Adjust Oculus Quest Screen Brightness & Access All Hidden Android System Settings!

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In this video, I go over how to change Oculus Quest screen brightness and access other hidden android system settings. Personally, I feel the Oculus Quest Screen brightness is a tad too bright and like it a lot lower. Not only is it easier on your eyes, but it's also a great way to extend Oculus Quest battery life as well. I've also seen a lot of poeple ask how to change the time on on the Quest, this will let you do that too.
In addition to being able to change the Oculus Quest screen brightness, you'll be able to access all the standard Android settings. Kill background apps, full bluetooth control, clear Oculus Quest cache, and all other regular Android system settings! Super handy.
Check out my full video on using SideQuest and how to enable dev mode), it'll make things easier if you're not familiar with it: • Oculus Quest Sideloadi...
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Here's what you'll need:
Settings shortcut app: mega.nz/#!NAoxzSRQ!kDecBEiPuP...
SideQuest github.com/the-expanse/SideQu...
Extend Oculus Quest playtime while saving your eyes! This is the only way I know of to adjust Oculus Quest screen brightness.
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@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Stop by our Quest Facebook group, over 14k awesome members! ocul.us/2O3ulNR

@nathaniel_117 4 жыл бұрын

Super simple, very useful. Not stretching out the time of the video. Awesome. Thx again.

@FreeRad1cal2008 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff again. Thanks. I have been using the Night Light, but i didnt really like the color shift. I completely overlooked the brightness setting. Doh!. Also, thanks for making the 3D Space Pod home environment available on Discord. Really enjoy it.

@oculusquestgamereviewsfors3005 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos Ty, being new at this I am leaning a lot on your previous videos which is great. Now for me to go into developers mode lol. You have even made a tutorial on that. Thanks again

@nickbannister455 4 жыл бұрын

I've been wishing for a way to turn down the default brightness - thank you!

@semtexkelly4084 4 жыл бұрын

Hi pal, wanna say a huge thanks for your quest tutorial video`s, has taught me so much about the quest - thanks again

@NicoStormchild 4 жыл бұрын

Oh that`s awesome, I really want to dim the brightness a bit. :D

@stevesilk51 4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes the simplest of tweaks are great, thnx Ty

@DeadMemeMan 4 жыл бұрын

and the hardest to find

@indefianceofstars 4 жыл бұрын

Is that that the Deluxe Audio Strap without the earphones? That setup is so clean!!!

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

It is, but not by choice. My left headphone died so it took them off lol

@shaquille.oatmeal8195 4 жыл бұрын

Tyco Tech Any reason why it died? I just did the mod and this has me kind of worried.

@houstonobserver6718 4 жыл бұрын

This one got me thinking. I would love to inject or activate the Android features that allow us to run OpenVPN (currently blocked on the Oculus Quest). Obviously nothing to hide, but really I don't like the idea of the Oculus phoning home to big Daddy Facebook.

@BSkull-fv2yb 4 жыл бұрын

you’re amazing !! thank you!!!!

@pr1neolives 4 жыл бұрын

I have a question for you. When you went to Oculus TV I saw that you had a PLEX channel there at the 2 minute time. How do I get that channel?

@powerwheelz9466 4 жыл бұрын

You can probably install it from home app in the 'oculus go' section. Then on quest with to 'go' apps to install (if it's a cross platform supported app it will show up in step 2, if not it won't be visible)

@ONEEileenColts 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome info thanks!

@starmole5000 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone seems to want to turn the brightness down on quest but I wanna boost it up a bit. For OLED panels the colors seem a bit muted to me.

@bingobills 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. So, I adjusted the screen timeout, thinking it would save some battery life. Unfortunately, I can't play for longer than the max setting of 30 minutes, any idea of how to fix it without resetting it? I also tried adjusting the screen size, now whenever I go to the shutdown menu, it's really small and far away compared to how it was.

@berva 4 жыл бұрын

awesome upload thank you sir.

@sk8rgui 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sooo much. After Lasik I'm much more sensitive to bright lights.

@decadentshark9357 4 жыл бұрын

Could you show how to change to 90hz on quest via sidequest pls

@S1RLANC3 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I was having an issue setting the time to 24 hour format as it's not native in this apps settings but fortanutely with this app, I can use the setting native to the android Architecture instead to finally set it to 24 hour like everything else in the house thanks to this.

@darkracer1252 4 жыл бұрын

because your brain cannot handle the diffrence between AM and PM?

@S1RLANC3 4 жыл бұрын

@@darkracer1252 It's because 24 hour is just simply better. I have everything set to 24 hour. I don't like having letters in my time format or seeing the same number repeat a second time.

@darkracer1252 2 жыл бұрын

@@routiesero5632 everyone.. grew up with analog clocks. everyone tells the time by 1-12 hours. when i see 21:32 on the clock. i won't say it's 21 hours. i will say it's nine thirty. and it happens automaticly without thinking

@futureproductions 5 ай бұрын

Great video, will this work with the GO? Also do you know how to allow / access permissions for apks that might require this on setup?

@IRogue 3 жыл бұрын

Has this been tried with the Quest 2? I keep reading that the blacks aren’t black and I am wondering if this would help with those complaints.

@wamalicious4941 4 жыл бұрын

Ty I see you 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@ericsmith5498 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if this was removed from side quest?I can’t find it anymore on the desktop app.

@aaronsommers8584 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Ty

@Kalterherberger 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever install settings.apk, keep your fingers off the "display time out". This setting overwrites the corresponding Oculus setting and your device switches off at least every 30 minutes (max. Value), even during a game, because this setting does not notice anything about your activity. Wenn du jemals settings.apk installierst, dann lass die Finger vom "Display time out". Diese Einstellung überschreibt die entsprechende Oculus Einstellung und dein Gerät geht mindestens alle 30 Minuten aus (max. Wert), auch während einem Spiel, weil diese Einstellung nichts von deiner Aktivität mitbekommt.

@BeatzCreations 4 жыл бұрын

hey dude, i did this, linked my headphones via the bluetooth, sounds wasnt delayed or anything, launched Audio Trip and the game was laggin really bad :s .. as soon as i disconnected the bluetooth it ran fine :s

@dribzplow8452 11 ай бұрын

o quest 2 andrond settings just break when you try brightness do you know why amd maybe a bypass?

@lukefrohling 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful!! Unfortunately Sidequest doesn’t connect for me :(

@markmercier 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful I'll try this tonight! Where'd you get the hat? Stylin' bro

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! I got it on amazon amzn.to/2tOsCFB had it like 6 years, has held up well.

@orangapahikaranl6347 4 жыл бұрын

yo ty what are the red parts on the headset are those some sort of connection for the mod ? i need those :O

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they're great, hold really well and make getting the DAS on super easy. I got them on Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/MetaverseMakes Tell him Ty sent ya ;-)

@neomayad 3 жыл бұрын

how do we get oculus tv? its not in my list nor does it pop up when i search for it on sidequest.

@merp4186 4 жыл бұрын

Mate u made my quest day

@Dragorus360 2 жыл бұрын

Can you tell us how you installed PLEX? Thanks

@johnnyt5054 3 жыл бұрын

Tried this with the Quest 2. Doesn't seem to work properly. When launching within Oculus TV, it just goes dims the screen and the settings app never appears.

@SRTboost4u 3 жыл бұрын

same problem

@SRTboost4u 3 жыл бұрын

and also now when I go to tv nothing pulls up.... great

@ZuccTheMango 3 жыл бұрын

same

@dystopian_20 3 жыл бұрын

i got quest 2 and a cromebook... will it still work?

@lifewithnyx9979 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the useful video, is there a way to click the menu window away when in the main home screen , sometimes i would like to just sit and take in my home room , but cant as the home screen menu gets in my way , so basically i would like to know whats ahead of me in the lodge home screen rather than have to look at the sides and the back only

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately there isn't, wish there was.

@lifewithnyx9979 4 жыл бұрын

@@tycotech Thanks for responding 😁, good to know.

@Labeshop 4 жыл бұрын

If you look up at the ceiling then hold the right oculus button to recenter the screen, it will move it up to the ceiling at least out of view.

@lifewithnyx9979 4 жыл бұрын

@@Labeshop that helps a little! thanks :)

@robertwagner9265 3 жыл бұрын

Followed instructions but when you start it up it's blank with no options? Do we know what it's called so we can remove it using sidequest?

@ThisisRends 4 жыл бұрын

Thx!

@FrazerKirkman 2 жыл бұрын

Not working on quest 2 :( Maybe something in one of the oculus system updates? I can see the app in the TV channels, but it throws an error when I try to open in.

@whistler5223 4 жыл бұрын

Curious, does anyone know if there's a way to change the controls on the Oculus Quest and/or Steam VR? Lately I've ran into a issue where I can't use the Steam VR menu cause it's mapped to the exact same button as the Oculus Quest Home Screen button (left menu button). (Also if anyone knows how to fix the issue where Steam VR games will show my Oculus Quest controllers and the ingame hands at the same time that'd be much appreciated ^^).

@TadhgKelly 4 жыл бұрын

I get a Safesoide error when I attempt to install the Settings app. Any way around that?

@taythree5549 4 жыл бұрын

For anyone watching this video, the settings application is directly available on SideQuest now so enjoy even easier installation

@jaymac147 4 жыл бұрын

I can't even find it. Things are impossible to find by searching on the SideQuest store lol.

@loomi469 3 жыл бұрын

TAHNK YOU

@tsunarun 3 жыл бұрын

I have the new icon on my quest 2 but when I click on the setting menu, nothing appears Update : After restarting, it works, I can now access to the menu settings and change the brightness level. Thanks

@nicholaschang9093 4 жыл бұрын

I must be doing something wrong. I downloaded the app setting apk from Mega. Then moved to sidequest but it didn't install. Please help.

@otagaakuma4524 3 жыл бұрын

He, i have a problem to "safe" the brightness. everytime i enter oculus settings where i can switch into the Rift mode ,the brightness reset itself.

@eckman65 4 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the red side plates for the frankenquest?

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

From this etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/MetaverseMakes if you get em tell him Ty sent ya ;-)

@kudryavkaaveen3362 4 жыл бұрын

rmb to pull the APK file into the side quest icons ! its works ! thank you SIR !!!

@mikerhinos 3 жыл бұрын

Got it working on the Quest 2, but I think that it's quite buggy. If you don't see the settings appear, only screen dimming, reboot the Quest 2 and try again until you see it, it worked one time for me so I could adjust brightness (had a warning of the app maybe not compatible). Though it looks like there are only 2 settings lol : 100% at max, or like 70-80% no matter where you stop, but it's better than 100% lol, thx for the tip.

@Xwx_Snow_xwX 4 жыл бұрын

I cant get settings shortcut to work, any tips?

@TheGamingGlizzy 4 жыл бұрын

Is it a way to put discord on the quest so I can chill and talk to my friends

@ScottWinterringer 4 жыл бұрын

I was looking for a way to do this too. I imagine we can side-load the android discord app? [seems it will only run one app at a time, bummer]

@jasonowen8192 3 жыл бұрын

does this work on the Quest 2?

@juriaanw1545 4 жыл бұрын

Do you think there will be an option to increase the resfresh rate to 90hz of the display using the Android APK settings? Maybe loading Linux on the device?

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

I know the displays can do 90hz, but I think you'd have issues running games at that rate and you get a lot of frame drops. You can't change this with the setting either, not sure if there's a 3rd party app the will do it, I'll look into it.

@juriaanw1545 4 жыл бұрын

@@tycotech In theory, enabling the 90hz in applications such as Virtual Desktop or Oculus link might be a great option

@GabrielSkolderblad 3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to change the resolution of the display in the display tab?

@wolfmax32 3 жыл бұрын

nope

@bwentbedo1403 3 жыл бұрын

Well u never said how u get the setting APK so how do you get it

@paperstreet75 4 жыл бұрын

hi, it seems that u hav plex on your device, can u talk about it ?

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I sideloaded the regular android version of it. Works great, but you can't watch 3D content apkpure.com/p/com.plexapp.android

@bradritakriquet 3 жыл бұрын

ok. so i finally was able to get everything connected, i got the settings icon to pull up the settings,,, problem,,, i can't get the screen to scroll down past the personal settings to get to change the time,,,,,,

@pear9841 4 жыл бұрын

I can't find hotspot and tethering in the settings. Is that a bug?

@heiok 3 жыл бұрын

Woked fine with Oculus 1 Tried this with the Quest 2, doesn't work. Any idea?

@keltonforester183 4 жыл бұрын

The Plex app on your quest did you just side load it?

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

I did. Works great, although I use skybox to stream my plex content in my house so I can also stream 3D content. Plex is good while traveling though.

@mrralphman 4 жыл бұрын

Is that the standard Android app or is it the one from the Go? Been looking for the one from the Go for a while now.

@jammycrafter7267 3 жыл бұрын

how do u change the time on the oculus

@festo9991 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude the brightness was killing my eyes.

@carlossasso5494 4 жыл бұрын

How do you change your home to winter lodge though

@darkracer1252 4 жыл бұрын

in the settings. look for it. there aren't that many fucking settings to change.

@manlikedrogba9408 4 жыл бұрын

where exactly do i drag that file to ?

@fauxmirror 3 жыл бұрын

When I open the settings apk, it does nothing. Do you know why that is?

@Nerubay_films 4 жыл бұрын

wow can i use bloototh headphones?

@Crix4evaTnT 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this you're you Oculus quest god

@rickcarp5453 4 жыл бұрын

nice but mine every few days side quest games make my headset blk screen and it will go into boot loop and ill have to reset the whole thing i dont get it i thinks it the cams

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Try using the setting app, go to storage, then cache and click it to clear cache. Also, clearing boundary history might help.

@GruntledGaming 4 жыл бұрын

Are you about to go into security section of the settings and put a PIN or pattern lock on your Quest preventing others from using it unless they enter the code?

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't try that as I'm not sure it'll show up right when you restart the Quest (probably will, but I don't want to risk having to do a fa tory reset). If you try it let us know how it goes.

@GruntledGaming 4 жыл бұрын

@@tycotech ok thanks I will. I was just curious if there are other security options like that on the Quest for example so no one can use your Quest if it gets stolen. EDIT: I found an option for this on a Reddit thread. If you go to More Settings in the Oculus phone app, there's an n option to set unlock pattern similar to Android Phone but in an oculus pattern instead. I just tried it and it works well on default profile.

@MrNateminier 3 жыл бұрын

I can't get android_winusb.inf to install. Does this work on a mac?

@Runic-0 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make an updated version because the link you put doesn't work anymore

@pinchopaxtonsgreatestminds9591 2 жыл бұрын

How do you set the time zone, because mine's wrong.

@yanrugel6583 2 жыл бұрын

so..... nobody has come across the issue of "OOPS... Something went wrong. Please try again later"??? please is anyone has the fix... LET ME KNOW ASAP!!! i finally got the apk onto my quest 2.... but i've come across issues through every step and got through EVERYTHING except i have NO idea what to do when this message pops up. Ive restarted my headset multiple times and tried to no avail. everytime i open this apk through TV>Channels i get that message... PLEASE HELP!!!

@gogencheg 4 жыл бұрын

No virus inside APk file , guys? Gear works fine after it ? or mine bitcoins? Check please cpu

@relaxvideo3d 3 жыл бұрын

brightness level remain after hmd restart or have to set all the time?

@wolfmax32 3 жыл бұрын

on Q2 brightness will back to 100 after you open any app :(

@relaxvideo3d 3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfmax32 thx, why Oculus dont enable brightness for us? But why is enabled on the GO?...

@wolfmax32 3 жыл бұрын

@@relaxvideo3d Yes, on the Go the brightness its perfect. You can decrease it to 0 and save battery & eyes..

@belindahames5417 2 жыл бұрын

My sons screen has gone small like oval how can I put it back to full screen plz

@CreativeForceAssoc 4 жыл бұрын

Are there any hidden setting on the Oculus Go similar to these?

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

They're the exact same I believe.

@CreativeForceAssoc 4 жыл бұрын

@@tycotech It worked perfectly on the Go. Thanks.

@galaxystarrr 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't seem to work for the quest 2! like other users, when selecting the gear icon the screen just dims and it doesn't load at all.

@davewayde7145 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I missed something but you didn't say where to download that settings app

@wasyl00 2 жыл бұрын

as 22 Sep 2021 can confirm its still working I was able to change time.

@waltch5711 Жыл бұрын

month later it stopped working :(

@ryanmiller3330 4 жыл бұрын

Fucking thanks dude! just wanted to change my brightness but sidequest is AMAZING

@drew31186 3 жыл бұрын

First off, thank you for the video! To the guy tying to open the setting after installing, REBOOT the device and it will work :-)

@nicomicalz7877 3 жыл бұрын

Brings me to the oculus store when trying to open it

@WhiteRaven___ 3 жыл бұрын

Same...

@Lucian_Andries 3 жыл бұрын

HELP! I managed to install the apk. But when trying to run it, the explorer window goes away, and nothing shows up....... :( Do I need to restart the headset? EDIT: I made it work, it just needed a restart. But the brightness slider doesn't do much at all........ I set it to 0%, and it's still too bright... :(

@ZuccTheMango 3 жыл бұрын

hey does anyone know how to get this running on quest 2 i did everything right but the when i click on the app it just shows nothing

@fauxmirror 3 жыл бұрын

Have you solved this yet?

@ZuccTheMango 3 жыл бұрын

@@fauxmirror someone told me there was an official file for it in side quest but i havent tried it yet maybe to some digging in side quest to find it

@danielc4267 4 жыл бұрын

My eyes said thank you XD

@prahjister 4 жыл бұрын

did you check the developer settings by repeatedly clicking on about?

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, it works. I have a shortcut for it in appstarter but that works too.

@TheCrashReboot 3 жыл бұрын

Doesnt seem to work, ever time i try to add user, I try to log in to set up and it closes the app and wants to confirm guardian settings and deletes the attempted new user.

@darkracer1252 4 жыл бұрын

not sure about screen brightness. but you can clear the cashe in the regular oculus settings. no need to jailbreak the device. is this even allowed? or do you void your warrenty by fucking around with shit you have no buisness messing around with?

@ahonnnnnn 4 жыл бұрын

It’s not working. I tried dragging the setting application on the website and it wouldn’t download

@ewkerman4185 2 жыл бұрын

try to load and says "ops something went wrong" v.38

@thesupersaiyangamer1190 4 жыл бұрын

Is this safe? Because I do not want to damage my new oculus quest

@tycotech 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's definitely safe. It was disabled up untill update V12, I suspect oculus is going to add it as a native feature in a future update.

@yordandoykov3181 10 күн бұрын

Needed to revisit this in 2024 but saw it was patched. I bypassed it by directly executing an adb command to adjust the brightness "adb shell settings put system screen_brightness (your value here, 0-255)"

@is2scooby 3 жыл бұрын

Has anybody tried this on a Quest 2 to deal with the terrible gray/hazy/foggy black levels in some games (Vader Immortal, The Room VR, horror games, etc.)?

@gejdfr05 3 жыл бұрын

I tried and the settings.apk doesn't open in the Oculus TV app sadly. A good solution is to set the brightness levels with adb commands.

@StrainNoMore 3 жыл бұрын

@@gejdfr05 what would be the commands?

@gejdfr05 3 жыл бұрын

@@StrainNoMore adb shell settings put system screen_brightness 0 The value can be ranging from 0 to 255 (for minimal and maximal brightness). I suggest 0 for the darkest experience.

@StrainNoMore 3 жыл бұрын

@@gejdfr05 thank you! What would be the command through Android? Just remove "adb shell?"

@gejdfr05 3 жыл бұрын

@Magica Fox Try one of these: adb shell "su 0 toolbox date -s 20161231.235959" , where YYYYMMDD.HHmmss format is applied. OR adb shell "su 0 toybox date 123123592016.59" , where MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss] is the format. One of them should work depending on the Android version Quest is using.