I used to love my Wyze cameras, but they’re getting more glitchy as time progresses. My oldest camera is a doorbell cam that’s only a year and a half old. I can’t seem to update the firmware because it goes offline every time I try. I’ve tried cycling power and updating several times with no luck. BTW, I haven’t cycled power while it’s updating (only after the update fails). Now my driveway cam keeps going offline and won’t come back for hours on end. Again, I’ve done a hard reboot by cycling power and nothing. The problems seem to be getting progressively worse. It’s like the useful life of Wyze equipment is a year. That’s ridiculous!
Yes, Wyze cams are not designed to last to far beyond warranty. The lens glue fails just beyond warranty, I lost over half my cameras to water getting in lens.
Then the firmware usually gets screwed up on older devices as Wyze barely supports their newer devices.
WYZE CAMS ARE JUST TOYS, and not Security cameras
All my cams are at about 2.5 years right now. I don’t have any doorbell cams but the regular ones have been solid for me.
If you’re having issues with cams going offline, that is likely to be a wifi signal issue, especially on doorbells as they’re typically mounted in a location that is really bad for wifi.
2.4ghz wifi is prone to interference, a neighbor moving in, their router changing its channel, new bluetooth devices, etc can all have impact. If you’re using an ISP provided router, they’re notoriously bad as far as wifi signal strength/quality.
I tend to agree with @dave27’s assessment: If this is happening (and getting worse) with multiple devices, then I suspect Wi-Fi is the culprit, and that makes me wonder about the network that’s being used and possible interference sources. I know that appears to be an intermittent issue for me as I add and shuffle devices around, so at some point I’m probably going to have to move to a mesh network to improve my signal.
Welcome to the Forum, @moorkolw! 
Five out of seven of my cameras have been in service since June 2022. All the issues went away when I swapped ISP supplied router/modems with my own. Haven’t had any connection issues. The only gripe I have is with smart detection, but that has nothing to do with the cameras, but with Wyze backend servers.
Here is something to try with your DoorBell. Temporarily move your WiFi router/access point closer to the DoorBell. You may have run an Ethernet cable across your house. When I do this to test, my wife always asks " how long will that cord be on our living room floor?" “Not very long” is the answer that saves my marriage.
If you can get the DoorBell to update successfully, then you know you should make some permanent changes to your wireless network
BTW, my oldest Cam v3 is almost 4 years old and still works great. All of my v3 cameras are inside so not in outside weather elements.
OK,
Here are some stats
Two V2 failed after 5 years, both were in my boathouse, so protected from rain, but not temp/humidity
Original CamPam failed after 4 years, it was not an outdoor cam but it was under an eve for the four years
I still have one operating V2 deployed in Jan 2019, it has been acting up, but a reset services seemed to fix those issues, it has cataracts (yellowish color, night view is fine). Again, in the boathouse, protected from rain, but not temps or humidity. I am in Virginia so temps range from single digit to 3 digit.
Powered doorbell camera deployed May 2021, works fine, but again a few months back had to reset services
My oldest V3 was deployed Dec. 2020, it is working fine.
So, make your own assessment, but for the price, lifetime seems to be pretty good
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OK, one to add, my Cam Outdoor, deployed August 2020 is working OK. Charging plug broke off (electric tape over it works fine). Battery life is 2 to 2.5 months, down from 4 when new. This cam has always been totally exposed to all elements.
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I have bought 13 cameras since 2022. Typically, I use 10, half outside and half inside. I use SD cards in all and my biggest issue involve Pan Cam V3s. About a year ago, one quit recording/ identifying the SD card. Checked the card and works in other devices. In the last two months, I have had two more do the same. Checked the SD cards again, and all functional. All three cams work otherwise but do not recognized the SD cards. Is this a common issue? All the fixed cams V3s have worked well, no issues. Recently bought two new ones and a couple of the fixed V4s. Thank you for any comments.
Are your pan cams mounted upside down? The only issue I’ve had with a pan cam was when it was upside down, seems it is not fully waterproof in that orientation. But my 2 others have been in direct exposure to the elements since mid 2023 without issues (mounted right side up).
When you put them in a computer, have you tested the transfer rate? As SD cards start to wear, they can slow down, so maybe the ones you’re using can’t keep up after a few years of writes. I’m using Sandisk High Endurance 128GB in all mine.
I’m not sure how to answer that question, because “common” is relative, but it’s certainly a known issue with some Cam Pan v3s. A few months ago, a Wyze Team member was soliciting logs to explore that issue in at least a couple of topics:
I haven’t seen any updates about that specific issue since then, though, and my one problematic Cam Pan v3 currently has the RTSP β firmware on it, so it’s not a good candidate for testing this particular issue.
I guess I can say that flashing the test firmware onto this camera involved the use of a microSD card, and that was successful, so that tells me that the issue isn’t strictly with the card or with the camera’s card reader. I still don’t know what the root cause is, though, and I really have no idea where Wyze is with exploring and hopefully solving this particular problem, but I’d really like to see a status update and resolution at some point.
I have five cameras since 2022 with same 32GB SD cards, non endurance type. One of the cards died couple days ago, it will not format in the Wyze app. The camera is at a remote location and I won’t be able to get to it for roughly a month. I expect the other four to follow suit. I am just going to buy new cards and replace them as die. Nothing lasts forever.
Thanks for the responses. Two of the cameras were mounted upside down, so to speak. All cameras with this issue were taken down and equipped with a new card and each camera failed to function properly. I am still using them and they work fine otherwise. By the way, I format regularly, almost always before the cards are full and have used both Wyze and Sandisk cards. I was told frequent formatting extends the life of the cards. As mentioned earlier, I have tested the cards on my pc and it does not appear it is a card failure.
That V3 pan I gave away to another Wyze forum member exhibited the same issue of constant SD corruption then failure needing a reformat of SD.
Tried SD’s that worked fine in other cams….
The problem was constantly happening so I got rid of that pile of 
Whyze Cam Pan V3
Bottom line is Wyze sells junk they don’t REALLY make and then TRIES to make them work with their firmware/software.
Wyze cams are Garbage compared to my Reolink’s 
Formatting the cards does not extend their life, the opposite in fact. I haven’t formatted my cards in 2+ years. Yes when using the card in a new cam or if there are problems with it (after a power outage for example), running it through the formatter from sdcard.org is a good idea, but no need to do it regularly, the camera manages it fine.
I suspect at least on the two “upside down” cams they managed to get water in them, there are methods to attempt to clean out corrosion from the SD Card slot but it could also just be something internally corroded or shorted. I actually revived my one that was upside down and wouldn’t even stay powered up (kept rebooting) by leaving it in a bag of rice for a day or two. But I only trust that one for backup purposes.
Yes some have had issues with SD cards in various models of cams, Panv3 included, but that’s not something I’ve seen on any of mine. Even the one that got wet, the SD card is working again after drying out.
When you test the cards in the PC, test the transfer rate, both read and write. You can do this simply by copying a decent sized file to and from it, and note the transfer rate or calculate it based on the time taken. You can also use something like Crystal Disk Mark to test it. As long as the Sequential read and write are about 10MB/sec or more (probably even a bit less) it should be fine, but if it is getting very low speeds, that could be the reason it “seems” ok in the PC but not the cam.