So are you saying I am doing everything correctly except I need to use the APK at the link you provided? I have seen that thread the only reason I did not use that APK is because the one posted in this thread is more recent and claims to also have online services working AND VR. The OP in this thread even references the thread you linked for historicality, so I thought the APK here was the latest and greatest. Wouldn't the one you linked not have VR fixed like the APK in this thread?

Moreover this doesn't explain why THIS THREAD's APK worked for me previously...I'm really trying here!