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February 13, 2026
Question

Quest 3 screen burn

Hi, I'm not used to do this like this but this is beyond me, today, while I was sitting in my couch I tried my Quest 3 after more than a month but then I noticed it was hot, when I see the screen it was a weird menu where the controllers and hands were useless, the only thing i had to do is turn it off, after some research it is something like a secret menu for Android, and of course the screen is now burned (this ghost like effect in the screen) so I don't get how a 550 bucks device is having such a crazy error, keeping a device on for so long? How? So, if I decided not to use it for 2 more months? What would happen? This is ridiculous, and of course, I'm out of warranty. So this is just to keep everyone aware of this thing, keep an eye on your devices cuz maybe they're ON for a fking month!

 

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steve40
Honored Contributor
February 13, 2026

If I'm not going to use my headset for a while, I power it off. I also have disabled the setting "Software update">"Automatically power headset to update".

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Honored Contributor
February 13, 2026

Well if you left it switched on this is going to happen. If you leave your $1,000 phone switched to on the same page for weeks on end, the same thing will happen. Just switch it off when you're not using it.. The solution is a simple one. 

Maccyb