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edike65
Honored Guest
3 years ago

How to PREVENT Meta's updates on Meta Quest Pros & 2s

Dear Meta, I am one of developers using multiple Meta Quest Pros and 2s.

Is there a way for us to configure the headset such that Meta's OS updates do NOT happen automatically (e.g. Meta's recent v54 update disabled controllers and suddenly broke our AR software in development).

Meta has been "forcing" these updates without our consent. And, in rare cases when this update happens, it disables functionality or even bricks the headset (problems with Quest 2 last summer where we had to factory reset for particular updates). We are not trying to ignore your updates, but merely trying to stop the updates during our critical software development period. We understand the importance and benefits of these updates. However, it's not a risk that we can take during this time.

These types of forced updates are increasingly making us, developers, difficult to rely on Meta Quest Pros and 2s for development.

Let us know if there is a functionality to to disable these forced updates, or if not, could you add one asap?

configuration to stop updates
Firmware 50 update
New update
Quest 2 Update

2 Replies

  • Taivas's avatar
    Taivas
    Protege
    3 years ago

    I agree, the the whole experience has been very restricted since facebook takeover of the whole system.

    Developers request more freedom! I would like to also have a feature where you can downgrade to any other version, meta has been sweeping the rug from under its users and devs with updates that are not properly tested, let testing be done by the negative feedback you get! Oculus (or meta) customer support is really hard to reach now days, since they are way stressed out by all the feedback and the difficulty of correcting mistakes made by a huge corporation.