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The short answer is : yes, you should remove the protective case in order to plug the phone to the GearVR.
The long answer is: it depends, even when the best is plugging the phone without any case, some cases are designed to be used in the GearVR.
By the way, I only saw one case once in Amazon which says GearVR compatible, so maybe it was for a single version of the Headset and the Phone.
04-02-2017 10:53 PM