[OnePlus 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Funk Wizard:
Some Recommendations

Hi Everyone :o

I am aware that most of you are disappointed with the delay of the beta release and if i were at your place i would have felt the same :( All i can say at this stage is we are very close of the release and its a definite in the coming days. We had plans to release the build before holidays so we are still early on that schedule.

I would appreciate a constructive feedback and I Do Not want to Close this thread for any Off Topic discussion done since my last post. This is XDA and we encourage the discussion even when the Beta thread stands closed on OnePlus forums.

For those who had doubts or didn't understand my last message, i would like to clarify few things as we move towards Pie.

When you get your hands on the Pie release, i would like you to be aware of the below and backup your entire device. As its a big update and change of Android versions, please follow the below:

To begin with Clean flash is recommended and make sure you uninstall/remove all System Mods, Magisk Modules, Substratum overlays etc before you proceed. (Do Not report bugs on Dirty Flash) &/Or if you cant do a clean flash Factory reset is recommended from recovery after the Pie update.

1. Back -up your internal (Data, Media everything that is important and not stored on cloud) :good:

2. I recommend flashing the Full Rom instead of the incremental OTA (both locked and unlocked users) and definitely clear cache from recovery after the update :good:

3. The final build may or may not be TWRP flashable so i would recommend to use the stock recovery just in case TWRP is unable to flash the Pie build :good:

4. If you face any lags or loops, factory reset after the update is recommended so again data backup is essential :fingers-crossed:

5. Make sure you check and update play service and all app updates from playstore upon first boot so that any pie related updates can be installed before you start using the device and report any force closures :fingers-crossed:

6. First boot will take longer than expected so be patient :good:

7. Expect bugs as this will be the first pie release for your device so there can be some broken functionalities :fingers-crossed:

Lastly for users who have OP5/5T as your primary or only device i would request you to hold the update for a day or two and check the feedback on the forums for any broken functionalities before you fall for the pie hype :p

For those who follow me know that i posted a backup heads up as similar advise when we received Oreo update but some users did not take my advise seriously and ended up with loss of data and encryption issues and had to wipe the entire device so please take the necessary backup and backup all that you cant afford to loose. The last thing i want on this thread is reports of bricked devices and loss of data due to OTA or Pie update :fingers-crossed:

As i have said before feedback whether good or bad is extremely important to us, as it is only on the receipt of such information we can assess and improve the experience that we offer this i would like to thank all of you for your continued feedback on our Beta Program Builds and we look forward to more constructive feedback from our XDA community :highfive:

Stay tuned :fingers-crossed: