OnePlus 9, 9 Pro’s Android 12 Beta Rollout Paused After Users Report Bricking Issue, Here’s a Fix

OnePlus began rolling out the primary Android 12 Beta preview for “advance” OnePlus users part of its Developer Preview programme earlier today. The development was announced for the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones after Google released the first Android 12 beta build for Pixel phones following a presentation at the ongoing Google I/O 2021 virtual event. However, the Chinese smartphone company, in an updated post on the OnePlus Community forum, said that the rollout was paused after receiving user feedback. As per posts available on the forum, users complained of bricking issues after updating the software. Some users also took to Twitter, stating that the smartphone continued to ‘bootloop’ and others were stuck with a “copy data page.”

A OnePlus Staff member on the discussion board mentioned that the corporate would look into the problem; nevertheless, a repair continues to be awaited. Meanwhile, a report on XDA Developers claims that the problem is fixable by restoring Qualcomm SoC’s Emergency Download Mode (EDL). Users might want to change off the smartphone after which maintain down each quantity up and quantity down buttons. Users should notice that the OnePlus 9 sequence telephone should be plugged into a Windows-running PC. The report provides, “The telephone ought to boot into the EDL mode at this level, which may be simply verified by looking for a new ‘QDLOADER 9008’ entry (or ‘QHUSB_BULK’, if the driving force isn’t correctly put in) beneath Device Manager. Once it connects, merely open the suitable instrument in your mannequin, choose ‘User type’ as ‘Other’, click on on ‘Target’ button to confirm the system variant, press begin.”