{"id":10598,"date":"2019-03-06T12:40:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T07:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=10598"},"modified":"2019-03-06T12:40:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T07:10:25","slug":"essential-phone-march-2019-security-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/essential-phone-march-2019-security-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we share a link to Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update. The update is a stable Android Pie build and rolling out via OTA. The Stable Pie update PQ1A.190105.024 for Essential Phone brings March 2019 Security Patch.\u00a0 <em><strong>Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0from below.<\/p>\n<p>The Essential Phone OTA update features all Android 9 Pie features along with the Notch setting and March 2019 Security Patch. Download Essential Phone PQ1A.190105.024 Factory Image and OTA from below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Download-Essential-Phone-March-2019-Security-Update.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Download-Essential-Phone-March-2019-Security-Update.jpg\" alt=\"Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Download-Essential-Phone-March-2019-Security-Update.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Download-Essential-Phone-March-2019-Security-Update-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two methods to get PQ1A.190105.024 OTA on Essential Phone either install Android Pie OTA Updates or Download the Factory Images of Android Pie and flash it manually. If you\u2019re already using the Android Pie build on your Essential Phone, you can grab the OTA file and sideload it without deleting your data. The <strong>Android 9 Pie Factory images or OTA for\u00a0Essential Phone\u00a0<\/strong>will install over top of whatever you\u2019re running, and they do delete everything by default. Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update from below.<\/p>\n<h2>Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Download Essential Phone Android 9 Pie Factory vPQ1A.190105.024 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.cloud.google.com\/essential-static\/PH1-Images-PQ1A.190105.024.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download Essential Phone PQ1A.190105.024 OTA\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.cloud.google.com\/essential-static\/PH1-OTA-PQ1A.190105.024.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This Firmware file is only for Essential Phone PH-1. Don\u2019t try this on any other device.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the method correctly otherwise you may brick your device.\u00a0We are not responsible for any damage to your phone.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure ADB and Fastboot driver installed (Check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows\/\">How to setup ADB and Fastboot on windows<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/setup-adb-and-fastboot-on-mac-easy-step-by-step-guide\/\">Setup ADB and Fastboot on Mac<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Installing Android Pie System image on Essential Phone will delete all your data so take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-backup-your-android-apps-and-data-with-titanium-backup\/\">Complete Backup<\/a>\u00a0of your Device before proceeding.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the accidental shutdown in-between the process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"devsite-page-title\">How to Install March 2019 Security Update on Essential Phone \u2013<\/h2>\n<h4>Install Essential Phone PQ1A.190105.024 Factory Image<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Step 1 \u2013\u00a0Unlock Bootloader<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0First enable \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/enable-developer-options-and-usb-debugging-on-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USB debugging\u2019 and \u2018OEM Unlock<\/a>\u2019 option from setting&gt;developer option&gt;. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.<\/p>\n<p>2) Go to ADB \u00a0installation directory and\u00a0press and hold \u2018shift\u2019 key and right-clicked anywhere in the folder and select \u2018Open command window here\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>3) Now connect your device to PC and enter into the fastboot mode.<\/p>\n<pre>adb reboot bootloader<\/pre>\n<p>4) You are in Fastboot mode now to check your connection by entering below command in command prompt.<\/p>\n<pre>fastboot devices<\/pre>\n<p>5) To unlock bootloader of Essential Phone on Android Pie, go to the command line and type below command. It will only take seconds to complete the process.<\/p>\n<pre>fastboot flashing unlock<\/pre>\n<p>6) Now your device will reboot into bootloader mode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step -2 \u2013 Flashing Android Pie Factory Image on Essential Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0Download the Essential Phone Android Pie factory image for your device and unzip it.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0Connect your device to the PC over USB and Enable USB Debugging option from setting&gt;developer option&gt;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-575\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-583 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg?resize=586%2C400\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg?w=586 586w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/debb.jpg?resize=300%2C205 300w\" alt=\"USB debugging\" width=\"586\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0Now connect your device to PC and enter into the fastboot mode. To enter in fastboot mode press and hold \u2018Volume Down + Power\u2019 button or by typing \u201c<em><strong>adb reboot bootloader<\/strong><\/em>\u201d<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0Open the command prompt and navigate to the unzipped system image directory.<\/p>\n<p>5) Now Execute the \u201c<em><strong>flash-all.bat<\/strong><\/em>\u201c, it will unzip\u00a0the image files and install the necessary bootloader, baseband firmware(s), and operating system. The step will install Android Pie system image on Essential Phone.<\/p>\n<p>6) Done<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Install PQ1A.190105.024 OTA on Essential Phone<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1) Enable \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/enable-developer-options-and-usb-debugging-on-android\/\">USB debugging<\/a>\u2019 option from setting&gt;developer option&gt;. To enable Developer Options, go to About phone and tap the Build Number 7 times.<\/p>\n<p>3) Download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows\/\">ADB and fastboot driver for windows<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/setup-adb-and-fastboot-on-mac-easy-step-by-step-guide\/\">ADB and Fastboot for Mac<\/a>\u00a0and install it on your PC.<\/p>\n<p>4) Download Android Pie OTA for Essential Phone from above Copy ROM to a folder where adb installed.<\/p>\n<p>5) Now Turn Off your phone and boot into recovery mode.<\/p>\n<p>3) Choose\u00a0<strong>Apply Update from ADB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4) Now Connect your phone to\u00a0<strong>Laptop\/PC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5) On ADB folder press\u00a0<b>shift+right click\u00a0<\/b>and click on<b>\u00a0open command here.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>6) Now check your connection by typing the below command<\/p>\n<pre><strong>adb devices<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><b><\/b>if your device is listed, you\u2019re ready to flash the ROM<\/p>\n<p>7) Flash the Pie OTA on your Essential Phone by typing below command<\/p>\n<pre><b>adb sideload File Name.zip\r\n<\/b><\/pre>\n<p>8)<b>\u00a0<\/b>Now wait until the process complete and then Reboot the phone.<\/p>\n<p>9) Done!<\/p>\n<p>So this the complete guide to Download and Install March 2019 Security update on Essential Phone<em>.\u00a0<\/em>If you have any doubts comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we share a link to Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update. The update is a stable Android Pie build and rolling out via OTA. The Stable Pie update PQ1A.190105.024 for Essential Phone brings March 2019 Security Patch.\u00a0 Download Essential Phone March 2019 Security Update\u00a0from below. 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