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Android Central
Technology
Jerry Hildenbrand

I spent hours updating my old phone only to make it worse

OnePlus 8 being updated

I had to switch to an old phone while I try to fix a screen flickering issue with my Pixel 6 Pro. I dug in the pile to find one that could be updated to Android 13 and ended up with the OnePlus 8. The gorgeous Interstellar Glow model still has the volume switch like a proper OnePlus phone should.

A day and about 16GB of downloading later, I realized why a lot of people never bother to update their older phones — because the process sucks.

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