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Love my OnePlus 6, it hasn't aged one bit since I bought it. Glad to see development happening in an "old" but capable device.

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I'm an outlier still using OnePlus One? I don't get the point of replacing phone every year or two.

I was a happy owner of the 1+ 2, 1+ 4. I'm now using the 1+ 6 and I'm glad to hear there's an upcoming Linux support. The thing is, my first two phones were stolen, so sometimes you don't really have a choice.

I used mine until a year ago when I got a new phone through work.

It still runs the latest Android thanks to LineageOS and still was fast enough for the web (thanks to AdAway).

I'm about to replace my OnePlus 5T. Last year it started garbling the incoming audio from outgoing phone calls, about 50% of the time. This week it garbled an incoming phone call, so I really can't put off upgrading any longer. I don't make a lot of voice calls, and from home I can use my land line, but if I can't receive calls, it's not a phone.

I've really liked the phone apart from that, but it's a pretty big "apart from that", so I'm iffy on going OnePlus again. Support talked me through making a bug report, and then...nothing.

Anybody else have a similar experience?

I've caught mine doing this but assumed it was carrier/google voice causing issues.

I don't use Google voice, and it's only ever been this phone. It started right after an OS upgrade last year, so it seemed much more likely to be OnePlus than TMobile.

My wife inherited my Oneplus One and uses it (running LineageOS); I'm still using my OnePlus 5T and don't plan to change it ever (unless the audio jack makes a comeback).

Note that the One without any Google spyware still lasts 3 days no problem. I'll probably switch my 5T to Lineage without any Google stuff sooner or later.

Security & App performance for starters, YMMV.

Sshh; don't let the YouTube smartphone reviewers hear you, they'll be offended.

Honestly, the only YouTuber I know with millions of subscribers who doesn't behave like everyone buys a new smartphone every other day is Zack from JerryRigEverything he literally showed a video from 2014(Note 4)as Galaxy S21's video to make that point[1] in his recent video.

[1]https://youtu.be/Y4wrxLVs3eU?t=355

Really impressive, the footage is amazing. Incredible it's coming from a 6 years old phone !

One hasn't received security updates from OnePlus for over 2.5 years.

There are still updates from LineageOS.

I have a OnePlus 6 and I have security update Nov 1, 2020.

Only a bit. I still use my OnePlus One daily. I find it odd as well how quickly people replace their phones.

Replaced my 3T last year. The port was completely worn out and probably close to completely failing and the battery was noticably degraded after 4 years of heavy use. On top of that the alert slider started acting up on it's own.

Ofc you could try to replace those parts but I decided it's not worth it. It's pretty difficult to find a replacement battery that both doesn't explode and actually has as much capacity as advertised.

But the battery starts to become weaker - and I have some trouble with the charger (it's on the device, not the cable). Too bad it's always so hard to exchange battery in these devices.

Indeed. This and dropping SDcards (so built in flash burn out sooner) contributes to electronic waste just as much as bloated websites and apps.

If you're a tinkerer, I'd seriously recommend using something like ACC (Advanced Charging Controller). It'll automatically cut your charge off at ~80% and slow the charging if it's heating up too much. Should greatly extend the service life of your battery. You can pretty much just install with Magisk and forget it. Perhaps it's too late for your current phone/battery but maybe on the next one.

https://github.com/VR-25/acc

Pair with something like AccuBattery for visibility into battery capacity over time.

I've been looking for something like this for a long time. I wonder if it is usable on non-Android Linux kernels for hardware that uses USB charging.

On normal Linux, if your device has a proper PMIC with a driver that allows this, you can just change the max charging voltage to something like 4.1V or less via sysfs (/sys/class/power_supply/*) on each boot. You can do the same for maximum charging current, to avoid so called "fast charging", and charge at 0.2C for example. And that's it.

A few years ago, Oneplus service replaced the battery in my phone for a very low fee. It was done quickly and totally worth it.

Official battery replacement costs the equivalent of $16 in India, as listed on their website.

I also have trouble with the charger, it usually takes a minute of the old in'out until the phone and charger connect.

I still use my OP6 but I have to admit I regretted buying it from day 1, there are just too many small inconveniences/annoyances and thanks to the various OP data scandals the eternal feeling that China is watching. I've also never been happy with the camera and after about a year an update caused issues so that often the camera app freezes. With Linux it might live yet a few more years for me. But I'm not going to buy another OP or similar brand.

I'm still using OnePlus 6. It's ok, I wouldn't say I love it but I use my phone only for chatting and browsing reddit so it's not worth a change. Besides, before I bought OnePlus 6 in 2018 I had a Samsung and it was a total shitshow. So I guess overall I'm happy with it.

Just replaced my 3T last week. Such a great device, still fast and only a few minor scratches. Too bad there were no more security updates.

And although this is “hacker” news, I didn’t feel confident running non-stock Android..

Been running LineageOS on my OP3 for years already. Never had any problems that weren't caused by myself.

Lots of financial apps & cos treat OS names different than stock OS blindly as tampered/rooted for no reason. Maybe not on your daily driver but secondary phones will only survive with Lineage or community efforts.

> Lots of financial apps & cos treat OS names different than stock OS blindly as tampered/rooted for no reason.

Yeah true. I just ignore the warnings usually.

You can still get updates

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/oneplus3

Still using the OP5. Battery and charge pin are my only issues as of now.

My OnePlus 3 is still alive and kicking as a perfectly capable testing device.

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