FYI: this is CHINA ONLY that they did this. With China being a totalitarianism shithole this was to be expected
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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I don't know why this thread is complaining specifically about Chinese OEMs when Samsung has been doing this for years.
Fuses... That's like what the first Switch did to try to deal with jailbreak.
It's not flashing a custom ROM. It is installing an OS of users choice. Enemy's language shouldn't be used if we want things to change
This is why "side load" is annoying to me. It's installing. It is not special or different. They aren't "blocking side loading" they're "restricting what you can install."
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In better times, this would at least get a class action.
And yet my LinkedIn is still full of people complaining about how much the EU over-regulates
Cause that is expected of China but not EU
That means they were making money by people running their os.
If they spend the money on re-engineering their devices not to allow it, there was a cost advantage to selling your data.
Seriously are there any Android brands that do not suck and ship everywhere (not limited to the US/EU markets)??
I believe thay all have shitty operating systems. But some of them have an aftermarket OS available. Pick your OS first, then look for a phone that can run it. Here are the ones I know of:
GrapheneOS
CalyxOS (on hiatus)
Crdriod
LineageOS
google pixel with grapheneos maybe pixel 10 is pretty repairable hardware wise, some prior ones have glued in battery
"OnePlus shoots own foot. Likely to blame consumers for it"
So never buy OnePlus products. Got it. Thanks OnePlus for making the advice so clear!
Yeah, this was the case shortly after they release of model 5T or around thst time. That's when they stopped being the only company that would provide instructions to root your device, and guess what... Back then, if you rooted your device the warranty was still valid!
That's what I heard. I know Samsung has been doing something like this as well.
Samsung has been blowing fuses in your phone when you root since at least 2015. I know because it happened to me. Never bought one again after that.
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Many users were buying OpenPlus Pro smartphones solely because of the ability to unlock the bootloader and flash custom ROMs. People value freedom and customization. OpenPlus is shooting itself in the foot.
Oppo killed and ate OP a long time ago. They've just been wearing their skin like a suit up to this point, but their true nature is obvious at this point.
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Wow, what happened to OnePlus? They used to be so cool. Hell, the first one ran Cyanogen.
They're basically being folded into Oppo right now. OnePlus as a company is pretty much dead.
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OnePlus is a Chinese company. Anybody who trusted a Chinese company to respect privacy, consumer rights, and ownership freedom is a complete idiot.
Holy shit. I wanted to say something constructive, but just…. holy shit. Intentional hard brick of a customer owned device….
Wasn't OnePlus like worshipped because of how much support for custom ROMs wth
The original "One" phone was even supposed to run cyanogemod out of the box at one point.
It was shipped with Cyanogenmod for a while.
Yes they were and did for about 6 years, 2014-2020ish isn't a bad run
"...long enough to become the villain."
so it basically permanently "damages" the phone when you try to root it, seems like they are asking for a lawsuit at some point.
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One plus joined my short list of "I can't be bothered" companies like Samsung and Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo and some other sub par companies.
OnePlus is owned by Oppo, so that’s applied for a while. Now they’re just making it clearly known
And all that while OnePlus was awesome up until the OnePlus 7 pro.
I had the 5t until last year and it was still awesome.
If true, this is sabotage of the customers product, and must 100% be illegal in almost any country!!
But my guess is they are limiting this to countries that have absolute shit consumer protection.
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Miss my Oneplus 7 Pro. popup cameras <3
I bought my secondhand OnePlus 6T only last year. Installed Linux on it, and I love it. I'm using it as my daily driver.
Sent from my OnePlus 6T and from my bed
I also own a 6T as my main phone, but it seems LineageOS support had ended :(
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I bought a OP 9Pro just before Oppo decimated the company. They moved from Oxygen OS to a poorly camouflaged version of Oppo Color OS and stripped out some of the features that made Oneplus what it was. Oppo also almost completely stopped fixing bugs, even some really serious ones that had been long documented. I recently bought a new phone and didn't even consider ~~Oneplus~~ Oppo.
It seems to me that the only reason Oppo would do this is to preserve the revenue they get from selling customer data that should remain private. Otherwise why would Oppo care what OS people run on their hardware?
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