Running Systems

I have OnePlus 7 Pro. Following the recent update to Android 9, (Just now updated to Android 10, so I don’t know if this problem still relevant) – Once every 2-3 weeks or so, the phone would not wake up from sleep, and remain having a black screen. Long-pressing on the power button has no effect, and the phone remained “dead” as far as I could see. The only indication it was not “entirely dead” was that it generated a very low level of heat.

After leaving it for two days just laying around, I attempted to start it and got a screen message saying the phone needs to be charged enough to start.

It appears, based on this thread, that the phone might have gotten into deep-sleep, from which it could not wake up. A quick workaround was to long-press on Volume Up + Power for about 10-15 seconds. It vibrates (which is the best response ever at that stage) and then you can start the phone normally and it works correctly.

I hope that the Android 10 update solved this issue.

I have acquired a new Oculus Quest, which is a wonderful device. I aim at making it a useful desktop tool, and hopefully – some day – replace my entire working (Linux) desktop with this 360Degץ For now – this is a nice gaming platform, and while it is entirely immersive, and drowns one entirely in the experience, others cannot take even the part of the viewer. It means that when you introduce the Quest to someone new, you cannot instruct her with how to use the device, because you cannot see what’s happening inside.

The application allows for casting, but only to a limited set of destination devices, or only for some applications. Limitations. We don’t like it.

So, based on a great instruction video, I have modified the procedure to work on Linux.

You will need to enable developer mode on your Oculus (the video has a quick reference to that), and you will have to install ‘adb’ on your Linux. For Ubuntu – ‘sudo apt install adb’ should do the trick.
Also – you will need the ‘scrcpy’ tool, which can be installed using ‘snap’ command like this: ‘sudo snap install scrcpy’.

If you can see the device (when connected via USB) running the command ‘adb devices’ (you might need to run it first under ‘sudo’ – check for guides on enabling ‘adb’ for your user) when the Oculus is connected via USB, or modify the connection script to match your Oculus IP address (instead of 1.2.3.4), and then run the command to connect.

Connect_wireless_adb_quest_Linux.sh

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#!/bin/bash
ipaddr=1.2.3.4
adb tcpip 5555
adb connect $ipaddr

Cast_to_your_Linux_quest.sh

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#!/bin/bash
scrcpy -c 1440:1600:0:0 -m 1600 -b 8M

Save these scripts, make them executable, and good luck!