How to Manually Install or Update CyanogenOS 13 Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OTA update in OnePlus One

In just days after Carl Pei, the co-founder of OnePlus announcing about the final build of CyanogenOS 13 in testing we have seen that the update has started rolling out for OnePlus One users. The Cyanogen OS 13 based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow comes at a size of 485MB and is available as an OTA update. The latest update version CyanogenOS 13.0-ZNH0EAS26M brings a lot of performance improvements, security fixes along with many other features. It comes with March 1, 2016 Android security patch level.

The CyanogenOS 13 update for the OnePlus One is said to be released as OTA in batches and if you have not received the update yet and do not want to wait for the official OTA to arrive on your device, you can follow the steps mentioned below to flash the OTA on your device.

Note: Before you go ahead with the update, make sure that your OnePlus One is not rooted and is Running on Stock ROM and Stock Recovery. The update is applicable to users updating their OnePlus One running on YOG7DAS2K1. Backup all your data, the process should not affect your data but if something goes wrong you risk losing your data.

Steps / Guide to Manually update OnePlus One to CyanogenOS 13.0ZNH0EAS26M:

• Download the CyanogenOS 13 ZNH0EAS26M Incremental update flashable zip file on your Laptop/PC or directly on your OnePlus One smartphone – Official Link to Zip File
• Transfer the Zip file to ‘download’ folder on your device’s internal storage either from your PC or if you have downloaded the file directly on your device it will be in the download folder on your phone storage or SD card storage.
• Once the transfer is completed, Reboot your OnePlus One into Recovery, for this, you have to press and hold the Power + Volume down button at the same time and release it when the OnePlus logo appears on the screen.
• Now you need to use the volume keys to move up and down and the power button to select. Now select the Apply Update option and then choose from internal storage -> Go to Download folder and select the File which named – “cm-bacon-cee4e8702d-to-e36dd78050-signed.zip” file.
• Once selected the installation of the update starts automatically and the Home screen appears.
• Now go to main page and select ‘wipe cache partition’ and later select ‘Reboot system now’ which will remove the cache from your device.

You are done, with the reboot which will take some time around 20 minutes your OnePlus One will be running on the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow based CyanogenOS 13.0.

You can check the version of the device by going to Settings -> About phone -> scroll to see the update Android version. To know more about the new features which OnePlus One will be getting with the latest Update check out the changelog on OnePlus Forum.