So. You get a ZIP, you boot into TWRP, you install the ZIP. TWRP should ask if you want to wipe things while you're installing. Go ahead and say yes to that. Don't do any extra wipes. Just install the ZIP, install the GAPPS, and then boot up normally. I know it seems intimidating but it's really completely straightforward.

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    Gurm Thanks! That is what I did. It appears other people have had issues installing PA from a recent OxygenOS version. I will do more experiments, but, since my phone is showing some weird issues even after re-flashing OxygenOS, I may pay for the return and send it back, and try with a fresher one.

    EDIT: I upgraded to Pie and updated all apps to the latest versions. I could not reproduce the issues with Google Maps / keyboard / etc. etc.. So maybe it was a matter of obsolete OS and apps, and the phone is okay / did not get damaged by my bad install of PA. On Pie it also does not get as hot as on Oreo while using apps like Google Maps and Youtube.

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        AGI I had issues with a fresh Paranoid install after wiping Pie (OOS 9). No problem flashing it through TWRP, but modem was not working. Tried a lot including originsk OOS for OP3 but nothing was working. Finally fix for me was clean flash OOS 8, booted and checked everything was working, then clean flashed Paranoid. Now everything is working again.

            degen Finally fix for me was clean flash OOS 8,

            Oh, I see...so you did not have to install an OxygenOS version based on Android 7.0, like 4.0.3...you started from Oreo.
            Mmmm, that is what I did...
            The phone came with OP3_O2_open_25 (no idea what it is) but it said Android 8.0.
            After the failed install of PA, I flashed OxygenOS 5.0.8, but did not try to reinstall PA since.

            You tried both Oreo and Pie. How did the eyestrain go? Differences between the two? Thanks!

            @KM @degen What is the battery lifetime? I look at the phone stats and found a miserable 3 hours and something :-(

                AGI When I just use Chrome for browsing via Wi-Fi, about 7 hours still. Used it multiple hours every day for 3 years now. I made sure to completely discharge and completely charge whenever possible.

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                  AGI Both Orea and Pie gave me equally bad eyestrain. It's obvious in the display too the rendering is different in Paranoid.

                  I must have flashed like 15 different roms trying to get it to work after that. Firmware only roms for the modem, everything. For a while I couldn't even access recovery. Lol. But this thing is pretty resilient so I say experiment away.

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                      degen It's obvious in the display too the rendering is different in Paranoid.

                      Has anyone contacted them and asked what they may or may not do graphically? I've never used it.

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                          hpst I contacted a developer. He replied after minutes thanking for letting him know about our experiences with PA versus Android, and said he will come back to us.

                            4 months later

                            Did you ever hear back? I got the display working finally, had to disable hardware overlays - it seems there's multiple versions of PA7.3.1 for the OnePlus3(T) floating around, mine is the one available from the PA site but I think that's not up to date - the official site linked from their XDA threads (http://get.aospa.co/official/oneplus3) is curiously unavailable.

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                              Gurm I got pa_oneplus3-7.3.1-RELEASE-20171030-signed.zip with md5sum 9575bfd76cf662fc348ce45e0dd451c4 and sha1sum 9c4246b144db4d8c760f4968014306786a18a0e9

                              I believe the last known-good OxygenOS version was this, as I still have it in my downloads: OnePlus3Oxygen_16_OTA_041_all_1702081756_f9fb218af59d4aa6.zip

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                                  KM When you say "known good" do you mean "didn't fuck with your eyes"? I'm ok trying an OxygenOS, to be honest, although it'll be a pain to keep it from auto-updating.

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                                      I don't think it has auto-update. Just long press and hide the update notification.

                                      Gurm IIRC OxygenOS was good until their Android 7.1 release. So 7.0, which should be that file, was still good. Provided I didn't look at PWM nor use color-altering brightness apps. Only browser I know is safe for me is Chrome. Maybe that file will also overwrite your firmware and modem so you'd have a clean setup, but I'm not sure about that.

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                                          KM I'd be happy running the OnePlus3 on Marshmallow, to be honest. Just a faster, newer device that runs at least Android 6? I've been stuck at 5.0.1 for so long that stuff just doesn't run any more. 🙁

                                            Pulling 7.0 as well as the last 6.x release, keeping fingers crossed that I can just blast one of these on and be like "oh so nice". Maybe I can downgrade to an older PA in that case, since it seems like a much-improved ROM, but even stock Oxygen is better than what I've been using.

                                            Gurm Did you ever hear back?

                                            No, unfortunately. I will send a reminder.

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                                              Well, at least on my OnePlus, the screen is just a non-starter. I tried PA7 (graphics glitches, sadly, and not perfect even without the glitches) and the "last known good 7.0 build". I am tempted to downgrade it to Marshmallow and see where that gets me, but honestly the display is no good for my eyes no matter what. I'm putting it back to stock and selling. 🙁

                                              Gurm I do not own a OnePlus 3 anymore and I am not considering trying PA any time soon, so I wonder whether you are interested in talking to that developer? I tried to contact you via PM but without success. Please let me know if you want his email.

                                                Oh, yes please. I think PM's on here are busted, I've never successfully sent or received one. 🙂 I'm happy to share my email with any of you guys, TBH.

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