OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are getting a new version of Android 12 Developer Preview (DP) after the initial release bricked some users’ phones. OnePlus is among the few companies that are running Android 12 beta programmes following the announcement of the new OS at Google I/O last month.
Google lifted the veils off Android 12 recently, and we totally understand why you'd want to try out the freshly-baked software on your phone. However, if
For the past few weeks, we've had the chance to enjoy some of the spoils offered by the Android 12 beta. But just like with the Android 11 beta, this wasn't limited to just Pixel owners, as other phone makers have joined the Android 12 beta program. These include the likes of Oppo, ZTE, Vivo, and OnePlus. However, if you tried to install the Android 12 beta on your OnePlus 9 or 9 Pro without unlocking the bootloader, you likely were met with an endless boot loop that forced you to jump through hoops to get things back to normal. These are all of the cool Android 12 features coming to Beta 2 Ever since the first beta dropped OnePlus fans have been wondering when the company's latest flagship handsets would be able to jump on the Android 12 train. That day seems to be today, as a new OnePlus Forums post has been published, detailing that there is a new "hotfix build" which "fixes the issue that causes the original version to get stuck during Factory Reset Pr
OnePlus has a new Android 12 beta build for OnePlus 9 and
OnePlus 9 Pro owners, with the hope being that this build won’t brick a bunch of phones. Oops. As we all know, flashing these builds is done so with plenty of risk and OnePlus makes that very clear on their forums. If you aren’t a developer, you should probably stay away from OnePlus’ Android 12 beta.
This time around, OnePlus says that this release is only available after “careful testing and verification.” You see, a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) check was the cause of the last beta build’s issues, and this time around, OnePlus has issued a hotfix to correct that problem.