Odditys after root - Essential Phone Questions & Answers

Hey guys, so I recently picked up this device and im loving it so far. I've rooted just about every Android I've gotten the last few years so I'm not a COMPLETE noob at it.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/how-to/guide-rooting-essential-ph-1-magisk-t3701976
But I recently root it following the info there, and now #1 the essential cam app just opens a web page, but also in device info and in other services like.google home my phone is being listed as a Pixel I'm not sure what I did wrong as I used the P firmware listed in the post I linked.
Or is this normal, and if not can I get a point in the right direction to rectifing this issue?
Thanks

I wouldn't flash the firmware from there. Get it from https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds

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Rooted my phone on Jan 9 haven't touched it since then how do I update?

Hey guys,
I've been searching around but can't quite figure out what to do here. I rooted my phone RIGHT after I got it. I think I installed some sort of update.zip cyanogen made for it. I can't remember what all I did, but I want this latest update. I see that there is a cyanogen mod but I can't find any clear instructions for my situation. There is a radio update and a normal update. I remember from my G1/Sense UI days that you don't mess around with those, so how do I proceed?
Thanks.
Never mind, got it. The main rooting tutorial has it at the end if anyone is looking in the future.

The most effective way to debloat the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930V after root?

Hi, I've successfully rooted my phone!
Is there an easy, quick or thorough way to debloat our phones running Nougat?
psouza4 had this thread with directions on how to do that, but I think it was for 6.0.1 because it's not working on my phone
My phone is the Samsung SM-G930V with the baseband version G930VVRU4BQA4 and build number NRD90M.G930VVRU4BQA4 if that helps anyone.
Anything anyone can do to point me in the right direction or any tips you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
omgitsMATT said:
Hi, I've successfully rooted my phone!
Is there an easy, quick or thorough way to debloat our phones running Nougat?
psouza4 had this thread with directions on how to do that, but I think it was for 6.0.1 because it's not working on my phone
My phone is the Samsung SM-G930V with the baseband version G930VVRU4BQA4 and build number NRD90M.G930VVRU4BQA4 if that helps anyone.
Anything anyone can do to point me in the right direction or any tips you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
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If you are rooted u can use titaniim backup app from play store to remove or freez them.
Osama Chishty said:
If you are rooted u can use titaniim backup app from play store to remove or freez them.
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I was thinking something similar to this or this but for 7.0, not 6.0.1.
I'm not clever enough to really know what can and can't be removed safely. I usually just spend weeks removing stuff to try and strip down to an absolutely minimum stock phone and end up just breaking the operating system and having to start over.
However, in the two links hyperlinked above, two guys both immensely smarter than me were able to strip the phones of all the bloatware and then some while remaining on stock roms and having a very functional phone.
I was hoping to find something like that.
For now I'm just downgrading to a rom that came out before Sep 15, 2016 and then following the steps in this thread to get a functional rooted phone that is tweaked to run okay, then I'm using the steps in this thread to strip the phone down to almost nothing but still keeping it functional.
I would rather have total control of the applications and software on my phone and use a dated operating (6.0.1) system versus using the most up to date operating system (7.0) and not having as much control or understanding of what's on my phone.
I would love to upgrade to 7.0 though if anyone knows an extensive and reliable way to extremely debloat the Verizon Samsung S7 SM-G930V with a locked bootloader?
I've lurked and googled every variation of any combination of words to try and find the right place to learn how to do this but fell back on the two threads I hyperlinked above, twice. I can't find anything that works for me for 7.0
If anyone wants to emulate what I did to get a similar result, I used the firmware version G930UUEU4API3 for the device Samsung Galaxy S7, model SM-G930U for my SM-G930V (apparently the G930U version doesn't come with Verizon bloat? just standard bloat?) because that version was released 9/09/16 and the thread for the extreme debloat was last updated 9/15/16, probably to account for that release. After that nothing has been updated.
omgitsMATT said:
I was thinking something similar to this or this but for 7.0, not 6.0.1.
I'm not clever enough to really know what can and can't be removed safely. I usually just spend weeks removing stuff to try and strip down to an absolutely minimum stock phone and end up just breaking the operating system and having to start over.
However, in the two links hyperlinked above, two guys both immensely smarter than me were able to strip the phones of all the bloatware and then some while remaining on stock roms and having a very functional phone.
I was hoping to find something like that.
For now I'm just downgrading to a rom that came out before Sep 15, 2016 and then following the steps in this thread to get a functional rooted phone that is tweaked to run okay, then I'm using the steps in this thread to strip the phone down to almost nothing but still keeping it functional.
I would rather have total control of the applications and software on my phone and use a dated operating (6.0.1) system versus using the most up to date operating system (7.0) and not having as much control or understanding of what's on my phone.
I would love to upgrade to 7.0 though if anyone knows an extensive and reliable way to extremely debloat the Verizon Samsung S7 SM-G930V with a locked bootloader?
I've lurked and googled every variation of any combination of words to try and find the right place to learn how to do this but fell back on the two threads I hyperlinked above, twice. I can't find anything that works for me for 7.0
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Update 7.0 root it and try this rom. You need to create a account to access the form.
http://stang5litre-roms.proboards.com/
Osama Chishty said:
Update 7.0 root it and try this rom. You need to create a account to access the form.
http://stang5litre-roms.proboards.com/
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Thanks. I was using the 6.0.1 rom for awhile but ended up doing other things.
I have been using this 7.0 one now since you posted on the 4th and it's nice.
If you find anything else do share, thanks so much for your help!
Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930V is mine as well running oreo 8.0 how to root/unlock bootloader?
cheers much appreciated
omgitsMATT said:
Hi, I've successfully rooted my phone!
Is there an easy, quick or thorough way to debloat our phones running Nougat?
psouza4 had this thread with directions on how to do that, but I think it was for 6.0.1 because it's not working on my phone
My phone is the Samsung SM-G930V with the baseband version G930VVRU4BQA4 and build number NRD90M.G930VVRU4BQA4 if that helps anyone.
Anything anyone can do to point me in the right direction or any tips you could give me would be greatly appreciated.
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v20 custom rom installation help needed

Hi, guys, i need some serious help. I have run into trouble.
I have LG v20 and lately, the battery was going very bad giving me SOT of around 3hrs. I searched online and found that a recent Google play services update is messing with phone batteries for a lot of phones and only possible solution at this moment is so to opt for beta Google play services, which i did and it became a disaster. I am now getting SOT of 1hr max and battery goes down quickly. I opted out of beta play services too.
I have never ever done custom rom installation, ever but this recent issue is making me think of doing it now. I have never unlocked bootloader and rest onward procedure. I have been reading the xda but i seem to find only one or two roms for my phone model.
Guys, can you please help me through this? I found some posts regarding the procedure, please let me know if they are the right ones.
1. Unlock Bootloader
2. Rest of steps
Please guide me with the step by step instructions. I am asking this because on many ROM description about the things which can go wrong and they are more than the things that will go right. This scares me.
I found only this rom for my model.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/v20-v1-oct-20-16-t3482986
Additional info: I have a Korean LG V20 f800k with android nougat 7.0 and software version f800k10e. I installed oreo via LG UP + Uppercut 6months back and had very horrible battery life just as now, so i reverted back to nougat. I am suspecting that the flashing process didn't go well.

Upgrading GT-P5110 with newer Android version

Hi
Was hoping to get some guidance from anyone who has successfully upgraded the Android version on their Samsung GT-P5110. My daughter needs to install educational software that requires Android 5 or above (due to COVID/Home Schooling). Id love to buy a new tablet but Ive lost my job so hoping to get this old tablet working. Has anyone succesfully upgraded this model? Any help with instructions and links to correct versions of Odin, TWRP and OS Image would be most appreciated. Ive got some tips from this thread but not sure where to get the correct file versions..
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75777254&postcount=1046
Thanks
Angela
Tablet is useless to me now. YouTube no longer works keeps asking to update

Downgrade from

Hallo everybody.
I have a tab s3 with Android 9, firmware T825XXU3CTA1, and I hate it, too slow.
I would like to downgrade it to Android 8 or, if possible, even better to 7.
I boughy it via Amazon Italy
Which firmware should I download and, if I may, where can I?
I wouldn't like to root, but if needed I can do it.
See enclosed for more details.
Thank you and have a nice day.
tsolignani said:
Hallo everybody.
I have a tab s3 with Android 9, firmware T825XXU3CTA1, and I hate it, too slow.
I would like to downgrade it to Android 8 or, if possible, even better to 7.
I boughy it via Amazon Italy
Which firmware should I download and, if I may, where can I?
I wouldn't like to root, but if needed I can do it.
See enclosed for more details.
Thank you and have a nice day.
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Just complete Steps 1-3 from my guide at:
Newbie-friendly: TWRP and Root for Samsung S3 Tablet
Tested SM-T820, for Android O. It is reported that it works for Android P as well, with small modification (see below). This post is designed to gather information found across this forum to give a step-by-step guide for obtaining a custom...
forum.xda-developers.com
(Note, I haven't recently downloaded the firmware, and the hosts for such things change frequently.)

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