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  1. Consumer-impact summary
  2. Bootloader unlocking restrictions (2025)
  3. AI tools integration (2025)
  4. adding Anti-Rollback mechanisms to devices (2026-01-18)
  5. Products
  6. See also
  7. References
OnePlus
Basic information
Founded 2013-12-15
Legal Structure Private
Industry Electronics
Also known as
Official website https://oneplus.com

Oneplus (Chinese: 一加) is a Chinese electronics manufacturer, spun off from Oppo in 2013 as a separate brand. OnePlus sells smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, earbuds, and other accessories around the world, whereas Oppo's presence outside of China is somewhat more limited. The company has generally been well regarded in terms of consumer protection and is fairly supportive of allowing bootloader unlocking and therefore, third-party modifications for their hardware.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy
  • Business Model
  • Market Control

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the OnePlus category.

Bootloader unlocking restrictions (2025)

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Starting from ColorOS 16, OnePlus intends to make the process of unlocking bootloader more complicated by requiring developers and users to sign up for the "深度测试计划" (In-Depth Testing Program).[1] While as of now, it is only going to impact users in China[2], there is a chance that this change may come to the global version of OnePlus phones on OxygenOS.[3]

AI tools integration (2025)

Main article: Oneplus AI tools / Mindspace

Oneplus has integrated AI tools into their phones.

adding Anti-Rollback mechanisms to devices (2026-01-18)

Main article: Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback

On 18 January 2026, AdaUnlocked, a user on the XDA Forums, reported that the ColorOS 16.0.3.501 update introduces a hardware-level Anti-Rollback (ARB) mechanism for OnePlus 13/13T and 15 smartphones. Updating to the version causes the anti-rollback fuse to be blown which leads to permanent bricking of the device if any older ROM (custom or not) is flashed to it. [4]

Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.


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See also

Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.


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References

  1. "一加深度测试公告&QA". OnePlus. 2025-08-13. Archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  2. progzone122. "OnePlus: Chinese phones running ColorOS 16.0 and above are now not as easy to unlock". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2025-08-18. Retrieved 2025-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Miles, Lena (2025-08-07). "EU Mandates Android Bootloader Lock, Ending Custom ROMs from August 2025". BlazeTrends. Archived from the original on 2025-08-18. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  4. AdaUnlocked (2026-01-18). "General - [CRITICAL WARNING] ColorOS 16.0.3.501 Updates = PERMANENT Anti-Rollback (ARB) & Fuse Blown. DO NOT DOWNGRADE!". XDA Forums. Archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-22.