Latest OnePlus security update bricking OnePlus 9/9 Pro devices

The most recent OnePlus replace for the OnePlus 9 and the OnePlus 9 Pro appears to be bricking the smartphones.

OnePlus revealed a post on its community forum yesterday, January thirtieth, warning OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Professional customers concerning the newest ‘OxygenOS 13 F.19 replace.’

“Throughout the preliminary rollout to a small subset of customers, we observed just a few of them confronted a problem the place the replace wouldn’t boot. To keep away from having extra customers affected, we instantly stopped the rollout and began investigating the difficulty,” reads the submit.

In essence, customers aren’t in a position to boot up their gadget after the replace, leaving the units fully bricked. In response to OnePlus, affected customers ought to head to the closest OnePlus service heart. The workers there ought to have the ability to revert the affected units to their pre-update state with none knowledge loss.

“In case you nonetheless see the replace as out there, please don’t set up it to keep away from presumably being affected,” reads the weblog submit. “We’re already engaged on a brand new construct that may roll out to all customers as quickly as attainable.”

In response to 9to5Google, the safety replace was solely rolling out in India, so Canadians shouldn’t be affected.

Supply: OnePlus By way of: 9to5Google