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December 31, 2025
Question

How do i tell update has finished?

I get on Meta Quest 3: your device needs update sometimes and then headset goes black completely. No LEDs nothing, after holding power button it boots again. I Am just careful and I Am not sure if this is right procedure. How do i tell update has finished so i don't interrupt it in middle! There is nothing in user manual!

    7 replies

    Honored Contributor
    December 31, 2025

    It's only updated when it tells you it's updated and says restart the headset.. It looks like you might be interrupting the updates which can result in a bricked headset. Just put the headset down and let it do its thing, though it's possible you've done some damage already if you have constantly interrupted the update process. 

    steve40
    Honored Contributor
    January 1, 2026

    Like Maccyb123​ said. Also, if it bothers you, go into your Settings and disable all the automatic update settings. Then regularly check your settings to see if the headset needs an update and do it manually. That's how I do it.

    Choleni
    Honored Contributor
    January 1, 2026

    Hi woodpecker333​ πŸ™‚

    Maybe the update tool will bring the Quest out of the loop.

     

    steve40
    Honored Contributor
    January 1, 2026

    Choleni I don't think he's stuck in a boot loop. He just means he has been rebooting the headset whenever the screen goes black after he has done a software update.

    Choleni
    Honored Contributor
    January 1, 2026

    steve_40​  yeah, my bad.πŸ€ͺ

     

    woodpecker333​  just ignore my previous postπŸ˜‚

    New Participant
    July 29, 2026

    I think this keeps happening to me, I see the green bar when powering on my oculus, it finishes and then goes to black but there is led blue its like a mix of the two (on but not on iykwim) - I would hard reboot my vr and just read this and realized the mistake I made