XREAL Beam "Jailbreak" Sideload Enabling Tutorial

[@meshuggadevlar]

If you accidently hit a button on the Beam after doing a reset it locks out the settings button. I pressed the down button on accident and had to do another reset to get this to work. Thanks for the tutorial! Plex works great!

[@krause28]

This the whole reason for me to do this. Waiting on the USB C hub. Any tips? Or just add the app once I am at that point? Are you able to download a video and play without wifi?

[@deanfranz]

Thanks so much for demonstrating all of what the XREAL Beam and the XREAL Air can do! I'm really wanting to take the plunge, but I'm hesitating until the Windows version of Nebula is released before I go all in. Hopefully that's soon!

[@brycehickson374]

A big thing that wasn't mentioned in this video - turn on ADB and USB Debugging in the Developer Options! This will allow you to hook your Beam up to your PC and manage it like any other Android device. A good safety measure in case XREAL ever tries to combat the current methods available.

[@ang3la2009]

Thanks for your help yes when you connect to the right hand side USB C it works. Unfortunately I did the firmware update out of the box and the firmware version is different to yours. I get an 8*31*** firmware version which shows 8 icons in stead of five when the bar is pulled down with no access to the settings cog. Any suggestions?

[@GiWizGLouis]

When you say adb do you mean the option that says "disable adb authorization timeout"?

[@brycehickson374]

@@GiWizGLouis You should look for something called "Enable USB Debugging" on the device. ADB is what you'll use on your computer to interest with the device after USB debugging is enabled. Be sure to turn on Developer Options first by clicking the Build Number 7 times.

[@mAnEkI7]

Thank alot. I use physical keybaord and oth for expand notification win+n and simulate mouse by blurtooth keyboard and mouse app

[@omegafire6253]

Have you figured out what causes the video flickering sometimes when setting up every time.

[@Yurafaust]

Офигенно, спасибо большое!!🎉

[@ErikHartley]

You're welcome!

[@johnfrancis4748]

I was so hoping this would work. Tried 15 20 times to reset it with a anker dongle using a dell Logitech and a verbatim keyboard and mouse. No luck

[@ayhamk]

how could you stream the picture signal as a regular video? Obviously you’re looking at a regular computer screen, how did you do that?

[@ErikHartley]

TeamViewer

[@AlexeyMelnikovSB]

Do not enable "Don't keep activities"! With such option enabled you won't be able to go back from started application back to eva launcher by back button (other launchers are ok). So DON'T enable it! When developer settings will be disabled later, and you didn't enable ADB, then you won't be able to change this option anymore.

[@kemroyh]

I installed task killer

[@GiWizGLouis]

How to enable adb?

[@AlexeyMelnikovSB]

@@GiWizGLouis in developer settings

[@youtubebrowser1730]

can we connect iphone 14 pro with its charging cable(type c to lightning cable) directly to xreal air 2 ? can we install third party apps (via google play) in xreal beam ?

[@shockishockheaded7816]

Hello, I have a question about the downloaded apks, do they automatically update them selve. The version of the apk on aptoide tv is almost 2 years old. Thx, wish u all a happy new year.

[@dacooter]

It appears that if someone has set up their beam a factory reset will still allow them to ‘jailbreak’?

[@ErikHartley]

Correct, at least at this time.

[@darrenmc168]

Reset my Bean but when it starts and i click Windows N and pull down the menu it is still in English and wont let me open settings!!!

[@yaziedawwad5879]

How do I connect to a monitor (I’m still waiting on my glasses). I tried to connect it directly via usb-c to usb-c. I also tried to use a usb-c hub with a hdmi cable. Nothing worked.

[@alexandrosr5179]

Good job man!

[@volcalstone]

Is there a way to stop the auto update from happening? Would hate for that to happen after my device is all setup.

[@kerrzo1]

I would like to know the awnser to this also 🙏 also what would happen if I updated would my sideload apps still be there. Hope fully someone can awnser 😊

[@ErikHartley]

Yes, your sideloaded apps would still be present. I you want to utilize the body anchor, smooth follow and sideview view options, you would need to launch the Eva Launcher and would be forced to update when updates become available. If you don't need those modes you can simply stay in your new launcher.

[@ryangreen1550]

Can you sideload google chrome and bypass apps in the browser? Or in lighting browser?

[@mirel89]

Mine went straight to update after i rebooted the device with the new keyboard and went through the setup process. This was directly after it autoconnected to wifi. Now its stuck on installing update.

[@chinostringss]

It’s not letting me get past the wifi screen I’m getting a error while putting in the wifi password during the update install I can’t get to the screen after the wifi section

[@unbrokenMike07]

Just buy beam enter to the settings and don't have anymore the option about tablet any more

[@shauncollier7375]

I have managed to install the andriod tv keyboard, but it does not work I can not select any letters, any idea how to fix it?

[@ErikHartley]

Did you set the Android TV keyboard as your default keyboard and unselect the EvaLauncher keyboard like in the video? If not, try repeating that step.

[@shauncollier7375]

HIiYes I did, I eventually got it to work by uninstalling and doing it all over again. Do you know how to log into youtube on the Aptiode TV, when you click on sign in its does nothing, no next screen comes up to actually sign in@@ErikHartley

[@shauncollier7375]

I managed to fix this by installing youtube via this method kzbin.info/www/bejne/epS4Z4Bmm66pgc0&ab_channel=ElectronicSecret

[@ang3la2009]

Hi I have just goet my Xreal Beam and following a reset per the video I have connected a keyboard with a direct cable and two different hubs but the win+n does not pull down the settings menu, is this hack still working?

[@ErikHartley]

Are you connecting the keyboard on the right hand side where the glasses usually connect and viewing the output on a 1080p monitor? The keyboard wouldn't be recognized if connected on the left hand port where you would normally connect a wired connection to another device.

[@ang3la2009]

@@ErikHartley Thanks for your help yes when you connect to the right hand side USB C it works. Unfortunately I did the firmware update out of the box and the firmware version is different to the video 8*7***. I get an 8*31*** firmware version which shows 8 icons in stead of five when the bar is pulled down with no access to the settings cog. Any suggestions?

[@mcqueenm1226]

the official steam dock can work as a hub not sure about jsaux dock though

[@meshuggadevlar]

JSAUX 2nd gen with the gigabit LAN adapter does work.

[@REEDZism]

After jailbreak, are we able to use body anchor spatial display?

[@ErikHartley]

Yes, if you open EvaLauncher after completing the steps. You can also run some of the sideloaded apps from EvaLauncher.

[@Media_Gadgets]

I connected bluetooth mouse and see cursor but none elements on the screen are clickable by mouse. How to fix it?

[@ErikHartley]

Typically if you are in the Eva Launcher, the bluetooth mouse will move around the screen but not allow you to click on objects. You can use the mouse regularly once you've completed the installation of an alternative launcher.

[@Media_Gadgets]

Thanx. But how you control mouse on 1:22 in prior of jailbreak?

[@Media_Gadgets]

Finally, i jailbraked it. Thank you for video

[@chrisaraujo4634]

I have a usb hub with hdmi and cant get a display. I have tried multiple monitors at work

[@ErikHartley]

The HDMI output only seems to work with a 1080p monitor and if your USB hub supports power delivery passthrough it likely won't work.

[@darrenmc168]

Which hub are you using, i have 2 and neither work?

[@ErikHartley]

I have this Mokin hub from Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B074J79WWJ

[@darrenmc168]

Cheers Erik.@@ErikHartley

[@migueldvp]

Can you try to extract the EvaLauncher apk that’s included on the beam and upload it? Will be very interesting to try to install that launcher apk on a samsung phone for example and see if we can have the beam experience on it🤔

[@ErikHartley]

It doesn't launch on a non-Beam device.

[@migueldvp]

@@ErikHartley you have tried ?

[@ErikHartley]

Yes, as have several others.

[@KingKola01]

love the video, question. Are you able to install Netflix and youtube, and does Body anchor mode work while in the other launcher?

[@ErikHartley]

You cannot directly load Netflix and KZbin but you can load alternatives like Smart KZbin for TV and Newpipe to watch KZbin and Kodi with a plug in to watch Netflix content. The spatial display modes will work if you open EvaLauncher from within the launcher that you sideload and many of the apps will still work within EvaLauncher.

[@shauncollier7375]

Been struggling to add Netflix via kodi, how does that work?

[@chinostringss]

How to factory reset manually ?

[@ErikHartley]

Click on the little settings cog on the Beam's menu and scroll down past the depth control selection.

[@chinostringss]

⁠ it won’t allow me to go to settings it’s locked at the setup wifi. And saying wifi is not working my issue is it’s in Chinese and I don’t speak Chinese and I’m getting a error menu in Chinese when I’m trying to login I went to the store and a person that speaks Chinese said that it says wifi is not working. I’m using my phones hotspot and it’s still saying the same thing. So I want a hard factory reset manually with having to go to the settings cause I can’t get into it so I can atleast change it to English and go from there.

[@ErikHartley]

I'm not aware of a way to reset manually unless you connect a keyboard and mouse with a USB hub similar to the method in this video. Then you could pull down the settings menu and follow the steps in this video to change the underlying Android menus to English and then factory reset through the Android settings. You'd need a USB-C hub or Steam Deck Dock with an HDMI output and a 1080p monitor to connect the other end of the HDMI cable to. Those steps are a lot more complicated than just finding another way to connect to the WiFi, allow it to finish its setup and then click the settings cog on the main Beam menu and go to languages there and change to English.

[@chinostringss]

It won’t let me finish the setup because it won’t allow me to get past the wifi part for some reason I’m getting a yellowish orange triangle error but it’s not in English to tell exactly what it’s saying but the password for the wifi is correct.

[@ronaldmelo6066]

Fyi, I used the Google Translate app on auto detect the language with the camera pointing to the screen. It converts all the words to English.

[@cliffordi]

Hmmm how do you get Bluetooth keyboard to connect after resetting to factory?

[@cliffordi]

Ok all good connected via wired hub, but the factory reset still leaves the setting cog disabled 😮

[@ErikHartley]

You may need to reset a few times to get it to work.

[@DavidS.Pumpkin]

HELP! First thing is when I power on the device it brings me straight to a select language screen. Second is a have a bt mini keyboard and mouse with a 2.4g mode. Can I use it on the beam? Am I sol due to how the beam loads up? Please help me!¡!!

[@ErikHartley]

Bluetooth keyboards typically don't work for the jailbreak but that language screen means you haven't ever connected to the Internet with the Beam so you should be able to perform the jailbreak.