

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint users are still waiting for the latest update to knock their doors. The Verizon S7/S7 Edge was one of the last to receive the Nougat update but things are not the same in the case of the Verizon S6/S6 Edge. Overall I'm really disappointed and sad I haven't been able to get anything to work, or find anything online about fixing it.Verizon is the most popular and largest network operator in the US but for some unknown reasons, it’s also the laziest carriers to roll out software updates for its devices. The only thing I can imagine is there is a specific carrier setting that would require an OTA update to support the Gear VR.

The only anomaly I can think of is that I do not have an active plan assigned to the S6 and it's wi-fi only (it's a work/dev device and does not have a carrier plan, although it is a Sprint device). I've tried everything I can think of: I've done an on-device factory reset, I've restored the device with Samsung Smart Switch, I've uninstalled the Oculus apps and tried again after restarting- nothing. Plugging the phone into the Gear VR just shows me a message that it needs software installation to finish on the device. So, I'm stuck in a loop of nothing working. When I tap "Update Now" for the "Oculus System Activities" update, it appears to download something but it never actually updates. Once it gets to the "Oculus 360 Photos" app, etc, it just starts erroring out. I put my Galaxy S6 in, and it completes the initial install, lets me login to my Oculus account, but will not install any of the Oculus apps or update "Oculus System Activities" once I reach that step. I received my Gear VR this week, but I've had no luck in getting it to run. Carrier: Sprint (But not activated/Wi-Fi only)ĭetails: Fresh, Factory-reset device.
