Security on Android phones is never an assurance, but this time the red line zone has been passed. A new flaw has been discovered on the OnePlus 6: it can enable anyone to take total control of the device easily. The flaw is with regards to the bootloader and in order to take advantage of this flaw, you just need the physical access to the device and a PC. It has been discovered by Jason Donenfeld, an XDA member and president of Edge Security LLC. If you have some basic idea of Android modding, then you might know that the standard bootloader installed on smartphones prevents installing custom ROMs on the device.

But due to the big flaw, the bootloader of the OnePlus 6 allows installing every customized system image, even though the bootloader is locked. To do so, the user needs physical access to the device and it has to be connected to the PC at least once. Then, you just need to boot the phone through the fastboot mode and flash the customized image. You can even install custom recoveries such as TWRP and obtain root access, and if you do so, there will be no usage limits.

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So, if you own a unit of the OnePlus 6 and you actually lose your device or someone steals it, he can easily take total control of it and delete all of your data. After the discovery, OnePlus has been alerted and it has already released a statement on the matter. Here are the words spoken by the company:

We take security seriously at OnePlus. We are in contact with the security researcher, and a software update will be rolling out shortly.

A software update for the OnePlus 6 to fix the big flaw should arrive soon, but in the meantime make sure not to lose your device!

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New details have now been revealed by XDA Developers that points at the likelihood that the OnePlus 5 screen scrolling issues reported by several users may have been caused by the device using an inverted screen. OnePlus has already issued a response about the display issue which stated thus, “the OnePlus 5 uses the same level of high-quality components as all OnePlus devices, including the AMOLED display. We’ve received feedback from a small number of users saying that at times they notice a subtle visual effect when scrolling. This is natural and there’s no variance in screens between devices.”

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This response does nothing to allay the concerns and dissatisfaction of customers whose units are having such glitches. The statement did not even address the root cause of the jelly effect noticed during scrolling (demonstrated in the video above) but the cause seems to have been uncovered. 

According to details posted on XDA-developers forum, the OnePlus 5 screen panel is indeed inverted and that was evident from the teardown when compared with that of the OnePlus 3T and others. Also, the kernel source code for the display was dug up by a developer and it clearly showed the inversion was captured in the source code.

OnePlus is yet to officially respond to this theory but an official is reported to have hinted that the inverted screen isn’t an error but its engineers deliberately designed the device that way for unknown reasons. The company official further stated that there is no evidence the jelly screen effect is caused by the inverted screen but they may be related.  Also, from its earlier statement, this isn’t a problem the company is going to be worried about since it did not in any way affect the functioning of the phone. The company claims that this issue is not the result of a manufacturing defect, Quality Assurance mishap, or software bug. So, we won’t be seeing a bug fix via an update just like Samsung did for the Galaxy S8’s red tint display issue anytime soon.

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For now, only a handful of persons have reported this glitch on their device, that is likely why it is not being taken seriously by OnePlus. As time goes on and more complaints keep popping up, the tech giant may decide to address the issue more seriously. For now, the best bet for concerned fans is to either grapple with it or return the device for a refund or swap.

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One of the advantages Android has over other mobile operating systems is the high levels of customization available. You get the chance to experiment with a lot of features which you can decide to remove or keep whenever you like.

The OnePlus 3T runs Oxygen OS 4.0 which is a very pretty, neat and customizable version of Android. But for a reason best known to only you, you might want your OnePlus 3T to look like a Google Pixel and don’t know how to go about it. MilesT3CH of XDA Developers has got your back and has made a video explaining the process.

Things You’ll Need

• A OnePlus 3T rooted with TWRP
• Flash Pixel Boot Animation
• Legend ROM
• Nova Launcher
• Gapps
• Pixel Icon Pack
• Pixel UI Theme
• Pixel Live Wallpapers
• Pixel Notifications and Ringtones

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Once you have downloaded all the files, you just have to follow the instructions in the video below which are pretty straightforward.

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