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Rooting the Essential Phone PH-1

I know this is probably a very simple question but I have not seen it addressed yet. What's the best way to root the Essential phone? Is there a working TWRP available yet? Anyone have a guide? thanks :good:

There is no public development currently happening.

It seems very quiet in here as far as root goes. I hope some devs are buying this phone.

in another thread there is a link to magisk and rooting w/o a custom recovery, no one has tried to see if it works on our device.

As soon as FedEx gets over this long weekend and gets me my phone, I'll do the Magisk root and post about it here.
Until then, I'm just stuck twiddling my thumbs and doing other stuff.

I wonder if any custom development will become available for this phone. Yeah, we can unlock the bootloader (pretty useless without a custom recovery) and possibly have root via Magisk (which is fine on the stock ROM), but I have a feeling devs may be staying away from the Essential. Whether it's due to the somewhat negative reviews and new Pixels coming out soon.

hx3 said:
I wonder if any custom development will become available for this phone. Yeah, we can unlock the bootloader (pretty useless without a custom recovery) and possibly have root via Magisk (which is fine on the stock ROM), but I have a feeling devs may be staying away from the Essential. Whether it's due to the somewhat negative reviews and new Pixels coming out soon.
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in order to root w/ magisk via fastboot, we need the stock.img which isnt available.

It is my humble projection that the Essential will soon become one of the leaders in the ROM/development world.

Relax man... I've seen development for far less popular phones that were far more locked down... Most people that ordered don't even have their phones yet though... give it another week or two to pick up. I paid for my order about 2 weeks ago and it's not getting delivered till Tuesday or Wednesday and there are many others who don't even have tracking info yet.

You guys are probably right. Right now I don't even need root. There is no crap Ola I need to freeze with tibu.. I will still root as soon as it comes. This is the first time I bought a phone that did not come from a carrier.. Jeez what a difference
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I want root simply so that I can add LMT pie controls, hide the nav bar and run adaway. Other than that, there's very little I need root for these days.

im looking to root for adaway and volume skip track. other then that i really have no other need to root. TB for apps would be nice as well.

NeutronBomb said:
I want root simply so that I can add LMT pie controls, hide the nav bar and run adaway. Other than that, there's very little I need root for these days.
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Try Unique Controls (play store) for pie. Nav bar can be partially hidden with an adb code to enable immersive mode, however this seems to cause layout issues because of the odd status bar implementation. Unfortunately this affects LMT, hence my going with a different app for now. I have a Tasker profile going with AutoTools to turn off immersive mode in apps I know don't work, and I'm getting my full screen pie goodness in about 80% of apps.

tardis_42 said:
Try Unique Controls (play store) for pie. Nav bar can be partially hidden with an adb code to enable immersive mode, however this seems to cause layout issues because of the odd status bar implementation. Unfortunately this affects LMT, hence my going with a different app for now. I have a Tasker profile going with AutoTools to turn off immersive mode in apps I know don't work, and I'm getting my full screen pie goodness in about 80% of apps.
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Yeah I know how to get it all to work without root but its wonky that way.. Need root and SEL set correctly for everything to fully work without the jankiness.

NeutronBomb said:
Yeah I know how to get it all to work without root but its wonky that way.. Need root and SEL set correctly for everything to fully work without the jankiness.
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Sorry, what's SEL?

tardis_42 said:
Sorry, what's SEL?
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The main reason that I use LMT or pie controls in general is so that I have a menu button.. mainly so that in chrome I don't have to reach all the way to the opposite corner to open the menu (since I hold the phone in my left hand 99% of the time). The menu button will not work properly on LMT if you do not have SEL set to permissive. I'm not 100% sure exactly what SEL does but I think its like the SELinux security policy for the kernel or rom. Not a dev, my knowledge is limited..lol I just know it needs to be set to permissive for stuff like that to work properly.

The only reason I want root is for themes but if I could just get my hands on a stock vendor image I could just manually install a Substrantum theme.
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root & updates
i'm also looking forward to have root, basically for adaway and titanium. but does anyone have an idea if this is going to have an effect on receiving OTA updates? or if root will be lost every time?

filou76 said:
i'm also looking forward to have root, basically for adaway and titanium. but does anyone have an idea if this is going to have an effect on receiving OTA updates? or if root will be lost every time?
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For ad blocking look up AdClear.
It's an on device VPN that blocks ads. No root required.

V4A or ARISE is a must for me. Especially when coming from the U11's excellent audio performance.

Android P

Hey fellow Essential Phone owners.
As far as I know the android P beta is available for the Google Pixel devices. So the beta should be treble supported, right?
Is there a chance the beta is flashable on our beloved Essential Phone? I'd love to try out the Android P beta. (I know it'll probably be unstable)
Thanks!
Johannes

https://twitter.com/MishaalRahman/status/982708776947068929?s=19
It's being worked on. I get my Essential Phone in 3 days. I will see if we can make any more progress then.

Awesome! If there are beta testers needed let me know. ?

Keeping my eye on this!!! This is very exciting!!!

Awesome!! Sounds promising

it works but. it have some problems, the wifi doesnt work, and when you change the size of the screen the system generates a black line when the screen is bigger than 460 p.
it's what I've found so far

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it works but. it have some problems, the wifi doesnt work, and when you change the size of the screen the system generates a black line when the screen is bigger than 460 p.
it's what I've found so far
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I'm having a hard time installing it..... how did you get it to install?

Coldheat1906 said:
I'm having a hard time installing it..... how did you get it to install?
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i follow the instructions from the page of essential, but i used minimal adb fastboot insted of the Android SDK Platform-Tools.

Just a couple problems with my install.
I'm loving it just a couple minor things with mine. The biggest is it say Chameleon instead of Sprint, and had some issues with network service. I messed with the SIM card a bit and now works fine, still says Chameleon. Second the brightness level, if the phones shuts down so does the brightness, and just push it up again and it works. Have had it for about 2 weeks.:good:

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I'm loving it just a couple minor things with mine. The biggest is it say Chameleon instead of Sprint, and had some issues with network service. I messed with the SIM card a bit and now works fine, still says Chameleon. Second the brightness level, if the phones shuts down so does the brightness, and just push it up again and it works. Have had it for about 2 weeks.:good:
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I just installed it today - had to get the right usb cable haha - so far I like it. Custom navigation bar or hiding it works just fine.
we will see

So how has the testing progressed? Anyone on the Beta 2?

z00mantwo said:
So how has the testing progressed? Anyone on the Beta 2?
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Plenty people on Beta2.
No issues as a daily driver for me on Verizon.

Will loading the beta wipe the phone? Not a problem if it does, just want to know. If so I will backup my messages with SMS backup app.

z00mantwo said:
Will loading the beta wipe the phone? Not a problem if it does, just want to know. If so I will backup my messages with SMS backup app.
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If you download the OTA version from the Essential developer site and use a current version OF ADB to sideload it to the phone you will not have to unlock the bootloader or lose any data. The first reboot takes time, be patient.

Does the beta support the 360 camera?

z00mantwo said:
Does the beta support the 360 camera?
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Works well for me.

z00mantwo said:
So how has the testing progressed? Anyone on the Beta 2?
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Yeah I've been on it for about a week now

Should Google pay work on the bata? Mine doesn't but I didn't relock my boot loader after seeing comments about people bricking when they do.

Fyi. New bata has been uploaded in Essential's developer area.

z00mantwo said:
Should Google pay work on the bata? Mine doesn't but I didn't relock my boot loader after seeing comments about people bricking when they do.
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Yes it works, you need to relock the bootloader after flashing...

Android beta for Dp2 is out!

Android P Dp2 is out via beta.
https://www.google.com/android/beta

How do you do split screen now?

FrostedWaffle said:
How do you do split screen now?
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Hold down on circle icon on top off app in recents and you'll have an option for split screen

tember1214 said:
Hold down on circle icon on top off app in recents and you'll have an option for split screen
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YEAH! thanks for that my heart almost stopped when I couldn't enter split window mode....
One other thing... is it somehow possible to close all running apps at once? I'm not that "let's close all apps every minute" guy, but once in a while I was doing it..

Any idea when will we get wind down, app timer and Android dashboard to use?

akkiurs said:
Any idea when will we get wind down, app timer and Android dashboard to use?
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In the upcoming weeks they said. How many weeks they did not say.
you can find the timeline for developer previews here: https://www.androidheadlines.com/20...reviews-planned-final-release-in-q3-2018.html So hopefully by next update.

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YEAH! thanks for that my heart almost stopped when I couldn't enter split window mode....
One other thing... is it somehow possible to close all running apps at once? I'm not that "let's close all apps every minute" guy, but once in a while I was doing it..
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No close all recents button

Just swipe up one by one and they are gone. I've been using the first Beta for a while and now this one and the occasional 'API compatibility detection' message that goes away in seconds seems to be the only abnormal thing if any, pretty snappy and stable enough to be used as daily. IMHO all of the changes are kinda of cool adding a clean and easy interface. Change is inevitable the only constant is death and taxes !

I'm actually glad there's some big changes. Feels like a new era when bits and pieces from the lollipop age is getting replaced. Yes it might be hard to adjust in the beginning but it's great to see that there's new stuff going on. I'm sure custom roms will bring back stuff we are accustomed to but the direction it's heading I like. Feels like something new. Will flash DP2 as soon as I get back home from work. Can't wait haha.

I have the DP2 on my Pixel and the nav buttons are still the same as DP 1 and Oreo. Am I missing something?
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poulintech said:
I have the DP2 on my Pixel and the nav buttons are still the same as DP 1 and Oreo. Am I missing something?
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Figured it out myself...have to enable home button in gestures settings

Have anyone test the latest magisk on P yet?
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ansontyl96 said:
Have anyone test the latest magisk on P yet?
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Haven't had time but I'm planning on it tonight most likely

Anyone have the apk launcher with iPhone _for Pixel?

Found this post in pixel xl forums, looks easy to root, modules such as viper and not "heavy customization" are confirmed working.

ansontyl96 said:
Have anyone test the latest magisk on P yet?
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Magisk 16.4 works on dp2. Running it right now.
Just fastboot boot twrp and flash Magisk zip.
Cheers
Sent from my Google Pixel using XDA Labs

Does anyone know if the "tweak" to get WiFi Calling to be Preferred now works in this build, as it was broke in Preview 1.

Can someone upload the OTA File please?
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Here you can download the Image of Android P DP2

It works perfectly
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Haven't had time but I'm planning on it tonight most likely
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I've tried 3 times to get Magisk 16.4 to work. Every time i get bootloops. Flashed twrp img then magisk, fail. Flashed twrp img then twrp then reboot then magisk fail. Wiped all data clean install flashed twrp then magisk failed. Running stock dp2 now, which i love, but currently no root.

App action and smart select from recent menu.
Are these two features available in current beta.
I am not able to find them in my phone.

Android Q Discussion

So I downloaded an unzipped the files, anyone notice there seems to be a lot less files...... anyone notice this? I did last year's DP1 but I don't remember the details.

djcrystals said:
So I downloaded an unzipped the files, anyone notice there seems to be a lot less files...... anyone notice this? I did last year's DP1 but I don't remember the details.
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Got the ota running it seams faster than android pie

I think it isnt that smooth , at least compared to pie

I tried to use Deuce's flash, that didn't work. I tried to root it using Canary Magisk. That didn't work.

djcrystals said:
I tried to use Deuce's flash, that didn't work. I tried to root it using Canary Magisk. That didn't work.
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No Q root via Magisk until major rewrite it seems.
https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1105947979679191041
There are more tweets after that explaining why and the complexities of the new Q partition layout.

Thanks! I was rushing before work. I figured I'd give it a shot. I wasn't totally surprised it ended in failure.

Cant find dark mode ... Cant tell any major diferecnces ... Its basically pie with a Q

DMart9406 said:
Cant find dark mode ... Cant tell any major diferecnces ... Its basically pie with a Q
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Need to set it before upgrading or set it via ADB:
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/...toggle-so-turn-it-off-or-on-before-upgrading/

DMart9406 said:
Cant find dark mode ... Cant tell any major diferecnces ... Its basically pie with a Q
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Apparently you gotta use ADB to enable it. There's a recent article regarding it.
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-toggle-dark-theme/

I cant upload photos , dont know why , it takes me to main xda page when i close the window , but in dev options ( in settings) the last section lets you choose font type (2 available ) , main colour of the ui and icon type( 4 available )
I cant tell if they were there before
Trying to upload the screenshot i took , i found that the app to choose files is renewed , for better

DMart9406 said:
I cant upload photos , dont know why , it takes me to main xda page when i close the window , but in dev options ( in settings) the last section lets you choose font type (2 available ) , main colour of the ui and icon type( 4 available )
I cant tell if they were there before
Trying to upload the screenshot i took , i found that the app to choose files is renewed , for better
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Using Chrome?

Did we have root on DP1 Pie? I can't remember.....

djcrystals said:
Did we have root on DP1 Pie? I can't remember.....
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Yep. TJW had that one handled a couple of days after it was out. Doesn't look like the case this time however. Google apparently doesn't like us rooting evidently!

Anyone know if OnePlus gestures works okay on Q?

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Anyone know if OnePlus gestures works okay on Q?
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It's working for me, but it appears to need more forceful gestures than previously. But this might be because I fitted a new screen protector yesterday!

In reading the twitter feed by Magisk dev John Wu, it may come sooner than expected, his last couple of tweets made it seem like he had narrowed the problem down a bit. Also, another user hinted at a possibility of getting it working via an alternate method, but I haven't seen anything else.
But since this thread is about Q, let me say this:
1) I already had dark mode on in Pie.
2) I had root via Magisk, but completely uninstalled it (without locking the bootloader though), so no FDR needed.
3) First attempt at taking the OTA left me in a weird partial (stock) recovery where it said that the OTA could not be applied (I'm paraphrasing), and had the options to try again or FDR. I hit try again and it rebooted back to the same place - I hit try again a second time and et voila! it rebooted to Android and I have Q now on my Taimen. No idea why that happened, and I haven't performed any checks to see if it maybe flipped to the other slot or something (which I highly doubt, as it was extremely quick from when I pressed the try again to when it rebooted and started booting Android Q).
So, first thoughts:
The Google Feed now has a bit of translucency - pretty cool!
Settings is now dark mode
Notifications are also dark, double yay!
Night light is working better - the blue accents in settings, etc now also dull, the way they should.
Redesigned Files app - looks nice! Those items at the top are selectable, individually or in groups.
I've started an album at my GPHotos with screenshots I've taken thus far. See https://photos.app.goo.gl/pdbTnXZNYpQ3xBFS6
It's 1:30 AM now. I'm off to bed.

I feel the fingerprint sensor works very fast and very accurate. Can anyone please conform.

Battery Saver activates Dark Mode

Rvarma said:
I feel the fingerprint sensor works very fast and very accurate. Can anyone please conform.
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I can confirm this. I'm using Pixel 2 XL and Pixel XL and after update to Q beta I can feel fingerprint sensor works faster on both devices. even I can feel so much faster response on Pixel XL

Can anyone confirm that edit button on screenshot notification is broken for you too ?

8T Cyberpunk Theme?

Has anyone been able to find a way to get the 8T Cyberpunk Theme and boot animation ported over to the 8 pro? I would love to run that on my phone!

PMad said:
Has anyone been able to find a way to get the 8T Cyberpunk Theme and boot animation ported over to the 8 pro? I would love to run that on my phone!
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Theres already a thread for this.
Look in the renovation ice thread in unified development.
If you do activate the theme DO NOT remove the RICE module without deactivating it.. You will lose your built in themes.

dladz said:
Theres already a thread for this.
Look in the renovation ice thread in unified development.
If you do activate the theme DO NOT remove the RICE module without deactivating it.. You will lose your built in themes.
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I was looking at that, its awfully new and a bit sketchy, i'm in the telegram channel watching it, still trying to decide if i want to take the plunge...
I have found the ringtones, notification tones, system sounds, live wallpaper, icons, and boot animation. The problem right now is i cant find anything to theme the device (this might require rice or substratum or something along those lines), and none of the icons i install will show up in Nova Launcher.

I'm running it and all is smooth as butter. Give it a shot well worth it. Just make sure you get everything. Wallpaper pack, audio pack, font and theme.

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I was looking at that, its awfully new and a bit sketchy, i'm in the telegram channel watching it, still trying to decide if i want to take the plunge...
I have found the ringtones, notification tones, system sounds, live wallpaper, icons, and boot animation. The problem right now is i cant find anything to theme the device (this might require rice or substratum or something along those lines), and none of the icons i install will show up in Nova Launcher.
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Lol you call buddy, I installed it and it wasn't for me so removed the module.
Theme disappeared and it borked my home theme, had to system wipe.
So disable the theme If you remove the mod.. Besides that it's quite safe..

does it play nice with Nova Launcher?

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does it play nice with Nova Launcher?
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I use lawn chair launcher and no issues.

So I installed it, and i dont see anything that allows me to install or flash a theme, just a few options to change things around... There's some good options, but im confused about this, maybe there's something I dont understand? I was looking for a way to get the theme from the OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 limited edition phone on mine. This RICE mod doesnt appear to do that.

I also just noticed that i can go into my phones settings, but tapping on anything at all just closes the settings, and sometimes i get an error asking me if i want to close the settings app.

Ok.. how do i reboot my phone? Its now locked up in a weird way.. I can turn the screen on and off, it doesnt ask for my fingerprint anymore it just goes to the desktop... The wallpaper is animated, but i cant tap anything at all. I can hold the power button to bring up the power button, but again i cant tap anything... gdi!!!
Update: Now i can no longer turn my phone on...
Update 2: It just rebooted on me, thank god...
Update 3: Its doing it again already, i didnt do anything.. I'm removing it first chance i get... thats just my luck.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now my phone is stuck on the boot animation and i cant turn it off, reboot it, or do anything....

PMad said:
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now my phone is stuck on the boot animation and i cant turn it off, reboot it, or do anything....
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Relax, there's still things you can try prior to wiping your phone. Since you flashed RiCE but you didn't pay attention to disabling the theme prior to disabling the module you borked your SystemUI.
What you can do is adb push a stock SystemUI to your phone and fastboot flash a stock boot.img which should get you up and running.

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now my phone is stuck on the boot animation and i cant turn it off, reboot it, or do anything....
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Jesus, avoid that mate.
Power your phone off, press and hold power until it does.
Power on then when you get to the bootloader is unlocked warning..hold vol up and down then wait until it boots.
You'll be in safe mode.
Reboot once more and you'll have all your magisk modules disabled..then just remove what you don't want and enable what you do.
Chances are the ROM is incompatible with something you have installed

Thanks dladz! I wasn't aware of safe mode, but that fixed it!
I wonder what happened? It appeared to be working fine, but then randomly **** on me haha
So I guess my next question is 2 fold... I'll try RICE again on the next release or the one after, maybe it'll work better, but I'll also need to figure out how to use it to theme my device like the 8T Cyberpunk edition.
For now, any idea how to make an OOS icon pack compatible with Nova launcher? Also, how do you install substratum? Everywhere I look I'm finding themes i like that are compatible (although not the Cyberpunk one I want, I can probably make it though), but everything said to install substratum but nothing says where to get it or how. I even searched the forums here. I think my search skills might be lacking, this should be easy...

Can I get a link to the thread?

PMad said:
Thanks dladz! I wasn't aware of safe mode, but that fixed it!
I wonder what happened? It appeared to be working fine, but then randomly **** on me haha
So I guess my next question is 2 fold... I'll try RICE again on the next release or the one after, maybe it'll work better, but I'll also need to figure out how to use it to theme my device like the 8T Cyberpunk edition.
For now, any idea how to make an OOS icon pack compatible with Nova launcher? Also, how do you install substratum? Everywhere I look I'm finding themes i like that are compatible (although not the Cyberpunk one I want, I can probably make it though), but everything said to install substratum but nothing says where to get it or how. I even searched the forums here. I think my search skills might be lacking, this should be easy...
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Click thanks bud, and lol no worries man it's happened to me, did your normal theme remain intact??
I've avoided substratum and haven't used Nova in years, I paid for prime too.
Currently actually using the OnePlus launcher or lawnchair, both can have themed icons..
Doesn't the icon pack work in Nova?? That surprises me !
Not saying substratum won't work but be careful what you install as there is no recovery and safe mode probably won't cut it if you get a bootloop..lot of changes in the new versions of OOS.
What OS are you on? I flashed rice on 11.0.1.1 and it worked fine. I'd imagine 11.0.2.2 works too as there's no changes to the OS graphically.
If you're on OB then perhaps that's why unless you have a module installed it doesn't agree with, xXx you can install after rice, not before

Shirazak said:
Can I get a link to the thread?
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It's In unified development mate.
Also another thread in q+a or guides.

Ok so i do finally have this working. The version in the thread here is an old version, dont use it:
[OxygenOS] RENOVATE ICE 5.0 | OP8Pro & OP8
Check the telegram group, I think it may already be working. But best to check there. People in there are helpful! That telegram group is totally a mess in the management of testing version and it would make you get into bootloop easily if you...
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Instead, join the Telegram group, they have links there for everything. I have the IN2025 and am on 11.0.1.1, so in that telegram group there's a link to RICE followed immediately with an audio link. This is on December 4th, with the filename for RICE called RenovateICE_Cyberpunk.zip, and it says that the audio is removed for now. The very next message has the OnePlus8Pro_Cyberpunk_Audio.zip, and it says below that "Module for Cyberpunk Audio". If you have the IN2025 OP8P like me and are on 11.0.1.1, then get those. Install RICE with Magisk, reboot, then go to your customization section in the settings and you'll see the Theme choice at the top, pick Cyberpunk and you should be good to go!

Yeh, Telegram is best path to follow for this....