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allow access to system data for unknown sources

Obsyman 2 years ago | 1 comment

Hello,

I have installed lots of games on my quest 2 and I have filled almost all the available space, but the space used shown in the storage section doesn't sum up to the total space as it does not include the associated obbS and related content for each game.

I've sideloaded the app SpaceUsed but it cannot access system data, so the app data is not shown, so I cannot obtain a really detailed map for the space used for each app.

Is there a way to activate this access ? Is there a way to know for certain the total space used for each app ?

Example: a game uses 1 GB for the app, but it contents sooo mani files besides, obbs, etc. suming up for example 5 more GBs, ... The latter is not shown on the used space in the Storage section.

Regards and thanks in advance !

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bobworks

2 years ago

This is more of a question aimed to Meta as it's their headset. But I can give you some pointers and notes:

The size of the app may increase once installed due to the extracting /decompressing of files in the apk.
The Quest need space to download updated files.
The OS takes up space.
As you've noted, some files are at the system level too.

If an app is trying to access something, and the Quest doesn't initiate a prompt, then either the app can't (and most likely will ever) have permission to do this or something else is preventing this.

To get to the root level of the storage you may need to 'root' the device, as of right now, this is impossible.

I hope this helps.

If you need more information about the Quest, consider getting in contact with Meta support.

2 years ago