The OnePlus 2 Thread

Mickeroo

EletricMan wrote: »

Just out of interest, who on Vodafone network gets the 4G sign for data. I only have ever gotten H+ I'm wondering if I ever had 4G.

Are you on prepay? They seem to turn off my 4G every month before I top up and I always have to ask the reps on here to reactivate it.

EletricMan

Yep prepay. I have only ever had H+. It's fast enough the reason I'm only wondering about it as I'm back from holidays where I bought a local sim and I was getting 4G.

Mickeroo

EletricMan wrote: »

Yep prepay. I have only ever had H+. It's fast enough the reason I'm only wondering about it as I'm back from holidays where I bought a local sim and I was getting 4G.

I'd say it's the same issue I was having, either give them a ring or get on to them in the forum here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1270

EletricMan

Thanks, just started a thread.

robo

Hi all, as per my previous post with lagging One Plus 2 phone, it is still happening. So gonna do a factory reset. But want to backup my apps first - anyone recommend an app for this and a link to what steps to follow? Also, will this mean that when I reload the apps on my phone, I won't have to set up the username and passwords on my phone for the apps?

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom

Anyone ever have issue with phone jack. My ear phone won't go all way in so I have to keep my finger on it for it to stay in. I opened up phone to see was it damaged or anything blocking it but it looks ok.

wotzgoingon

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom wrote: »

Anyone ever have issue with phone jack. My ear phone won't go all way in so I have to keep my finger on it for it to stay in. I opened up phone to see was it damaged or anything blocking it but it looks ok.

There is obviously something wrong with it even if you cannot see it as that isn't normal.

Pepp1989

My phone app switcher has stopped working. Amazing how inconvenient this is. When I click the right bottom button to bring up all recent apps I just get 'your recent apps/items appear here'.

Anyone had this problem and fixed it? I did a reboot but the problem returned after a few hours.

wotzgoingon

Well I sold my Oneplus 3T a while back and defaulted back to my Oneplus 2 and I always updated to the latest update available. But the phone kept lagging like crazy. I sat beside a girl on the train and I was watching her fly through opening and closing apps and switching between apps and I said there is something seriously wrong with my phone. I was thinking it is time to upgrade.

One time on Android I used to flash different ROM's all the time so I said I will flash cyanogenmod but they changed their name to LineageOS so I flashed it and the phone is like new which leads me to believe Oneplus are deliberately hampering phones so you will buy the newest maybe they are not who knows all I know is the phone is like brand new now. I know I only flashed the new ROM a few days ago but I will give it a month and if no slow downs they were deffo hampering the phone.

dulux99

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Well I sold my Oneplus 3T a while back and defaulted back to my Oneplus 2 and I always updated to the latest update available. But the phone kept lagging like crazy. I sat beside a girl on the train and I was watching her fly through opening and closing apps and switching between apps and I said there is something seriously wrong with my phone. I was thinking it is time to upgrade.

One time on Android I used to flash different ROM's all the time so I said I will flash cyanogenmod but they changed their name to LineageOS so I flashed it and the phone is like new which leads me to believe Oneplus are deliberately hampering phones so you will buy the newest maybe they are not who knows all I know is the phone is like brand new now. I know I only flashed the new ROM a few days ago but I will give it a month and if no slow downs they were deffo hampering the phone.

I'm very much a rookie with this stuff - if I flash Lineage OS will it wipe the data on my phone?

wotzgoingon

dulux99 wrote: »

I'm very much a rookie with this stuff - if I flash Lineage OS will it wipe the data on my phone?

What data? Like pictures and stuff then no but you have to do a full wipe anyway as you do not want old files there when flashing a new OS anyway as it can interfere.

sentient_6

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What data? Like pictures and stuff then no but you have to do a full wipe anyway as you do not want old files there when flashing a new OS anyway as it can interfere.

Then no? First step of unlocking the bootloader will wipe, before you get anywhere near a custom rom.

wotzgoingon

sentient_6 wrote: »

Then no? First step of unlocking the bootloader will wipe, before you get anywhere near a custom rom.

Oh yeah I forgot about that I always do that as soon as I buy a phone.

wotzgoingon

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Well I sold my Oneplus 3T a while back and defaulted back to my Oneplus 2 and I always updated to the latest update available. But the phone kept lagging like crazy. I sat beside a girl on the train and I was watching her fly through opening and closing apps and switching between apps and I said there is something seriously wrong with my phone. I was thinking it is time to upgrade.

One time on Android I used to flash different ROM's all the time so I said I will flash cyanogenmod but they changed their name to LineageOS so I flashed it and the phone is like new which leads me to believe Oneplus are deliberately hampering phones so you will buy the newest maybe they are not who knows all I know is the phone is like brand new now. I know I only flashed the new ROM a few days ago but I will give it a month and if no slow downs they were deffo hampering the phone.

Well an update on this for who ever is still using one of these phones. After 2 weeks of use no slow downs compared to when I was on the OxygenOS from OnePlus the phone was extremely sluggish which leads me to believe OnePlus were deliberately hampering the phone so you would go out and buy the latest which I was all set to do until I started thinking this was a top spec phone when it came out so there is no reason it should be sluggish so flashed LineageOS and it's like a new phone. I would totally recommend you do it if you are still using this phone.

EletricMan

How do you flash it? Never done anything like that before.

Zagato

EletricMan wrote: »

How do you flash it? Never done anything like that before.

All info/links on Lineage OS website.
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/oneplus2/install

patmac

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Well an update on this for who ever is still using one of these phones. After 2 weeks of use no slow downs compared to when I was on the OxygenOS from OnePlus the phone was extremely sluggish which leads me to believe OnePlus were deliberately hampering the phone so you would go out and buy the latest which I was all set to do until I started thinking this was a top spec phone when it came out so there is no reason it should be sluggish so flashed LineageOS and it's like a new phone. I would totally recommend you do it if you are still using this phone.

Well did anyone else try this, phone is gone to hell lately?

Pepp1989

Phone has gone to pot. So slow. Would also like to hear from someone who flashed

T-Bird

Pepp1989 wrote: »

Phone has gone to pot. So slow. Would also like to hear from someone who flashed

The OH is using mine for a few months now and it's working great still. It has every Rom going for the year I had it. Now it just has latest oneplus Rom.

Might be worth a try doing full backup then reset and update.

You can get them here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/general/rom-mirrors-official-oxygen-os-roms-ota-t3209863

wotzgoingon

T-Bird wrote: »

The OH is using mine for a few months now and it's working great still. It has every Rom going for the year I had it. Now it just has latest oneplus Rom.

Might be worth a try doing full backup then reset and update.

You can get them here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-2/general/rom-mirrors-official-oxygen-os-roms-ota-t3209863

I wouldn't go near the OxygenOS. From my experience of using this phone it slowed down on OxygenOS. And I install very few apps and do a complete wipe when installing the lastest version. In the end I got fed up with the phone stalling like car running out of petrol and flashed LineageOS and no slow downs and I have it installed a few weeks. One or two minor bugs though but nothing major that will affect usage.

T-Bird

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I wouldn't go near the OxygenOS. From my experience of using this phone it slowed down on OxygenOS. And I install very few apps and do a complete wipe when installing the lastest version. In the end I got fed up with the phone stalling like car running out of petrol and flashed LineageOS and no slow downs and I have it installed a few weeks. One or two minor bugs though but nothing major that will affect usage.

Are you just saying that without trying the latest ones or just based on bias? The last two are actually very good. No slow downs no bugs.

donspeekinglesh

I've found the phone painfully slow the last few weeks. I used to get about 5 days between reboots (down from 14 when it was new), but now I'm lucky if I get 3.
Will need to find the time to put Linage on it next week. Does Linage come prerooted, or do I need to flash SuperSU too?

wotzgoingon

T-Bird wrote: »

Are you just saying that without trying the latest ones or just based on bias? The last two are actually very good. No slow downs no bugs.

I changed to LineageOS around the 1st of January so unless OxygenOS has had an update since then I don't know as I wasn't following it all I know is they are slowing the phones down deliberately as I always completely wipe the phone as such I format the whole Flash drive with TWRP and flash and I'm a light phone user and don't install a tonne of apps and never game on it. And yes the phone used to halt and slow down and be laggy for no reason. It really annoyed me. I sat beside a girl on the train one day watched her fly through opening and closing apps so I said there is something seriously wrong with my phone so I should upgrade. But I said I will try CyanogenMod as I used to like them but they changed their name to LineageOS so I flashed it and have had no slow downs what so ever but as I said in the last post I have had one or two minor bugs but nothing as bad as slowing the phone down to a halt like on OxygenOS.

T-Bird

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

I've found the phone painfully slow the last few weeks. I used to get about 5 days between reboots (down from 14 when it was new), but now I'm lucky if I get 3.
Will need to find the time to put Linage on it next week. Does Linage come prerooted, or do I need to flash SuperSU too?

Need to flash SuperSU or Magisk. Only modified stock roms are rooted now I think. Try Ground Zero Roms as well. There are 3 versions and are quite a good alternative to LOS. But as previous poster said they all have bugs.

Personally I kept on reverting back to ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.7.4 by nicesoni_ash. Its 2 Android versions old now, but still one of the best imo.

EletricMan

How's everyones battery going. Mine very poor now. Charging phone all the time all. Thinking of getting the oneplus 6 when it comes out.

wotzgoingon

EletricMan wrote: »

How's everyones battery going. Mine very poor now. Charging phone all the time all. Thinking of getting the oneplus 6 when it comes out.

Mine is fine same as it always was.

Mickeroo

Mine seems to have shat itself in the last couple of days. It gets very warm, drains the battery quick and then takes ages to charge. Anyone had similar happen before?

Bit lousy if the battery has tanked after only just over a year.

wotzgoingon

Mickeroo wrote: »

Mine seems to have shat itself in the last couple of days. It gets very warm, drains the battery quick and then takes ages to charge. Anyone had similar happen before?

Bit lousy if the battery has tanked after only just over a year.

Before anything try LineageOS but it may well be your battery is on the way out. I'm sure you can pick up a replacement battery online some where. Just open up the device with a small screw driver and you should be good to go.

Mickeroo

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Before anything try LineageOS but it may well be your battery is on the way out. I'm sure you can pick up a replacement battery online some where. Just open up the device with a small screw driver and you should be good to go.

Yeah I think I might have to give that a go over the weekend. The warranty is only a year aint it?

I ditched Windows phone to avoid this kind of unreliability ffs :pac:

DeepBlue

Mickeroo wrote: »

Yeah I think I might have to give that a go over the weekend. The warranty is only a year aint it?

The warranty is two years.

Mickeroo

DeepBlue wrote: »

The warranty is two years.

Thanks, in that case I might give oneplus support a go before I do anything drastic.

ooter

EletricMan wrote: »

How's everyones battery going. Mine very poor now. Charging phone all the time all. Thinking of getting the oneplus 6 when it comes out.

Came on here to ask the same question, I've noticed recently the battery is running low very quickly and the phone is taking an age to charge when switched on but when switched off it seems to charge pretty quickly.
Anyone know what the problem might be and/or how I could remedy it please?

eh i dunno

ooter wrote: »

Came on here to ask the same question, I've noticed recently the battery is running low very quickly and the phone is taking an age to charge when switched on but when switched off it seems to charge pretty quickly.
Anyone know what the problem might be and/or how I could remedy it please?

Mine takes ages to charge too. Maybe 15% per hour. Charges a lot quicker in the car. But its over 2 years old now so I expect it to slow down.

Mickeroo

ooter wrote: »

Came on here to ask the same question, I've noticed recently the battery is running low very quickly and the phone is taking an age to charge when switched on but when switched off it seems to charge pretty quickly.
Anyone know what the problem might be and/or how I could remedy it please?

Had the same issue. I wiped the cache from the boot menu (hold volume down and power button) then I let the phone die. Then left it alone for 12 hours to run the battery down fully, then charged for 12 hours before turning on again. I also limited the the permissions of any apps that were using a lot of battery, for some reason Outlook was fairly heavy on mine. It's back to normal now.

GBX

I'm using a friend's OnePlus 2 but I don't find the battery too bad. I can fully charge in about an hour using a Xiaomi USB charger. Could be a fast charger. Check the charger your using is not w slow one.

ooter

Mickeroo wrote: »

Had the same issue. I wiped the cache from the boot menu (hold volume down and power button) then I let the phone die.

Tried this but when I hold volume down and power button I get no English options, they're all (Chinese?) so I don't know what to press.
Watched this video and tried what was suggested and it seems the charger cable is the problem, current value is in red.
Where is the best place to get a new charger/cable please?
https://youtu.be/L3xVO3mzfKE

Mickeroo

ooter wrote: »

Tried this but when I hold volume down and power button I get no English options, they're all (Chinese?) so I don't know what to press.
Watched this video and tried what was suggested and it seems the charger cable is the problem, current value is in red.
Where is the best place to get a new charger/cable please?
https://youtu.be/L3xVO3mzfKE

You're holding it too long if you're not getting English as an option. Let go as soon as you feel it vibrate.

ooter

Gone completely dead now, i'll give it 24 hours and see what happens if I try charge it tomorrow.

The_B_Man

The missus has a OP2 and is complaining of it going really slow.
I can either wipe it and install a custom ROM (any recommendations?).
Or I can just buy her a new one.

I'd get the OP6 but it's too big (6.2 inches?). I think the OP2 is the max size of a phone I'd get (5.5 inches).

What has everyone else upgraded to? I have a HTC 10 and tbh I'd get her one of those if I could find one for sale.

Mickeroo

The_B_Man wrote: »

The missus has a OP2 and is complaining of it going really slow.
I can either wipe it and install a custom ROM (any recommendations?).
Or I can just buy her a new one.

I'd get the OP6 but it's too big (6.2 inches?). I think the OP2 is the max size of a phone I'd get (5.5 inches).

What has everyone else upgraded to? I have a HTC 10 and tbh I'd get her one of those if I could find one for sale.

LineagOS has been recommended on here recently if you're thinking of installing a custom ROM.

donspeekinglesh

I put Lineage on mine about 2 weeks ago. It's like a new phone. Before that I had to reboot every other day to stop it getting painfully slow.

eh i dunno

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

I put Lineage on mine about 2 weeks ago. It's like a new phone. Before that I had to reboot every other day to stop it getting painfully slow.

To a normal person how difficult is that to do?

TitianGerm

The_B_Man wrote: »

The missus has a OP2 and is complaining of it going really slow.
I can either wipe it and install a custom ROM (any recommendations?).
Or I can just buy her a new one.

I'd get the OP6 but it's too big (6.2 inches?). I think the OP2 is the max size of a phone I'd get (5.5 inches).

What has everyone else upgraded to? I have a HTC 10 and tbh I'd get her one of those if I could find one for sale.

The screen is bigger on the 6 but the bezels are much smaller so the overall footprint of the phone will be very similar.

See here for dimensions of the OP2 and OP5T (no details for the 6 yet)

https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?&sSearch2=&sSearch1=One+plus+2&idPhone1=6902&idPhone2=8912#diff-*,*

wotzgoingon

eh i dunno wrote: »

To a normal person how difficult is that to do?

It's handy enough but it is totally recommended it transforms the phone massively.

Guide to instll here.

Download latest here at the top

Each update is installed through the ROM each time there is a update so all you do is download and press install and the phone handles the rest.

Also download and install GApps and install in step 10 optional in the guide in the part Installing LineageOS from recovery. Make sure you download the correct version arm64-8.1 nano.

GBX

Can I boot into recovery and flash lineage that way?

donspeekinglesh

eh i dunno wrote: »

To a normal person how difficult is that to do?

Was very easy. Though my boot loader was already unlocked - did that when I got the phone. Can't remember how hard that was.

wotzgoingon

GBX wrote: »

Can I boot into recovery and flash lineage that way?

You need a custom recovery. TWRP is a good one and easy to use.

GBX

wotzgoingon wrote: »

You need a custom recovery. TWRP is a good one and easy to use.

Grand, I'll try that so.