The company has now released an alpha build of the ROM on its forums, and is available to download and flash right now.
The ROM looks pretty much identical to stock Android Lollipop on Nexus devices but with a few minor changes, such as the ability to have either onscreen or physical navigation buttons.
OnePlus says you should proceed with extreme caution and backup your phone first, so if you don't want to live with a brick, make sure you follow the steps. We'll let them take it from here, hit the source for instructions and the .zip file you'll need to get started.
Since this is an alpha build, there are still few bugs which are likely to encounter
General known issues are
- Data roaming is on by default. Make sure to turn if off to avoid potential charges.
- As always, flashing a custom ROM incurs the risk of bricking your phone. Make sure you know what you’re doing and backup everything.
- Camera and video may be unstable. This build supports 4k video, however quality may be low as we are still fine-tuning the camera.
- Capacitive keys do not turn off when you enable software keys.
- Clock crashes periodically.
- If using the new app pinning feature in L, make sure to turn on the software keys first. Otherwise, you will have to reboot your machine.
- On first boot, startup time will be a bit slow. Rest assured we will speed things up in the future.
- Wi-Fi may be unstable.
- This build is not eligible for OTA updates.
