OnePlus 11 smartphones purchased in China are blocked outside of China. In this respect declaration Evgeny Makarov, editor-in-chief of Mobiltelefon.
“Oppo has decided to completely kill the OnePlus brand. Smartphones purchased in China and opened outside of China (Europe, USA, Russia) are deprived of the search function, ”Makarov said in a message.
OnePlus is a subsidiary of Oppo, so immediately after discovering the first reports that the network functions of these smartphones were blocked, it turned to the Russian representative office of Oppo. However, Makarov was told there that OnePlus was not officially represented on the Russian market and was advised to contact China where the device was purchased.
Soon revealedregion lock is only enabled on OnePlus models in China when using SIM cards from India, Italy, Russia or Brazil. Moreover, according to experts, the problem concerns not only OnePlus smartphones, but also Oppo and Realme, which are part of the BBK holding. However, this information has not yet been confirmed by the Russian representations.
It is assumed that flashing devices from China to global firmware can serve as a solution. For example, OnePlus smartphones for the Chinese market come with ColorOS firmware, while models for the international market run OxygenOS.
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