[Torque_beast]

Oh gotcha! My bad for not picking that up. I have loved reading about the One Plus phones since the first one came out...unfortunately, I've been a Verizon customer all that time too...

Agree, if not for Verizon the one plus would definitely get strong consideration.

[morriea]

Although Nougat to Oreo upgrades do not mandate Project Treble, it looks like Essential is doing it anyway. This is a nice sign.

[damiand2002]

anyone knows how to upgrade using a mac?

[digitalbreak]

anyone knows how to upgrade using a mac?

Download the Android Platform Tools to your Mac from Google's website. Then unzip it, go to that folder and use the adb commands as instructed on Essential's website.

Just make sure you navigate to the platform-tools directory and then use:

./adb sideload <path to the zip file>

[Runell A]

To anyone running the Oreo beta... it's been a few weeks now, do you think it's ready for primetime?

[modifier]

To anyone running the Oreo beta... it's been a few weeks now, do you think it's ready for primetime?

No. It's good but there are still plenty of bugs. I suspect we'll see another beta build drop soon. Ask us again after that.

[digitalbreak]

To anyone running the Oreo beta... it's been a few weeks now, do you think it's ready for primetime?

We are waiting for the second beta build. Essential has been open telling there are issues with Bluetooth and battery drain in the beta. So I wouldn’t say prime time but it’s good as a daily driver. YMMV given that it’s still beta.

[unmorphed]

It works fine on Verizon. I'm using mine on Verizon. WiFi calling doesn't work (there have been a few reports it does - but I think those are flukes). I don't really care about WiFi calling. VOLTE works great and I have just as good reception as I had with my Pixel. I love my PH-1

Wifi Calling and Visual Voicemail are not available on Any non-Verizon phone.

[1901Madison]

Wifi Calling and Visual Voicemail are not available on Any non-Verizon phone.

That's too bad. I hate that Verizon locks down their network like that.

[fernandez21]

Where’s beta 2? I thought it was suppose to be released this week.

[fernandez21]

Still no beta 2?

[morriea]

Still no beta 2?

Per the Reddit AMA, they found some issues that they did not want to release in the beta2 candidate, so they are spinning up another version.

[modifier]

The next drop will likely be close to final. Given the timing I'd personally guess the final build to be ready in January.

[1901Madison]

If Essential could somehow fix the haptic feedback with a software update, it would be really close to my perfect phone. Obviously the camera could be better, but I don't take enough pictures for that to matter.

[Stinger4321]

If Essential could somehow fix the haptic feedback with a software update, it would be really close to my perfect phone. Obviously the camera could be better, but I don't take enough pictures for that to matter.

Just turn haptic off.. first thing i do is turn haptic and all touch sounds off when i get a new device or rom

[1901Madison]

Do we still think we are getting the public rollout of Oreo in 2017? I haven't heard of the Beta 2 releasing yet, and we are only 13 days from the new year.

[Stinger4321]

Do we still think we are getting the public rollout of Oreo in 2017? I haven't heard of the Beta 2 releasing yet, and we are only 13 days from the new year.

I think on Reddit they said this week

[1901Madison]

I think on Reddit they said this week

For public rollout or Beta 2?

[digitalbreak]

For public rollout or Beta 2?

Beta 2

[m3lover1]

And beta 2 is out!

https://twitter.com/essential/status...780220929?s=17

[Randy Ohio]

I side loaded it tonight. I had held off until this release. The first thing I found was a setting to display the battery % ! Not having that drove me crazy. I'm still looking around in settings. There seems to be additional app level battery settings to allow it not running in the background. Also night mode. Neat stuff!

[modifier]

The first thing I found was a setting to display the battery % ! Not having that drove me crazy.

You can do that in M, N and the Oreo Beta 1 build. Enable System UI Tuner and enjoy. https://www.androidcentral.com/insid...ystem-ui-tuner

[Randy Ohio]

Thanks for that tip. I only wish I knew that a month ago! it does work in the Oreo Beta 2 build. I guess I never knew about this because I came from an LG phone which has much if this built into their customizations.

[modifier]

The feature is now arguably better in Oreo since the percentage is beside the battery icon rather than inside. It was difficult to read in M and N.

[dtresca]

You can do that in M, N and the Oreo Beta 1 build. Enable System UI Tuner and enjoy. https://www.androidcentral.com/insid...ystem-ui-tuner

I never knew this. Thank you so much!