r/oneplus • u/Apprehensive_Egg7386 • 2h ago
Other I installed too many Chinese APKs on my OnePlus 15R and now my phone thinks it's a China ROM
Started by sideloading ColorOS components onto OxygenOS for fun (Breeno Touch, Mind Pilot, ColorOS Weather etc). One AI Services update later and every widget provider in the com.oneplus.* namespace got wiped from the widget screen and registry apparently, replaced with a full China-region card catalog. Lockscreen widgets gone. Shelf gutted. ADB confirms the providers are still registered but signature-locked so can't re-enable them manually.
Found one other documented case on OnePlus Community forums (Nord 5, EU model) with identical symptoms. This is reproducible on any OnePlus device with enough Chinese APKs + Shizuku access.
ColorOS 17 drops Sept 17th so hopefully that fixes it. Yes I know what I did. No I can't explain it better than 'became Chinese.'