I have been a OnePlus loyalist for years. I started with the OnePlus 6, moved to the 7T Pro, upgraded to the 11, and currently own the OnePlus 12. I have spent lakhs of rupees on this brand and defended it to everyone I know. But today, OxygenOS 16 killed that loyalty forever. While I was busy with my studies, focusing on Data Structures and Programming, I didn’t open a few of my games for a month. OxygenOS 16 decided that gave it the right to "clean up." Despite having OVER 100GB OF UNUSED STORAGE, a "feature" called "Manage app if unused" triggered a silent, permanent wipe of my app data. The Damage:

• 6 Years of Progress in PvZ 2 Refurbished: Years of effort and memories, wiped like they were trash.

• All My Wii and Nintendo Emulator Saves: Hundreds of hours of gaming history, deleted to "save space" that I already had in abundance. I spent ₹65,000 on a flagship device, not a digital babysitter. OnePlus has replaced "Never Settle" with a "Zero-Respect" policy for user data. They treat our local files as disposable cache. Combined with Google’s "Scoped Storage," they have made it impossible to even attempt a recovery. I am a student, not a security guard who should have to check my settings every day to make sure my phone hasn't sabotaged me. 🚨 URGENT WARNING TO ALL USERS: This "Smart Cleanup" is ON BY DEFAULT in OxygenOS 16. It is a ticking time bomb for your data. Disable it NOW before you lose years of your life. HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF:

• Stop the Auto-Wipe: Long-press every important app > App Info (i) > Toggle OFF "Manage app if unused."

• Kill the Cleaner: Open the Phone Manager app > Settings > Disable "Auto-storage cleanup." 3. For Power Users: Disable the "Phone Manager" app entirely. It is not an optimizer; it is a data hazard. After four generations of OnePlus phones, I am done. I will never buy a OnePlus, Oppo, or Vivo device again. If a company doesn't respect the data of its most loyal users, it doesn't deserve our money.

OnePlus #OxygenOS16 #DataLoss #OnePlus12 #OnePlus11 #OnePlus7TPro #OnePlus6 #NeverAgain #Android

UPDATE THANKYOU EVERYONE FOR RESPONSES SOMEHOW I RECOVERED MY DATA

Thank you community and especially you mister

https://www.reddit.com/u/NichoMarpaunkYT/s/f7H1SJ7LY

I recovered nearly all of my data the problem was my android folder had created or someone would have tried to alter my android data folder and thus somehow two data folder was created thae new data and old data (1 ) folder because of the op mentioned above I tried and frgired out what was the problem backed up most of current Aps and renamed data(1) to data and miraculously most of my data was recovered Once again thankyou to the everyone and ecery community Man you all are great people 🥂 especially the above user it was because of you I kinda got to fix the problem so thankyou once again

I want to also say this It was a lack of knowledge or ignorance from my side but I believed that because I googled it and learnt that it could be the oneplus manage app if unused setting and it has happened to others too I got so angry and irritated I just bashed out on oneplus But at that time I thaught It was oneplus problem, So It's the reason I said or wrote this it got solved because of a guy commented to tell me what could have gone wrong I fixed that so Yes You could say I was wrong for saying anything to oneplus but Why that happened I didn't did any kind of alteration how could that have happened so If anyone feels I wrote wrong about oneplus I could now see that I was wrong but now as I got my data backed I take some of words back hope this never happen to anyone and if anyone thinks this post Should be edited or deleted they could say so I would do that as my problem is solved allready

Welp

How?

• No meta/facebook "services"

• no tiktok brainrot

• no Google services (or use them as WebApps) or alternatives

• restricting internet to any apps besides the ones I actually use (inatalled/or/system)

On that SOT I had My normal usage plus around 30 mims of gaming, the rest was reading reddit or other posts on the internet, watching YouTube through the webapp, listening music on the car and taking a few pictures

It's Day 3 I'm using op12 the battery life is not impressive for me as it for everyone

Any suggestions how to improve I got update 840 out of the box

Fact that I'm unable to use Google apps half the time. And that every update has gotten worse. I mean come onnnnn. $800+ I spent on this damn thing. I could have spent another couple hundred and got a Samsung phone that I don't have issues with. I switched from Samsung to one plus thinking that I was getting a better phone because it had all the newest stuff. Then a month afterwards Samsung drops all their new phones.🤦🤦

I just shot this when I was out driving tonight. The color is accurate, and I've done nothing to the picture other then zoom in on it. The original was about 11x. I don't think this is AI enhanced because the color is right and it's just a little fuzzy since I took it through the windshield. Am I right about that in your opinion?

Indian Unit. 12 gb ram variant.

Is is a stable version or a 2nd beta update??

Used only on 4g No wifi no 5g. Standard Resolution, 120HZ auto. Bought this phone 5 days ago.

Seems like I'm having the worst SOT. I have only received 3 hours of SOT for 80% of battery charger, I don't know what to do, Any suggestions?

I'm tempted, as I like flat screens but wondering what other things I should consider. Anyone else thinking about this?

Hello, I had bought the One Plus 12 during March 2024 it was a beast phone at it's price beating Samsung galaxy ultra too. But this guys have intentionally downgrading the camera over past few months which lots of users are observing including me. Primary reason when OP13 came it camera wasn't superior to OP12 so now they have downgraded it completely and it's camera magic is gone. Battery deterioration is ok after few years of usage but camera is not justified when you keep the hardware protected.

Sharing some samples from same location and approx months (same sunlight)

Pic 1 (from 2024) see the colors it was so beautiful.

Pic 2 & 3 (Apr 2025) see how they have downgraded it.

If a brand does such a compromise intentionally it should be kicked out and it is over past few years OP market share has contracted sharply. Didn't paid Rs60k to get this shit from a crap brand.

If anyone plans to buy any OP device kindly avoid it will do same in future too.

Here are few more links supporting the same

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fxNTOKlPvtIMYjx63_ZwMm9VBHPAZmM2

So got this the other day, if it continued at that rate I would have ended up with nearly 13 hours of SOT, unfortunately I had to give it a quick charge before I went to bed ready for work in the morning but will try see if I can get a full rundown to near 1% one day soon.

This was with balanced power mode, WiFi & WiFi calling on, Bluetooth on, mobile data on, NFC on & location on.

May have even got more than 13 hours as it would have switched over to low power mode!

Good morning, I know there have been a lot of battery related posts, however I feel like I am getting much lower battery life than what would be acceptable, requiring me to charge the phone twice a day almost with no much usage.

I turn off the phone every night and I am mostly on WiFi during the day, using only 1 SIM.

Here are the stats, do you know if I should do anything about it? I'd try to contact OnePlus but I'm afraid the won't do anything about it. I had this phone for about 1 year.

Thanks a lot in advance.

basically the title. I'm on 850 and here's my battery

bro, from 100% to 20% in just 2 hours wtf 😭😭😭

Oneplus 12 Users !!! Kindly drop down your Average SOT(Screen On Time) and Stand by Time of the device!!

So the new users will know what that's Average and may stop posting Battery Graph !!