Hello. I noticed that many are faced with the problem of the proximity sensor not working (black screen when starting Quest) and according to the first links in Google there are only questions how to fix it programmatically, and not a single answer. I hope this post will be useful and will be indexed by Google to come out on top on request.
I faced this problem too. At first, the problem was solved by simply gluing the sensor with electrical tape. In the future, the sensor stopped responding to the electrical tape, but a solution was found - to glue a white piece of paper under the electrical tape, then everything worked. But nevertheless, there were fears that the degradation of the sensor would continue, and later it would stop responding to a piece of paper. Since technical support could not provide any solutions for software disconnection of the sensor, I had to look for solutions myself.
As a result, I found the method, not ideal, but nevertheless: First of all, you need an activated developer mode and installed SideQuest. Connect the launched Quest to the PC, launch SideQuest, select Run ADB commands > Custom command in the upper right corner, and enter the appropriate command.
Turn off sensor: shell am broadcast -a com.oculus.vrpowermanager.prox_close
Turn on sensor: shell am broadcast -a com.oculus.vrpowermanager.automation_disable
Only, alas, after rebooting the Quest, the sensor turns back on. But at least something. Command can also be added to favorites Run ADB commands > Manage. If anyone knows how to add a command to the Quest system startup, please help.
Thx, I will try later. I got black screen issue also. After prolonged and wasteful discussion with oculus support, I disassemble my oculus quest 2. I find that proximity flex cable is bent (maybe installation error) which caused some line in the flex cable break. I reverse bent my flex cable, practically the force that reconnect the line break is the reverse bent I made. So maybe I will need this kind of fix in the future.
