Add and Manage Personal Dictionary Words
When your OnePlus keyboard keeps autocorrecting a name, abbreviation or technical term into something else, the word simply is not part of its known vocabulary yet. This gets annoying fast with names, addresses or industry jargon you type often. Saving the word once, together with an optional shortcut, stops the keyboard from fighting you every time.
Pocket Mode: Enable or Disable
If your OnePlus phone keeps launching apps, dialing numbers, or waking the screen while it sits in your pocket, the built-in touch protection might be switched off. Pocket mode is meant to lock the display and fingerprint scanner whenever the phone detects it's stowed away, but the toggle can slip back to its default state after an update or reset. Here's what controls the behavior and how to check the current setting.
Allow Calls in Do Not Disturb Mode
If Do Not Disturb on your OnePlus phone silences calls from people who actually need to reach you, the default setup is blocking everyone by mistake. Call and message exceptions in Do Not Disturb are handled separately, so muting WhatsApp or SMS alerts does not automatically decide who can still call you. Adjusting the call exception lets you pick between all contacts, only favorites, or nobody at all.
Change the Start of the Week in the Calendar App
If your OnePlus Calendar always opens with Sunday as the first column, the app is likely following the week-start rule tied to your phone's region setting. That gets confusing when you travel for work and your team's calendar starts on Monday instead. Oxygenos lets you override this default and pick Saturday, Sunday or Monday as the start of the week.
Change Keyboard Height
If you turned on the extra number row in Gboard, the keyboard on your OnePlus phone can suddenly take up a large chunk of the screen. That leaves less room to read messages while typing and can feel cramped on smaller displays. Gboard offers several height presets, from Extra-short up to Normal and beyond, so you can pick a size that matches your hand and screen.
Restart the Phone
If your OnePlus phone feels sluggish, apps stall in the background, or a fresh update refuses to finish installing, a restart usually clears the mess. Cache buildup and stuck background processes are the most common triggers. A quick restart resets these without touching your data.
Show or Hide Holidays in the Calendar App
If your OnePlus calendar shows a public holiday on almost every day, actual appointments get pushed down and easy to miss. This happens because the calendar app displays regional and national holidays by default, on top of every synced account. The more accounts you have connected, the more crowded the day view becomes.
Sound & Vibration for Calendar Reminders
Missed calendar reminders on a OnePlus phone are often caused by a disabled sound or vibration setting inside the Calendar app itself, not by the phone's general ringtone. Without an active sound file or vibration pattern, alerts for appointments and events can pass by completely unnoticed.
Enable or Disable App Notification Dot
If a small dot keeps sitting on top of an app icon even after you already read the message or checked the missed call, the Allow notification dot setting is likely active for that app. OxygenOS adds this dot per app whenever a new notification arrives, and it stays visible until the notification is cleared or opened. Some apps show it constantly, which gets distracting if you only want the dot for apps that really need your attention.
Set a Timer in the Clock App
If the countdown in your OnePlus Clock app keeps running past the time you wanted, or the alert sound never fires, the Timer tab often gets mixed up with the Stopwatch. Both live in the same app but use separate controls for starting, pausing, and resetting. Getting the hours, minutes, and seconds right the first time avoids missed alerts during cooking, workouts, or work breaks.
Read in Background for Select to Speak
When Select to Speak is reading text aloud on your OnePlus phone, switching to another app usually stops the narration mid-sentence. The Read in background option keeps the voice going while you jump between apps, but it stays an experimental feature that can behave inconsistently. If speech cuts out unexpectedly or keeps running when you do not want it to, this setting is the reason.
Show Typing Indicators: Enable or Disable
If your chat partner keeps seeing you are typing even during short pauses, the Show typing indicators feature is broadcasting your input status. This works the same way as the typing bubble in WhatsApp, letting others know a reply is on the way. Turning it off removes that pressure without touching any other messaging setting.
Enable or Disable JavaScript in Chrome
If buttons, menus or forms stop responding on a website you open on your OnePlus phone, JavaScript in Chrome may be switched off. Most modern sites rely on JavaScript for navigation, dynamic content and interactive elements, so turning it off can leave pages looking broken or unusable. You can check the current status and change it directly inside the Chrome app.
Choose Which Contacts Are Displayed
If your OnePlus phone shows every saved number in one giant list, work contacts and personal ones end up jumbled together. This happens because the Contacts app pulls entries from every linked account and group by default, with nothing filtered out. Sorting this out keeps the list focused on the people you actually need to see.
Adjust Display Scaling for Icons and Elements
If icons, buttons, and app elements feel cramped or oversized on your OnePlus, display scaling is usually the cause, not the font size. OxygenOS lets you shrink or enlarge on-screen elements independently from text, which changes how much content fits per screen. Get this wrong and menus can overflow or buttons become hard to tap.
Lock Apps with an Extra Password
If anyone who picks up your unlocked OnePlus can open banking, messaging or gallery apps without any extra check, App locker is still switched off. OxygenOS can require your lock screen password or pattern again before those specific apps open. You can also decide whether notification previews from locked apps still show up on the lock screen.
Create a Folder on the Home Screen
When your OnePlus home screen fills up with icons, finding the right app takes longer every time. OxygenOS does not sort apps into categories automatically, so scattered icons for messaging, games, or tools quickly turn into visual clutter. Grouping related apps into a named folder keeps the layout manageable without deleting anything.
Enable or Disable Device Admin Apps
If a security or productivity app suddenly loses the ability to lock your screen, wipe data remotely, or enforce password rules, its Device admin app permission may have been switched off. On OnePlus phones this special access level controls how deep an app can reach into system settings and internal storage. Losing track of which apps hold this permission can leave the phone either over-exposed to a single app or missing features you actually rely on.
Enable or Disable Google Autofill Service
If login fields, payment details or addresses fill in on their own on your OnePlus, Autofill with Google is doing the work in the background. That is convenient, but it also means saved passwords and card numbers sit ready to insert wherever a matching field shows up. Some people want that speed, others prefer to enter sensitive data manually every time.
Change Select to Speak Voice Speed and Language
When Select to Speak reads text out loud, the voice can sound too slow, too fast, or in the wrong language for what you actually need. Just like TalkBack, this feature relies on the system Text to speech engine, and its sliders for rate and pitch are easy to overlook. Getting the reading speed and language right makes selected text far more usable in daily situations.
Enable or Disable On-Body Detection
When On-body detection is active, your OnePlus phone stays unlocked the moment you pick it up or carry it in a bag, even after the screen would normally lock. The feature only checks for motion, not who is actually holding the device, so anyone carrying it gets the same access. If your phone keeps unlocking itself on the way to work or during a workout, this Smart Lock option is usually the reason.
Manage Individual App Permissions
If a OnePlus app suddenly can't reach your contacts, camera, or storage, a permission was likely denied at some point, either by you or automatically. Apps only ask for access like location or storage when they actually need it, and each prompt can be allowed or denied on the spot. Over time this leaves some apps running with limited access for reasons that are not obvious anymore.
Enable or Disable Long Press for Symbols on the Keyboard
If letter keys on your OnePlus keyboard show no secondary symbol, you have to switch to the symbols layout every time you need a special character. Long press for symbols adds a small extra character to each key, letting you insert it by holding the key instead. This setting sits inside the keyboard app itself, not in the general display options, which is why many users miss it.
Add WiFi Network Manually
If your OnePlus phone does not show a WiFi network in the scan list, the router is usually broadcasting a hidden or non-visible SSID. Without the network name in the list, you cannot tap it and connect the usual way. Adding the network manually lets you connect once you have the exact SSID and password from the router.