Earlier we brought to you news about Oxygen OS 3.0 going through soak testing. However, here we are with the latest Oxygen OS 3.0 update straight from OnePlus 2 development team. The is a huge update that brings Android 6.0 Marshmallow to the manufacturer’s most popular OnePlus 2 device. This is a community build and right now it is under Beta testing. Hence, you may expect some bugs. However, this won’t be an issue because you can still receive further updates over the air. This Oxygen OS 3.0 Beta version is a daily-driver-material community release of for Oxygen OS. So if you don’t mind being a tester and some minor instability doesn’t bug you at all, then grab the Marshmallow ROM from the download section below. However, before you proceed, take a look at the features and bugs that come with it and make your decision. Moreover, this build is OTA eligible which means that you’ll receive all the future OTA updates including the stable release as well. Here’s what’s new in this build:
- Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow upgrade
- New OnePlus Camera UI
- UI has been cleaned up: swiping up/down now switches between photo/video, whereas HD/HDR and flash settings live in the top right corner
- You can now change the aspect ratio and toggle grid view without going all the way to the settings
- New wallpaper picker
- Easily preview and set both home screen and lock screen wallpaper in one place.
- Shelf UX has been improved
- No more edit mode, long press boards to rearrange or remove
- General system performance improvements
- Benchmarked 47% faster than OxygenOS 2.2.1 on key test scenarios
- Fingerprint performance improvement
- Tested 45% faster than OxygenOS 2.2.1 on average
- Settings changes
- Old app permissions are gone, say hi to new (native Android) app permissions.
- Alert Slider has its own entry point with more customization options
- Improved settings menu readability by changing the order a bit
- March security patches
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- There are a few things you should be aware of:
- Your fingerprints will not be preserved after you flash the new build, so you will need to re-register your fingerprints if you have fingerprint authentication set up
- Maxxaudio tuner and presets will be removed
- Rolling back to previous OxygenOS versions will not work without wiping data
- Some soak testers have experienced wifi speed issues which we are investigating
- Some of your old apps won’t work without an upgrade to M compatible versions
- Shelf frequent apps board size might shrink if you are dirty flashing. Remove and re-add the board and it will fix itself
- Language localization is still being improved
Before you proceed, backup everything just in case anything goes wrong. Read the instructions carefully before flashing. The OnePlus development team says “We only support dirty flashing of this build using Oxygen recovery. Dirty flashing requires OxygenOS 2.2.0 or higher. Factory reset is needed if you are using any other recovery or coming from any other ROM. We do not guarantee these cases to work properly.” Which means apply updates using Oxygen OS stock recovery without a factory reset. However, dirty flashing, meaning flashing the update without wiping data or factory resetting, requires OxygenOS 2.2.0 or higher.
Download Oxygen OS 3.0 Marshmallow Beta
- Full ROM for Oxygen OS 3.0
- Oxygen OS v 3.0 Full ROM → Download [Mirror]| File: OnePlus2Oxygen_3.0_beta_bb10c034d8a4466d.zip [1.1 GB]
- Requirement for Oxygen OS 3.0 → Oxygen OS v2.2.0+ Full ROM
How to Install Oxygen OS 3.0 Marshmallow Update on OnePlus 2 Using Stock Recovery
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Step 1. Before you proceed, make sure you have installed the base update prior to v 3.0. That means make sure you have Oxygen OS v2.2.0 or higher as you current firmware version.
Step 2. Now download the Oxygen OS 3.0 update zip file from the downloads and transfer it to your phone’s internal storage.
Step 3. Now boot your OnePlus 2 into Recovery Mode. To do so, turn off your device completely and then press and hold the power button and volume down key for a few seconds. Select Recovery if an option is available to get into stock recovery mode.
Step 4. Once into the Stock Recovery Mode, Select Apply Updates from phone’s storage and then navigate to the OTA zip file and select it.
Step 5. Confirm the operation and the installation process will begin updating your OnePlus 2. This may take a few minutes.
Step 6. When the installation completes, it will automatically reboot. If not, go back and reboot manually.
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Source: OnePlus, OnePlus Forum
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Huawei, a Chinese tech giant and the smartphone has been one of the most successful smartphone manufacturers which has built low-end, mid-range and high-end smartphones making it one of the most preferred brands when it comes to Android smartphone. Although Huawei updates its lineup with latest smartphones every year, software updates such as Android OS update aren’t too regular.
In fact, it takes a considerable amount of time to receive the latest updates via OTA which can be between weeks or even months after the official rollout by Google. On the other hand, not all devices receive OS updates and upgrades at the same time. The difference in models and regions can have a drastic impact on the update. But, there is a way out. You can still update your device using Update.app file from the Huawei Firmware Package to use the latest features without waiting for much time. But, there is a catch.
When it comes to firmware files, some of them are easily available over the internet which you can use to flash the device, however, before you can actually do it, you need to extract the firmware package. It can be tricky and confusing but don’t worry, we at GetDroidTips got your back. Here are a simple easy-to-use and easy-to-follow guide on how to extract the firmware from the update.app file.
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- 1 Steps to Install the Update.app file from Huawei Firmware package
Steps to Install the Update.app file from Huawei Firmware package
Follow the below pre-requisite, make sure to download all the required files and drivers.
First of all, you need these prerequisites
Here are few things and files that you will need before getting started. We have attached the links to download the same which makes it easy to follow this guide.
- Firmware zip file for with update.zip file (From Huawei firmware database)
- Your device should be bootloader unlocked [Here is the guide to unlock bootloader on any Huawei device]
- Huawei Update Extractor (For Windows)
- Extractor program such as 7zip or WinRAR.
Step #1 – Identify the device firmware build
Okay, so before you could extract the update file from the firmware package available on the internet, you need to know the build number of the firmware that your Huawei smartphone is running on. This is pretty simple since you just have to open the ‘Settings > System > About Phone > Build Number’ and it will be displayed on the screen.
Now, the number can be such as ‘BLA-L29 8.0.0.132 (C636) which is the same build number of a Huawei Mate 10 Pro running on Android 8.0 Oreo OS. Next step is to identify the version of the build number your phone using. Take the above-given number as an example and remove the Android version i.e. 8.0.0. from the build number and replace it will the model number i.e. C636. Finally, add the alphabet B before the final set of numbers i.e. 132. Thus, the firmware version of your device is BLA-L29C636B132.
Step #2 – Now, Download the Update.zip app file
Now that you have the firmware version of your device, you can start the search to locate the compatible file.
Firstly, copy the firmware version number that you just generated and save it to the clipboard for a second.
Now, go to Huawei Firmware Database site for which, the link is present above in the ‘Prerequisites’ section.
Next step is to find the firmware version and model and check out for the file that reads “FullOTA-MF”.
Once you have the right file to download, simply hit the ‘Update’ button that will download the zip file from the internet.
Now, this zip file can be used to extract the update.app file located within it using the archive extractor tools such as 7zip or WinRAR which is quite simple.
Step #3 – Use Huawei Update Extractor
- If you have Huawei Update Extractor download on your computer, next step is to go to Settings and untick the option ‘Verify header checksum’ and save it.
- Finally, hit the “…” button available on the screen to locate the extracted file ‘Update.app’
- Once the file is located in the extractor. Hit the ‘Extract Selected’ button which will automatically save the extracted update file as boot.img, system.img, etc.
Step #4 – Flash The File
This procedure to follow in this guide is to flash the file that you already extracted. For this, go to Huawei Update Extractor, locate the file RAMDISK.img and use the Minimal ADB and Fastboot tools to flash it. Before is the guide that will be helpful for you to follow this fourth and last step.
Instructions:
- Now, Turn off your phone and wait for a second before turning it ON or you can simply restart the phone in fastboot mode for which, the steps do change from model-to-model. In most of the phones, it is usually by hitting the Power button and Volume down key
- If not successful, connect the phone using a USB cable to your phone and then, try to power it on and hit the Volume button. Alternatively, you can keep the Volume down button pressed when plugging in and connecting the phone to the PC.
- Leave the volume button and/or power button when the screen vibrates or when the screen displays Android logo.
- From the PC, open the command prompt window by typing in ‘cmd’ in the search column or right-click on the
- Start button and then, go to Command Prompt Window.
- One the cmd is open, type the keyword fast boot devices assuming that you have already downloaded and installed ADB and fastboot tools.
- Now, type “fastboot flash ramdisk RAMDISK.img” which is the name of your update.app file and enter the key “Enter”.
- This initiates the flashing process and once it is done, disconnect the phone from the PC and reboot it.
- This process is handy for smartphone currently running on Android Oreo 8.0.0, however, if you are using Android 7.0 Nougat device, you can follow the same procedure if the phone belongs to Huawei where you need to extract the BOOT file and repeat the same procedure aforementioned.
- When you open cmd, enter the command “fastboot flash boot BOOT.img” and there you have it.
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