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Go to the web interface for Google Voice. They accidentally messed up some configurations. You might be one of those people.

I don't see that.

It works fine now.

In settings, make sure "accessibility" is on.

What carrier are you on? I don't see that issue on Verizon. Also if you have snap blocking enabled, some will get through, some won't.

One source has reported it and everyone else ran with it. Apple doesn't confirm or deny rumors. Google doesn't confirm or deny rumors. Essential doesn't confirm or deny. Notning really interesting.

Rumors. From Andy: "We always have multiple products in development at the same time and we embrace canceling some in favor of the ones we think will be bigger hits. We are putting all of our efforts towards our future, game-changing products, which include mobile and home products." Where does...

A quote from Andy "We always have multiple products in development at the same time and we embrace canceling some in favor of the ones we think will be bigger hits. We are putting all of our efforts towards our future, game-changing products, which include mobile and home products." Where does...

Unlock your bootloader. And go over to XDA and flash the 8.1 back to stock. https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681 You can then relock your bootloader or root with Magisk. I think trying to sideload will fail because the asset check doesn't work...

Copper Black. I'd trade my black one in a minute to get the copper black.

My wife's Moto Z has the secure start feature. My LG G6 did not. My daughters Samsung Galaxy S8 doesn't do it. Although it has a password to shut off feature, which I think is great. A stolen phone can't be turned off. The Essential has neither. But for phones with encrypted storage...

I use Nova Prime. No issues.

I don't see it in fastboot. Mine is hardware version 1.8. You might be able to tell via serial number. I don't know. If it's a new phone, from a retailer, then it's probably a build in the last two months. Everyone ran out of inventory in Dec. (Sprint, Best Buy, Amazon, even Essential).

They added some system apps that you need to be root to get rid of.

A man with a plan..