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unsounded
Inspiring
June 22, 2026
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Stuck on meta loading screen then black screen after

  • June 22, 2026
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When I power on my headset I am stuck on a long meta loading screen but after a bit it turns black. My controllers vibrate like it would work but it always turns black.

Basically this happened when I was playing Pavlov. I was on a custom server with a lot of stuff going on (basically frame drops and low frames lag spikes whatever) and I decided I was gonna restart my game and when I pressed the button to open up the menu and quit the game it lagged out and shut off jy headset. I tried turning it back on but it was loading then went into nothingness.

I tried to do the boot menu thing. I pressed the power and volume button and pressed boot device. Nothing worked, then I did power off using the boot menu and powered it back on. Nothing. I drained the battery and recherged it, nothing. I changed the the boot to B and doesnt work. I changed back to A nothing. I sideloaded a update nothing. I really don't feel like doing a factory reset.

Best answer by unsounded

UPDATE AGAIN ON MY ISSUE

I have resolved the issue after 1 and a half days.

Basically what I did was switch boot slots from A to B then factory reseted. It brought me back to the boot menu but before then it showed it was in process of factory resetting. I switched back to boot slot A and factory reseted again and pressed the boot option. After I was brough with the chime and it worked.

And to anyone with the issue of not being able to see unknown sources you have to install a unknown sourced app to see it.

32 replies

Choleni
Choleni
Honored Contributor
June 22, 2026

Hi unsounded​ 🙂

I really don't feel like doing a factory reset.

You've already tried a lot of things; a factory reset is the next logical step. 🤷‍♀️

I think, that's probably the advice everyone here will give you.

    unsounded
    unsoundedAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 22, 2026

    It might be, although I don't want the reset to be for nothing. I've heard people say they factory reseted and it still wouldn't work.

    Choleni
    Choleni
    Honored Contributor
    June 22, 2026

    Yes that is possible, but you'll never know it, if  you don't try it, right?

    You can try the tip from the video before doing a factory reset......even though I don't believe that's the problem you have. But who knows....maybe you are lucky.🙃

    If that doesn't work, you probably have no other choice.

     

    unsounded
    unsoundedAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 22, 2026

    UPDATE:

    After everything I have tried and other attempts on youtube didnt work I have decided to factory reset. Which did not work but instead caused a whole other issue.

    When I factory reseted it took me back to the boot menu. I tried factory reseting again and it took me to the boot menu. I tried to boot it from the boot menu it returned me to the boot menu same thing with the power off option. Currently I am trying to drain its battery.

    Choleni
    Choleni
    Honored Contributor
    June 23, 2026
    unsounded wrote:

    Currently I am trying to drain its battery.

    Yes, sometimes this can bring the device out of the reboot loop..... but I saw you've opened a new thread, so I guess, it did not work?🙁

      unsounded
      unsoundedAuthor
      Inspiring
      June 23, 2026

      Sadly factory reseting did not work..It instead just puts me back to the boot menu no matter what option I do. (Boot, Power off, Factory Reset, Sideload Update) So I am trying to drain its battery which is harder than I thought since it turns off when I am in the boot menu for a bit. Not sure what I can do.

        unsounded
        unsoundedAuthorAnswer
        Inspiring
        June 24, 2026

        UPDATE AGAIN ON MY ISSUE

        I have resolved the issue after 1 and a half days.

        Basically what I did was switch boot slots from A to B then factory reseted. It brought me back to the boot menu but before then it showed it was in process of factory resetting. I switched back to boot slot A and factory reseted again and pressed the boot option. After I was brough with the chime and it worked.

        And to anyone with the issue of not being able to see unknown sources you have to install a unknown sourced app to see it.

          Maccyb123
          Honored Contributor
          June 24, 2026

          unsounded​ Glad you got it fixed!! Mark it as a solution so others can see it. Well done! 👍👍 

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