How to Install OxygenOS on OnePlus One? – Complete Guide

When OnePlus One was announced back in 2014, it created quite the buzz because the specs and features the smartphone came with were just amazing. However we got to know that OnePlus One will come to India without the CyanogenMod OS so the Chinese manufacturer decided to take the matter in their own hands and they started working on their own operating system, better known as OxygenOS. The newest OS is now available for download and you can install OxygenOS on OnePlus One.

OxygenOS is basically their very own ROM for Android device that is based on the latest Android Lollipop version. The name does sound cool and it was suggested by OnePlus One fans itself. So if you own the device and you are looking for a way to download OxygenOS ROM and install it on your smartphone then you can follow the steps mentioned in this article.

The OnePlus One team recently released the first build of the ROM and you can download it easily. The ROM will provide you a stock ROM experience and you can also update the OS easily because the OTA updates will be pushed directly to the smartphones and you can update it to the latest version whenever it is made available to the public. You just have to install OxygenOS once and that’s it.

What to Expect From OxygenOS?

Since the OxygenOS has recently been released, it is the first build so you don’t have to expect that it will be the perfect system because there will be some bugs in the system.

However you don’t have to worry about those bugs because the OnePlus One team has been working really hard to fix all those bugs as soon as they are detected and reported back. You can also do your bit by downloading the ROM and reporting the bugs if you discover any.

There are still many users waiting for the Android Lollipop version to come for their Android smartphones but if you really want it then you can have it by installing this very ROM. The first build of the ROM was tested by many users but there are still many out there who are facing difficulties in installing OxygenOS on their OnePlus One devices. So all you need to do is follow the below guide to install the ROM on OnePlus One.

Note: Only proceed if you are confident enough to flash a custom ROM on your device. This guide allows you to flash OxygenOS on OnePlus One, but there is still a chance for things to go wrong if you don’t follow the steps correctly. Flashing and rooting will not void your OnePlus One warranty but if any damage is caused by flashing then it won’t be covered by the warranty.

Pre-requisites to Install OxygenOS on OnePlus One:

• Make sure that your battery is charged upto 80%.
• Make sure to backup all your important data before performing the below steps.
• Make sure that your device is rooted and recovery installed. (TWRP recovery is recommended)

If you don’t have TWRP recovery then you can get it by going right here. You will need Fastboot and ADB for your device that you can download from here to flash TWRP recovery.

Download OxygenOS for OnePlus One

First of all, you need to download OxygenOS ROM from the link given below on your computer or Android device.

Download OxygenOS ROM

Once the ROM is downloaded on your device, you have to un-zip the file. When you un-zip the downloaded file, you will see another zip folder named “oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip”. Keep this in a place you can remember.

Steps to Install OxygenOS on OnePlusOne:

• The first thing you have to do is connect your device with your computer using the USB data cable and then copy the above downloaded file on your device. Make sure to download the zip file named “oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip” on your phone.
• Now boot your OnePlus One device into recovery mode by holding down both volume down key and the power button.
• Once you are into TWRP mode, you will have to do a factory reset of your device to delete all the data from your phone. So do a “wipe data/ factory reset”, then do “wipe cache partition” and finally select “wipe dalvik cache” if that option is also available.
• Now go to Install option and find the destination where you copied the zip file. Select oxygenos_1.0.0.flashable.zip and finally select OK.
• This will flash OxygenOS on your OnePlus One device.
• Once the ROM is flashed successfully, you will have to reboot the device. The reboot will take some minutes to boot up the first time so don’t panic as it is normal.

Once your device is rebooted, you will be taken to the all new OxygenOS ROM on your smartphone. So you can now take your smartphone for a spin and uncover all the new features of the Oxygen OS. Here’s a quick video that shows you the top features of the ROM.

Since we all know that this is the first build of the OS so there are going to be some issues with the operating system and some functions might not work as they should be. Here are some of the issues already known posted on the forum so have a look at them.

List of Some Known Issues:

• Printer service may stop while printing images.
• You can not hang up a call using the headphone controls.
• If you use OTG then it can only recognize the FAT32 system.
• During system update, the display of WiFi/data notification and the display of the version number may be incorrect.
• When you upload files to the cloud then the files may crash sometimes or it may crash while renaming images.
• Files doesn’t support multi-select deleted yet.

So that was the complete article on how you can update OxygenOS on your OnePlus One. I hope that after going through all the features list and the list of the issues with the ROM, you might have finally installed the custom ROM on your OnePlus One device. So if you have succeeded in the process to install OxygenOS on OnePlus One then share your experience with us or drop your queries if you have any.