Ok, downgrading Beat Saber for BMBF to add custom songs & mods got even easier now.
I KNOW, it wasn’t long ago since I made the last guide, and I’m super happy it helped
a ton of people. Now, the developer already updated the web app, which made things even
easier. There are only 4 fast steps for downgrading, then only 3 little steps for adding custom
songs. So I didn’t want to miss out in bringing an updated guide.
Also, with this new method, we can now do everything with just a mobile phone, so totally
PC free. 😉 I’ll show you both methods on the phone and PC today. Hopefully, this
will help even more people.
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Ok before we get started, two things first.
First, read Oculus’ policy (link is below), it says you’re not allowed to sideload certain
mods or apps. I cannot tell you whether what we do today is legal or not as I’m not a
lawyer, so do this at your own risk.
Second, a modded Beat Saber will lose certain features like multiplayer, unless you add
more mods. So keep that in mind.
If anything goes wrong, you can reset this process by uninstalling Beat Saber and reinstalling
the normal store version.
Let’s get started.
Step 0. Requirements
So what you need is either a PC with SideQuest installed or an Android phone with Bugjaeger
installed. If you’ve never used SideQuest or Bugjaeger before then you can check out
my guides here. The links are below.
Unfortunately this does not work with iOS devices, I’m sorry. But you can choose which
device you want to use. In this guide I will use both at the same time to show you how
it works.
The second thing you need is your Oculus Quest 2 with Beat Saber bought and installed before.
Step 1. Check BMBF version For adding custom songs, we will use the BMBF
mod. BMBF is a work-in-progress so it will not always work with the latest Beat Saber
version. That’s why we sometimes need to downgrade.
To check what Beat Saber version we need, go to your browser and navigate to https://bmbf.dev/stable
- you’ll see the latest stable version here. Here, you can also what Beat Saber version
we need for now. You can check your Beat Saber version by launching
the game and looking down at your feet. So if your Beat Saber version is different,
you may need to downgrade or upgrade. If you already have the correct version, you can
even skip to step 5. Wouldn’t that be nice but if you are watching from the future, then
these versions may be a little different, just pick the one BMBF needs in the next step.
Step 2. Downloading the Downgraded Beat Saber So first, in your browser, go to oculus.com
and make sure you are logged in with the account where you bought Beat Saber. As you can see
I am logged in right here. Then in the same browser, go to this link
right here. Just click the link in the description.
Then here, choose for Quest and here fill out Beat Saber. Click search. Then here click
on the full Beat Saber version. It should bring up a table with versions that
you can download. So we need the version that we found in step 1, which is for now, this
one. And it should start downloading right here. This should work on both PC and your
Android phone. This only works, if you are logged in on Oculus.com
and you have bought Beat Saber. If you didn’t then you may get a 404 error so keep that
in mind. Make sure you’re not using an incognito browser when logging in as well.
Step 3. Uninstall Beat Saber Ok, now we got the apk, we will have to install
that. So make sure to uninstall Beat Saber, easiest way is to just uninstall it via your
Oculus Quest. But you can also do it with SideQuest on PC or mobile SideQuest app.
Step 4. Reinstall the new APK Now we are going to install the Beat Saber
apk that we downloaded in step 2. Plug in your Oculus Quest to your PC or phone.
You can use the power cable provided by Oculus for this, which is what I’m using.
Now, make sure to allow permissions inside the headset if it asks for it.
Then first the steps on your PC in SideQuest, click on this icon right here at the top right
to manually install APKs. My APK was downloaded in my Downloads folder.
Double click that apk and it should install. Wait until it finishes again, which you’ll
see at the bottom here. Yes, all tasks compelted.
Now, on your phone, make sure you have Bugjaeger installed, which is a free app from the Google
Playstore. Again, you can check out my guide on this (link is below).
Then launch Bugjaeger, you may need to click a different tab then back on this tab right
here. Until you see this list of your installed Quest apps.
Then click this icon at the top right here, then pick Select APK file. Find the APK you
just downloaded. Which is for me in the Downloads folder.
Tap it and it should installing on your Quest.
Now, wait for it to finish.
Now you’re done! Go inside your Quest, launch Beat Saber and you’ll get a pop up now warning
you there’s an update available. Don’t update your game, of course. Click on Launch
Anyway. Now, if you look down again, make sure you’re on the right version for BMBF
now. If you are, move to step…
Step 5. Adding Custom Songs with BMBF We are now going to install the BMBF mod on
our Oculus Quest. Navigate to bmbf.dev/stable again.
Here, at Assets, download the latest BMBF apk.
Now, install it again on your PC via SideQuest using the button.
On your phone that’s with Bugjaeger again, and then just pressing the top right icon
right here. Select APK file and select the BMBF APK. And wait until it installs. This
is just like step 4.
BMBF is also available in SideQuest. So if you have that on your phone or PC, you can
also install BMBF from there. Yes, I have a guide on SideQuest for mobile too. Link
is below. And once BMBF is installed on your Quest.
Well, move on to the next step.
Step 6. Use BMBF to Mod Beat Saber Now put on your Oculus Quest headset, then
go to apps, and here at the drop down menu scroll down. Click unknown sources. Find BMBF,
click on it. Allow permissions if it asks. Scroll down a little bit and just follow the
instructions by clicking the beautiful pink buttons.
It will ask you to uninstall Beat Saber first. Just click on it and it will ask you for permission.
Just click OK. Then you will get to this patch screen. Just click on the patch Beat Saber
button. Wait until that finishes. This may take like a minute or two.
Once that is done, it will ask you to install modded Beat Saber. Click on the pink button
again. You will get a pop up that says for your security your phone is not allowed to
install unknown apps. Click on Settings here. Then here click on Allow From This Source.
Make sure to do that. Then go back with the top left arrow.
Then click on Install Modded Beat Saber again. Now it will ask you to install, just click
on the install button. Now wait until that finishes. You may get
a pop up now that says Restore App. Or even a crash, just click on Close App. And you
should go back to that pop up. The Restore App pop up, just click Close here. Do not
click on Restore! Now you should be back on the BMBF app, and
you should see the Beast Saber webpage. So before you exit BMBF, let’s download a song.
Step 7. Downloading Custom Songs First, make sure you have an account at Beast
Saber .com. In your browser, go to https://bsaber.com/ If you don’t have an account yet, in the
menu, click on login then register. Follow the steps until you have an account,
you’re logged in and you see this. You may need to upload an avatar first for this to
work.
Then in your Oculus Quest headset, in BMBF, click on Browser.
Find a song you like. Then click on this button that looks like a Cloud icon and it should
start downloading the song. Do this for all songs you wanna play. Once you’ve done that.
Click on Sync to Beat Saber at the top right corner.
Wait for it to finish. Once done, you’re ready.
If your Sync to Beat Saber button isn’t clickable because it’s hidden behind the
menu like here. Then just restart your Oculus Quest headset and then restart BMBF and it
should be fixed.
Now the last step is to launch Beat Saber and play!
So open your Quest menu, go back to your Library, at the top right drop down select All and
find Beat Saber.
Now you can find your song by clicking on Solo, then all the way to the right, you can
find the Custom Songs icon and the songs you downloaded. You can start playing straight
away.
That’s it, I hope this was helpful again. Remember, if you get any issues, you can reset
everything by uninstalling Beat Saber like you usually do, then reinstalling the official
store version. And if you got questions, leave a comment below and I will try to answer the
questions in the first 24 hours at least. Got more questions, you can get on the Beat
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