Back in March of 2021, OnePlus released one of its fastest smartphones of all time, the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro. And recently, the developers updated the devices to OxygenOS 12 based on Android 12.
But soon after its release, many OnePlus 9 owners complained that OxygenOS 12 resembled ColorOS in many ways and expressed their dissatisfaction over OnePlus’ decision to remove several useful features.
Soon after, they also paused the rollout to fix several bugs and issues that surfaced after the Android 12 update.
Having said that, it looks like OnePlus 9 users are now reporting (1,2,3,4,5) another issue where the Google Phone app is not working after updating to OxygenOS 12.
Many say that they had put Google Phone in hidden space on OxygenOS 11, but the option disappeared after updating to OxygenOS 12 making it impossible to use.
Some say that they are able to access the app by launching it from the Play Store, but it is not really a practical solution.
If the Google Phone app has disappeared for you after updating to OxygenOS 12 as well, fortunately, we came across a bunch of workarounds that seem to help.
The first one involves removing the privacy password, after which the phone app is visible in the app drawer again.
The second workaround involves adding a widget on home screen for “OnePlus Scout” and searching for Phone.
Those with access to ADB can run a command that will delete the Google Phone app on OxygenOS 12 so users can download it once again.
We hope the aforementioned workarounds helped OnePlus 9 users fix the Google Phone app issues on OxygenOS 12.
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