Updated (September 7): Updated information on OnePlus Policy + a fix for Oxygen Updater
Oneplus Oxygen Update – System Update – Firmware Installation
OnePlus has once again been under fire recently for beefing up the OnePlus 9 and 10 Pro motherboards with software updates. The company acknowledged the issue by talking to The Hindu and said it is "committed to resolving" it. However, the company seems to have taken a strange path by ensuring that no one can download the latest firmware update files for their OnePlus devices, temporarily killing a popular third-party app called Oxygen Updater in the process.
OnePlus seems to have pulled all OxygenOS ROM/firmware files for all devices from its servers and rendered the Oxygen Update app useless for a whole day before the developer came up with a solution. This left thousands of Custom ROM users on OnePlus devices stuck with their favorite third-party ROMs for a while.
It was first reported on the OnePlus 12/11 Series Telegram group that OnePlus is locking down downloads via HTTP so that no third-party apps or users can download firmware for OnePlus devices.
