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I'm trying to fix a Oneplus X as it has been having storage problems, they don't support SD card as internal storage, and it's only got about 12GB of internal, which is annoying. (This is a secondary issue) I want to factory reset the phone, but I need to retain SMS and phone call logs if possible. I know that there is a app for backing up these, But, the main issue is, I can no longer install any apps to the phone as the Google Play store app has gone rogue. It's not in the app drawer or the apps list in settings. FYI: Android 6.0.1 9.94GB used of 11.54GB And, it's also getting this error everywhere (See attached)

Hi all, tl;dr: Tried to hard unbrick my Oneplus X, which was partly succesful (no OS is installed in the process, while there should be). I am now stuck with no OS and only the Oneplus recovery. I want to install an OS, but it says my bootloader is locked. To unlock it, I need an OS ==> vicious circle. Full story below: Recently I've decided to reinstall LineageOS on my Oneplus X because I had quite some problems with it (battery drain, apps crashing, wifi slow to connect, ...). I've done it like 5 times before on this device for various reasons, so I didn't expect any problems. I had LineageOS 14.1 and TWRP 3.0.3 installed. When I wiped everything, I wanted to flash the ROM I had ready using TWRP. However, gave an error number 7, saying that the ROM is not compatible for the device, which I am sure was. Remembering I had a similar issue a while back, I installed flashed an updated version of TWRP (3.2.2) using TWRP itself. That was successfull, but here's where the trouble began. I noticed that TWRP didn't recognise any storage (Internal storage, SD card and USB-OTG all showed up as 0 MB) any longer. Neither could I mount any of the storages. I've tried a lot of things to solve this. After a while, I decided that the only hope left was the 'mega unbrick guide' (https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-for-a-hard-bricked-oneplus-x.417648/) which claims to be able to recover any device, unless it has a hardware problem. I got good hope as I got near the end of the guide. The last step says 'Disconnect phone from PC and boot into system', but here I got stuck on the Oneplus boot logo, making me think that there is no OS installed on the device. I can still access the recovery using power button and volume down, but the recovery that the mega unbrick guide installs, is the limited Oneplus recovery. It allows to install a ROM from the local storage, or from USB using adb sideload. When I try option 1, nothing happens, no new screen opens or anything. When I try option 2, I enter the adb sideload mode which would normally allow me to sideload a ROM using my pc. My pc confirms I'm in adb sideload mode, and I try to sideload a ROM. It starts fine, but after a few seconds, it says 'Installation failed'. I've tried stock OOS, latest OOS as well as LineageOS 14.1 that was installed before. Another thing that I can do in the Oneplus recovery is rebooting into fastboot mode, where I should be able to flash the recovery of my choice. Again, my phone confirms I'm in fastboot mode and I try to flash or boot TWRP recovery, but I get the message: 'FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)'. Okay, seems like the bootloader is still locked, so I should just go and unlock it using 'fastboot oem unlock'. This gives the message: 'FAILED (remote: oem unlock is disabled)'. I've been searching around a lot on the internet, and it seems like the only way to enable oem unlock, is in the OS itself in the developer settings. But the problem is, I have no OS and cannot install one because the bootloader is not unlocked... So I'm stuck in this vicious circle. I've been searching on the internet for hours and starting to lose hope. At this point, I would be happy if I can just have any OS (OxygenOS or LineageOS or something else) running. If I have that, I should be able to take it from there. Any help is much appreciated. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Jeroen

So I'm on a budget for a new phone and I'm not looking for anything particularly fancy. Right now my options are a Nexus 5 which is outdated but definitely still holds up for normal stuff, or a Oneplus X which has great craftsmanship and a very premium feel to it. They both are almost identical inside for specs except for battery, and the 1+X offers a amoled display. On the other hand, the 1+X doesn't have NFC/wireless charging, no AC wifi, and looks like it can get damaged pretty easily. The Nexus 5 seems to have a lot of popularity with developers and seems like the standard phone with the latest updates. This doesn't have a amoled display and the battery is slightly smaller, but there's a 100$ difference between these phones. It also has wireless charging, and stock android. What's your opinion on this, should I just go with the Oneplus since it's newer? Any other phone recommendations?

OnePlus X Review While I’ve taken an interest in OnePlus since the ‘One’, their marketing and invite system has always put me off buying their hardware. But I decided to take the plunge on the OnePlus X due to the industrial design, and the almost high-end specs for a budget price. This is my experience after 7 days with the phone. Invite, Purchase & Delivery I was very surprised by how easy it was to get an invite. I signed up for an invite via their website, and received an invite by email the next day. After making the order, the phone was shipped within a couple of days. It ships direct from China and they provide a tracking number, delivery cost £10 and it took 2 days to get from China to the UK. Highly impressive, from the moment I decided to buy one, the phone was in my hands within 5 days. And that was without having to jump through any hoops, such as smashing up an old device. Design & Build Quality This is an extremely good looking phone for the money. The Gorilla glass front and rear both look excellent, complimented perfectly by the metal rim around the sides, the whole thing feels premium. There were no imperfections with my device, all the joints meet up perfectly, the power, volume and alert slider buttons are all solid and positioned perfectly for one handed use. The Headphone socket is in its optimal position (at the top). The microUSB connector gives a reassuringly firm connection with the provided OnePlus charger. Albeit the included charger is a little bit out of tone with the phone, being bright red and white. The phone has a completely flat back, has a reasonable weight to it, but it’s marginally top heavy, so while fine it’s not the most ergonomic or balanced feeling phone in the hand. It is of course a finger print magnet. Surprisingly though, it comes with both a screen protector already attached, and a good quality back cover. Nice additions. The only noticeable compromise on build quality at first glance, is the lack of backlighting on the bottom navigation buttons. This might be an issue for users not familiar with Android. However they give good haptic feedback when pressed, and for anybody familiar with the recent, home and back button positioning, the minimalist look may well be considered a net gain. Display The phone packs a 5” 1920x1080 AMOLED screen. The most impactful thing about this screen is that blacks are black and the contrast is great. This is inherent to AMOLED technology, the pixels are individually lit as opposed to requiring a backlight, so when they are off, they are completely off. OnePlus have designed the UI with this in mind sticking with a predominately black theme. If you’re coming from an LED backlit phone, it will probably take a while to set the correct brightness level, I found myself tinkering with it for the first couple of days, but eventually got it just about right. The adaptive brightness does do a good job of adjusting brightness to your environment, and there’s no jarring changes like on some devices where I’ve had to turn that feature off completely. I do however find myself bumping up the brightness a bit while watching certain movies with a lot of dark scenes. All in all, the display is crisp and clear, while AMOLED provides extremely good contrast, with the blackest blacks and no sign of any bleed or glow of any sorts. Speakers & Music For me this may be the biggest compromise. On first look, it seems like the OnePlus X has bottom mounted stereo speakers, as seen by the two speaker grills. However, you’ll quickly realise when you cover the left grill, and all but mute the sound that there’s only one loudspeaker in this device. And as such, it’s prone to being covered up - You have to be careful of how you hold this thing if you want any sound at all. In terms of the speaker quality, it’s serviceable, there’s adequate volume without distortion. But if you truly care about loudspeaker performance on your phone, you should buy one with front facing stereo speakers, they are infinitely better. It fares much better with headphones and IEMs. There is no hiss or distortion at low volumes and dynamic range seems fine, I’m pretty confident there’s a decent enough DAC in the device. Unfortunately the phone doesn’t ship with a Graphic Equaliser as standard. I was expecting AudioFX to be included with the OS even though as a company they’ve moved away from CyanogenMod. Similarly, there is no default Music app, the only bundled app for Music on OxygenOS is Google Play Music. I got around this by backing up and sideloading AudioFX & the default CyanogenMod Music app from my other device running CM. It would have been nice to see those bundled though. There is however the addition of an FM Radio and OnePlus Radio app, which works well and is useful if you want to kick it old school and listen to FM radio without dipping into your data cap. OxygenOS The OnePlus X is currently running Lolipop 5.1.1, and will soon be getting a Marshmallow upgrade. OxygenOS has a very stock Android feel, there is no bloatware. In fact the opposite is true, all of the stock apps are the Google versions, the dialler, messenger, calendar, contacts, photos, Gmail is even the only bundled email client, and as I mentioned before Play Music is the only Music app. There are two exceptions to this, Swiftkey is bundled alongside the Google Keyboard, and the default camera app is slightly different from Google’s. While many people will like this, if you’re not big on using Google apps, you might prefer some default apps for email, music, photos etc. That being said, you can always pick up alternatives from the Playstore, or backup and sideload the CyanogenMod versions as I did. Dark mode is a great addition. It allows the settings menu and UI to be changed to a completely black theme with your choice of accent colour. I love this feature, and while it might have been done with battery saving in mind, I would like to see every Android device have this option. The phone features a few in built gestures, which can all be independently turned on or off. When the screen is off you can, double tap to wake, draw “o” open camera app, “v” for torch, or “II” with two fingers to play or pause music. All work perfectly and are completely responsive. The device also features proximity wake, which shows the time, date and notifications when you move your hand close to the device. I found this quite useful as a quick and low power consumption way of checking notifications and time, without having to turn the display on fully or unlock the device. The navigation buttons (which don’t light up) can be customised to change the function of the specified button, including long press and double tap functions. There is also an option to enable software navigation buttons, for people that really need to see buttons light up, while the trade off is you lose some screen real estate. OnePlus are using their launcher called ‘Launcher3’ which is fairly minimal. The homescreen is functional, it features the usual Google apps in the dock, and Google search bar at the top of the screen which unfortunately can’t be removed. You can swipe in from the left to reveal ‘Shelf’ which gives you access to frequently used apps and contacts, you can also add widgets to this. There isn’t a huge amount of customisation, you can change the App drawer grid size, you can apply a different icon pack, and you can turn off shelf. Beyond that there is no customisation. The good news is, it runs really well with aftermarket launchers such as Nova Launcher, for those like myself that like to customize things further. Specs and Performance Performance is excellent considering the price of the phone, it features the Snapdragon 801 and 3GB of RAM, this is last year flagship specs for £199 ($249). It’s snappy, I’ve experienced no UI lag, apps launch quickly, and everything feels responsive. With light gaming, web browsing, social media, messaging and video playback it’s all seamless as you’d expect. The phone doesn’t get warm or overheat with that particular use case. It comes with 16Gb storage, and supports either a dual Sim or single Sim and MicroSD (upto128Gb) combination. I’ve heard some murmurings on the Oneplus forums about some SD cards not being recognised, but my 32GB card was picked up fine. I’m confident any issues will be fixed via software updates. There are some compromises, there is no support for NFC, only 2.4GHz WiFi is supported so say goodbye to 5GHz, there is no USB C or quick charging and there is no fingerprint scanner. Certain LTE bands used in the US aren’t supported either, so check those accordingly. However, none of those were an issue for me, OnePlus have successfully compromised in the right areas, and they’ve kept the costs down while trying to affect the least amount of users. This is a fine balance, but I think for the most part they got it correct. They haven’t compromised much on the Screen, horsepower or design, and I think those matter most. The camera seems completely fine, personally I’m not big on taking Photos with my phone, but again it seems like a good camera module for the money. Battery Life I feared the worst when I started reading the OnePlus forums, people were reporting excessive battery drain. And sure enough, when I first tested the phone it was decimating the battery, it came with 75% battery, and I was headed for emptying the battery with only 1h 45mins of screen on time. However, I realised the device was extremely cold during delivery, so I gave it a full overnight charge, and rebooted the phone in the morning. I was relieved to find the draining issue has corrected itself. I am now pleasantly surprised by the battery life. It features a 2525mAh battery, and in real terms with my initial testing this relates to about 6-7 hours of streamed 1080p video playback on a single charge. Screen on time will certainly get you through the day unless you are an extremely heavy user. Standby time is excellent, even without Marshmallow and Doze (which are coming soon) this phone sips power when not in use. A light user will get two days plus out of this phone no problem. Verdict This is a pretty easy phone to recommend, every single reviewer will emphasise the value. And they are correct to do so. This is a great looking and great performing phone for a minimal price. It has compromises, but there’s a fairly high chance those compromises won’t matter to you, or the trade off will be worth it. If you’re looking for a cheap phone with clean industrial design, a great 5 inch AMOLED screen, year old flagship performance, and you don’t mind the lacklustre speakers, lack of NFC, and fingerprint scanner. Then I can safely say you probably can’t go wrong with a OnePlus X. Provided that is, the risk of getting your hardware direct from China with minimal customer support doesn’t faze you.

I was wondering which one is more "worth" to buy. Honor 6 is 259,00€ and Oneplus X has now free-shipping so 269,00€. My other candidates are: Sony M4 Aqua 229€ (Warranty valid if it is in water?) LG G4S 269€ Huawei Honor 4X 188€ Recommendations are welcomed! Budget around max 300€ though it doesn't really tell much...(Not going to link some Finnish-only electronic shop sites xD) Note: I am not buying the phone yet, just want to think couple things first. (This year probably or couple months later if I can't manage with my potato phone) Thanks in Advance!

Hey everyone, I am debating if I should get the OnePlus X as my next phone, but i'm stumped with which connectivity options I will have in Canada. I am already with Wind mobile, and am wondering what kind of connectivity I will get. http://www.willmyphonework.net/ willmyphonework.net says that I will only be able use winds 3G bands, however I did some research that makes me think otherwise. Winds network uses AWS(1700/2100) which appears to be just another way to say FDD LTE band 4. http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Network_Compatibility_of_common_phones The OnePlus site says that the X does support FDD LTE band 4, which should mean that it would work on the LTE band. https://oneplus.net/x/specs I've searched around and people can't seem to give agree on an answer, but I assume there is someone here with a wider knowledge of network types will be able to help out. Thanks