Assuming you’ve successfully purchased an OnePlus 2 smartphone that runs on H2 OS, then I advise you port to Oxygen OS, because there are some drawbacks using H2 OS on your OnePlus 2 device. Although the H2 OS comes with lovely stock wallpapers, but the ROM doesn’t have an app drawer, so many unwanted apps installed, missing file manager, and some other great apps like Du battery saver, Antivirus, Xplayer, Memory clean up and some other was difficult to navigate the device.
Before you proceed, I advise you back up the stock wallpapers of the H2 OS, because they’re lovely and creates room for elegant display.
Step 2: After that, download Oxygen OS zip file from here on your computer, and move the downloaded files to the external storage of your OnePlus 2 device.
Step 3: Now, switch off your device and boot to recovery mode (press and hold Volume Up + Home +Power button).
Step 4: After that, go to the recover main menu, then choose install ZIP from SD Card, then select the Oxygen OS Zip file and install immediately.
Step 5: Once the installation process is completed, simply go back main recovery menu and tap on Reboot system, and your device would be rebooted.
Read also: How to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on OnePlus 2 Android
Once your OnePlus 2 smartphone is successfully rebooted, then you would notice the new experience of Oxygen OS on your device with much amazing features. And just in case your device got stock in welcome screen during reboot, simply switch off and boot to recovery, then wipe cache partition and reboot.
In this guide I would walk you through the process on how to install Oxygen OS on OnePlus 2 running H2 OS. However, when you talk of Oxygen OS, most missing features in H2 OS is already featured in it.
Before you proceed, I advise you back up the stock wallpapers of the H2 OS, because they’re lovely and creates room for elegant display.
How to Install Oxygen OS on OnePlus 2 Running H2 OS
Step 1: Enable USB debugging on OnePlus 2, To enable, Go to Settings » About Phone » Scroll down and tap build number several times until you will see a pop-up which states that, “You are now a developer”. Then go back to settings » developers option (which is above “About Phone”), and enable USB debugging, and connect your device to your computer.
Step 2: After that, download Oxygen OS zip file from here on your computer, and move the downloaded files to the external storage of your OnePlus 2 device.
Step 3: Now, switch off your device and boot to recovery mode (press and hold Volume Up + Home +Power button).
Step 4: After that, go to the recover main menu, then choose install ZIP from SD Card, then select the Oxygen OS Zip file and install immediately.
Step 5: Once the installation process is completed, simply go back main recovery menu and tap on Reboot system, and your device would be rebooted.
Read also: How to Root and Install TWRP Recovery on OnePlus 2 Android
Once your OnePlus 2 smartphone is successfully rebooted, then you would notice the new experience of Oxygen OS on your device with much amazing features. And just in case your device got stock in welcome screen during reboot, simply switch off and boot to recovery, then wipe cache partition and reboot.