Oppo R15 - ColorOS 5.0 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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Hi community,
First of all sorry for my english (I'm french) I'll do my best to be the most clearest as possible.
I just bough this nice phone from Oppo. In the past I was already on XDA for multiples smartphones including the Oppo Find 7.
because the phone is recently coming out I can't find a lot of informations I need. And most part of the joke, I don't speak chineese.
All that to say, I want to start sharing my experience on it, week after week with you guys. And maybe finding some of you speaking chineese and get some good advices and tricks. First to say, the OS is 50% cool and 50% tricky. Let me explain.
CONTACTS :
Before thinking your contacts are synchronise with your gmail account, creat just one to make sure to select the good "Storage Location"
The location won't change after that if you don't change it.
RINGTONES :
Originals ringtones are pretty nice, but if you'r like me and you enjoy to make your own this is kind of tricky.
Exemple : In the first screenshot you can see a ringtone I just download from "zedge"
BUT
If I go to Settings -> Sound & Vibration -> Ringtone -> Select From Files. I'll not be able to find my file. So I choose to use directly "zedge" for that.
CAMERA :
I know on previous version of ColorOS I was able to add some features/effects on the camera. But on this new version, there is no camera setting menu.
You can just take a picture, use some filters and that's all. Maybe using the Oppo App Store it's possible but like I say at the beginning I don't understand chineese. On the picture you can see the "beauty mode" is active by the AI but there is 6 more slots that I don't know how to use.
VOCAL ASSISTANT & WEB BROWSER :
I just understand a thing, when you are using "Google search" you have your favorites news just under the search bar. Even you selected "Chrome" as your default web-browser if you clic on one of them the OS will automaticly open it with this damn native navigator.
The voice assistant is just make me mad on this phone. You can't desactivated ! About this important part of my post, I'll be glad to understand what is writing on this screenshot I took, it's the setting of the voice assistant app.
And the most craziest thing, he block the "Ok Google" from the "Google" app :silly:
That's my first post on this subject. Hope to chat about more with you, if you have any ideas, questions, feedback.
thanks to reading me.
Mick

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madvillain91 said:
Hi community,
First of all sorry for my english (I'm french) I'll do my best to be the most clearest as possible.
I just bough this nice phone from Oppo. In the past I was already on XDA for multiples smartphones including the Oppo Find 7.
because the phone is recently coming out I can't find a lot of informations I need. And most part of the joke, I don't speak chineese.
All that to say, I want to start sharing my experience on it, week after week with you guys. And maybe finding some of you speaking chineese and get some good advices and tricks. First to say, the OS is 50% cool and 50% tricky. Let me explain.
CONTACTS :
Before thinking your contacts are synchronise with your gmail account, creat just one to make sure to select the good "Storage Location"
The location won't change after that if you don't change it.
RINGTONES :
Originals ringtones are pretty nice, but if you'r like me and you enjoy to make your own this is kind of tricky.
Exemple : In the first screenshot you can see a ringtone I just download from "zedge"
BUT
If I go to Settings -> Sound & Vibration -> Ringtone -> Select From Files. I'll not be able to find my file. So I choose to use directly "zedge" for that.
CAMERA :
I know on previous version of ColorOS I was able to add some features/effects on the camera. But on this new version, there is no camera setting menu.
You can just take a picture, use some filters and that's all. Maybe using the Oppo App Store it's possible but like I say at the beginning I don't understand chineese. On the picture you can see the "beauty mode" is active by the AI but there is 6 more slots that I don't know how to use.
VOCAL ASSISTANT & WEB BROWSER :
I just understand a thing, when you are using "Google search" you have your favorites news just under the search bar. Even you selected "Chrome" as your default web-browser if you clic on one of them the OS will automaticly open it with this damn native navigator.
The voice assistant is just make me mad on this phone. You can't desactivated ! About this important part of my post, I'll be glad to understand what is writing on this screenshot I took, it's the setting of the voice assistant app.
And the most craziest thing, he block the "Ok Google" from the "Google" app :silly:
That's my first post on this subject. Hope to chat about more with you, if you have any ideas, questions, feedback.
thanks to reading me.
Mick
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Hi Mick, I'm oppo user from Indonesia...

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arbayxda said:
Hi Mick, I'm oppo user from Indonesia...
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Hi arbayxda , I'll be glad to speak with you on the subject if you don't mind.
PM if you want.

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Hi Mick!
I'm a proud Oppo r15 user from Brazil. (Not so proud, actually )
I looove those Chinese screens here and there! No. I don't. They make me feel helpless. Even though I thought of myself as a language enthusiast, learning Chinese is nowhere near my agenda.
I'm thinking for now to use this Chinese version of colorOS for a year (in order to keep my warranty) and then change it to something else. But if it makes me really mad, I'll sacrifice the warranty and install a custom ROM...
For example, right now I'm trying to register an oppo account. The screen I'm seeing is all in Chinese.
Let's fight this Chinese problem together!
(no ofense, Chinese guys! The problem is not Chinese itself but my lack of understanding it )

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Owner from Australia
Hi Mick,
Oppo R15 Pro owner from Australia here - have just made my first post to these forums asking for an Oppo R15 Pro forum to be created - not sure if it will happen but time will tell I guess.
Hopefully we start seeing a lot more information relating to these particular phones shortly.
I am going to see if I can figure out how to send a PM to you right now to ask you a question - I hope you don't mind.

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I'm oppo r15 user from china, I actually don't like the coloros system but I think some of the problems can be solver by using ADB commands, if you're interested you can ask me anytime.

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Another Aussie R15 owner checking in too.....

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R15 owner in Aus. Shame there isn't a community for it. I'm not a fan of ColorOS but the phone is great.

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Another Aussie owner of the Oppo R15 Pro, didn't like the launcher and went with Buzz Launcher, highly configurable to whatever you prefer. Worth a try_ cheers !!

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Oppo ID register problem
Hi, I am Chinese user who lives in Spain. I bought the Oppo R15 Pro from China so the version is in Chinese. I wanted to register to Oppo ID, but I can't because I need a Chinese phone number. As a result, I can't change the design of the screen (theme) nor download some apps. So I would like some help . Is there any solution for creating an Oppo id been in Spain or change the language to Spanish?

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那你刷安卓p了吗？

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arbayxda said:
Hi Mick, I'm oppo user from Indonesia...
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Hello All,
Did anyone tried flashing any custom rom on OPPO R15 Pro. I stay in Australia and the COLOR OS 5 really sucks.
Can someone tell me how to flash custom rom ?
Thanks

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Kalyanhere said:
Hello All,
Did anyone tried flashing any custom rom on OPPO R15 Pro. I stay in Australia and the COLOR OS 5 really sucks.
Can someone tell me how to flash custom rom ?
Thanks
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I haven't, but ColorOS 6.0 just got released and it's way better!