OnePlus, after
missing its deadlines at the end of March, on
Saturday announced the release of the
OxygenOS custom ROM based on
Android 5.0 Lollipop for the
OnePlus One smartphone. The ROM has been
made available to download and flash.
In his announcement blog
post, co-founder
Carl Pei said that with the first public build of the Lollipop-based
OxygenOS the firm was looking at standing out with simplicity, adding
OnePlus placed "things like performance and battery life over gimmicks
and bloated features."
The company has made a feedback app
available as well, which apart from bug reporting is meant for
suggestions on future feature implementations. "We want to emphasise
that we built this initial version so that you guys could begin taking a
direct role in the future of Oxygen. To make sure we're heading in the
right direction, we need your input," Pei said.
Over and above
vanilla Android 5.0 Lollipop, the initial build of OxygenOS offers three
major differentiators - support for the OnePlus One's gestures controls
including off screen gestures like double tap to wake and camera
shortcut; customisation in terms of lock screen wallpapers, choice of
hardware and software navigation keys, and a customisable quick settings
screen; as well as a new file manager.
Users will need Fastboot
and ADB installed, need to back up their data, and have a custom
recovery tool installed before attempting to flash their handsets. Full
instructions on how to download and correctly install the OxygenOS 1.0.0
ROM on the OnePlus One are provided on the company's
forum.
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