**ONLYWORKSON(MOST)ONEPLUSDEVICES.Seehttps://oxygenupdater.comforalistofsupporteddevicesandhttps://oxygenupdater.com/faqforfrequentlyaskedquestions.**
Youalwayswantedtorunthelatestsoftwareversions.Youboughtadevicewithagreatoperatingsystem-whichisintuitiveandoffersalotofcustomizationoptions.Thereishoweveronebigcatch:Youhavetowaituntilit'syourturntogetyoursystemupdatedtothelatestOxygen*(1)OS/Androidversion....
Well:asofnow,thewaitisover!
WithOxygenUpdater,youwillbeamongthefirstuserstoupdateyourOxygenOSdevicetothelatestandgreatestsoftwareversion,forfree!
OxygenUpdaterallowsyoutobethefirsttodownloadnewOxygenOSSystemupdates,anddirectlyinstall*(2)themtoyourdevice.Nomorewaitinguntilyougetthesystemupdatenotificationafterafewweeks,justupdatewheneveranewupdateisreleased.
Whenanewupdatebecomesavailable,you'llreceiveanotificationofit.Youmaythenopentheapptodownloadandinstall*(2)yournewsystemupdate.
Additionally,thisappprovidesashortoverviewaboutyourdevicespecs,includingyourcurrentAndroidandOxygenOSversion,theamountofmemory(RAM),thesecuritypatchdateandtheprocessorinyourdevice.Also,importantannouncementsaboutOnePlusandtheappitselfarepostedwithinOxygenUpdater.
WhenyouopenOxygenUpdaterforthefirsttime,youwillbeaskedtoselectyourdeviceandyourupdatemethod.Theseareusuallysettotherightvalues,butyouarefreetochangethemaccordingtoyourlikings.
Thereareacoupleofdifferentupdatemethods:
-Incrementalupdates:IncrementalupdatesareupdatepackagesmeanttoupdateaspecificversionofOxygenOStoanewerversion.Theseupdatesaresmalltodownloadbutdonotworkonrootedorbootloader-unlockeddevices.Formostpeople,thisistherecommendedwaytoupdate.IfanincrementalpackageisnotavailableforyourspecificOxygenOSversion,theappautomaticallyoffersafullpackageinstead.
-Fullupdates:Updateswhichalsoworkonrootedandbootloader-unlockeddevices.However,theseupdatesareverylargetodownload(almost2GBnowadays).Onlyrecommendedifyouhaverootaccessorhaveabootloader-unlockeddevice.
-OpenBetas:Doyouwanttoexperienceevennewersoftwarethanmostotherpeoplearoundyou?Thenyoucanalsoswitchto(andupdate)theOxygenOSOpenBetasusingthisapp.*(3).TheOpenBetascomebothinfullandincrementalpackages.Theseworkthesameasexplainedfortheregularversionsabove.
*(1)Thisisanon-officialapp.OnePlusandOxygenOSarenotassociatedwiththisappinanyway.Theyarenotresponsibleforyouractions,neitheristhedeveloperofthisapp.Installingsoftwareupdatesmayrenderyourdeviceinoperableiftheinstallationinstructionsarenotcarefullyfollowed.Pleasevisithttps://oneplus.net/nl/about-usformoreinformationaboutOnePlus.Forquestions,suggestionsandlegalissues,pleasesendanemailtothee-mailaddressfromthedeveloperasshownintheGooglePlayStore.
*(2)AutomaticupdateinstallationrequiresrootaccessandTWRPrecovery.Ifyoudon'thaverootaccess,you'llbepromptedwithaguideonhowtoinstalltheupdateyourself.Evenifyouhaverootaccess,youmaystillchoosetoviewtheinstallguideandinstalltheupdateyourself.
*(3)SwitchingfromtheregularversionofOxygenOStotheOpenBetarequiresenablingofAdvancedMode,afreefeaturemeantforadvancedusersonly.RevertingbackfromtheOpenBetatotheregularversionofOxygenOSmaynotbepossiblethroughOxygenUpdaterbut*will*eraseallcontentsofyourphone.Considerthisbeforeswitchingtothebetas!