screen. I downloaded the shortcut from the link above and it worked. Thanx for the shortcut.

I just got the update and I don't have any issues with my lock screen. maybe try to change in your lock screen htc gives us like 6 to choose from 'm using the 1 that shows status updates from facebook and such.
also my wifi is working a lot better I still lose signal when I grip it in landscape mode but it doesn't lose signal completely and I can still use wi-fi even in landscape mode holding it with both hands

The workaround works great! Thanks for the help, everybody.

I was just reading this thread when I noticed that I had the same bug after changing the lockscreen icons. Will flashing a ROM over the update help?

Update Germany CLT-L29 8.1.0.120(C432)

Hi guys,
Just received via OTA last night.
Anyone now more about this update?
The first thing i recognized is the new animation, if you leave an app and go back to home screen...
Just testing if updating of widgets is still an issue.
Some camera fixes I think.
so far...
Benny

my phone received the update few minutes ago

Received this update today as well. T-Mobile in the US.
https://imgur.com/a/Yr0zOSi

Slow-mow in 8x and 32x got rid of these snowflake-ish pixels. At least on mine with that firmware-update. Hussa! :good:

I also just received this in Ireland, noticed the new app closing animation but still haven't brought back the ability to interact with notifications on the lock screen. I'm running. 120(C432) also.
I did notice my handset was randomly rebooting on .107 so hopefully this is fixed as well.
Will update if I notice any other changes since the update.

I've just spotted this new eye icon in the top left hand corner of the camera app that seems to launch a new bar code/item/QR scanner feature powered by Amazon Assistant. Almost like Google Lens but nowhere near as good from what I can tell.
It appears to be the same thing that you can launch from swiping down from the middle of the home screen to launch the "app search" feature and the eye icon is up in the right hand corner of the screen. Really not sure how much if ever I'll use this to be honest!

Same here. Poland

Just got 120 yesterday. I notice a new option under smart assistance, HiTouch?
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knowingplague said:
Just got 120 yesterday. I notice a new option under smart assistance, HiTouch?View attachment 4505008
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A review of the Huawei Honor 10 on androipit.com mentions a view updates in Emui 8.1, apparently "HiTouch":
"(...) can be visually adapted in many ways and offers some exciting additional functions. On of them is called HiTouch and it’s an intelligent aid to identify products with the camera and to buy them directly. To use HiTouch, you have to activate the corresponding option in the settings in the Smart assistance area. The first time you use it, you’ll need to install the Amazon Assistant app."

cologne83 said:
Hi guys,
Just received via OTA last night.
Anyone now more about this update?
The first thing i recognized is the new animation, if you leave an app and go back to home screen...
Just testing if updating of widgets is still an issue.
Some camera fixes I think.
so far...
Benny
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Try the 5x Zoom, results gives much more detail now, was quite surprised when trying it myself.

max.barrett said:
A review of the Huawei Honor 10 on androipit.com mentions a view updates in Emui 8.1, apparently "HiTouch":
"(...) can be visually adapted in many ways and offers some exciting additional functions. On of them is called HiTouch and it’s an intelligent aid to identify products with the camera and to buy them directly. To use HiTouch, you have to activate the corresponding option in the settings in the Smart assistance area. The first time you use it, you’ll need to install the Amazon Assistant app."
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Thanks, I'll have a look.
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otonieru said:
Try the 5x Zoom, results gives much more detail now, was quite surprised when trying it myself.
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Yes, i am seeing the same improvement.
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Received it today in Romania. I too noticed the new close app animation. I also monitored the widget freeze issue and it seems fixed, woohoo! ?

Now there is a 10x zoom... Didn't recognize it before, is it new with this update?

cologne83 said:
Now there is a 10x zoom... Didn't recognize it before, is it new with this update?
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I recalled 10x is there before. Just no dedicated button, have zoom in with two fingers.
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Widget updating problem seems to be gone with this update [emoji3]
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Hi there
After updating to the 120 firmware, I noticed that Huawei finally dropped its own Emui smart unlock feature (unlock only if connected to a Bluetooth device) in favor of Googles native solution (unlock with Bluetooth, secure place, wearing detection). But after a short while, the smart unlock menu cannot be opened. If I chose it in settings, the phone asks for my pin, after entering I get a blank screen. Clearing dalvik cache, reboot etc didn't help. Restore to factory settings solved the problem for 1 day, but after that I suddenly got the same blank screen. Anyone any idea?
Edit: found a solution to the problem. Just disable secure unlock as a trusted agent under security settings, then clear app cache, enable it again as trusted agent and reboot. Working fine after that.

Anyone found a way to disable/change the new app-close animation in the settings?

FurionBG said:
Anyone found a way to disable/change the new app-close animation in the settings?
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You can disable all animations in developer options if that helps.

reppi said:
You can disable all animations in developer options if that helps.
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Actually, yes. Feels much better at 0.5x scale. Thank you very much!

When will the single sim version get the update?
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MIUI thinks I'm swiping back

So, the problem started when I was typing fast, sometimes the keyboard would minimize itself. Then I realized it was only when I was near the "a" key (independent of the keyboard app). So, I got to make some tests, it turns out the screen thinks I am swiping to go back, when I'm not. Please check this video: https://youtu.be/cdg4_oJ68aM
Is there something I can do?
I'm on a Mi Mix 2s 9.5.19.0

I had this problem too. I no longer own the phone though so I'm afraid I can't help. I was wondering if it was fixed in the MIUI 10 beta but nobody has answered it so far. If anyone can chime in to say if it's fixed now would be nice, it made typing basically impossible for me.

Well, it was a display defect. I have to wait 2 weeks for the replacement part to arrive, but it's under warranty. Until then, I'll just use the on screen buttons.

It happens to me from time to time, but not sure if this is my fault. I don't understand the methodology of your test on the video (what are you pressing and when?).

hayatesan said:
It happens to me from time to time, but not sure if this is my fault. I don't understand the methodology of your test on the video (what are you pressing and when?).
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It's the test module of MIUI, I'm just tapping left, right, left, right, etc, sometimes it is interpreted as a swipe between the 2 points (when a line appears). But it's pretty agressive in my display, got it checked and they are going to replace it under warranty.

So I shouldn't get any red lines when just taping right and left? I have those....
That's what happens to me and I'm getting back randomly after a few seconds of quickly taping left and right.
Where did you buy your phone?
I bought it on Aliexpress with Goldway but sending it back for a replacement is not really an option for me.

hayatesan said:
So I shouldn't get any red lines when just taping right and left? I have those....
That's what happens to me and I'm getting back randomly after a few seconds of quickly taping left and right.
Where did you buy your phone?
I bought it on Aliexpress with Goldway but sending it back for a replacement is not really an option for me.
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That lines get interpreted as swipes, so that's why my keyboard minimized when i was using it. If you want something more graphic you can try it on a simple drawing app (like this one), please look at the attached file. I live in Bolivia, here Xiaomi has official representation, so they come with a 15-month warranty.

Kristof_clg said:
That lines get interpreted as swipes, so that's why my keyboard minimized when i was using it. If you want something more graphic you can try it on a simple drawing app (like this one), please look at the attached file. I live in Bolivia, here Xiaomi has official representation, so they come with a 15-month warranty.
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So this shouldn't happen at all?
Please see image attached.
Could other users confirm that when they just tap left and right very quickly, no lines are created? Thanks!
Xiaomi now sells directly in France but I have the 8/256 version only sold in China for now anyway.
Now it happens to me from time to time to have the keybord closed with a "false" back, but not enough to really think there was an issue, I just didn't understand why it closed. Thanks for pointing that, now I'm gonna be annoyed each time.

hayatesan said:
So this shouldn't happen at all?
Please see image attached.
Could other users confirm that when they just tap left and right very quickly, no lines are created? Thanks!
Xiaomi now sells directly in France but I have the 8/256 version only sold in China for now anyway.
Now it happens to me from time to time to have the keybord closed with a "false" back, but not enough to really think there was an issue, I just didn't understand why it closed. Thanks for pointing that, now I'm gonna be annoyed each time.
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But hey, you know what i did in the meantime? I installed XDA Gestures, configured the same gestures as MIUI, and hid the gesture pill. Voilà, you get the same but without that problem. :good: That's good for now.

Kristof_clg said:
But hey, you know what i did in the meantime? I installed XDA Gestures, configured the same gestures as MIUI, and hid the gesture pill. Voilà, you get the same but without that problem. :good: That's good for now.
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You mean:
1) Put back navigation bar on MIUI, disable gesture
2) Install XDA gesture and remove the navbar, configure it as MIUI
3) ?????
4) Profit
Is that it?
There are quite some options in XDA Gesture settings, could you post a screenshot of your preferences (like the 4 screens) so I can copy them? Sorry to bother you with this!
Also instead of using the sides to swipe back, it will use the lower part of the screen only? That's how your fix works?

hayatesan said:
You mean:
1) Put back navigation bar on MIUI, disable gesture
2) Install XDA gesture and remove the navbar, configure it as MIUI
3) ?????
4) Profit
Is that it?
There are quite some options in XDA Gesture settings, could you post a screenshot of your preferences (like the 4 screens) so I can copy them? Sorry to bother you with this!
Also instead of using the sides to swipe back, it will use the lower part of the screen only? That's how your fix works?
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Here are the settings attached (the pill color is transparent), just changed the right swipe to go to last app, instead of back. Remember that to install XDA Gestures you have to use ADB from your PC/Mac, for that to work you have to enable both "USB Debugging" toggles shown in the screenshot.

Does attached mean my unit is ok?

Kristof_clg said:
Here are the settings attached (the pill color is transparent), just changed the right swipe to go to last app, instead of back. Remember that to install XDA Gestures you have to use ADB from your PC/Mac, for that to work you have to enable both "USB Debugging" toggles shown in the screenshot.
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Thanks a lot, gonna do that on monday, just waiting for my bootloader waiting period to end (I know I can to this without root or anything, but as I'll need to do it again....)
Just to confirm, this means the gestures will be at the bottom of the screen only, no back function from the edge, right ? I don't think it will bother me much if this is like that.
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vince_junior said:
Does attached mean my unit is ok?
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Seems to be fine, if you were tapping fast each side, this is perfect. I can't manage to do this without having false swipe.

Android Q beta 5 is out !

Anyone install it yet ? Experiences ?
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Installing now

Seems fine on my PH1 but then I never seem to have all the weird issues others have. Stock unrooted.

Maybe a placebo, but I've noticed a marked improvement in touch and scrolling.
Edit: I've had it running the latest beta for. 12 hours, and have noticed the standby battery drain is much improved for me compared to previous betas.

Also feel faster so far. When I was travelling with maps and play music on it got painfully slow, hanging all the time. Now it looks better. But banking app still not working :/ not sure how I'm going to get it working.
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My beta 4 has been working flawlessly besides the screen studder when I swipe home from within EVERY app. Getting great battery life, 6.5hr+ on screen time with every charge, with 4hrs+ of them being streaming videos. If I don't watch videos, this phone will easily last at least 3.5-4 days. All this at 60% screen brightness.
With that said, I'd hate to install beta 5 and have new issues and worse battery life.

Beta 5 has been good for me. Good battery life about as good as beta 4 was but the only issue I have is even after going full gesture navigation. It seems to go back to 3 button mode randomly and I'll have to change it back. Also I don't see the option to enable the side peek feature that was supposed to be a part of beta 5

Craz_Raven said:
Beta 5 has been good for me. Good battery life about as good as beta 4 was but the only issue I have is even after going full gesture navigation. It seems to go back to 3 button mode randomly and I'll have to change it back. Also I don't see the option to enable the side peek feature that was supposed to be a part of beta 5
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Are you using the stock launcher? Supposedly Google added a "feature" that blocks you from using full gestures if you're using a 3rd party launcher on beta 5.

Jz5678910 said:
Are you using the stock launcher? Supposedly Google added a "feature" that blocks you from using full gestures if you're using a 3rd party launcher on beta 5.
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Hmm na I'm currently using rootless pixel launcher because in beta 4 on quickstep with dark theme the app drawer apps had white letters on white background unless you changed your wallpaper to a dark one.
So your saying if I use the quickstep I can also enable the peek feature?

Craz_Raven said:
Hmm na I'm currently using rootless pixel launcher because in beta 4 on quickstep with dark theme the app drawer apps had white letters on white background unless you changed your wallpaper to a dark one.
So your saying if I use the quickstep I can also enable the peek feature?
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I'm not sure about the peek feature (to be honest I don't know what that is), what I was getting at was about the navigation reverting to 3 button. If you're using something other than stock launcher, it's supposed to force you to use the 3 button navigation according to Google, so that might be why you're seeing that behavior.
Also, beta 5 fixed the dark theme issue.
Edit: Peek is working.

Jz5678910 said:
I'm not sure about the peek feature (to be honest I don't know what that is), what I was getting at was about the navigation reverting to 3 button. If you're using something other than stock launcher, it's supposed to force you to use the 3 button navigation according to Google, so that might be why you're seeing that behavior.
Also, beta 5 fixed the dark theme issue.
Edit: Peek is working.
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Hmm I still can't find the place to enable it. As I though it was supposed to be a settings button to the side of the gesture navigation

Craz_Raven said:
Hmm I still can't find the place to enable it. As I though it was supposed to be a settings button to the side of the gesture navigation
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I didn't have to enable anything, it was just working. I had full gestures as my default when I flashed, and I didn't change anything after that. Looked in settings as well, no option there. I'm assuming it should be on by default.
If you're having trouble with it, disable grip rejection, that could be conflicting with it.

First Impressions
Fresh Clean Fastboot flash
Absolute trash
- QR code on first boot, which I assume is some sort of weird new setup thing.
- Bluetooth crashes infinitely
- Cannot connect to wifi
C'mon Essential... wth?

kevp75 said:
First Impressions
Fresh Clean Fastboot flash
Absolute trash
- QR code on first boot, which I assume is some sort of weird new setup thing.
- Bluetooth crashes infinitely
- Cannot connect to wifi
C'mon Essential... wth?
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My beta 5 runs perfectly, besides the studder to home when I exit an app. Same issue I had on beta 4. No big deal to me because thats the only issue I have. Maybe its just because I'm using Nova launcher, idk

GrapeBandit said:
My beta 5 runs perfectly, besides the studder to home when I exit an app. Same issue I had on beta 4. No big deal to me because thats the only issue I have. Maybe its just because I'm using Nova launcher, idk
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Sideloaded OTA zip, after going back to the last PIE
Everything works fine now....

kevp75 said:
Sideloaded OTA zip, after going back to the last PIE
Everything works fine now....
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I took the OTA update. What launcher are you using? Is anyone else having the studder issues going home from within an app?

GrapeBandit said:
I took the OTA update. What launcher are you using? Is anyone else having the studder issues going home from within an app?
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Just the stock one... just got it back up and running...
I'll probably install the pixel experience one

Lawnchair v2 from all mirror works well for me.
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/deletescape/lawnchair/
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This will be my last Android phone. Nothing against Essential. They are a great company. It's Google. Between the way Android as a whole and their (non) commitment to their services (abandoning etc.) It's all headed into a public toilet.

BaNkS said:
This will be my last Android phone. Nothing against Essential. They are a great company. It's Google. Between the way Android as a whole and their (non) commitment to their services (abandoning etc.) It's all headed into a public toilet.
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Hopefully Huawei's new OS will be a replacement!

Android 10 is now available for the Essential PH-1

Android 10 - Build QP1A.190711.107 is released. My PH-1 is updating OTA.

Sprint? I'm not getting it yet.
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MuddyDog said:
Android 10 - Build QP1A.190711.107 is released. My PH-1 is updating OTA.
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I got it too!!!!! I'm on AT&T. Woo Hoo!!!

Whoo Hoo , got it mine too !

Seems to be working great.
BTW, is there any way to swap the recent and back button?
adb shell
settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "space,recent;home;back,space"
This doesn't work any more :\

Just flashed the fastboot image, for some reason the only options under Choose screen lock are "none" and "Swipe". There's no option for PIN or pattern anymore which leaves me unable to add a fingerprint to unlock with either

How's the battery life in Android Q?
Is it the same with P or worse?

I assume now that it is official, that SafetyNet is passing ok so things such as GooglePay aren't a problem? I had avoided trying a beta because of the lack of SafetyNet failures on them from what I had read, and I tend to use GooglePay and a few games that need SafetyNet.

chanh2018 said:
How's the battery life in Android Q?
Is it the same with P or worse?
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Can't really answer that definitively, it came out a few hours ago. I don't consider using Beta releases as proof, and the thing about battery life, is that it is so dependent on what you do with your phone, that each one of us will get different results.

I'm surprised that the update is only 16 MB if you're on the final beta, but I think I remember the update from Android 8 beta to 9 being similarly tiny. That's a pretty good indicator that barely anything changed from beta 6.

atthevoltain said:
Just flashed the fastboot image, for some reason the only options under Choose screen lock are "none" and "Swipe". There's no option for PIN or pattern anymore which leaves me unable to add a fingerprint to unlock with either
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See the August Q Beta thread, he fixed by going back to Pie then OTA
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/how-to/august-q-beta-t3955477/post80048214

cant change calendar sound, media storage crashed when try changing calendar notification sound

WIFI and Bluetooth broken after update
WIFI and bluetooth will not stay on. Factory reset doesn't help. Neither does going back to Android 9 and doing another OTA to 10. Staying on 9 until further notice!

lentm said:
Seems to be working great.
BTW, is there any way to swap the recent and back button?
adb shell
settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "space,recent;home;back,space"
This doesn't work any more :\
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Go to gesture settings. Switch to 2/3 buttons

Mine on Android 10. Problem is :
1. Full dark mode but not on google feed
2. Force dark mode is good, but in Facebook app highlight text/Notification text is turn to white.
3. No Face unlock
4. Media crash on calendar sound
5. can`t use gesture navigation with 3rd party launcher
Hope essential read this thread..
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DON2003 said:
cant change calendar sound, media storage crashed when try changing calendar notification sound
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Same for me
(can change sound in aCalendar+ app)

Updated OTA last night. So far so good, not noticed any specific issues yet.
Kudos to essential for keeping so on top of these updates. If they do ever release another one I will buy one so long as they strengthen the phone/data signal a bit. That is pretty much my only disappointment with this one, but still it was worth every cent of the 200 bucks or so I paid for it.

Flashed ota through twrp and rooted using Magisk's canary build.
No issues thus far. I can change the stock calendar notification without media crash, but I'm only using the stock sounds. Are those experiencing issues using custom sounds?

Still can`t use gesture navigation with 3rd party launcher?

St.Noigel said:
Still can`t use gesture navigation with 3rd party launcher?
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Yupp.. Add to my post..
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