How to Boot Into Recovery Mode in OnePlus 6T/OnePlus 6

Want to boot into recovery mode in OnePlus 6T/6 Oxygen OS? You’ll enter OnePlus 6 recovery mode using hardware buttons and using ADB on Mac OS X & Windows device. But in this tutorial, I’ll teach you an easy method to boot OnePlus 6 into recovery mode. In OnePlus 6 recovery mode settings, you can perform a wipe cache partition, wipe data/factory reset, apply update from ADB and apply update from SD card. It’s quite easy to enter recovery mode using hardware buttons.

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How to Enter OnePlus 6 Recovery Mode Using Hardware Button

How to enter OnePlus 6 recovery mode

This is one of the easiest and quickest methods to boot the OnePlus 6 into recover mode. Check out below given steps.

How to Enter Recovery Mode on OnePlus 6 Using Hardware Keys

Step 1: Make sure to Power off your OnePlus device.

Step 2: Press the power button and volume down button at the same time until the wake-up screen with the OnePlus logo on your device

Step 3: Enter the PIN or Password you set to continue the process.

Step 4: Select the language.

Step 5: You can see the recovery screen in your OnePlus that includes wipe data & cache, Advanced, and Exit.

Now perform the action you want on your device. You’ll use the OnePlus 6 wipe cache partition or factory reset while your device won’t turn on or touch screen not working, phone won’t charge or blank screen and other problems. Use the volume up & down button for the move and the power button for apply in your OnePlus 6 recovery mode settings.

How to Enter OnePlus 6 Recovery Mode Using ADB Command

Step 1: Download Android SDK from the Android developer website.

Here you can download SDK tools for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Also set USB drivers package with downloading tools in SDK related to platform you use.

Step 2: Connect your OnePlus 6 to the desktop via USB cable and install ADB drivers if required.

Step 3: Move “android-SDK-windows\platform-tools” directory and open the command prompt.

Step 4: Type “ADB reboot recovery”.

Step 5: Now turn off your OnePlus 6 and boot into recovery mode.

And that’s all. I hope this little tip helpful to enter OnePlus 6 recovery mode using the hardware button. If you have any kind of trouble, tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest Android tips and tricks.

How to Use Gestures in Android Pie 9.0

Here’s how to turn on and use gestures in Android 9 Pie. Android 9 Gestures include Swipe fingerprint for notifications, jump to camera, flip camera, swipe up on home button (Navigation gesture), double-tap to check phone, lift to check phone, and prevent ringing. Also, find gestures under talkback and camera settings. Let see steps to enable Android Pie gestures.

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How to Use Gestures in Android 9 Pie

In the Android Pie 9.0 device, only two new gestures added compare to Android 8 Oreo devices including swipe up on the home button (iPhone X style navigation gestures) and prevent ringing.

Step 1: Go to Settings in your Android Pie 9.0 devices.

Step 2: Tap the System at the end of the page.

Here you can see language & Input, Gestures, date & time, and advanced settings.

Android P Gestures settings

Step 3: Tap Gestures.

A list of below-given Android Pie gestures appears on your device.

Android P Gestures settings

Swipe fingerprint for notifications

Turn on swipe fingerprint for notifications in android P 9.0

For all upcoming receive notifications, swipe down on the fingerprint sensor on your device. Turn on swipe fingerprint for notifications in Android Pie 9.0 to use it in your device.

Jump to camera

To quickly open camera, press the power button twice. You’ll use this android Pie gesture from any screen and also even lock your device. Helpful to quickly capture a photo without unlock your Android phone.

Flip camera

To quickly switch camera mode to selfie mode, double twist when open the camera app in your device.

Double-tap to check phone

Show notifications on the lock screen without unlocking, just double-tap your phone screen. You can see time, date, screen name, battery percentage, day, weather info, and app notification icons.

Lift to check phone

This Android 9.0 Pie gesture works the same as above double-tap to check the phone. To use it, just pick up your phone.

Swipe up on Home screen

How to use Android P Gestures

This is the newly added gestures in android 9 Pie for hiding overview button, home, and back button form navigation bar. To get iPhone X like gestures on android Pie 9.0, enable swipe up on home screen gesture. After turned on, you can see Pill (horizontal line) and back arrow instead of the home button and the recent app button. Swipe up on the home button to switch apps and swipe up again to see app drawer in your Android Pie 9.0 devices.

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Prevent ringing

This gesture is useful to quickly vibrate or mute the Android Pie 9.0 device to press power & volume up together. You can use this gesture while important meetings or another work-related place to quickly mute android Pie notification without unlocking your device.

And that’s all. We hope this makes it clear how to use Android Pie Gestures. Do you still have any questions? Tell us in below comment box.

How to Turn on Developer Options in Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL

Are you enable developer mode Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3? By default hidden developer mode settings in your Google Pixel 3 XL and other devices. You can turn on or turn off developer mode under system settings in your Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3 devices.

There are several handy settings available on Pixel 3 XL developer mode such as USB debugging, OEM unlocking, memory usage by apps, Night mode, debug app, logger buffer size, camera laser sensor, USB configuration, Bluetooth audio codec, Windows animation scale, Transition animation scale, Simulate a display with a cutout, background process limit, stand by apps and more. Follow below given a complete guide to turn on developer options Pixel 3 XL.

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How to Enable Developer Mode Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3

Step 1: Swipe down notification panel twice from any screen and tap Settings.

Step 2: Tap System.

Step 3: Tap about phone.

Turn on developer mode Pixel 3 XL 9.0

Step 4: Scroll down up to end of the page and tap Build number 7 times or tap until appear “you are now a developer!” on your Google Pixel 3 XL.

Pixel 3 XL developer mode settings

Step 5: Now developer options available in your phone system settings.

How to enable developer options Pixel 3 XL

Step 6: To view developer option settings, Go to settings > System > Advanced > Developer options.

All these developer settings are intended for development purposes only. You can also disable developer mode on Pixel 3 XL using the above settings. After disabling the toggle button, if you back to the home screen or other phone setting, you’ll follow again the above-given steps to activate developer mode in Pixel 3 XL.

Turn Off Developer Mode Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL

Settings > System > Advanced > Developer options > Toggle off “On” > Tap back button

Now, you can’t see developer option in your Pixel device system settings.

Let see one of the useful Pixel 3 XL developer mode setting called USB debugging. By default turn off USB debugging in all android devices.

Enable USB debugging in Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL

To use USB debugging in Pixel 3 XL, make sure turned on developer options in your device.

 Step 1: Swipe down notification panel twice from any screen and tap Settings.

Step 2: Tap System.

Step 3: Tap Advanced.

Step 4: Tap Developer options.

Step 5: Scroll down up to the debugging section and tap USB debugging.

You can see a pop-up message on the screen: Allow USB debugging?

Step 6: Tap OK.

Now you can easily transfer data between your Google Pixel 3 XL and computer devices.

And that’s all. I hope this little tip useful to enable developer options Pixel 3 XL. If you have any questions, tell us in below comment section. Stay with us for the latest updates.

How to Reset Pixel 3 to Factory Settings

Here’s how to factory reset Google Pixel 3 device. This Pixel 3 XL factory data reset settings will remove all your device data including internal storage, Google account, photos, videos, third party downloaded apps and other personal data. So back up & restore data safely in other devices or desktop PC.

This Google Pixel 3 XL factory reset settings will use when you’re Pixel 3 XL frozen or app crashing or freezing, slow down your Pixel 3 XL and other Pixel 3 XL problems. If none of the solutions fix Pixel 3 XL problems, apply this setting. Follow the below-given step by step process to factory reset Google Pixel 3 XL.

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How to Factory Reset Google Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3

Factory reset or hard reset Pixel 3 XL will reset all your phone settings as buying a new device.

Step 1: Swipe down notification shade twice and tap the Settings gear icon.

Step 2: Tap the System at the end of the page.

Step 3: Tap Advanced.

Here you can see Language & input, Gestures, backup, reset options, developer options multiple users, system update settings.

Step 4: Tap Reset options.

Pixel 3 XL factory data reset settings

Step 5: Tap Erase all data (Factory reset).

How to factory reset Google Pixel 3 XL

Step 6: Tap Reset phone.

Step 7: Confirm your screen lock or password if set to continue the process.

Step 8: Tap Erase everything.

Now remove all your Pixel 3 XL personal data and downloading third-party apps from your device. You can’t back up this erased data in your device. If a factory reset data on Pixel 3 XL and Pixel 3 not fix problems, you’ll try wipe cache data or hard reset Pixel 3 XL.

And that’s all. I hope this little tip helpful to the factory reset Google Pixel 3 XL. If you have any kind of trouble, tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest updates. Do you have any other Pixel 3 XL tips you want to share with us?

How to Disable Google Play Protect on OnePlus 6

Here’s how to enable or disable Google Play protect on OnePlus 6 Oxygen OS. By default enable Google Play Protect in your OnePlus or Android device. Google Play Protect regularly checks apps behavior and if any kind of risk fount, it’ll contact you by message. If all apps are running normal, you can see the “Looks good” message in the Google play protect settings. By default installed this android app in the latest android devices. If you can’t found the app under Security & location settings in android phone, download Guide for Google Play Protect app APK in your device.

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How to Enable or Disable Google Play Protect on OnePlus 6

Different android device has slightly different settings to enable or turn off Google Play Protect. You can find Google play protect settings under security & lock screen settings in your OnePlus 6. This is the best app security Android device feature.

Step 1: Scroll down the notification panel and tap the Settings gear icon.

Step 2: Tap Security & location under personal subheadings.

Disable Google Play protect android devices

Step 3: Tap Google Play Protect under a security status.

Here you can see scan device for security threats and improve harmful app detection options. By default enable both settings. You can use Google Play protect to prevent Android devices from harmful apps to check on apps from the play store before you download them.

How to disable Google Play protect on OnePlus 6

Step 4: Toggle on or off Scan device for security threats.

Step 5: Toggle on or off Improve harmful app detection.

To secure your device from malicious app, always keep Google play protect on your phone.

How to Check App Security Status in Android Phone

Step 1: Open the Google Play store app in your device.

Step 2: Tap Three vertical dots (Menu) at the upper right corner.

Step 3: Tap Play Protect.

If you can see Looks good, it means no harmful apps found in your android devices. Sometimes remove the app automatically, and you may get a notification of the app was removed.

And that’s all. Did you find the above article useful to disable Google Play protect on OnePlus 6? If you have any questions, tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with us for the latest updates.

How to Download and Install Android P Beta 4 in Your Google Pixel, Pixel 2 XL

Google releases the final Android P Beta 4 version before officially Android P 9.0 launch. If you have Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL devices, you can download and install Android P beta 4 or Android P developer preview 5 in your device. If already installed Android P Beta, you’ll get an OTA update to download and install Android P beta 4 for Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL.

You can sign up for the Android Beta program to receive the OTA update or download factory images & OTA files for Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 2, Google Pixel XL, and Google Pixel device. There is no significant change compared to previous Android P developer preview 4 or Android P Beta 3. In Android P beta 4, you can see a new auto-rotate icon and Microphone icon removed from the Pixel launcher search bar.

Google’s latest upcoming version Android P 9.0, you can see Navigation gestures, Lockdown mode, adaptive battery & adaptive brightness, Simulate display cutout for Notch, and more features. Let see how to download Android P beta 4 for Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL.

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How to Download Android P Beta 4 for Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

If already installed android P Beta or Android P developer preview in your Pixel devices, you’ll get an OTA update in your device to install Android P Beta 4 or android developer preview 5.

Step 1: Scroll down the notification panel and tap Settings in your Pixel devices that already installed Android P Beta 3.

Step 2: Tap System.

Step 3: Tap Advanced.

Step 4: Tap System update at the end of the page.

Step 5: Tap Check for update.

You can see the message: System update available. This Android P Beta 4 update size is 45.9 MB in my Google Pixel device. This update will install a beta version of Android P (PPP5.180610.010) on your Pixel device.

How to download and install Android P beta 4 for Google Pixel 2 XL

Step 6: Tap Download and install.

Download and install Android P beta 4 for Google Pixel XL

Step 7: Waiting for download update and after completed download tap restart now.

Now final android P developer preview 5 installed in your Google Pixel and other Pixel devices. You’ll download and install Android P Beta 4 on Google Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, and other Pixel devices using a factory image or OTA image.

In other smartphones getting this update including Nokia 7, Nokia 7 Plus, OnePlus 6, Essential Phone, Oppo R15 Pro, Vivo X21, Vivo X21UD, Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S, Sony Xperia XZ2, and other supported devices.

And that’s all. We hope this makes it clear how to download and install Android P beta 4 for Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, and Pixel 2 XL. If you have any questions, tell us in below comment box. Stay and connect with the latest updates.