Oneplus 10 Pro OxygenOS 12 User Manual

Oneplus 10 Pro OxygenOS 12

About Oneplus

OnePlus gained popularity quickly, especially among tech enthusiasts, for its flagship “Flagship Killer” devices that boasted high-end specifications at a competitive price point. The company’s devices were known for their “Never Settle” philosophy, aiming to deliver exceptional user experiences and actively listening to customer feedback for product improvements.

OnePlus devices typically run on a customized version of Android called OxygenOS, which provides a near-stock Android experience with some added features and optimizations.

In addition to smartphones, OnePlus also ventured into other product categories, such as wireless earbuds (OnePlus Buds), smart TVs (OnePlus TV), and accessories.

Getting started

Learn more about your device and start using it. Setting up your device

Insert SIM card

1. Insert the SIM Tray Ejector into the small hole on the SIM card holder. Press the ejector firmly into the hole to push the SIM card tray out.
2. Slowly pull the SIM card tray out of the tray slot.
3. Place the SIM card into the SIM card tray.
4. Plug the SIM card tray back into your device.

* Use the original Nano-SIM card. Non-original cards may cause damage.
Booting up your OnePlus device

Press and hold the power button for a few seconds to boot up the phone. If your phone does not power on, you may need to charge it.

Setup Wizard

When you first boot up the phone (or after a factory reset), the Setup Wizard lets you customize all features, including language, software buttons, gestures, fingerprint unlock, and other features. If you want to change these later, you can do so after setting up the phone in the Settings app.

Battery and charging

You will need to charge the phone when you first get it or if you have not used it for a long time.

Safety Information:

1. To ensure your safety and avoid damaging the device, only use the official charger and USB cable.
2. OnePlus device supports the USB Type-C cable.
3. Unplug the charger after you finish charging to avoid wasting electricity.
4. Do not place anything on your phone while it is charging.

Charge the battery

1. Connect the USB cable to the adapter;
2. Plug the USB cable into the phone’s USB port.
3. Plug the adapter into a power socket.
4. After charging, unplug the USB cable from the phone and unplug the adapter from the socket.

Save power and extend battery life

Reduce power consumption by doing the following:

1. Turn off the screen when the device is not in use.
2. Turn on Battery Saver mode when the battery is low.
3. Disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you are not using them.
4. Dim screen brightness and shorten sleep time in Settings.
5. Delete apps that you do not use.

Warp Charge 65

When you use the OnePlus charger and USB cable for charging, you can charge your phone safely（10V/6.5A）and quickly.
It is recommended to use between 15°C and 35°C degrees.

Physical buttons

Power button

The power button is located on the right side of the phone.

• Press and hold the power button to turn on the device when the device is off.
• Press and hold the power button for Emergency/Power off/Restart when the device is on.
• Press the power button and volume up button simultaneously to power off.
• Click the power button to turn on/off the screen.

Volume button

The volume button is located on the left side of the phone.

• When playing music or video, press the volume button to adjust the media volume.
• Press the volume button during a call to adjust the call volume.
• Press the volume button to silence the ringtone when you get an incoming call.

Alert Slider

Alert Slider is on the right side of the phone.

You can adjust the system ringtone status (silent, vibrate, ring) by toggling the alert slider.

• Silent: Calls and notifications will be silenced with no vibration, except for alarms.
• Vibrate: Calls and notifications will be silenced, except for alarms.
• Ring: Calls, alarms and notifications will function normally.

NOTE: If the phone is in Do Not Disturb mode, the ringtone and vibration will be turned off.

Shortcut keys

You can perform quick actions using the shortcut keys.

• Press and hold the power button and volume up button simultaneously to turn off the device.
• Press and hold the power button and volume down button simultaneously to take a screenshot.
• Press and hold the power button and volume down button simultaneously to access recovery mode when the device is powered off.
• Long press the power button and volume up for 10 seconds to force a power off.

Transfer data to the OnePlus device

Clone phones can quickly transfer all your data, including contacts, messages, and photos, from your old device to your new OnePlus device. If your old device is OnePlus Switch, you will need to scan the new QR code to download the Clone Phone.

If the old device is OnePlus or other Android devices:

1. Open the Clone phone. Select I’m a new phone, then select your old phone’s type. Follow the prompts on the new phone screen. Download and install Clone Phone on your old phone.
2. Tap Continue on your new phone.
3. Open the Clone phone in your old phone, select I’m an old phone, and scan the QR code on your new phone to connect the two phones.
4. After connecting the two phones, select the data you want to migrate from your old phone. Tap to start. Then wait until the transfer is completed.

If the old device is iPhone:

1. Sync the data of your iOS device to iCloud.
2. Open the Clone phone app.
3. Choose I’m a new phone and then tap on “iPhone”.
4. Sign in to your iCloud account and start importing data.
5. It’s recommended to complete the whole data transfer process while connected to a Wi-Fi network, and the Clone phone should always stay on the screen. If you ever get disconnected from the iCloud server, please try logging into iCloud again and pick up the data transmission. Please note that only certain formats of data can be transferred due to compatibility issues.

Wallpapers

Long press a blank space on the home screen and select WALLPAPERS to set your home screen wallpaper and lock screen wallpaper.

Widgets

Add widgets: Long press on a blank space from the home screen and select Widgets， then press a widget and drag it to the home screen.

Home Settings

Long press the blank space on the home screen and select HOME SETTINGS.

• Add icon to the Home screen: When enabled, it will display an icon on the home screen after installing a new app.
• Swipe down to access: Swipe down from the home screen to access Notifications & Quick settings or shelf.
• Google: Swipe right from the home screen to show the Google search bar and Discover.
• Double tap to lock: Double tap on the blank area of the Home screen to turn the screen off and lock the device.
• Launcher layout: Choose between the Home screen only and the Home screen and Drawer.
• Quick search gestures: Choose how to access quick search, you can choose between swipe up and hold or swipe up to search apps.
• Notification dots: Set the notification settings.
• Icon pack: Set up icon styles for preset apps and some third-party apps.
• Home screen layout: Adjust the number of desktop grids and icon sizes. You can also set whether to hide the app names.
• Hidden Space: To access, swipe right in the app drawer or swipe outwards with two fingers on the home screen.

Hidden Space

1. Slide outwards with two fingers on the home screen to enter Hidden Space.
2. Slide to the right in the drawer to enter Hidden Space.

Notification

When a new system notification or app notification is received, the status bar will display the corresponding icon. Pull down the notification panel by swiping it down from the top of the application page or anywhere on the home screen.

• You can clear a notification by swiping it right (Some notifications need to be cleared by closing the related app).
• Long press a notification to enter the notification settings for that app.

There are two categories: “Important” and “Other”, you can choose to move less important notifications to the “Other notifications” category, by pressing the notification and choosing “Other”.

Quick Settings

• Tap the quick settings icon to turn on/off specific functions quickly.
• Press and hold an icon in the quick settings menu to open the corresponding settings interface.
• Swipe down again to view more buttons and brightness settings.

Google Assistant

* When using Google Assistant for the first time, follow the prompts to log in to your Google account.
You can quickly access Google Assistant, by either pressing and holding down your home button, swiping up from the corner of the phone screen (if you have enabled “Navigation gestures”), or by press the power button, or by simply saying, “Hey Google.”

With Google Assistant, you can:

• Make quick phone calls on the go (e.g., “Call Mom”)
• Send text messages (e.g., “Text Sara I am running late”)
• Set reminders (e.g., “Remind me to buy a birthday gift for John”)
• Take a selfie (e.g., “Take a selfie”)
• Set calendar events (e.g., “Set a calendar event for dinner with Charlie tomorrow from 7-9”)
• Play music (e.g., “Play jazz music on YouTube”)
• Navigate to places (e.g., “Give me Home directions “)
• Weather information (e.g., “Do I need an umbrella today?”)

Wi-Fi

Connect to the internet through Wi-Fi.

Connect to Wi-Fi

1. Enter Settings > Wi-Fi, and tap Wi-Fi.
2. Select a Wi-Fi network from the list.
3. You will automatically connect to an unencrypted Wi-Fi network that you have selected. To connect to an encrypted network, enter the password and tap CONNECT.

* You can also manually add a Wi-Fi network by selecting Add Networks.

• Wi-Fi Assistant: When the option is turned on, the system will:
  • Auto connects to the best Wi-Fi.
  • Auto switch to mobile network when the quality of Wi-Fi networks is poor.
• Dual channel acceleration: When the option is turned on, you can use Wi-Fi and mobile data at the same time for a faster internet experience.
• Dual Wi-Fi acceleration: connect two Wi-Fi networks at the same time for a faster Internet connection.

Advanced settings

Wi-Fi settings

• Saved networks: Networks that have been successfully linked.
• Install certificates: Browse files in other apps (recent files)
• Wi-Fi status display: Turn on or off the Bandwidth label, the number will be presented. Adjusting Wi-Fi status display will not affect Wi-Fi functionality.
• Wi-Fi data usage: You can view your Wi-Fi data usage here, including the total data usage and the data usage of different apps.
• Scanning always available: Allow location services or other apps to scan for networks, even when Wi-Fi is off.
• Passpoint: Turn on to discover Wi-Fi networks that support the Passpoint protocols.

USB tethering

To share your device’s mobile data or Wi-Fi network with your computer via USB, follow the steps below:

1. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable
2. Select the USB connection method as USB tethering in the control center.

* Some computers may need Android RNDIS driver to be installed separately.

Bluetooth tethering

To share your device’s mobile data or Wi-Fi network with other devices by BLUETOOTH tethering, follow the steps below.

1. Go to Settings > Connection & sharing > enable Bluetooth tethering.
2. Pair and connect your phone in the Bluetooth settings interface of other devices.

Screencast

Make sure your phone and the display device are connected to the same network or that the display device has the wireless display function turned on. Pair your phone with the display device to stream your phone screen to it.
Before using the Miracast function, ensure that your TV, projector, screen and other display devices are compatible with the Miracast function, and the function of the device is turned on.

Instructions:

1. Go to Settings > Connection & sharing > Screencast
2. Tap the menu button Screencast.
3. Select the display device that needs to be projected and wait for the phone screen to be projected onto the display device.

Home screen & Lock screen

• Home screen mode: Drawer mode (Standard mode, Drawer mode)
• Home screen layout: You can choose different layouts as you like.
• Lock home screen: The home screen layout is locked and cannot be changed.
• Icon pull-down gesture: Open apps on the Home screen with one hand.
• Double-tap to lock: Double-tap a blank area on the Home screen to lock the screen.
• Swipe down on the Home screen: Notification drawer.
• App animation speed: Adjust the speed of app startup and closing animations. Medium. Show app suggestions
• Add apps to the Home screen: Newly downloaded apps will be added to the Home screen.
• LOCK SCREEN: Raise to wake Double-tap to wake or turn off screen
• RECENT TASK: Recent tasks manager

Add Face

You can add/delete face data and set face unlock preferences through Face Unlock.

• Add face data: Follow the on-screen prompts to add your face data.
  * Do so in a bright environment and ensure that you are facing your phone for the best results.
• Face Unlock: Enable this to use face unlock to unlock your phone from the lock screen.
• Auto unlock once the screen is on: Enable this to unlock your phone with your face as soon as the screen turns on without swiping first.
• Face unlock assistive lighting: In situations where the camera cannot recognize your face, the screen will light up to help the camera recognize you.

Safety & emergency

Emergency SOS

• Edit emergency information and contacts: Add your medical information and emergency contacts to help responders in an emergency.
• The power button for quick SOS: Set the preferences of activating quick SOS with the power button.
• Preferred SOS action: Set the preferences of SOS action, which can be Calling a local emergency number or Sharing location with emergency contacts.

Digital Well-being & parental Controls

Your Digital well-being tools

• Today: Show today’s screen wake-up times.
• Unlocks: Show today’s device unlock times.
• Notifications: Show today’s notifications received times.
  Ways to disconnect:
• Dashboard: Manage the dashboard by screen time, Notifications received and App times opened. Click the icons on the right of the Apps name to set the app timer, once ran out, the app will be paused for the rest of the day, it will pop-up a window shows” App paused, your App timer ran out. It’ll start again tomorrow.”. You can click “SETTINGS” on the pop-up window to delete the timer.
• Bedtime mode: Use Bedtime mode to disconnect from your phone and avoid interruptions while you sleep. When it starts, Grayscale removes the screen’s color, do not disturb and mute sounds so you aren’t woken up by calls or notifications. When it ends, your phone changes back to its usual settings.
• Focus mode: Set to pause distracting apps when you need time to focus.

Interaction

• Touch & hold delay (short/medium/long)
• Time to take action: Choose how long to show messages that ask you to take action, but are visible only temporarily.
• Vibration & haptic strength: Ring vibration, notification vibration, touch feedback.
• Switch access: Let people with motor impairments control phones and tablets using one or more switches. Use switches to select items, scroll, enter text, and more.
• Large mouse pointer (on/off)
• Click when the pointer stops: When a mouse is connected, you can set the mouse cursor to click automatically when it stops moving for a certain amount of time.

About Device

View basic phone information, system version, and more in the About Device option.

• Device name: Tap to edit the device name.
• Storage: Apps storage.
• RAM: when enough storage space is available, you can use part of it to expand your RAM.
• Android version: Show Android version and Android security update.
• Status: Tap to view the phone number, signal, etc.
• Version： This shows the baseband & kernel versions.
• Award: Tap to view OxygenOS Contributors.

Messages

Send, receive, and view Messages through the Messages app.

Send message

1. Open the Messages application.
2. Tap the button in the lower right corner.
3. Select recipient.
4. Enter SMS content.
5. Tap the send icon in the lower right corner to send a message.

View and reply message

Messages are sorted by time.

1. Open the Messages app.
2. Select the message you want to view from the list.
3. If you want to reply to a message, enter the message in the text box at the bottom of the screen, and then tap the send icon on the right to send it.

Safety information

Declaration

Without prior written permission of OnePlus, reproduction, transfer, distribution or storage of the contents in this document in any form is prohibited. OnePlus operates a policy of ongoing development. Thus, OnePlus reserves the right to make changes or improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice. The contents of this document are all provided “as is”. Except as required by applicable law, no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, are made in relation to the accuracy of this document. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, under no circumstances shall OnePlus or any of its licensors be responsible for any loss of data or incur any special, incidental, consequential, or indirect damages caused.

Availability of product supplies, application software, and accessories may vary. For detailed information, please refer to an authorized OnePlus distributor. This device may contain commodities, technology, or software subject to export laws and regulations. Diversion contrary to law is prohibited.

General Safety Information

Failure to follow these guidelines may cause harm to your device, property, yourself, or others.

• Do not switch on the device where prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.
• Do not use devices at gas stations, service stations, or near fuel or chemicals.
• Please do not store or carry your mobile phone or accessories near liquid or flammable gas.
• Do not place the phone near magnetic cards or other magnetic objects, since information stored on floppy discs, memory cards, and credit cards could be damaged by magnetic radiation.
• Do not place the battery, phone, or charger in a microwave oven or other high-voltage equipment. Otherwise, it may cause circuit damage, fires, or other damage.
• Do not disassemble or open, crush, bend or deform, puncture, or shred.
• All wireless devices, including mobile phones, might be susceptible to interference, and it can also cause interference. Please check all laws and regulations when using your mobile phone, especially in airplanes, hospitals, or medical institutions.
• Only use branded accessories and batteries that are approved by OnePlus. Accessories that are not approved by OnePlus may damage the phone or violate local regulations for radio devices. OnePlus will not take any responsibility for accidents or problems caused by using accessories that are not approved by OnePlus.
• The device is designed for water resistance under certain conditions, but OnePlus does not recommend excessive submersion. Liquid damage will void the warranty.
• When connecting with other devices, please follow the safety guidelines presented in this manual. Do not attempt to connect your device with incompatible products.
• Please do not use the phone if the antenna is damaged. Otherwise, it could cause injury.
• Please keep metallic objects away from the phone receiver. Small metallic objects may be attracted to the device and personal injury or device damage could occur.
• Keep a minimum distance of 15 cm between a wireless device and an electronic implant (pacemaker, insulin pumps, neurostimulators, etc).
• Keep the device away from the belly of pregnant women.
• Keep the device away from the lower abdomen of adolescents.
• Children and adolescents should make reasonable use of the phone. Avoid night communications and limit the frequency and duration of calls.
• Only connect to power sources with USB 2.0 or above.
• To reduce the level of exposure to radiation, you should use the mobile telephone in proximity to the network tower or use of accessories (hands-free kit etc) or use a loudspeaker if suitable; use the device under good reception conditions (when the signal indicator displays a full signal on the signal reception bar) can reduce the amount of radiation received; giving priority to the use of data, SMS and MMS messages rather than calls.
• If your device supports a wireless charger and when using it as a wireless charger it is intended for use as a desktop device and should not be carried when in this mode. To comply with RF exposure requirements when using in the wireless charging mode please place the device at a minimum distance of 10cm from your body.

Driving Safety

• Do not use the device and safety should take priority when you are operating a vehicle. Be sure to obey related regulations in the area or country in where you drive.
• Do not place your phone or accessories near safety air bags.
• Compass and GPS information are only used for reference purposes.
• If you do not wish to disclose your location, be sure not to use applications that can record your location.

FCC Statement

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules.

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference;
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

NOTE: The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications or changes to this equipment. Such modifications or changes could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful to part interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FAQs Oneplus 10 Pro OxygenOS 12

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