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OnePlus 6T android 11
Is TMobile not updating the OnePlus 6T to Android 11 any longer? The software development page no longer list OnePlus 6t as devices getting software updates.
Back in 2018 Oneplus made an explicit statement that all Oneplus 6T T-Mobile phones will require extra certification steps before an OTA update will be released on the network:
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t-t-mobile-model-details/
It became very obvious that a branch from the mainline OxygenOS was created explicitly for T-Mobile. In the early days, there were numerous releases that cherry-picked commits from the mainline that ended up having a TMobile specific build that was compiled and released to TMobile for certification. There was always a substantial delay between the international firmware and the TMobile variant due to this level of certification.
The FUT program (Friendly User Testing) is basically a beta program. It has nothing to do with the official OTA stable line builds that TMobile would certify for the masses. It shouldn't even be apart of this conversation - it is not something that is ever recommended for production devices that we use as daily drivers.
Back in August of 2021 it was explicitly stated that the Oneplus 6T was "in development" with Android 11. TMobile has a horrible practice of removing this information for each Android version that comes out, but they can't escape the Wayback machine:
That being said - all references to the update from TMobile have been scrubbed. The only way to get the update would be to convert your TMobile OxygenOS to the global build. TMobile has gone completely silent on whether or not the device will receive it even though it has been officially released by Oneplus.
Contrary to syaoren's statements, TMobile has absolute "say" with the TMobile version. It's contractual. Oneplus cannot release any OTA updates for TMobile phones. I don't know what reality in which this isn't ultimate control - we can't update unless we convert the phone to the global SKU. It seems very childish to argue this fact, and then to tell others they don't know what they're talking about. I could care less if this was posted by an XDA developer - the core statements that fireguy posted are absolutely factual and correct. I signed up to just post this as the amount of misinformation is staggering. To top that off - no reference to factual data was posted to counter fireguy's factual statements.
If we're going to have a conversation - then make it an educated conversation instead of name calling. I want TMobile to make an official statement on this - and I hope a mod is watching this thread as there was already an intent of promise for Android 11 with the Oneplus 6T - if this has changed, so be it, at least we can flash to global and get it but no information is a horrid policy from TMobile.
