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New Participant
October 30, 2025
Question

Lock pattern changed LOCKED OUT OF MY OWN META QUEST 3!

Picture i took of the changed locked pattern through my phone.

Hello team, hope this finds you well.

Today a notification prompted that said to put a screen lock on, with different options i.e pin or pattern, i chose pattern. I set a lock pattern and turned my meta Quest 3 off.

 Upon turning it back on i find out that the lock pattern design has been changed completely from a 9 dot (basic unlock pattern) it changed to a octagonal shape thingy (I have attached a picture of the lock screen and the changed pattern design) Which only consists of 8 dots which can be seen in the picture, so its practically impossible for me or many others users having same issue to login with the pattern we set.

The only option it has is forgot password, and the only thing we see once we click on it is a guide to factory reset the meta quest 3 because thats the only solution according to it.

I request the team to work on this lock pattern bug and let us know ASAP if theres any solution to it.

(Picture attached) 

(Publishing from a different meta account than that in meta quest 3) 

regards

Zxytro

25 replies

New Participant
December 15, 2025

I have the same issue - set up gesture 2 days ago on 3x3 grid and now woke up my headset requiring hexagon pattern gesture.

I am shocked to see that this is already known for 2 months - this is something that demotivates people from securing their devices. 

MetaStoreHelp
Community Manager
December 16, 2025

Hi there ivosh,

 

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Participant
December 16, 2025

You can try, but they will only tell you to reset your headset. They are useless and won't help