Phone maker OnePlus on Thursday announced the rollout of the
latest OxygenOS 5.1.7 OTA update on the OnePlus 6. This software update fixes
the scheduled setting issue for Do Not Disturb (DND) mode, brings an updated
bootloader for system security enhancement, and brings general bug fixes and
improvements.
This update will not be issued on Indian units, considering the
last update, OxygenOS 5.1.6, has been reported to have stability issues for
users in India. Alternatively, OxygenOS 5.1.8 - with a fix and all 5.1.7
features - will be rolled out next week.
In a OnePlus forum post, the company announced that the OTA
update will be issued in an incremental manner - it will reach a small
percentage of users initially, and a broader rollout will follow in the next
few days.
The company in its blog post said that the OxygenOS 5.1.6 update had
caused stability issues for users in India, and that the update rollout had
been paused. The company is working on fix based on the logs received from
affected users, and the OxygenOS 5.1.8 update released next week will contain
the fix as well as everything else that OxygenOS 5.1.7 brought.
To recall, earlier this week, vulnerability on the OnePlus 6
bootloader was found that could potentially let an attacker boot a modified
firmware image without unlocking the bootloader. This presented a security
risk, as anyone with physical access to an OnePlus 6 smartphone could bypass
bootloader protections and potentially gain root access to the device.
The
vulnerability was discovered by Edge Security, and at the time, OnePlus had
said it would fix the issue in an upcoming software update. The OxygenOS 5.1.7
OTA update addresses this issue, fixing the bootloader to prevent the loading
of a modified firmware image without unlocking the bootloader.
OnePlus 6 specifications
Just to recap, the OnePlus 6 runs OxygenOS 5.1 on top of Android
8.1 Oreo, and sports a 6.28-inch full-HD+ (1080x2280 pixels) full Optic AMOLED
display with a 19:9 aspect ratio and 84 percent screen-to-body ratio. At its
core, the OnePlus 6 features an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC, paired
with an Adreno 630 GPU, 6GB/ 8GB of RAM and 64GB/ 128GB/ 256GB of inbuilt
storage.
In terms of optics, the smartphone bears a dual rear camera
module that includes a 16-megapixel primary sensor and a 20-megapixel secondary
sensor, with f/1.7 aperture, OIS, EIS, and dual-LED flash. On the front, the
OnePlus 6 features a 16-megapixel selfie camera, with f/2.0 aperture and EIS.
There is a 3300mAh battery under the hood, with support for Dash Charge.
Connectivity on the smartphone includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth
v5.0, NFC, GPS/ A-GPS, USB Type-C, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
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