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OnePlus 2 - Rooting and Multi-Window Mode

OnePlus 2 Rooting:

• I upgraded first (via OTA) to Marshmallow / Oxygen 3.0
• The ultimate guide is here: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/oneplus-2-how-to-unlock-bootloader-install-custom-recovery-root-efs-backup-more.345478/
• After flashing TWRP and SuperSU, my OnePlus 2 kept boot-looping / getting stuck on the splash animation, so I had to troubleshoot.
• I found that the only working method (to gain root but keep Marshmallow / Oxygen 3.0) is to use Grarak's TWRP recovery and a modified SuperSU. I used these specific links:
• Grarak: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24572330218882108
• SuperSU: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995297946
• If the above links no longer work, this post will probably be updated with the newest ones: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/mirrors-for-official-oxygen-os-roms-and-ota-updates.387615/

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OnePlus 2 - Enabling Multi-Window Mode / True Multi-tasking:

• After using the OnePlus 2 for more than 5 minutes, I quickly realized just how big my new phone was. Coming from the Moto G, this phone feels enormous, and to be realistic, it is pretty big, even when compared to competitors. Thus, it felt really wasteful to have this huge screen and be only using it for one simple app at a time. I wanted to see if I could multitask, and specifically with multi-window mode.
• If you are rooted, this is actually incredibly easy.
• Guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-enable-multi-window-mode-android-t3121483
• My steps were even simpler; I simply installed the ROM Toolbox app (free), which let me edit my build.prop file in seconds to change the user type from "user" to "userdebug", then I rebooted, went into develop options, and turned on "multi-window".
  
  
• So far, most apps work fine with it, and it is great for using Gmail on one side and some other thing on another.

June 2016 - Smartphone Research and Comparison

These are my quick notes / comparison table for shopping for a new Android smartphone. I was only looking at phones with 3GB of RAM or more, since my irritation with my current phone was how the small amount of RAM (1GB, it is a Moto G 1st gen) caused pretty much every app to crash or behave erroneously when being pulled from the background.

Phone	Price	Fingerprint?	Camera	PPI	Major Pros	Major Cons	Overall
Elephone P8000	$154	Yes	14MP	401	Astounding price to spec ratio, plus 4165mAh battery	Company has horrible rep, dev support, BAD signal support	Price is sort of a red flag and is in line with consensus to avoid - IGNORE
Blu Vivo 5	$199	No	13MP	267	AMOLED (pretty), nice design	Not much, just stiff competition, no LTE band 12, NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE	Good budget phone, but not much else.
Blu Pure XL	$350	Yes	24MP	490	AMOLED (pretty),  good specs	Mixed reviews, no LTE band 12	Considering, but steep jump from $200 range to $300+ -- tied with Nexus 6
Moto G4 Plus	$300-400	Yes	16MP	401	Trustworthy, pure android, Moto	Rumors of heating issues, not out for a bit, pricey, NO COMPASS?!	Probably worth jumping off the Moto ship, considering the high price and mixed initial reviews - seems like Nexus 6 would actually be better
Motorola Nexus 6	$300	No	13MP	490	AMOLED (pretty), STOCK, great reviews	Dated (2014), no fingerprint	Seems like Moto X Pure is much better bang for buck
Lenovo Zuk Z1	$300	Yes	13MP	401	Big battery (4100 mAh)	No LTE band 12, Dated	No compelling reason to get instead of competitors - IGNORE
Asus ZenFone 2 Laser (ZE551KL)	$200	No	13MP	403		No LTE band 12	Nothing impressive - IGNORE
LG G4	$300	No	16MP	583	Full LTE support (including band 12), Removable battery,	No fingerprint
Moto X Pure (XT1575)	$300	No	21MP	520	Full LTE support (including band 12), water protection	No fingerprint, IPS instead of AMOLED	Considering
OnePlus 2	$300 (don't be misled, DON’T BUY ON AMAZON)	Yes	13MP	401	Full LTE support, 64GB OF MEMORY, 4GB OF RAM!!!!!!	It's not moto. That's it. The only con. Type-C USB is a little annoying, but it is the future anyways.	WOAH, WE HAVE A WINNER, WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THIS PHONE EARLIER????
OnePlus 3	$400	Yes	16MP	401	Full LTE, AMOLED, Fast charge, NFC, 6GB OF RAM!	Pricetag	If you want the newest and greatest, this is the BEST bang for your buck. If you like to upgrade frequently, OnePlus 2 might be a better buy until this drops in price.

I ended up going with the OnePlus 2, despite the OnePlus 3 just being released, since I didn't want to pay over $300 for a smartphone that I am probably going to upgrade out of anyways in a year or two. So far, I have been extremely satisfied with my OnePlus 2! I'll have another post in a bit about what I did to make the phone even better right out of the box.

Honestly, I don't get the hate towards the OnePlus brand of phones. I had never heard of them before, because they are rarely mentioned online (if you bring up the brand on most common forums, you get hushed really quickly). From my perspective, it seems like everyone should love them: they are really close to stock android, easy to root, the spec/feature to price ratio is INCREDIBLE, they are good looking, and they (so far) have been OK with rolling out updates (my OnePlus 2 immediately upgraded to Marshmallow after I turned it on).