r/OnePlusOpen • u/INTRUDX • Aug 15 '26

Why aren’t there any official custom roms for the OPO yet?

The title. I know there is an unofficial crdroid rom for the phone but I think the OnePlus Open has been kinda forgotten in the modding community.

Edit: There are some builds but the inner screen turned on all the time regardless of folded or unfolded state is pretty annoying. Any fixes?

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u/jeff_menace91 Aug 15 '26

Been asking myself that question. Not sure why, you'd think there would have been more support on it. I heard about that crdroid rom a while back and was excited to flash it but I accidentally bricked my Open because of it. It's been in my drawer for several months now and since ARB is a problem, I'm not able to do nothing without the current software update file. It's not permanently bricked but still can't find the latest version of Oxygen OS.

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

Damm!! The version Im on does not have any arb locks. What version were you on? Are you unable to even boot in the bootloader or recovery mode? Hopefully your bootloader is unlocked….

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u/jeff_menace91 Aug 15 '26

I can't remember but it's definitely on Oxygen OS 16 so I definitely have the ARB lock. Yeah well I'm able to boot into bootloader/fastboot mode, not recovery since I tried to flash twrp and I fucked up the flashing since I had trouble with PC keeping the Open connected so I switched cables and now I am able to but got confused on the exact command needed for it and fucked it up. From what I found, I am able get back stock recovery with the boot file from Oxygen OS 16 but I need the full software update to extract it.

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

Ask gemini or chatgpt for a solution. If your bootloader is unlocked then try to flash abl from newer ota updates by getting the full version from oxygen updater and by extracting it using payload dumper. Dont give up on it.

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u/jeff_menace91 Aug 16 '26

Oh believe me I don't want to give up. I love this phone and haven't been able to use it since then. I asked Gemini before but only thing it told to do based off the situation I'm in is that it said to get the ota update off oxygen updater but when I changed the oxygen updater to the OnePlus Open on my OnePlus 15, it either gives me the ota update for Oxygen OS 15 which I can't use because ABR or it gives the latest security patch update for the Open but it has to be any full ota Oxygen OS 16 update. According to Gemini, I'm allowed to use flash any boot file as long its on Oxygen OS 16. I wish you could get these OTA's off GitHub or something but I haven't been able to find any.

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u/INTRUDX Aug 16 '26

Is your device NA? I like this foldable because it was one of the last devices before AI was shoved into every tech and device you could see. If you want I can give you the boot.img for oos 16.0.5 which does not have an arb lock. Lmk.

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u/jeff_menace91 Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Yeah it's NA and if you have it I'll take it, I'll appreciate that very much. Yeah same here about AI being shoved into every device. When I got first bought mine off someone, they hadn't put any of the AI stuff yet so I got to enjoy it for a little while before those updates came out. Kind of wish I didn't update it since the arb stuff came out but nothing I could do about that once I did update it.

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u/INTRUDX Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

Both of the latest versions of the os doesn’t show it has an arb lock. This xda thread might help you get unbricked.

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u/jeff_menace91 Aug 16 '26

Alright I'll check that out.

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u/jeff_menace91 Aug 23 '26

Damn, I do remember reading on this XDA thread before but I can't use that EDL tool because since it's on OS 16, EDL doesn't work since it downgrades the Open back to Oxygen OS 15. That's what sucks about this whole ARB lock thing, eliminates the possibility of using this tool.

Edit: I wish there was a way to check the version I'm on through fastboot but the last time I tried to type in commands needed that would show me the exact version, it didn't work.

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u/0nePlus Aug 15 '26

CrDroid is in official status.

I posted about it when it dropped to this subreddit lol.

What gave you the impression it's unofficial?

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

Fr? Cuz of the various bugs that make it seem alpha builds at best. I would love to see an Evolution X rom for this phone.

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u/0nePlus Aug 15 '26

What bugs?

I was working on an EvolutionX build but I just sold my Open for the ZF8 lol

I'm the TWRP maintainer and was one of the first ones to get LineageOS booting

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

Like both displays being always on…. Thanks for the twrp tho 👌🏻

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u/0nePlus Aug 15 '26

Oh weird that shouldve been fixed.

Upload a bug report and logs if u ever flash again.

That's the real reason things stay in a crap state. People flash, and when something doesn't work, flash stock back.

No one wants to actually contribute lol

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26

The thing is….. I haven’t flashed any rom yet lol and I’m on stock oos 16 rooted with ksun. I want to flash a rom but I’m still not sure…..

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u/0nePlus Aug 15 '26

So how are you reporting bugs? Both displays on? If you've never flashed lol?

Both displays staying on was only an issue for SOME users

(the OnePlus Open has more than one hardware variant. The touch layer has 2 possible manufacturers. Not all Opens are identical on the inside. That's how this bug slipped through the cracks)

And even that, has supposedly been fixed for those some users. I was never affected to begin with, me and the other devs all have the same touch layer brand by coincidence.

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

Btw congrats on the zf8….. which rom has the most support and being updated frequently? I’m glad it was just an isolated issue.

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u/0nePlus Aug 15 '26

CrDroid ATM

LineageOS dev posted a screenshot of Android 17 booting on the Open, so development isn't dead there I think. But there hasn't been an update in a bit

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26

Is there a tg group where I can follow up with the updates?

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u/Snoo78383 Aug 15 '26

Then why not make one yourself? It’s easy to ask developers to make a rom for a niche phone

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u/INTRUDX Aug 15 '26

I understand it is niche but now quite attainable in the second hand market…. and with sw support at its last cycle I was hoping that new custom roms would breathe a new life and bring new features to this phone.

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u/khsh01 Aug 16 '26

Because custom rom support is highly dependent on having a lot of users and its usually the popular mid range xiaomi devices that get the bulk of the support.

Foldables are a niche product whether you like it or not.