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I just checked and found it on my OnePlus Two. To other OP owners: make sure you look under "all" apps, not just "downloaded".

After this finding , the data collection incident a month ago, and their last 1Gb+ OTA update that bootlooped my phone, I think I'm done with OnePlus products. I enjoyed the hardware but I can't tolerate this much malice/incompetence in software in something as critical to my daily life.

I'm sure some posters will suggest that this is what we deserve for trusting a Chinese OEM, but I still find it all very sad.

Steal data, brick devices, and leave backdoors: How to lose a customer in three easy steps.

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> I enjoyed the hardware but

Do like me, if you don't want to trash a OnePlus device: install LineageOS.

Do you trust there not to be lower level issues?

Well... at least, this specific one isn't.

I am completely unfamiliar with Lineage. I literally just flashed PA on my 3t on Friday and have been having some minor issues with it (wifi connectivity and spotty cell coverage) that I didn't have before when the phone was stock. Could you give me a little info about your experience with Lineage and what you like/dislike about it?

I should add, I flashed PA because I bought a really expensive pair of bluetooth headphones (from Sony) that were having really bad connectivity issues that have been mostly resolved by changing roms.

Third party software is always a bumpy ride. Something is going to not work out of the box, optimization will be less than stellar, battery usage won't be as good. I cannot tolerate my cellphone not working 100% of the time.

Can you tolerate a backdoor in it?

I can and I am. As far as I can tell, it's only accessible locally, so I can live with it.

LineageOS gives me a 30% more battery on the OPO! Everything works great.

I have an HTC bootlooped by an OTA, hence my now having a OnePlus3. Getting fed up with all this nonsense. Seems to me the android ecosystem is just too wild west, especially for such an important device, and may now have to head to apple. I see I also have this EngineerMode, data usage 1.4MB since Aug 7, modify system settings enabled. When I tweeted them about the recent data collection issue they replied with "it's standard industry practice".

I’ve made the same decision re: android and apple.

I really wish there was a decent Linux phone I could buy ... anyone know if there are any good contenders or future prospects?

I am hoping postmarketOS will be a good alternative.

Still being developed and not ready for prime time yet.

Did you check out Jolla and Sailfish OS?

You can now buy a Sony EXperia X and flash it to Sailfish OS.

I am quite happy with Sailfish. Still using it on my Jolla 1 as a daily driver after 3 years.

It hasn't been released yet, but Purism recently smashed their fundraising goal for the Librem 5. From the description linked to below:

> Librem 5, the phone that focuses on security by design and privacy protection by default. Running Free/Libre and Open Source software and a GNU+Linux Operating System designed to create an open development utopia, rather than the walled gardens from all other phone providers.

https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

Because a small fly by wire company is likely to have better QA than a much larger company....

Different priorities might work very well.

This is truly impressive. I'll be following this project.

Are you asking about "linux" meaning a non-Android linux phone?

If you include Android -- I have had a satisfactory experience with both the Samsung Galaxy S6 and LG Nexus 5x. The 5x did bootloop recently but Nexus repaired it (and upgraded to 32GB) beyond the end of their warranty.

Hopefully: https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/.

Its a feature not a bug.

Android is open, you can run anything on it that you want. Doesn't make it better or worse than iOS.

Everyone needs to make an informed decision about what they want from their phone.

Not to mention the "phone crashes when calling 911" bug

Wasn't that a bug with other phones as well?

Some version of this bug has cropped up on many phones on different carriers all around the world.

Yup, done here too. Edit: EngineerMode is present on my OP3T with latest Oreo beta

Yeah it's on my 1+X too. Trivial to gain root just from the info in that twitter thread

Worth noting it has used 200mb data in three months

Can confirm that the privilege escalation works on OnePlus 2 as well.

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