OnePlus halts Android 12 beta for OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro following bricking issues

OnePlus has announced the Android 12 beta builds for the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro devices where the users were supposed to get a glimpse about the future version of Android. While the other OEMs including Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, Realme, and more have also included their devices to taste this unstable version.

Meanwhile, after few hours of the Android 12 announcement for the OnePlus 9 series phones, the beta was pulled back. The OnePlus staff member has put a notification on the official forum that the download links for the beta have been removed due to the bricking issues on the device.

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After the announcement, the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro users have begun to download the beta update on their devices. However, a lot of users have found that the beta bricked their smartphones.

Based on this the company has pulled back the update as of now. If you are a OnePlus 9 user and have not yet installed the beta build on your device then you should wait for a while until the issues are fixed.

According to a report from Android Police, if you forget to unlock the bootloader of the OnePlus 9 or the OnePlus 9 Pro before installing Beta, the device will not go beyond the setup process.

However, there is a workaround. You can use EDL restore to delete this block. This will “restore the phone to factory image using Qualcomm chipset-level flash memory.” You can learn about how to restore your phone using EDL through this XDA developer guide.

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