Download OPM1.170911.130 Oreo beta OTA for Essential Phone PH1 [Tutorial]

Essential Phone PH1 has got it’s first Android Oreo beta update from Essential Team. The update is available to download as build OPM1.170911.130, the Oreo beta update for Essential Phone is not released via OTA so you need to manually install it on your device via adb sideload by following the instruction below.

Essential Team has also mentioned the two issues/bug in the beta OPM1.170911.130 firmware, increased battery drain with Bluetooth enabled and Android Auto compatibility issues with some vehicles. If you plan on installing the Oreo beta release on your phone, be sure to give feedback to Essential team to help them resolve issues and release a stable build of Android 8.0 Oreo for Essential Phone.

Download OPM1.170911.130 Oreo beta OTA for Essential Phone

You need to set up adb and fastboot drivers on PC, follow this guide to install them right away.

Enable USB Debugging on Essential Phone.

A Working USB Cable is required.

Process to install OPM1.170911.130 Oreo beta OTA on Essential Phone

Download the OPM1.170911.130 Oreo beta zip for Essential Phone and transfer the downloaded zip file in a specific folder.

Now open the same folder press Shift+Right Click on any empty area in the folder then choose ‘Open command window here’.

Issue the following command to reboot your device into recovery mode

adb reboot recovery

Once in recovery mode, select ‘Install from USB’ and then type the following command to start the adb sideload process.

adb sideload ota.zip

The installation process will start and wait for it to complete. Once the process is completed simply type

fastboot reboot

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Grab the Oreo beta OPM1.170911.130 OTA zip for Essential Phone. Download

Cheers!