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    A thread for those who are enjoying this phone

    I like this phone despite a few minor issues. I pre-ordered my phone through Best Buy and it came preloaded with a Sprint SIM. I love the build quality, so far no scratches on the ceramic back (knock on wood). I also love stock Android. I have had Samsung phones for years and it's refreshing...
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    What problems are you experiencing with the Essential Phone

    My wallpaper changes to the default one by itself randomly. I use my phone with Android Auto a lot and I noticed that when I eject from Android Auto from my Chrysler that the wallpaper is sometimes different. I set my wallpaper by long pressing the home screen and then selecting Google...
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    This thing has really grown on me...

    I think palm rejection would help with the sensitive issue. I notice my palm skin hitting the phone as I hold it in one hand. Maybe I should loose weight but I think with bezels this small palm rejection would help.
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    I picked up my phone from Best Buy yesterday. I got it activated online with Sprint Chat. It works well so far. I like it. Going caseless at the moment but I did get Best Buy's Geek Squad Square Trade protection thing on it. So far the signal strength is the same as any other Sprint phone. No...
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    Best buy just texted me that my phone is ready for pickup. I'm headed there after lunch. So I guess the delay email meant it was delayed for one day
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    Best Buy sent me an apology letter for the delay but nothing has changed yet on my order status. Hopefully I will get it today or tomorrow. (Sprint Variant)
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    Best Buy told me it is Thursday.
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    The Note 8 does look good. I heard that the Essential Phone camera freezing has been fixed with an update. Apparently Essential put the camera on Google Play to make it easier for them to upgrade. I wasn't as concerned about photo quality as much as I was about the freezing issue. I ordered...
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    I preordered the Sprint variant from Best Buy but haven't received it yet. It has been delayed twice. I will hopefully get it this Thursday the 14th.
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    The phone I pre-ordered from Best Buy that got delayed is also the Sprint variant. Something must be going on
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    Best Buy just emailed me and pushed it back to 9/14/2017.
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    What problems are you experiencing with the Essential Phone

    Did you try updating your data profile?
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    Received the Essential Phone ask your questions

    Chuck, what happens if you go into Developer Options and change the setting called Cellular Data always active? I don't have my phone yet but I'm curious to see if that would fix your issue with WiFi/LTE
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    Essential Order and Shipping Thread

    I'm not complaining but I just got an email from Best Buy moving my shipped date to September 8th. Originally, BB told me September 1st.