What am I Supposed to Recommend Now?? - The Problems With OnePlus 

The OnePlus 3 has been my one and only OnePlus phone. Loved it, but everything after it already became way too expensive and offered really nothing over any other flagship phone.

THANK YOU FOR COVERING THIS. Whoever in your team recommended talking about OnePlus - Thank you. I've been very disappointed having owned Oneplus 1, 3T. 6T, Nord and 8 Pro. Loved owning a OnePlus at first. Will unfortunately be moving away from the company as they are mediocre at best now.

My first OP was the OP5, when the OP7T Pro came out with the pop up I couldn't help myself. It has been a great phone, but now I wanted to see if the OP10T was for me... I was excited to see what OP had in store for me this time, not anymore

I've been hoping for a while now that we see a return to form. Owned a OnePlus One and have probably gotten over a dozen phones purchased for them via recommendations and my own purchases. While I still love some of their devices and their original philosophy, we've seen many moves astray from it. Really hoping they can indeed focus so we can all go back to cherishing that one special brand.

I've had my OnePlus 7T hang up by itself when I dialed 911. Imagine trying to explain to someone who is injured that you cannot dial 911 because your phone has some weird glitch and needs to restart while they are laying on the floor bleeding with a dislocated shoulder. Needless to say, that was the final straw after a long series of unusual or weird glitches with my OnePlus. This could have actually killed somebody.

You either die a hero... well, you know where this one's going. It's amusing how LMG videos had lots of OnePlus sponsorship a week or two ago, and now we have this video exposing how bad the brand has fallen (I actually like this move, expose brands regardless if they were/are a sponsor or not. Keep it up, LMG).

I appreciate the Kirkland Metal Mixing Bowl in 3:57 One of the most durable mixing bowls I've ever owned.

Glad you covered this topic. bought a op9 after seeing my friends with an op8pro, liked the software. bought it, almost instantly got updated to oxygen os, and downhill we go: tons of bugs (camera crashing, AOD centering problems, Media storage expanding, bugs with ui, bugs with buds pro and more...) Reported everything to oneplus trough their app, got a response that theyre working on it and yet, a full year later, nothing changed, nothing fixed. not even gonna talk about how much i miss oxygen os and how much i hate color os.

I'm glad this got coverage. Oxygen OS was the only selling point for me and the thing that kept me coming back again and again until the 8 Pro. It's unremarkably mediocre now. This company used to have a heart, sadly it's been replaced with a raging desire to become what they were trying to destroy.

I had the "answer phone call" button issue too, couldn't accept phone calls from an EMT while administering CPR to a guy on the sidewalk. I had to pair my Bluetooth headphones and use their accept call button. The phone went into a drawer that very day. It's useless if it can't be relied on for the basics.

The OnePlus 7 which I used to own was the best phone at the price range at the time. later, when OxygenOS 11 was installed, the storage slowly started to ran out. Now I know why.

I've absolutely loved my OnePlus 9 pro but it took months after launch to finally have many of the simple bugs I had issues with to be fixed. I didn't have issues with the storage dumping but I had issues with so many UI, texting, calling, and maps features. I've waited it out now and I haven't run into many of those bugs I used to have in a while. I definitely love the camera and OS of the phone with the fast charging and super responsive screen I will probably stick with my OnePlus 9 pro for a while. It's not like new mobile processors coming out are outperforming the snapdragon 888 significantly and charging is surpassing the 65w. Also there is no point in higher resolution or higher than 120hz on a phone.

Well at least there is always the Escobar Phone.

I was an extremely happy OnePlus 3T user for over 5 years and I just recently changed it for a Pixel 6. It was an excellent phone and it represented the peak of OnePlus in my opinion. They did make a few great devices after it (the 7 series was a standout in particular) but the truth is that every single iteration from the 3T onward moved them more towards generic mediocrity and further away from the reasons many of us loved the brand in the first place. Remember people, brand loyalty is never a good thing. Always get what suits your needs. There is no reason to go down with a sinking ship just because you used to like it in the past. Goodbye OnePlus.

I recently got my hands on the OnePlus 9 and it was only because I had only one very precious game that could not save on cloud and it was on my previous OnePlus 7T. The reason why I needed a new phone was because of only 2 issues. 1st was that my phone was basically locked away from at&t's servers because they made a change that was like "we only support 5g phones now" so I wasn't able to call or use mobile data. but the 2nd issue was much worse. My very first softwire update just broke the phone. It takes ages to start the phone from a restart, It was overheating much faster, and worst of all, when I was gaming say like on Brawl Stars and I had my left thumb on the screen and moving it was all right but when I wanted to aim and shoot my movement is just dancing across my screen and it didn't allow me to move until I got my finger off and then it would work, just not for long though. same thing was actually with when I want to type something, it just types for me and clicking characters that aren't even close so that it could be mistaken as a typo.

if google continues it's current pricing, and general trend with it's pixel phones i think they would be a great recommendation for most people that don't absolutely need an iphone, or need the extra customization other brands offer. at launch they can occasionally be buggy, but after that they seem to be pretty reliable.

Hey guys, correction here: You CAN get log data without having to root, you need to enable adb debugging, connect it to your PC, and use ADB or Android Studio to get the logs, but you will most likely need to root to delete those files in the OnePlus 9 situation

I've been pretty sad to hear about all of these issues. I'm still rocking my 7 Pro and honestly, I have not experienced a single of the issues listed. I am glad I seem to have caught their last "good" phone, so to say. The motor pop-out front camera is a blessing for a person who takes no more than 3 selfies per year such as myself. It's been the main reason why I've been hesitant to even plan on changing my phone, since I refuse to give up screen real estate (with a notch or punch hole) for a camera I will never use. Disheartening to hear that this may no longer be the sole reason why people like me should hold back on buying a new phone, though.

Agreed. The last good phone that I had was the 7 plus. My 9 plus is just shy of unusable, especially with each update, which has broken the direct contact shortcut, the direct text shortcut, the silent slider, the screen rotate, and triggering speaker phone and mute buttons. Meanwhile, sporadic issues with fingerprint registration, answer buttons failing etc. I submitted cases after each issue and just get canned responses where they want the same information (which we know they have anyway) and completely ignoring the fact that there are hundreds of others posting and reporting issues.

I have a Oneplus 6, was my first proper smartphone but I compare it to a lot of other and the software was perfect ! The alter slider was useful and i love the navigation gesture from the bottom, unfortunalty, the gesture disapear with the 8 model, the alter slider with the 10T and the OS is likely to do it as well.. and with all of that.. me, what a shame, it was so good.. Now i'm looking forward to the Nothing Phone, I'm watching closely the 1st model and maybe i'll take the next one if the user experience is still pretty good.

I have a OnePlus 7 Pro. Based on all the reviews of their more recent devices, it seems to me like this is the last good phone they made. I love this phone and have no plans to change it. The only minor drawbacks are that there's no wireless charging and a software update added an annoying "accessibility options" shortcut that I can't remove and keep accidentally pressing. Apart from that, it works like a charm and I have no plans to change it any time soon. Edit: I just managed to remove the accessibility options menu. It's still annoying that they pushed it themselves though because I have no use for stuff like this.

fun fact: OnePlus started with a cooperation with Cyanogen Inc. (known for CyanogenMod) and they actually made the software for the OnePlus One, called Cyanogen OS 11 based on KitKat. But OnePlus initially broke up with them due to the bugs and issues, Cyanogen Inc. wasn't able to fix in time (or at all) so they hired devs from the formerly Paranoid Android team and created OxygenOS. Seeing them getting into the same mess makes me wonder, if anyone from the initial OOS devs is still around in the company. OnePlus once was known for stable, clean and feature rich software that had many great stuff from custom ROMs. So basically the custom ROM, that isn't a custom ROM. Very sad. Seems like the last vendor who cared about customers also no longer cares about anyone but themselves and the good old days of custom ROMs also are over due to the restrictions google had been making the last few years ( SafetyNet for example). So nowadays you can choose between a bloated, messy OS or an clean, fast, free and lightweight OS, that can't be used for online banking, doesn't play netflix in HD and so on. The big issue here is: LineageOS comes unrooted out of the box but since a bootloader unlock on modern devices can already break certain things, it's almost impossible to enjoy. Old devices will not suffer from this but google just implemented hardware assisted detection routines for an unlocked bootloader on more recent devices. I think i will just use my OnePlus 3t yet another year. Sadly, google made sure old devices with anything before linux kernel 4,9 will no longer work with Android 12 (at least RIL = mobile data, sms, calls as it seems) so people are actually forced to upgrade their hardware, unless there are devs who take the huge effort to backport the whole stuff needed by android 12 OR port a newer kernel which isn't easy either. So yeah there you have it.

I have never faced the bugs you mentioned in my 7T but still I have had my own set of issues with both the software and hardware. This made me switch over from Oneplus 7T after 2.x years and try Samsung's old-flagship model. As a newcomer to Samsung smartphone, let's see how well this transitioning treats me.

I'm really into photography and I was very excited to hear about the Hasselblad collab, only to realize that the camera shows so much noise and also has a lot of focus issues. Also after a few updates, my black lock screen started showing Hz lag and it gave me a lot of headaches. (I don't know how to call that screen it is the screen when you turn your phone and it is black and only shows time and some app notifications.) The last issue I've been having is that it doesn't show my Whatsapp notifications, which is annoying as I use this app the most. Unfortunately they have lost me too. I loved the 5T and used it for years. Not worth the upgrade.

While the price is what initially got me into OnePlus, the software was what sold me on it. But since the OP5, it's been going downhill every year, I even went back to my OP3+ until last year. Every phone has great specs these days, what makes you stand out is good, clean, efficient software.

Kind of heartbreaking. My dad got a OnePlus One back in 2014, telling me that it was considered to be the best phone in the world at that time (flagship killer and all, I guess). That's what introduced me to the brand. He ended up upgrading and gave me his OnePlus One, and looking back, it was absolutely among the best phones I had. I was 15 then and have stuck with OnePlus ever since. Even my brother has noticed my commitment to the brand and, despite all the changing trends, I've stuck around because I just really loved what OnePlus was doing. And now I'm worried that my next upgrade is going to have to be something else. The timing of this video is crazy for me because I've been thinking about this a lot lately as I recently factory reset my OnePlus 6T because I had so much useless material on it and it was getting unbearably slow and almost impossible to operate normally. My dad recently upgraded to a OnePlus 8 Pro and says he's really liked it so far, but I told him that a lot of what I've been reading is that OnePlus has really dropped the ball over the past few years and that my phone, the 6T, was basically their last really good phone. Thankfully, after my factory reset, I can see my phone lasting me at least another year or two because I don't care an awful lot about having the latest phone hardware, but I hope that when that point comes, OnePlus has cleaned up its act and gone back to what made them such a unique choice back in 2014.

I like how the ad reads let me know about something I might want but they aren't anywhere near 90 seconds like some.

I get that GPS issue with Android auto too, however the last straw for me was when my 8t decided to brick itself for 2 days straight. No explanation, no cause, nothing. Just picked it up one morning and it was totally unresponsive. 2 days of new phone shopping later, and it randomly decides to come back to life, again without any explanation of what happened. I should have just stuck with the 6t...

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

My 5 cents to this is that as long as OP released phones once or twice a year, we were in better hands, as the devs only needed to support a limited number of devices. Now when they have two versions of the primary phone, plus the T models, at least two? versions of Nord and then some Asia only models, it's getting wild. So, as Linus put it, they need to focus! If they want to have a phone in three different price groups fine, but maybe leave it at that. Three phones per year is enough. Apple is doing at least this one thing correctly.

Loved all my OnePluses, from the 3 all the way to my current 8 Pro (I had actually bought the 1 for a relative as well). But my latest experience has been really awful. I have the memory problem (99% full on a 256GB) and numerous other software glitches (messages randomly not being sent, phone app messed up after latest update, photos app messed up after update, USB connectivity not working 50% of the time, synching problems with android auto, etc. etc. etc.). Just bought a Samsung yesterday, something I never thought I'd do. I was a die-hard disciple fanboy of OnePlus and they managed to completely alienate me, with their lack of response to the Memory problem, which I still find bewildering...

I have a OnePlus Nord n200 and the memory has been filling up rapidly, I only have 2 games download and streaming apps. The only 2 outliers are my work app and VPN. That doesn't even come close to the maximum 64 GBs of space I have, I've even transferred some of my images to a micro SD card and I'm still nearing the max in space.

You know, I was wondering what happened to OnePlus. There’s not nearly as much buzz for their phones now as there used to be a few years ago. I guess now we know why. Moral of the Video: Don’t piss off the spouse &/or the kid(s).

I'm still using my 7 Pro to this day, and frankly until something completely mind-blowing comes from Oneplus (or any other brand tbh) I have no desire to upgrade. The design of the 7 pro is still really good and the display is beautiful. Definitely one of the best phones they made. Maybe the last good one too.

since I updated my op7 to android 12 I can absolutely agree with Linus! the os doesn’t feel as polished anymore and everyday i consider going back to android 11. that’s really not what you want from a update that has been overdue for months… I want my trusty old op3 back!

I agree. OnePlus bugs are almost almost as plentiful as in video LTT ads these days!

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain - OnePlus

Used the 6T. Decent battery life. Then, funnily enough, with their last update ever to the 6T, battery life drastically reduced. Switched to a custom ROM and it went up by almost 50% - with the same apps, services, etc

I've noticed almost all those problems on both my Sony Xperia zx2 Compact, and Samsung ZFlip 3. These problems do not seem to be isolated to One Plus. In particular, if you leave Android's "chat features" on, things will (often silently) fail to send. This is not unique to any one manufacturer - the solution, however temporary (the feature occasionally turns itself back on...) is to disable chat features.

I got the OnePlus 10 Pro and honestly haven't had a single issue, love that its close to stock android, and have no issue with APN settings or anything you have reported. Linus should revisit this now and the upcoming 11.

I love this format. Having different people tell their problem! Hope we see more of Yvonne in future videos.

I'm SO glad you're covering this. Android 11 filled up in 2 weeks. I thought I was going crazy and rooted or not, there was no solution. I was pretty much forced to Android 12 to solve it

The first oneplus phone will always hold a spot in my heart, that with CM13 was amazing. Rooting at literally a touch of a button. Those were the days

Just moved from a OnePlus 6T that I loved to a new Google Pixel 6a. Did NOT consider another OnePlus (such as the 10 pro or 10T) because of bugs I had for about a year after the 6T's final update. The bugs in my case were: Pocket mode stopped working, had to turn it off; Auto brightness became untrustworthy, also turned it off; the camera would almost always hang then crash several times before I could use it. The first two issues were relatively minor and can be worked around but the lack of functionality was missed. But the camera issue was really bad with no workaround either resulting in a lot of frustration waiting to finally be able to use the camera or photo opportunities completely missed. There were apparently a lot of other bugs left unfixed in this final update that other users experienced that I did not. So I can see why so many decided to roll back to a stable build of Android 10, install a custom ROM, or buy a new phone like I did.

Thank you for covering this, my first "flagship" phone was a oneplus 9 that I've had for about a year now. The first three months it was the best phone I'd ever had, and then slowly things started to break, beginning with the fact that my phone wasn't ringing for phone calls. I've had numerous other bugs as well, including youtube videos playing themselves after I've paused them, and my phone completely hard resetting after I updated to OxygenOS 12! (luckily I had a backup). It's been frustrating to say the least, and I likely will never buy from oneplus again.

Lmao, I love how this video comes a week after OnePlus paid for multiple sponsor spots

The same things started for me with Nokia, solid phones, a lot of updates almost directly from google, but at some point something didn't go right. Heck they yet have to come with a new top model, they have apparently one in development, but apparently they are never happy with them and are doing quite well in cheap and medium marked (specially Asia) that they are not in a hurry.

I loved the 3T so when I upgraded to the 7T, I was expecting the same great experience. However, the secondary rear cameras became unusable after barely 2 months because they were clogged with dust.

Loved my OnePlus 3 and currently using a 7pro, but this will be last OnePlus device. Bugs and weird behaviour keep getting more and more noticeable. Either a Pixel or whatever Nothing release seems to be the logical next step. Kinda sad though since OnePlus did so much right.

I just switched to an S22+ from a OP7T. They have a "Goodbye" thread on their forums where you can see this has been going on for a while. They increased the price, decreased their quality and neglected their once loyal supporters. Picking up an S22 is a no brainer, especially since they are often on sale for hundreds of dollars less than the Oneplus flagships. If they cannot listen to their community I hope they at least listen to you Linus.

I've had oneplus 3 and oneplus 6s, and I was so happy with those phones and now i got the 9, i'm very dissapointed. I've only had it for a half a year and already considering to change my phone already. There are so many small bugs that irritates me and it just got an update that just added more bugs.

Thanks for the video it outlined to me what the situation is with ONEPLUS. My OnePlus 6pro was amazing and worked for me for over 3 years. I absolutely loved the phone. I "upgraded" to the OnePlus 8 Pro and the problems started, I upgraded to Android 13 and the face proximity sensor broke during a call the screen doesn't turn off. Not repairable in Poland at the moment because there are no parts available. I am disappointed.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING THIS! I bought my first OnePlus phone, the OnePlus 7T, back in 2019. Still the phone I'm using. Loved it. I have recommended OnePlus to all my friends and Family. My wife, 2 sisters and my Mom and Dad all got OnePlus phones per my recommendation. I have yet to have problems, but feel awful because my sister's and Mom's phone stopped sending texts and I couldn't fix them. Which hurts as an aspiring Computer Engineer. They both bought replacement OnePlus Devices per my request saying, "This must be an anomaly". Now my wife's phone, which we bought because my wife's old phone had a bad camera and we just had a baby, has the same problem as Linus's Wife. Please OnePlus, fix these issues! I have loved my experience and want to stay with you but I'm not afraid to jump ship and give into buying flagships.

Watching this after buying my first oneplus phone, Nord CE 2 Lite 5G. I already rooted it, and at least with magisk there is way to hide root from some apps, my bank app refuses to work if it detects root but it works when i hide root from it. Anyways part of why i chose this is that i wanted to root it and have option to install custom rom. My previous phone that was huawei, is stuck in android 5.1 because i cant unlock bootloader and now lot of apps are starting to require android 6, if i could install custom rom it would still do everything i need from phone just fine.

Actually the only software I'm missing and what just changed my life was the Samsung screenshot tool on the side as a widget with OCR text copy and paste. Or share screenshot without saving it..

5:48 "But then it breaks again the moment my kids do something cute!" A legit and easy to empathize complaint that I don't think we would have gotten from Linus. The following shot of Yvonne's half-clone with bunnies was cute indeed, glad the camera worked there!

Thank you for coming out with this video. I have been for months trying to figure out where all my storage is going (which I was assuming bloated apps were the problem) but this system dump issue is definitely my problem. I've been looking for a new phone and was going to consider a new OnePlus, but this video let me Dodge a bullet. Please come out with a new video about the best phones right now. Linus you're one of the few people I trust in phone reviews. You don't just read off the specs and call it a day but you actually use it for a good period of time and succinctly talk about the pros and cons of your experience.

Agreed. While doing service and repair I've seen all issues describe happen with all manufacturers (including apple)

Have the original OPO still working and wondering what I can do with it at this point. I did install Lineage OS on it a few years ago since it just runs really well with it. I also have an OP 7 Pro, sliding camera ribbon cable broke, OnePlus wanted to charge an arm and a leg to change it, solved it with a $25 camera off ebay and about an hour to spare to open and replace the part. I did have to install a bunch of different operating systems to narrow down the issue. The worst part was that the even though the front camera was dead, it also made my back camera stop working and caused some weird system instability problems. This also happened to happen just as I had to do an emergency trip to take care of my dad who was getting a kidney removed. In my panic, I bought a OP 10 Pro which works very very well, and I'm impressed, but I wish I had the chance to wait just 3 more days to buy the upgraded memory and storage for the same damn price, heck the phone hadn't even reached me and they put that thing on discount right there 3 days after I purchased the base 10 Pro (this really annoyed me). Given that I had to travel and I needed a working device to work remotely, I bit the bullet this time, but OnePlus' practices have become dodgy in every sense as of late, if Samsung had priority shipping I was ready to just purchase the S22.

I've owned a OnePlus One and I loved it. Owned the OnePlus 5T which had an audio firmware issues they've never acknowledged, a 6 and 7T Pro but ultimately switched to Samsung despite hating their old OneUI. But since then Samsung has come a long way in improving their software and hardware. I love my S21 Ultra and I got what I've been missing for years: stable software with regular updates

The onplus 5t was the most flawless phone i have ever owned, got 3 years out of it. No software bugs whatsoever, extremely responsive, top of the line specs, a headphone jack and quick charge too. And for half the price of most of the other brands flagships. This was stock, no root or custom rom required. If they just made that exact same phone again with modern specs, sd 8 gen 1 or dimensity 9000, updated camera, faster quick charge and maybe 120hz i would buy instantly.

One plus Nord n10 user here. Had the phone for years now bought it as a cheap phone to get me by until I could afford a better one when I broke my old razer phone. Ended up not needing to upgrade and it is still working great for me. But I will say their is one bug that is superrrr annoying, sometimes the brightness of the screen will automatically lower to basically as dark as you can get it, and then it won't let you change the brightness until you fully restart the phone.

one thing i noticed with their software was, whenever an update would be available that fixes a bug, something else breaks after updating, they RLLY need to fix that

I still use a OnePlus 6 to this date, and it still works amazingly. Sad to know the state of this awesome flagship killer company get to such a state. Hope i can continue to use it for another 5 years 😅

Right now for everyone to know, Oneplus peaked at the Oneplus 7T PRO and Oneplus knows it, it was the most bug free phone that had the balance of budget and flagship (At least from my experience), instead of balancing it now, they decided to completely break that balance and it is genuinely breaking the community... Not sure why would they do it...

I had the OnePlus 6t until a year ago. Where I switched to the 9 pro but in fact I experienced the same things. OnePlus once was a flagship killer but know the normal series is expensive and the Nord series is just a way to fix the flagship killer image. Also I think it's a shame that there are know many more apps pre installed. On my 6t I didn't have that many apps pre-installed.

A little over a year ago, I bought a Google Pixel 6, but it had several bugs, the worst being that my calls would go straight to voicemail. I took the Pixel 6 back to the store, and they told me that several customers complained about the same issue. The store offered to exchange the phone, however, the Samsung S22 was not available, so I opted for the OnePlus 9. The only issue I had was that the unlock sensor would not recognize my fingerprint at times, the problem was remedied in a future update. Since then, I had no more issues other that I don't like Oxygen OS 12. I'm patiently waiting on the Samsung S23.

My OP7 Pro was probably my favorite phone I've owned. I loved the pop-up camera, full screen zero notch plus privacy piece of mind. If I didn't crack the screen after my insurance on it expired, I would still be using it. Sad to hear they've gone so far down. Samsungs new software support policies pulled me into getting an S21 Ultra last year to replace it.

I ended up feeling the same way with my Pixel XL. I really liked the phone and the specs for such a low price but the amount of bugs was literally insane sometimes my phone would literally be useless. At on point the main bug was the phone just randomly rebooting itself, one time it did it like 6 times within like 10 minutes, that was genuinely one of the most infuriating things i ever experienced

I wish they would bring their OS back

6:11 Honestly suprised Brandon didn't just lose the 8 pro and take the Oneplus 10 Pro from the shortcircuit episode.

Man, it's a shame to see how this brand went downhill. First LG, now One plus. Hopefully brands like Nothing or Poco will step up and take the reigns where OnePlus failed. Or... maybe OnePlus can step up and fix their brand.

The 7 Pro was the last one I feel was still good and priced correctly, even though it wasn't exactly the same "identity" as the original phones. Since they ditched their OS for ColorOS and have basically become an off-brand of Oppo phones, it's just not worth keeping up with them anymore.

I had a Oneplus 5 for over 4 years and it was the best successor for my LG G2, also an amazing phone back then. When switching over to the next one, Oneplus wasn't really a choice, unfortunately, because of high prices (also, didn't want to downgrade to the Nord series). Ended up buying a Realme GT 5G (the cool yellow one) by the same price of my OP5 back then. I believe Realme is the spiritual successor to Oneplus (inside BBK), not counting "Nothing", for obvious reasons. My brother bought the Realme GT2, which is also a great buy. I really recommend Realme now instead of Oneplus or even any other brand. They're good, price is fair, cameras are great, software runs smoothly, great specs and good looking. Still, I hope Oneplus gets back on track.

really good content, keep it up Linus and team. I've been an OP user since 2016, sad to say OP has completely deteriorated. my best bet now would be poco x4 gt, im planning to have this as the replacement to my rooted OP5

I love videos like these. They don't cost much if anything to make, but they provide so much more value than just buying and showing off the latest 5-figure PC components that I'll never afford anyway.

I still miss the software from my OnePlus 7t. Thing was an amazing value. Being able to turn on the flashlight by drawing a shape of your choice on the lockscreen. Was so convenient.

This is just another reason I run magisk and custom oses. One plus is still decent. Just have to know the right roms. I haven't used factory roms since I first got into all the aftermarket stuff

Got the one plus Nord 2t and while I've only gotten 1 bug with the setup notification.other than that it's been a solid phone.and got it super cheap as well for £298 and the ear buds which came to £342.97 was a package deal. Only thing I'm worried about now is if this bug with the dump files is still happening. As well as the insane charging speed. The battery graph is almost vertical it's insane it can fully charge from 0-100% in under 28 mins. even with battery conserving features enabled.has me worried long term

Ok yeah, I'm feeling this. My OnePlus 6T recently broke (and I was already experiencing issues with it but I'd had the phone for well over 3 years) so I decided to just get the Nord phone. While yes, I understand I went from a (at the time) high end phone to something more entry level, the amount of frustration I have felt with this Nord is outstanding. Chat bubbles don't work correctly, sometimes not even appearing, apps not displaying properly and I'm a few instances popping up off center so part of the app is off screen, and the keyboard being so laggy on a messages screen that it will freak out when typing fast. At this point I think I'm tempted to try and get my 6T repaired and just keep the Nord to run my idle games.

I was dismayed when I had to pay near Samsung prices for my OnePlus 9 Pro but never with the performance and ease of use... until they upgraded to Android 12. Now basic features are a hassle and they even managed to downgrade the camera with awesomely useful features, like manual switching to the macro mode, disabled except when the phone decides to use them at the most inopportune times.

Thank you so much for covering the storage bugs. I have 2 oneplus 9 , 1opened, 1is not. My oneplus has the storage bug, and i have contacted them about it. They did not offer any helpful solution so i tried to contact their repair service. They said they would give me a shipping label, but i havent received it after a month of waiting. If you guys wanna take it and investigate the issue, i can ship it to you from ny, or give you remote access of the phone. I dont even know if i should sell the in box one knowing that there is high chance for it to have the same problem

I had to replace my one plus nord 3 times, after that I switched to 8t, had an issue with my phone data not working, but fortunately it started working after the recent software updates.

I really liked the breakdown and the testimonies. I could see this being a semi-regular series when the opportunity arises.

My 7 pro was my breaking point. Having been with them since the 2, there's been a clear departure from the original values. After moving to the fold, there's still things I miss but it's a clear improvement. I just found it so odd that ltt were still using them as a sponsor after the lacklustre review on short circuit.

Have 8 pro and have disovered the fingerprint sensor and sometimes the camera doesn't work correctly but after a reboot it does and the storage hasn't been a problem for me, yes it does store the old cache logs but not so much about 24GB. It even have survived being thrown over stone floor and a little accident which have broken my backside(which doesn't affect the camera, but snakes around) Other than that I'm brilliantly happy for my phone. Marks now ish 2 years and still works except for the glitches I mentioned above. The software glitches It doesn't happen all the time only periodically and after a reboot it's okay again. Also some network issues when I switch between wifi and mobile(Annoying when you have the bus ticket on the phone and the mobile network won't work until you rebbot, especially fun when you switched carrier and can't remember the pin code). All these software glitches periodically.

I've had the OnePlus 5 since it came out in June 2017. I've replaced the battery twice, charging port once and the power button once. I have absolutely no fork over 500€ for a new phone when this one still works almost as well as it did 5 years ago

Glad we could have some coverage of OnePlus from your team, thank you everyone! I currently own a OP 8 Pro & massively regret having accidentally upgraded to Android 12 - the update in the phone didn't explain that not only would I be upgrading to Android 12, but there would be huge changes to OxygenOS, most of which are straight downgrades if not outright bugs. I really wish there were other competent Android phones that had a hard notification slider, I would likely jump to those in a heartbeat, but so far that is the one main thing holding me from switching off OP.

I've had my 5T for about 4.5 years now, and I still love it. The battery is getting pretty bad however, so I'll likely have to replace it before it turns 5, and I don't think my next phone will be a OnePlus unfortunately. It's a real shame for all the reasons you mentioned about the company's old outlook and price points, and I just can't justify a new OnePlus given the no-longer 'flagship killing' prices and the abundance of better competition.

6:55 The maddening thing about the Pixel 6's bugs is that they aren't universal. I personally have had ZERO issues with my 6, yet many have. I'm by no means a light user either--I play mobile games, watch RU-vid and use data constantly, yet my 6 has been rock solid despite the line's general issues.

Loved my 5T, but could never bring myself to buy another one when every time I have been shopping for a phone since, there has always been some kind of uproar about issues with OP phones. Really wished they were an option when I got my S22+, because had their reputation already not been in the gutter, I would have gladly purchased an OP over a Samsung.

Thank you for covering this. My dad wanted to buy a Oneplus too (I had a 6) and bought a Nord. He literally couldn't call because the microphone would auto-mute itself during calling. When I googled it, it turned out that this has been an issue for months. We have bypassed it by installing another dialer app. The screen on it is extremely soft, too. He had it for about a year now, and my OP6 (no screen protector, no case) has like 4 times less scratches than his. I have used a Oneplus 6 for over three years, in this time, the screen brightness sensor practically did not work, the Android 11 update literally bricked it, having crashdump mode, no recovery, no nothing, had to use a leaked unbrick tool. Then I just installed a custom ROM and used it until the battery got real bad. The OxygenOS, then an ideal system, got so buggy and bad with A11 that I can't even tell you. Even with these issues, it's a phone I remember greatly. I loved it and would use it for forever if I hadn't ran into battery issues, simply due to aging. Right now, the only "flagship killer" I could find that satisfied me was funilly a Samsung, the S21 FE I got for ~480 USD on German amazon a few months ago. And Oneplus is trying to fight it with the same phone but for 650 USD. Funny, how the initial flagship maker now makes flagship killers, and good ones, too. I am actually sad and disappointed with OP, I thought that this would be a real, enthusiast flagship killer brand that would exist for longer than just a few years. Seemed perfect, almost too good to be true - and it turned out to be.

When I first got my hands on 1+1, I knew that this is gonna be something great. A bit later they launched 3T which I preordered. Absolutely loved the phone. I had 0 problems with the software or anything else really, and it was super cheap compared to other phones with similar specs. I then preordered 5T when it came out. Didn't need it, the 3T was still working fine but I wanted to support OnePlus and also get the little bit better camera. Everything after that didn't intrieve me so much, so I waited. Then came the 8 pro. It was definitely alot more expensive, but my 5T's fast charging stopped working so I decided to upgrade because of that, and also for the much better camera and display. Both the 3T and 5T I've handed out to friends to use and they are both still working fine. Even the 5T fast charging started working, not sure what was the problem. I'm still using the 8 pro but I'm gonna need a new one soon. The battery life has decreased significatly and I have weird bugs where the phone judt freezes for a while. When I lock the phone and open it again, it works fine. This happens pretty seldom, propably once every week or two weeks. Rarely more than once in a day. It's not because of any programs, because sometimes it happens even in home screen when just unlocking the phone. I loved OnePlus because it NEVER froze on me, had pretty close to 0 bugs and everything just worked like it was supposed to. I had an iPhone and Samsung flagships before that and they all had freezes, poor battery life etc. Didn't think OnePlus would ever be like that but I was wrong. My next phone propably won't be OnePlus unless they get their shit together.

I've had my one plus 6t for a few years now and I still love it tho over the years more and more small annoying issues have been popping up, the most recent one for me was the phone refusing to play audio after disconnection Bluetooth devices, with the only way I know to fix this to be resting the phone, as well as the camera app refusing to open occasionally. It's nothing major but having to restart my phone every time I know longer want to listen through my earphones is a pain.

Hey Linus, are you saying that something is supposed to happen on your cars gps screen from your phone? is that how android auto works? (i dont have a car...out of the loop) I mean, I would expect my GPS to be in my car... or if i had a phone, id expect to need to have it on and active versus being at the lock screen where apps are idled.

About loosing access to apps while rooting; there's quite an easy workaround for that. In Magisk you have a DenyList setting, and although hiding root from GPay became slightly harder (mostly the problem of the device not being certified in the Play Store) it's still quite easy to bypass.

As it stands for me so far, I'm on board with Sony for the next phone whenever my S10+ dies or becomes obsolete. Only phone that still offer 3.5mm jack on new models and flagship model, and it's just comfy to hold as it's a 21:9 screen.

I had a 6 for quite a while, but I upgraded to the 8 when AT&T was dropping their 3G and the 6 wasn't on their list of devices that would be unaffected by the change. I've been happy with it, but I don't think I'll be continuing with OnePlus after this phone unless they change some things. I almost didn't even go to the 8, but I managed to find it on a serious discount that brought the value of it back in alignment with my penny-pinching sensibilities. I'm hoping that by the time it finally dies, there will be a device in my budget with at least similar, if not better, specs. Right now, anything that I look at within the price I'm willing to pay doesn't measure up in specs. I shop like it's a computer. Processor, ram and storage are my big necessities. Cameras don't get used much, so almost anything is good enough for me these days, in that respect.

An issue I'm running into on the OnePlus 9 is that messages I received from other people will delete for no apparent reason. As well as my fingerprint scanner to unlock my phone will sometimes say that I moved to fast or that it was wrong.

Oneplus launcher keeps crashing on my device... Had to install a 3rd party launcher cause it is unusable otherwise😶