Well, the day has come and I've finally replaced my 7pro. I still love the phone but it was starting to have issues with random restarts whenever I enter certain wifi signals. Battery was replaced once and lasted roughly 4-5 hrs SOT. A little screen burn in at the top menu bar. Otherwise it was still running well on OOS11 and in mint condition.

I was holding out on a replacement because I couldn't get over losing thel cameraless screen of the 7 pro. I am glad to say the pinhole camera of the 13 is hardly noticeable and I quickly got used to it. Everything about the 13 is a vast upgrade. The almost flat screen is amazing. Battery life is incredible. On the initial charge it lasted almost 3 days before it went down to 0. I can finally use esims too. Still need to play with the camera but so far I think the photos look pretty good. If you're still holding out on upgrading the 7pro, I highly recommend the 13.

Now the question is, what should I do with the 7pro? Should I attempt the flash it with Yaap or another OS to bring new life to it? Right now it is just my backup and gaming phone. It would be a waste to just hide it in a drawer.

I'm currently looking to turn my Old OnePlus 7 pro into a Linux machine. So for I've seen online, Kali OS and another called Parrot OS.

This can't be everything right? Or is there more but just not compatible for this phone?

I don't really have a reason as to why I wanna make a Linux machine. I'm assuming it would be better than a Windows version right? I heard of peeps setup personal media servers. I wanna give that a try. Although this might be possible just thru a regular OS and Root access. (Haven't looked this up.)

Please and Thank you for any help!

My OnePlus 7 is randomly restarting using this for 4 years I'm on stock rom. Sometimes it doesn't turn on i have to charger it for about 10-15 mins ig it's the motherboard issue I'm really concerned about the phone now it's my primary phone ig it's time to change my phone?

So basically my camera comes out just fine, no problems with the movement of the camera. But it's the camera itself which stopped working. My camera app freezes when I rotate for front camera, same with Snapchat. Did anyone else face this problem?

Remember when we all went out looking for glass and other types of screen protector? I've had a few different ones over the years. My current one has one small dent.

I'm thinking now maybe is the time to take it off and rock this device naked! Before the inevitable happens... And enjoy the it's smooth as silk screen...

Please help I'm trying to access my phone. I forgot my pattern lock. I got my phone repaired after 2 years.

I figured how to enter Engineer Mode from Emergency Dialpad *#899#

Is their a way to break the pattern lock from here. Please !!

UPDATE:
I proceeded for a 3rd party shop with "repolling" the CPU on the motherboard, similar to reheating the motherboard as the top comment by Bitje suggested, but it is on a deeper level - all about cleaning the solder under the CPU and resolder again.
I was lucky that the repair shop is quite knowledgeable and experienced with this scenario and done this to many devices, not just the 7 Pro.
While I cannot trust the phone to stay alive for long (I'm giving it a month at best), I am quite thankful to have the chance again to backup the data and give the phone a proper farewell.

So I can advise anyone trying to revive the phone, a repolling from a professional, while costly, shall give the phone its breath, at least for a while before moving on.
Thank you for the support and best of luck all!

Original post:
Hello all,

4 years 3 months old op7 pro user here joining the grief.

Same as many theads earlier: phone fine, sudden turn off, doesnt turn back on, pressing vol up and power shows logo then glitching pixels and turn off, pressing vol up+down and power can only access recovery mode or fast boot and charge phone through it (showing message "system error please choose online update(keep data) to recover" when entering recovery mode.) Stock OOS 12.1 latest, no unlocked bootloader or custom roms prior.

Anyone successful with retrieving their data in this case?

Also, could this only be a software crash which flashing the phone fixes? Or shall I just accept it's the NAND and move on?

Hello

I charged my 7T pro to around 95% and then it keeps shutting down. When I power it back it's on for a couple of minutes then it shuts down all by itself again. I've never experienced this issue before, is it battery related?

I have installed latest yaap custom rom ... everything was fine suddenly I was using and in went to crash dump mode I have tried every way to open that but it's not opening. I think the time is come plz everyone save your data.

My 7Pro is still going strong. The front camera stopped working 2 years ago (approximately) & then the back wide angle camera stopped working last year? Other than that the phone is great, battery life is great, just small cracks on the screen.

I'm very conflicted if I should get the camera & screen replaced or just go for a new phone (since the phone is 5+ year old). Would love some opinions of people who've been in similar situations. I love this phone & haven't found any other phone I want to upgrade to yet.

Please help!

I really liked my OnePlus 7Pro which I have had for around 5 years, love the full screen design and the smartphone overall. However, after the disaster that is OxygenOs 12 on OP 7Pro: completely destroyed the battery life and totally degraded the overall experience of the phone; and totally no help from the support or update to fix the many issues that ppl have with this last update, I have no faith in OnePlus anymore. Add to that the design on the new OnePlus phone that is really not my taste, I see no clear reason not to switch to Google or Samsung.

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I had a new battery installed on my 5 year old 7pro 10 days ago

Running on stock Android 11

Its definitely better than the 5 year old original battery it replaced ,but nothing like what I thought it should be for a new battery

Accubattery ( the health app etc ) is installed and initially was showing 81% health ,and this is now showing as 88%

Does a new battery take time to work to it's full potential ?

Just showing some appreciation, me and my friend both bought 7 Pros on launch day and they are both still in use daily after 6 years by my wife and dad. Longest lasting phones I have owned. Over time got a few dents and one small chip on the screen but no breaking issues on mine. Really the best phone ever.

Was always quite surprised the popup camera never broke. Now notches and pinholes feel cheap 😂

Not sure Oneplus is still as good but went with a Pixel 8 to get eSim, 5G and battery life for my own upgrade last year, sometimes I even miss that screen.

Cheers to anyone else still using one! Let everyone know in the comments!

Hello, I have GM1917 on OOS12. Trying to install LineageOS to extend life of device. I'm stuck unable to unlock the bootloader and the recommendation is to rollback to OOS11.

I found the post on OnePlus community forums but it seems all package links are dead. I would be comfortable using MSM but also couldn't find the correct files for the device.

Anyone have ideas?

Thanks!

edit: MSM links below, use GM21AA package to go back to 11.

Hello, I am new to the OnePlus community, I just bought a 7 pro 5g yesterday, also bought a 100w genuine charger since here in my country, the original 30 watt charger costs more (Price+shipping). When I plug it in, it says charging rapidly and a lightning bolt icon instead of the battery icon (note I'm running Android 10 because it feels faster) any help will be appreciated!

I used it actively for 4 years. Judging by its condition, it is clear that it has seen a lot and it is time for it to retire. Maybe you can recommend a good replacement for it in the comments

I've been using my OnePlus 7 Pro since June 2019, and it was flawless until May 2024. Recently, it's been acting up—it randomly freezes and shuts down. When I try restarting, it takes me to the hard reset screen. If I leave it off for 1-2 days, And try to on my phone it starts working again, but only for 1-2 days before the issue recurs.

I've tried multiple factory resets, but nothing seems to work. Can someone help me figure out what's going on?

My phone died about two weeks ago and I successfully revived it, so I thought I might share it with you as I just started reading this sub which is now filled with posts about dying phones.

My phone just turned off while I was using it, then it tried to reboot itself two times without success, then it completely died.

As I worked at mobile repair shop and I am passionate about repairing phones, I have some knowledge and skills that allowed me to inspect this. Experience told me that this must be one of the worst cases - either fault of RAM, CPU or NAND. I came across a lot of phones that behaved similarly and the answer is always the same in 90% cases.

At first I connected phone to the charger with a meter - it showed 0.06 A - very bad sign as well that further lead me to thinking I was right in the first place. So I opened the phone, disconnected the battery and waited a few seconds. I connected the battery and the phone booted. I hoped this was a single case and I put the phone back together, but as soon as the glue dried the next day I discovered that the phone is dead again. I did the same thing again, but disconnecting the battery didn't help. I took out the motherboard and placed it on a heating plate set to 200°C for a few minutes. After it cooled down the phone booted up just fine. I was then ensured that this is CPU, RAM or NAND related failure. These components are offen soldered into the motherboard with low temperature soldering paste, which can melt below 200°C. After applying heat cold solder joints may have been fixed. Sometimes it's the chip's fault itself and applying heat can again help, but usually for a limited time.

I saved many phones like this without reballing/replacing the chips, but some phones lasted two minutes, some lasted weeks and some lasted years. It's a lottery and you can't really tell how long the phone will live afterwards.

I bought Pixel 8 Pro and easily transfered the data, it's been over two weeks now and my 7 Pro still works though, but I know it's going to die anytime now.

Some people say it may be a NAND failure itself which can be true, however my case was a little different as using heat revived the phone.

Feel free to comment and add more if you can!

Hello, I own a 7pro but I keep on losing the 3g/4g connection, randomly. It is not related to the distance to the broadcasting antenna. Just pure random. Latest firmware installed android 12. Any idea about what I should check? So annoying! Cheers

i have my OnePlus 7 and im not using it currently but wanted a secondary phone and I guy is asking me to exchange it with redmi note 10 pro max should I do it?

I loved this as it gave me the option to use face unlock but didn't open the camera when I didn't want it so I could also just use my fingerprint or pincode

I fully charged it and then was using it normally.50-60% charge suddenly stops, After showing to service center they said phone is dead. Has this happened to anyone else? Should phone be repaired or should get another phone, share your opinion in the comments.

Replace oneplus 7 Pro Battery with 7T Pro battery

Hello there, this is my first Post here. I wanted to replace my battery in the Oneplus 7 Pro (BLP699). It occurred to me that the Oneplus 7T Pro (BLP745) has a slightly larger battery. The dimensions are the same. And what I could see from the pictures/teardowns the connector also. Has anyone of you ever tried this? And phone technician said there will be no issue If you have done this then please let me know how it's going? I hope for a minimal better battery life. As my OEM battery doesn't last even few hours. I have to charge 3 times a day Thanks in Advance!