Fix OxygenOS Open Beta 6 Gesture Bug on OnePlus 6

If you recently updated your OnePlus 6 to OxygenOs 9.0.2 and are having issues with Navigation gesture, here is how to fix OxygenOS Open Beta 6 gesture bug on OnePlus 6.

The OnePlus 6 recently received an update soon after the launch of the OnePlus 6T. The update was first rolled out to OxygenOS Open Beta users as the Open Beta 6. Soon after, it was rolled out to users on stable OxygenOS builds as OxygenOS 9.0.2. Among other things, the major features that these new updates brought were Nightscape and updated navigation gestures. Nightscape is OnePlus imitating Google’s Night Sight while the navigation gestures were simply tweaked a little to make them feel more natural. These updates though also seem to have introduced a bug which users face when using the new OnePlus navigation gestures. Fortunately, there’s a fix until OnePlus fixes it in another update.

Official Changelog for OxygenOS 9.0.2 & OxygenOS Open Beta 6

For the uninitiated, OxygenOS 9.0.2 and OxygenOS Open Beta 6 also brought a redesigned About phone page that looks exactly like the one on the OnePlus 6T. Below is the official changelog for those interested.

System
- New navigation gestures
- Improved UI for About phone
- Updated Android security patch to 2018.11
- Improvements for taking screenshot experience
Launcher
- New Google quick search box design
Camera
- Added Nightscape and Studio Lighting
Gallery
- Gallery smoother and improved zooming gesture and magnification

If you want to learn about the changes in more detail, you can check out the following link.

OxygenOS Open Beta 6 for OnePlus 6 Brings OnePlus 6T NightScape Camera

Gesture bug

To make this clear, the bug we’re referring to only occurs when you’re using the navigation gestures introduced by OnePlus and not the default Android Pie gestures. Also, you may not face this bug if you choose to stick with the stock OnePlus Launcher. It only occurs when using OnePlus navigation gestures paired with a third-party launcher. This is because, like Android Pie’s recents screen, OnePlus’ navigation gestures are managed by the stock launcher.

So what is the bug exactly? Well, you know it if you’ve faced it.

Sometimes when you have an app open and you’ve locked the screen, unlocking the screen takes you back to the home screen instead of the app.
While typing in an app such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. if you’ve locked the screen and then you unlock it, the keyboard disappears after typing you type a few letters. Nothing works after this unless you perform a swipe up from the left or right side of the bottom edge.
Some users also report seeing a buggy recents screen interface after the keyboard closes.

Read: Google Camera Port with Night Sight on OnePlus 6 & OnePlus 6T