Essential Phone (essential-mata)

Features
Flashing	Works
USB Networking	Works
Internal storage
SD card
Battery	Broken
Screen	Works
Touchscreen	Broken
Multimedia
3D Acceleration	Broken
Audio	Broken
Camera	Broken
Camera Flash
Connectivity
WiFi	Broken
Bluetooth	Broken
GPS	Broken
NFC
Modem
Calls	Broken
SMS	Broken
Mobile data	Broken
Miscellaneous
FDE	Broken
USB OTG	Broken
HDMI/DP
Sensors
Accelerometer	Broken
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Haptics
Barometer

Essential Phone (PH1)
Manufacturer	Essential
Name	Phone (PH1)
Codename	essential-mata
Released	2017
Type	handset
Hardware
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (MSM8998)
CPU	Kryo 280 Octa-core (2.45GHz Quad + 1.9GHz Quad)
GPU	Adreno 540
Display	1312 x 2560 IPS
Storage	128 GB
Memory	4 GB
Architecture	aarch64
Software
Original software	Android
Original version	7.1.1
postmarketOS
Category	testing
Pre-built images	no
Mainline	no
postmarketOS kernel	4.4.227

Contributors

laserbeamh
takizawa.fumiya

Maintainer(s)

Users owning this device

Fumiya
Pairman (Notes: 4+128GB, Android)

How to enter flash mode

The Essential Phone uses Fastboot as the flashing protocol.

To enter Fastboot mode, hold Volume Down while powering on the device. Let go of Volume Down when "Fastboot mode" displays on the screen.

Installation

   fastboot --set-active=a
   pmbootstrap flasher flash_rootfs --partition system_a
   pmbootstrap flasher flash_kernel --partition boot_a

Status

Mata successfully boots into a stable session however, there is currently no touch capability. The device required is /dev/event5 which will load on a TWRP partition, but not in pmOS due to blobs.

Weston and GNOME display graphical outputs.