How to get official Android 8.0 Oreo update on your OnePlus 3/3T - Tutorial

By Abhinav Pathak on Nov 20, 2017 05:38 PM

OnePlus has just started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo update for the OnePlus 3 and 3T. However, if you are like me and want to get hands-on it before it is available in your region, here's the tutorial. You can now download the official OxygenOS 5.0 update for the OnePlus 3/3T with Android 8.0 Oreo by just following these simple steps.

Tutorial - Download and install official OnePlus 3/3T Android 8.0 Oreo update (stable)

Download Opera VPN from the Google Play Store and run the app.
Click on Connect, it will select a region automatically.
Select either Canada or Germany.
Once the connection is established, head to Settings.
Open System Updates and it will start looking for available updates.
Download the 1.5GB update, preferably over WiFi.
The download will take some time. Once it has finished downloading, apply the update and it will reboot your phone.
After the update has been applied, your phone will reboot to Android 8.0 Oreo.
That's it.

You can now use all the new features in Oreo on your OnePlus 3/3T including parallel apps, picture-in-picture. Android Oreo should also improve battery life on your phone by controlling background tasks. There's a lot more to test and see, but for now I am quite happy with the Oreo build in my initial testing. Do let me know if you run into any issues in the comments section.