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JovanyAbernathy
New Participant
December 11, 2025
Question

APK sideloaded apps not launching on Quest 3 after v66 update — anyone else facing this?

Hey everyone,

After updating my Quest 3 to v66, I noticed something strange with sideloaded APK apps.
Some of the apps that were working fine before the update now instantly crash or don’t launch at all.

For example, I tested a few sideloaded APK utilities, including this Android scripting tool, and after the update, the APK installs successfully but simply won’t open. No error message, nothing — it just returns back to the Quest UI.

I’m trying to figure out whether:

v66 added new security restrictions on non-Meta APKs,
or there’s a new permission issue,
or I need to reset developer mode settings.
Has anyone else experienced this with other Android apps or tools after the update?
Any fixes or workarounds would be appreciated — I use sideloaded apps a lot for testing.

Thanks in advance.

4 replies

Honored Contributor
December 11, 2025

Wow. You're still on v66 on Quest 3. That's very old. I think most people are on V83 at this stage or at least v81. Have you not updated for a long time? 

JovanyAbernathy
New Participant
December 11, 2025

Haha yeah, I’ve been on v66 mostly for testing stability. Maybe updating would fix some issues, but I wanted to see if the lag was coming from the network or the device itself.

Honored Contributor
December 11, 2025

Ah OK! Maybe it will fix it........ There's also the possibility it will break something else. 😜🤣🤣 Good luck! I hope someone has an answer for you! 🤞