OnePlus 7T Pro tips and tricks: Discover the flagship masterpiece's awesome features
hange fingerprint animation: Near the top of this same Settings menu you'll see four options: wallpaper, clock style, fingerprint animation and horizon light. Tap "fingerprint animation" and choose from one of the styles in the next screen to change what you see when you place a thumb on the in-display fingerprint sensor.
Change Horizon light (aka notification alert animation): On the latest OnePlus phones, when the screen is off, you can have the screen pulse a colour up both of the curved edges of the screen. In the Customisation settings screen, pick 'Horizon light' and now you can choose between blue, red, gold and purple. We like purple, but, you do you.
Choose a preset theme: At the top of the Customisation screen is 'Preset Theme'. If you select one of these, you'll automatically set accent colours, lock screen clock style, fingerprint animation style and horizon bars style. It's a whole package, for those who don't want to go granular.
Select an animated live wallpaper: There are two ways to get to this. Either stick within this Customisation screen, or - from your phones's home screen - long press on the wallpaper and select "wallpaper" from the menu. To choose an animated live wallpaper, just look for one with a little mountain icon in the top left corner of the thumbnail.
OnePlus 7T Pro display and performance
Enable permanent QHD+ resolution: By default, the OnePlus 7T Pro screen automatically switches between QHD+ (its maximum) and FHD+ depending on the content being displayed on the screen. If you want to always have it in QHD+ for the sharpest content at all times, head to Settings > Display > Resolution and choose the QHD+ option.
Choose 60Hz refresh rate: In its standard setup, the OnePlus 7T Pro's display is set to 90Hz to make the most of those smooth, fluid animations and intense games. If you'd like to conserve some battery by reducing it to a more typical frame-rate, you can switch it to 60Hz by going to Settings > Display > Screen refresh rate and choosing the 60Hz option.
Enable video enhancer: If you want to make videos automatically more dynamic and saturated, toggle on the "Video enhancer" mode in the main display settings menu.
Enable Reading Mode: Swipe down the quick settings shade and you should see tile to enable Reading Mode. This turns the screen greyscale, slightly increases contrast and kills the blue light to mimic an e-reader type experience. So reading your Kindle app actually feels like reading a Kindle, sort of.
Launch Reading Mode automatically: If you don't want to manually activate Reading Mode every time, you can choose to have specific apps launch it automatically. Go to Settings > Display > Reading Mode then add the apps you want to have in this mode every time you open them.
Adjust colour temperature: How good the colours on screen look to an individual can often be a point of debate. A perfect balance to some is too cool (blue) or too warm (yellow) for others. Thankfully, OnePlus includes the option to manually adjust the colour temperature. Head to Settings > Display, now select "Advanced". Here you’ll find a colour balance slider; sliding right makes the screen warmer, sliding left makes it cooler.
Choose sRGB or DCI-P3: In the same settings menu as the colour temperature customisation you'll find the option to choose from three additional colour profiles. Two of them are sRGB and DCI-P3, both offering different colour accuracy for people who prefer those.
Lift to wake: With the OnePlus 7T Pro you can have the screen wake up just by lifting the phone. To activate this feature, go to Settings > Display > Ambient display then hit the "Pick up your phone to show" toggle.
Tap to wake: In the same menu as lift to wake, tap the "Tap the screen to show" option, and now when you touch your screen it'll light up the Ambient display clock/notifications.
Wake when you get notifications: Again, in the same menu there's a toggle for "New Notifications". When activated, your screen will light up whenever you get a message or alert.
Night mode: As with most phones with the feature, night mode strips the blue tint from the screen, making it warmer, more yellow and easier on your eyes at night time. Just like the colour balance option, there’s a slider to adjust how deep you want the yellow tint to be.
Drop down the settings panel from the top and tap the "Night Mode" option. To customise it or schedule it, long press that same quick settings icon or go to Settings > Display > Night Mode.
Change font size: Halfway down the list of main display settings is the option to change the font size. Here you can choose between small, default, large and largest.
OnePlus 7T Pro camera tips
Try out the drop protected selfie-cam: Or maybe don't try this one at home, on purpose.
One feature OnePlus was keen to show off with the 7 Pro was the pop-up camera's automatic drop protection, it's been added to the 7T Pro too. If you're taking a selfie, and the phone slips out of your hand, the phone automatically pulls the pop-up camera back in again. It does this by using data from the built-in accelerometer, and knows when the phone is dropping. (Just make sure you catch it. If you drop your phone on a hard surface, you probably will damage the glass exterior).
Switch between the three cameras: This one is easy, just tap the little tree icons on the right hand side of the screen to swap between the main, ultra-wide and telephoto cameras.
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