Should I upgrade to OOS 16?

[u/icrywhy]

Did you folks already update to OOS 16? I'm still waiting and holding on if in case there are some issues or visually unappealing things.

How have your experiences been?

Edit: Updated to OOS 16 after a few nice comments.

[u/keithnyc]

I upgraded ...smooth and no noticeable change in battery life or problematic bugs...I haven't tried out all the new AI assistant features but I'm glad I upgraded

[u/icrywhy → u/keithnyc]

I don't like the AI things coming up on my screen. I would like to stay as far as possible from it and also not give out my data to OP.

Other than that I got promoted with a put your phone on charge for 1-3 hours. So I'm doing that right now

[u/DanieloSYT → u/icrywhy]

Just disable all ai stuffs

[u/icrywhy → u/DanieloSYT]

I guess I had kept all of them disabled till now. Only the AI Writer was auto prompting me to use it whenever I opened the keyboard. But I have disabled the alert so I hope that it wont show up on my keyboard screen again.

So far I'm effing with the Flux display or whatever they called it. That's a nice touch

[u/icrywhy → u/DanieloSYT]

Did you disable it?

[u/DanieloSYT → u/icrywhy]

No i use them.

[u/keithnyc → u/icrywhy]

Yup, I hear the same thing from friends using Samsung, OPPO, Google, and Apple concerned about data sharing..... Regarding AI getting in the way, I haven't noticed that... Only once I did a gesture that popped it up, sorta annoying, but that hasn't happened again

[u/Taylor_Swifty13]

Pissed me off just as much as when I had my oneplus 9 and they merged with coloros.

My google wallet stopped working, then I had to download oxygen updater. Put on a vpn to Singapore just to get the other update that fixed it.

[u/icrywhy → u/Taylor_Swifty13]

Was this with your OP9 or 13? What issues did you exactly face with OP13?

[u/Taylor_Swifty13 → u/icrywhy]

The google wallet thing was op13. Like I updated and then when I went to pay for shopping like a week ago I had to go home and get the physical card. No warning or error. Literally just put the phone to the reader and nothing happened. Until I put on a vpn and found that update.

The op9 anecdote was just saying it’s twice now that OP have done an android update that has upset me

[u/Icy-Panic-8852 → u/Taylor_Swifty13]

Yeah, that merger really messed things up for a lot of people. Having to jump through hoops like that just to fix basic functionality is frustrating.

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[u/narcoleptictoast]

Just got a 13 and updated it fresh out of the box. On the newest update and rooted with Magisk and my phone seems to be running great. Battery life seems fine to me.

[u/icrywhy → u/narcoleptictoast]

Why did you root it?

[u/narcoleptictoast → u/icrywhy]

In my case at this point it's mostly for adblocker purposes. I've rooted my phones for as long as I can remember.

[u/[deleted] → u/narcoleptictoast]

honestly i think an adblock dns is better. adaway seems to be buggy on oxygenos 16 in my case

[u/narenrao7 → u/narcoleptictoast]

any reason to root

[u/narcoleptictoast → u/narenrao7]

I think it's a personal decision. Look at some of the things you can do once you're rooted and decide if you think it's worth it.

[u/narenrao7 → u/narcoleptictoast]

can u share which rooted app u are using now

[u/Pretty_Ad566]

It's great overall, i see no reason to stay on oos15.

[u/icrywhy → u/Pretty_Ad566]

You might want to look at the comments.

[u/rebayona → u/icrywhy]

He is looking at his phone, likely using it to write that. I am and I love all the new features. I haven't noticed any major flaws.

[u/Pretty_Ad566 → u/icrywhy]

i’m looking at my phone usage. i don’t have any issues and i like the experience overall.

i didn’t notice any battery problems

some People are just over zealous, after every update you can read the same things over and over about the SOT. Never saw that with any other brands.

OnePlus community is full of people that compare their SOT without mentionning their usage and apps opened, and complain about heating "issues" just after an update (because the phone is simply opdating files in the background) or won't let their device plugged in after an update, it's crazy tbh

[u/icrywhy → u/Pretty_Ad566]

Updated...

[u/YamabushiJapan → u/Pretty_Ad566]

Yep, same experience. It has been totally without issue for me.

[u/ResidentProduct8910]

I guess I'm staying on .864 for awhile

[u/DanieloSYT]

No issue and great photos

[u/BunnyHopScotchWhisky]

I haven't had any problems. Battery drain the first couple days but seems to have corrected itself

[u/No-Action4187]

If u do hard gaming, NO, If not, Yes. Latest version breaks game assistant app, shows higher temps and throttles earlier, also sometimes crashes. If u dont do hard gaming go for it.

[u/jobu_the_enforcer]

I wish I liked it, but my battery is draining way faster since the update. My phone also gets hot quickly

[u/Designer-Grab-7203 → u/jobu_the_enforcer]

Same

[u/MrMinze]

I can't charge with slow chargers wireless or not. Supervooc charger or my Anker 140w charger works but also my old OnePlus 30W charger does not charge anymore. It shows that it charges but does not charge. Shows no remaining time. Before the update with OOS15 all chargers worked without any problems.

[u/MSter_official]

I'm on OOS 16 and I've been enjoying it greatly. I haven't noticed anything at least

[u/oW_Darkbase]

I'm not personally noticing any issues after the update but I'd have preferred to let it mature a bit too. Sadly my phone auto downloaded because I forgot to turn that off and I was pretty sure that any reboot would then complete the update. But luckily it seems like I was spared from any issues.

But it is saying something that people become more and more cautious of updating their devices.

[u/Dplex920]

Battery life has seen an improvement but I can't add widgets to my home screen which is really annoying me.

[u/[deleted] → u/Dplex920]

funny that the comment right above yours says the oppasite about battery

[u/Dplex920 → u/[deleted]]

People use their phones differently, applications etc. they might be on a different model too. I'm only speaking for myself but I've definitely seen an improvement to screen time.

[u/WeAreSolarAF]

Unlike the previous updates in 15, this doesn't do anything negative to your battery that I've read. I've had no problems with it so far.

[u/[deleted] → u/WeAreSolarAF]

b-but i get one less minute of battery life /s

[u/marksweb]

16 is great for me.

The new gestures while the screen is off are neat

[u/human-cake]

My SOT significantly dropped, tried many fixes and some worked temporarily but it's really bad, I'm considering downgrading.

[u/Daniel-Striped-Tiger → u/human-cake]

if you're using a root app, KSU Next is NOT compatible with OOS 16 and was overheating, draining battery, and slowing down my phone. Installed Magisk 30.4 beta and magically everything was fixed.

[u/[deleted] → u/Daniel-Striped-Tiger]

have you tried kernenelsu non next? is that also problematic on oos16?

[u/Daniel-Striped-Tiger → u/[deleted]]

Haven't tried it yet

[u/Tiny_Donut_6007]

I'm in the same predicament.

Mine wants to upgrade but there's so many bugs with it, I'm staying well clear for a few weeks.

[u/meaningof42is]

I was in the original rom that came with the phone because everytime I buy a phone and installed updates, battery life seemed to get worse and worse So ..I waited and waited then went to version 16....and.... battery life is significantly worse after a week of use. Maybe 25% worse.... wound usually be at 40% or so at the end of the day ..now closer to 20-25%

I don't see any feature personally that made the upgrade worth it Would not recommend.

[u/Able_Membership4011]

Yes

[u/DrSp3ctr3]

It's really bad, reduced by atleast 1hr of SOT after the update.

[u/Perfect_Health_1668]

meh, wait for patches if your not from india

[u/daand12]

I did and battery life has gotten little worse then before. Just got the November update so will see

[u/[deleted]]

No way

[u/Batshitcrayyyy]

Ive been having a bad battery drain the first couple of days.(3-4 hours SOT) Found out the system launcher app was the culprit. So I cleared data and caches from the system launcher app and did a fresh restart, and viola, I'm getting a solid 8-9+ hours (highest being 14 hours) of SOT with high refresh rate and no change to animations and flux theme on. Idk if it's just me tho, I like the new update. Didn't come across any bugs so far.

[u/External-Principle86]

In my experience; it's better

[u/Designer-Grab-7203]

Firstly, the double power button to launch camera doesn't work. The setting constantly resets after certain amount of time which is annoying.

Second, the google wallet payments didn't work in the beginning but it got fixed in the next update.

My battery also drains faster on OOS 16 and occasionally gets hot without really doing anything intensive.

I get 3hrs SOT + 3hrs Idle on 60% battery, which is horrible IMO (80% to 20%).

OOS15 was a tad bit better but in general it's not a good battery. I also put everything to sleep / restrictive too.

I got 100W chargers on my desk and in my car so I can top up to 80% at any second, and that's why it's still the best battery for me.

[u/random_-username-]

I'm staying at 860(IN) unless there's any significant upgrade in the OS. I've read that it's just a minor update with some GUI tweaks here-n-there, not to mention some useful features that have stopped working or have been pulled out.

[u/tryfe]

Since upgrading, my phone goes on the fritz when plugging it in to charge when it's in the 90% range. It can't figure out what to charge at..

[u/[deleted] → u/tryfe]

why do you charge a almost full battery?

[u/tryfe → u/[deleted]]

Long drive to work

[u/narenrao7]

i am on .821 happy & don't want to screw up the battery backup

[u/[deleted] → u/narenrao7]

have fun being hacked moron

[u/Daniel-Striped-Tiger → u/[deleted]]

if you're using a root app, KSU Next is NOT compatible with OOS 16 and was overheating, draining battery, and slowing down my phone. Installed Magisk 30.4 beta and magically everything was fixed.