{"id":3805,"date":"2016-12-03T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T11:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2017-12-14T22:42:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:12:20","slug":"downgrade-oneplus-3-from-android-nougat-to-marshmallow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/downgrade-oneplus-3-from-android-nougat-to-marshmallow\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Android Nougat to Marshmallow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we share How to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Android Nougat to Marshmallow. Recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/oxygenos-open-beta-8-for-oneplus-3\/\">Nougat 7.0 update for OnePlus 3<\/a>\u00a0was rolled out as Open Beta 8, but If you update your phone but don\u2019t like the update for any reason, then you can easily revert back to a lower version (Android Marshmallow). While it\u2019s\u00a0not possible to officially downgrade your phone back to Marshmallow from Android Nougat, but XDA senior member <a id=\"postmenu_69887145\" class=\"bigfusername xda-popup-trigger\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/member.php?u=5806977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mina Mngawy<\/a> comes with a workaround with that you can easily\u00a0<em><strong>Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Android Nougat to Marshmallow 6.0 or Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Open beta 8 to OxygenOS 3.2.8.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The OnePlus 3 are the first devices from OnePlus which receive the Android 7.0 update officially. But many device owners are still not happy with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/list-of-android-phones-getting-android-7-0-nougat-update\/\">Android 7.0 Nougat<\/a> update for various reasons. If you are one of the users and would like to <strong>revert back OnePlus 3 to OxygenOS 3.2.8<\/strong>, the older version of Android, then you are in the right place here we share the method to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Nougat 7.0 to Marshmallow 6.0. Follow below guide to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Android Nougat to Marshmallow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/How-to-Downgrade-OnePlus-3-from-Android-Nougat-to-Marshmallow.jpg\" alt=\"How to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Android Nougat to Marshmallow\" width=\"720\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/How-to-Downgrade-OnePlus-3-from-Android-Nougat-to-Marshmallow.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/How-to-Downgrade-OnePlus-3-from-Android-Nougat-to-Marshmallow-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the steps correctly otherwise you may brick your device. We are not responsible for any damage to your phone.<\/li>\n<li>Your device must be unlocked with TWRP installed.<\/li>\n<li>It will erase all your phone data, so we advise you first to take a complete\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/how-to-backup-your-android-phone-without-root\/\">backup of your phone\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em>and then proceed.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that your phone has at least 50-60% charged to prevent the unexpected shutdown in-between the process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>To Downgrade\u00a0OnePlus 3 in an Official way Plz\u00a0<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/oneplus.net\/support\" rel=\"nofollow\">Contact OnePlus Customer Support<\/a>. (Highly Recommended)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Downgrading OnePlus 3 with this method is not an official way<em><strong>. <\/strong>Downgrading not guarantee<strong>.<\/strong><\/em> If you want to take the risk, then proceed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Requirement to Downgrade OnePlus 3 to Marshmallow<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yadi.sk\/d\/aWnkhyc6zPPmL\" rel=\"nofollow\">Download OxygenOS Full Zip file<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/devdb\/project\/dl\/?id=21835&amp;task=get\" rel=\"nofollow\">Modified TWRP for OnePlus 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/oxygenos.oneplus.net\/recovery.img\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Download Stock Recovery of Oneplus 3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Android Nougat to Marshmallow<\/h2>\n<p>1) Download <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/devdb\/project\/dl\/?id=21835&amp;task=get\" rel=\"nofollow\">Modified TWRP for OnePlus 3<\/a> and flash it via flashify or TWRP or Fastboot.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0Download the latest oxygenos\u00a03.2.8 zip from above and save it on your device.<\/p>\n<p>3) Now reboot your device\u00a0into <strong>Recovery mode.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4) If\u00a0it asks for a password to decrypted your data, skip it and allow modifications on the system.<\/p>\n<p>5) Now go to Mount and <strong>mount system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>6) \u00a0Now go to wipe section and <strong>change the\u00a0file system to EXT 4<\/strong>. For that go to\u00a0Wipe -&gt; Advanced wipe -&gt; select system -&gt; Repair or Change File System -&gt; Change File System -&gt; EXT4<\/p>\n<p>7) Now go back to wipe section and select <b>Format Data.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>8)\u00a0Now do a\u00a0<strong>Factory Reset<\/strong>\u00a0again by\u00a0Goto Wipe -&gt;Advanced Wipe and select everything except USB-OTG and swipe to confirm it.<\/p>\n<p>9) Now reboot your device to recovery.<\/p>\n<p>10) Now without leaving TWRP, transfer the OxygenOS 3.2.8 zip to your device over MTP.<\/p>\n<p>11) Now, Go to Install and locate the\u00a0<strong>ROM zip file <\/strong>&amp; swipe to Install the ROM file.<\/p>\n<p>12) After successful installation, reboot it to bootloader mode.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20.912px;\">13<\/span>) Now download stock recovery from above place it in adb and fastboot folder and rename it to recovery.img<\/p>\n<p>14) Now flash the stock recovery with following command<\/p>\n<pre>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img<\/pre>\n<p>15) Now reboot into recovery.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">16) Now factory reset your phone and reboot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>8) Done!<\/p>\n<p>This is best way to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Nougat to Marshmallow or Downgrade from Open beta 8 to OxygenOS 3.2.8. If you have any questions, comment below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.xda-developers.com\/oneplus-3\/how-to\/guide-downgrade-to-mm-flashing-ob8-t3511161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we share How to Downgrade OnePlus 3 from Android Nougat to Marshmallow. Recently Nougat 7.0 update for OnePlus 3\u00a0was rolled out as Open Beta 8, but If you update your phone but don\u2019t like the update for any reason, then you can easily revert back to a lower version (Android Marshmallow). 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