In this guide, we will show you a nifty workaround using which you can deactivate the Spotify Music Notch on OnePlus devices running the latest OxygenOS build. When it comes to music streaming services, then there’s hardly an iota of doubt that the offering from the Silicon Valley giant is the best in this domain. Moreover, in recent years, it has deeply integrated some of its services into the Android OS, with its ability to hijack the notch being one of them.
For the unaware, on OnePlus devices, including its twelfth iteration, when you play a song via Spotify, it will show a small album cover over the notch and the music equalizer next to it. Not only does all this stuff cover up the notch, but also ends up covering the app notification icons present in the status bar. As a result of which, users have to carry out an additional step of dragging down the notification panel to verify if there’s an alert or not.
It goes without saying that this is an unwanted feature that does more harm than good. After all, what benefit would a UI change be if it ended up conflicting with the normal usage of the device? Moreover, the fact that you cannot turn it off from within the app or device’s Settings menu only makes the matter worse. The icing on the cake? This feature also results in additional battery drainage.
All in all, users are having to suffer due to a feature that they had never asked for in the first place and a feature over which they have no granular control whatsoever. With that said, there does exist a nifty workaround using which you can deactivate this Spotify Music Notch on your OnePlus device. So without further ado, let’s check it out.
How to Deactivate Spotify Music Notch on OnePlus
The below process requires a rooted device. So before starting, please take a backup of all the data on your device. Droidwin and its members wouldn’t be held responsible in case of a thermonuclear war, your alarm doesn’t wake you up, or if anything happens to your device and data by performing the below steps.
- To begin with, root your OnePlus device via Magisk/KernelSU/APatch.
- Then download and install a root-supported file manager app, such as Solid File Manager.
- Now open it, hit the hamburger menu, and select Root. You’ll get a SU prompt, tap Grant.
- Then head over to the below location and delete the Spotify app name from that XML file.
/data/user_de/0/com.android.systemui/shared_prefs/oplus_media_controller_config_sp.xml
- Once done, save the changes and then restart your device for the changes to take place.
That’s it. These are the steps to deactivate the Spotify Music Notch on OnePlus devices running the latest OxygenOS build. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
