The popular smartphone brand OnePlus recently started rolling out its version of Android 12, which is a unification of the OxygenOS and OPPO’s Color OS, called the OxygenOS 12, to its flagship devices. Unfortunately, despite being called stable, the software was plagued with bugs. Hence, the brand had to halt the rollout. 

But the problems with the OS weren’t only limited to bugs. As we previously reported, modded apps like Google Camera ports were being blocked from using the phone’s auxiliary cameras, i.e. the ultrawide and the telephoto camera. This is a deal-breaker for many people since GCam (modded) is known to considerably improve picture quality compared to the stock camera app on a lot of phones.

This issue has been present in OPPO’s ColorOS for a while now, leading people to believe that OnePlus devices will no longer be able to use modded camera apps. However, a new report has surfaced that reassures OnePlus users otherwise.

According to an XDA Developer‘s report, on Friday (December 17th, 2021), OnePlus took to its community forums to announce that they have heard the feedback regarding the bugs and issues faced by its users in the recently rolled out OxygenOS 12 update and are working hard to fix them and release a patch soon. OnePlus additionally pointed out that the upcoming update will also fix the “temporary lack of access to the Ultra HD 48M / AUX camera on GCam.”

Since then, the OxygenOS 12 has been re-released, but the inaccessible auxiliary camera issue while using the GCam port still remains. However, since the company has specifically acknowledged the issue, we can expect a future update to arrive with the promised fixes.

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In early October, OnePlus released Android 12-based OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 1 for the OnePlus 9 series. A little over a month later, the devices now get access to Open Beta 2. The latest update brings fixes for issues faced by users in the initial build.

According to the official announcement post on OnePlus Community, OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 2 update for OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro is being rolled out via OTA for units that are already on Open Beta 1. If a user on the stable channel wishes to try the new build, they will need to install the first build and then update to the fresh release.

As per the official changelog, the latest pubic beta brings optimizations for status bar fluency, battery life, and charging speed. Most importantly, it brings fixes for status bar not displaying apps, auto-brightness failing, desktop widgets displaying abnormally, cloud service not opening in Notes, and status bar not displaying battery of Bluetooth earphones.

The new release also bumps up the security patch level to November 2021 and improves system stability as well as camera app stability.

Since it is beta software, it also has a number of known and unknown issues. Hence, install it only if you are used to such conditions.

OnePlus 9, 9 Pro OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 2 Official Changelog

• System
  • Optimized the fluency of the status bar
  • Optimized battery life and charging speed
  • Fixed the low-probability issue of the status bar not displaying apps
  • Fixed the low-probability issue of automatic brightness failing
  • Fixed the issue of some desktop widgets displaying abnormally
  • Fixed the issue of Cloud service not opening in Notes
  • Updated Android Security Patch to 2021.11
  • Improved system stability

• Camera
  • Improved app stability

• Bluetooth
  • Fixed the low-probability issue of the status bar not displaying the battery of Bluetooth earphones

OnePlus 9, 9 Pro OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 2 Known Issues

• Auto-rotate for desktop may be delayed under some using scenes
• Probable issue of WLAN automatically disconnected
• The camera will freeze when taking videos in 4K 60hz mode
• Notifications for some apps will automatically be switched on
• Global Search may not response
• Background Apps may automatically switch off under the using scene of low RAM

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