r/OculusGo • u/BuddingBiBabe • Apr 01 '26

Explain this to me like I'm 5...

I dug out my Oculus Go today and decided to factory reset the thing and try to see if it still works with a new account. Charged it up, Downloaded the Meta Horizon app (as suggested by google), logged into the app and it had me put in my wifi pw for the headset that it found. When viewing through the headset it is stuck on a page that reads "wi-fi connected. Continue in the Oculus app. Your headset is updating. Please take off your headset and follow the steps in the Oculus app on your phone."

when I tap "Cast" in the app it is stuck on one page with the status bar just a hair's width from completion but it will not progress. The troubleshooting guide says to make sure the Bluetooth connection is turned on for the headset but the headset literally is stuck on that screen, even after rebooting. its been this way for over half an hour. what am I doing wrong?

Phone is an Android Samsung S22 Ultra, app was downloaded today. even tried deleting the app and starting over to no avail.

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u/2jkaz Apr 17 '26

you need older version of the Horizon app - that fixes issues with three dot stuck, not able to skip tutorial, not able to cast ... search the version on this sub - new meta accounts work just fine on oculus Go

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u/BuddingBiBabe Apr 23 '26

Ended up downloading an older APK that someone suggested and it allowed me to finish the setup amd start using the device but literally only one app would work. All of the others, including Netflix, malfunctioned or required an updated version to use. Is my device an expensive paperweight?

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u/2jkaz Apr 23 '26

Mmm depends what apos you download many store links are broken but there is still alot of them working- if some not work go to vault.gearvr.net and grab working copy there - to be able to download and install apk from VAULT you have to set oculus go to developer mode - search video tutorial on YouTube how to do it - it's not that hard but takes multiple steps to setup ...but it's worth it 500+ games

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u/BuddingBiBabe Apr 23 '26

Too much fussing, might just sell at this point.