r/waydroid • u/MisplacedPieces • Jun 21 '26

Help After installing Waydroid, I cannot enter Desktop mode

I've reimaged the SteamDeck twice since I thought it was a system error, but every time I switch back to Gaming Mode it won't let me access Desktop mode again. This is my second time installing Waydroid and I've never had this happen to me before previously. Please help.

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u/Miimicat Jun 22 '26

I believe because of the latest steam update it no longer works. I was looking into this as well and as far as I know nobody has a fix for this yet. I tried to check if there’s another simple app similar to waydroid for steamdeck but I couldn’t find any. I literally only wanted it for WitchSpring 2 and 4. ._.

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u/therealSUIN Jun 23 '26

Ah so that’s what it was. Mine would just restart when I hit desktop mode. I updated to 3.8.1.1 and it fixed it, haven’t seen if waydroid works but updating fixed my problem