New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on January 26, 2021) follows:
The Android 11 update for the OnePlus 7 series of devices has been the topic of discussion in the community forums for a while now.
Recently, we saw the company finally rolling out the initial Open Beta builds for the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T devices. That was about a week ago.
Since then, users have been installing these developmental builds on their devices and taking it through its paces, and as expected, a few bugs reared their ugly heads.
We already know about the missing Always-on-Display feature although reports now have it that this will be added back in subsequent builds.
There have also been reports of issues with slow Warp Charging by a section of these device owners and we have looked at a potential workaround that seems to have worked for affected users.
As it turns out, there is yet another issue that is a little more dire and detrimental to the basic phone experience on the OnePlus 7 devices, at least in this first Open Beta build.
According to Google Fi users of the OnePlus 7 running OxygenOS 11 (Android 11) Open Beta 1, their devices have a bug that renders them unable to answer incoming calls.
According to affected users, basic troubleshooting measures such as clearing cache and storage for the dialer app, using the Google Dialer and even factory resetting don’t seem to offer any relief.
At the time of writing, neither Google nor OnePlus had issued an official acknowledgment of this OnePlus 7 Google Fi calls problem. This, even as more and more affected users (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) continue to voice their complaints.
We shall continue to keep an eye on this and update as and when we get more info so stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.
Update 1 (February 09)
10:50 am (IST): OnePlus released the OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 2 update a few days ago, however, it appears that users are still unable to answer incoming calls on Google Fi. Some users (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) have taken to the company’s forums to report the problem.
Update 2 (March 26)
11:48 am (IST): Unfortunately the issue has persisted even with the recently released OxygenOS 11 stable update. This is clear from several new complaints:
Update 3 (March 31)
12:48 pm (IST): It is now coming to light that users of the newly-released OnePlus 9 has the same Google Fi issue.
A suggested workaround involves the following steps.
Update 4 (April 09)
IST 10:10 am: While the above-mentioned workaround seems to be working for a number of affected users, OnePlus has finally acknowledged this issue.
Update 5 (April 20)
IST 03:19 pm: The ongoing Google Fi issue on the OnePlus 9 has now been addressed with the OxygenOS 11.2.4.4 update as mentioned in the changelog.
Update 6 (May 24)
IST 01:39 pm: OnePlus is rolling out OxygenOS 11.0.1.1 to the OnePlus 7, 7 Pro, 7T, and 7T Pro that, according to the changelog, addresses this Google Fi issue. More on that here.
Update 7 (June 09)
IST 07:32 pm: OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7T series devices have now received the final OxygenOS 11 Open Beta 5 update which also offers fixes for the issue where users were unable to answer calls via the Google Fi app. Check out the common changelog below:
NOTE: We have these and many more OnePlus stories in our dedicated OnePlus section.
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