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SophiaSPARKLZ's avatar
SophiaSPARKLZ
Explorer
4 months ago

Allow Unlocking Of Bootloader

i bought my quest 3, let me do what i want with it. this also limits our ability to repair our own devices and even more so by blocking the disabling the com.oculus.updater. so your happy pushing out faulty updates (which the oculus team have admitted doing) with no way to go back if things screw up, then wait for weeks to get it fixed, wasting time, money and energy transporting the headset back and forth via delivery when in reality all that couldve been done was allow bootloader unlocking and restoring the device to factory default settings. its honestly insulting to me as someone whos worked on devices for years, to see practices like this still in place and not being able to repair the device i bought. i want to come back in 10-20 years and actually be able to use it or have the tools at my disposal to fix it if needed. i cannot for the life of me reccomend these devices to any of my customers until this has been rectified. ive advised them to go with samsung or wait until the valve deckard is released. this also will be my final headset from meta if this cant get resolved

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  • Maccyb123's avatar
    Maccyb123
    Consultant
    4 months ago

    Very understandable SophiaSPARKLZ . I remember unlocking my older Exynos Samsung Notes to have some fun with them, though never the new one in case I did something fatal. 😆.  The sad reality is that most people don't care about this and aren't bothered about it one way or the other. Meta might be worried about an avalanche of users who messed up their headsets accidentally which is extremely easy to do. I've seen even expert people bricking their unlocked phones and tablets. And they will void their warranty too. It's true that official faulty updates happen but at least Meta are required to fix those. I'm not disagreeing with you. Just looking at the possible pitfalls.

    • edgelordroxas's avatar
      edgelordroxas
      Honored Guest
      3 months ago

      I agree there needs to be something tied to Android verified boot (AVB or  and internet functionality sort of like Googles play integrity but for the quest game mode. A stricter API with more device freedom is what this platform needs!!!

      • SophiaSPARKLZ's avatar
        SophiaSPARKLZ
        Explorer
        3 months ago

        exactly. i mean rn im on v79, ive took my acc off it and setup offline because screw this meta stuff. its way too intrusive and id love to use some of theyre stuff if it meant i didnt get shoved down the throat with horizon feed and worlds for instance. i run termux through chroot and managed to get turnip drivers working but only because i have root on it (thank you meta for locking down vulkan-icd-ovverides)  its nice to use as a general XR headset too  and the performance running it under system is brilliant imho. i dont care about warranty. if it breaks, i fix it. its a hobby and i learn from it. and this is why its needed. im confident i wont render my headset unuseable because i did research before doing it but if it screws up, bye bye headset. its just a shame not many people are all for this as even if you dont need/want this access, its a nice option to have and learn if it does screw up