After 2 weeks of trying to figure out why my cameras weren’t working properly, I finally found out my tenant is turning off my cameras and resetting them to his email which makes him administrator for cameras. If he didn’t try to change things I would have never known. Wyze said “ they don’t have a camera that has security to stop it”. I just bought these cameras and no where does it tell you that can happen. I don’t know if this is common with all security systems or not. Does anyone have a fix?2026-03-21T06:00:00Z
Most all cameras have a “Reset to Factory Defaults” on them even the more expensive professional grade cameras.
If you have the skills you could setup camera then disassemble the camera and disable the setup button, but most people don’t have those skills…..
There are Wyze cam disassembly videos on the web 
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Welcome to the Forum, @Jimnycrkt! 
I believe it is as long as you don’t have complete control over physical access to the devices. In other words, if you can’t prevent someone from physically manipulating the Cam, then anyone who can gain access can essentially “own” that device. Some users of Wyze (and other) cameras mount the devices high to make them more difficult to access (and sometimes to improve the view), but that poses its own challenges if there’s a problem and troubleshooting becomes necessary. There’s always a trade-off, and you have to decide what’s going to work best for you in your situation. In your case, you may wish to review and/or amend the terms of your agreement with your tenant and have a discussion with the tenant about that. (I am not an attorney, but I would expect your current terms to provide language about when and how those terms can be modified. What’s allowed may vary based on the jurisdiction.)
For whatever it’s worth, there was an issue raised here a couple of years ago that revealed an original Cam owner subscribing to a Wyze plan would lose access to stored cloud events if a Cam was stolen and added to another Wyze user’s account. That was supposed to be remediated as described in a subsequent Fix-It Friday post, but I have never seen confirmation that this was completed. I mention that only because you may (should) be able to access event videos going back 14 days for the Cam if you’re a subscriber, even if the Cam has been moved to another Wyze account. I didn’t see subscriber status mentioned in your original post.
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Sounds like you have a landlord tenant issue. If they’re willing to do something like that, what else are they doing to your house?
Nobody at my rental property has ever touched the cams, nor would they.
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A lot of people have used enclosures to protect them from tenants. Search for:
- temper resistant security lock box
- Anti-Theft housing
- tamper resistant mount
- security cage
- Silicon Security Skins (with Locking Collars)
But I don’t know of any made to fit the abnormal design of the solar cam pan. Probably requires a custom make shift solution.
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That reminds me of Wyze Solar cam pan survives 30 ft. fall but - #7 by gmaricevic, but the Etsy listing linked in that post doesn’t really strike me as “Anti-Theft” if it’s just 3D-printed from some kind of polymer filament.
I think you’re right about Solar Cam Pan’s unusual design, too. Because of the flexible applications and the way that Cam is designed to easily clip into and remove from its included mounting bracket, locking it in place kind of defeats that feature and would likely require a bespoke solution. Even then, that leaves the SETUP button and microSD card slot accessible on the movable part of the Cam, and you can’t really lock that if you want to be able to use the pan/tilt features. Depending on the application, something like Battery Cam Pro + Solar Panel might be a better fit or at least something that’s potentially easier to secure without interfering with the Cam’s core function.
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BINGO! Things would get ugly fo sho if that happened with me!
Unless a whole lot has changed, judging from the backside of my V3’s, and if you can dis-assemble the case without damaging it, my imagination goes to hot-glueing one of those hardened, thin plastic washers to the inside of the back of the case where the grill-holes are. Secure a piece of piano-wire to the washer and then feed the wire through one of the grill-holes, and then secure the other end of the wire to some anchor. Theoretically, that would cause the destruction of the camera if some jackass tries to rip it off from you. And if the perp sees they gotta cut the wire, then they most likely are gonna realize the camera has been tampered with and will lose interest. Also, paint the case wild psychedelic colors and/or engrave an identifying code on it (driver license?) so it will be easily identified by you and law-enforcement and that also will most likely eliminate the perp’s interest.