{"id":255531,"date":"2026-01-28T07:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/255531\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:51:15","slug":"oneplus-says-downgrades-are-returning-to-its-phones-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/255531\/","title":{"rendered":"OnePlus says downgrades are returning to its phones soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/oneplus-15-review-06.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, OnePlus found itself drawing the ire of enthusiasts looking to keep the custom ROM dream alive after <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/20\/oneplus-update-starts-bricking-phones-when-you-try-to-install-older-software\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">implementing anti-rollback measures<\/a> that could result in a bricked device. Thankfully, the company now says it\u2019s a temporary situation that\u2019ll return to normal soon.<\/p>\n<p>OnePlus shared a statement with the folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/oneplus-brick-phones-statement-3635475\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android Authority<\/a>, confirming the company\u2019s Anti-Rollback Protection mechanisms are a stopgap solution that won\u2019t be around forever. ARP was added to various OnePlus devices, including the OnePlus 13, 13T, and 15, and according to the company, impacts both China-exclusive ColorOS devices and global variants running OxygenOS. The company\u2019s full statement is below:<\/p>\n<p>To further strengthen device security, we\u2019ve temporarily paused the ability to downgrade from 16.0.2.50x software builds to older builds. We will be restoring the ability to downgrade software builds in our next routine software update, but in the meantime customers looking to downgrade their build can contact OnePlus after sales channels directly.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not exactly clear what caused OnePlus to make this push to \u201cstrengthen device security\u201d \u2014 especially since this was a temporary move \u2014 and today\u2019s announcement doesn\u2019t include any additional explanations. Regardless, it\u2019s good news for the custom ROM community. It\u2019s not exactly clear when those \u201croutine software updates\u201d will roll out, but assuming that includes typical security patches, affected users should only need to wait a month or two before the ability to downgrade your OS version returns.<\/p>\n<p>More on OnePlus:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43RjEnY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-701536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769586675_25_iMazing_-WWDC25_9to5mac_750x150@2x-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week, OnePlus found itself drawing the ire of enthusiasts looking to keep the custom ROM dream alive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-255531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}