Install official OmniROM 8.1.0 Oreo On OnePlus 5T

Alex Brian January 9, 2018

The most popular custom ROM OmniROM is back after a long hibernation, the ROM gain much popularity in the Jellybean/KitKat era for it’s advance features at that time. This time the Omni ROM is available via weekly build that brings Android 8.1 Oreo on the device, in this guide we have posted the guide to install official OmniROM 8.1.0 weekly on OnePlus 5T. The OnePlus 5T OmniROM 8.1.0 lets you enjoy the pure stock Android experience with Pixel phone like looks on your OnePlus 5T.

The OmniROM for OnePlus 5T brings goodies of Android 8.1 Oreo on the device you’ll get new Wallpaper Themes, Pixel 2 Launcher, Redesigned Power Menu, new Shutdown and Reboot Animation, Round Status bar Icons, and Settings. The ROM is pretty stable and can be used as daily drivers, if you are getting impatient to see Android 8.1.0 Oreo on OnePlus 5T then go ahead and follow the install process below.

The Android 8.1 Oreo for OnePlus 5T also brings latest popular Oreo features including the picture-in-picture mode, integrated doze mode, notification channels and a lot more. In this detailed tutorial we have mentioned each and every step to download and install Android 8.1 Oreo OmniROM 8.1.0 on OnePlus 5T.

Also see: Enable Stereo Speaker on OnePlus 5T running OxygenOS

Download And Install Android 8.1 Oreo OmniROM 8.1.0 On OnePlus 5T

Some pre-requisites before you begin:

Your device battery should be in good health (70%) to avoid the shutting down while in flashing process.

A TWRP custom recovery must be installed on your device, if you haven’t then follow this guide to install it.

Create a Nandroid back up of important data including complete System with all apps and messages, follow this guide to create a Nandroid backup via TWRP recovery.

Upgrade latest USB drivers for your device on PC. Download latest OnePlus USB drivers here [For a stable PC-phone connection].

Process to install Android 8.1 Oreo OmniROM on OnePlus 5T

Download the ROM file from end of post.

Turn off your device and boot into TWRP recovery. To do so, Turn off your device completely, now press volume down + power button at the same time for 3 second, now choose Recovery from the options and press volume up.

Once your device boots into recovery mode then follow this guide to flash Android 8.1 Oreo ROM on your OnePlus 5T via TWRP recovery.

Solution to a failed boot issue.

Follow this guide to solve the bootloop issue. [If you think your device stuck at boot animation for quite a long time]

That’s it! If you have successfully installed Android 8.1 Oreo ROM on your OnePlus 5T, give us your feedback and stay tuned for more updates.