Comment by skeledrew

13 days ago

This is absolutely cracked. I've been with OnePlus since the One, also getting the 2, 6 and now I have the 12. Stuck with them all these years because I really respected their - original - take on device freedom. I really should've seen the writing on the wall given how much pain it is to update it in the first place, as I have the NA version which only officially allows carrier updates, and I don't live in NA (and even if I did I'd still not be tied to a carrier).

Now I have to consider my device dead re updates, because if I haven't already gotten the killing update I'd rather avoid it. First thing I did was unlock the bootloader, and I intend to root/flash it at some point. Will be finding another brand whenever I'm ready to upgrade again.

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dataflow  13 days ago

This wasn't their only pain point. [1] Just get off OnePlus, you'll be happier.

[1] https://dontkillmyapp.com/oneplus

  • literallywho  12 days ago

    Fascinating. I've had a OnePlus 6 from 2018 until 2023 (all on stock software) and I've not had or noticed any issues like that.

    • dataflow  12 days ago

      You probably haven't had any apps that need to stay open a long time, or perhaps they have a way to relaunch themselves as a workaround. I've definitely seen this and it's incredibly frustrating to see processes killed when they need to stay running and are not doing anything wrong.