Since my Lenovo Tab was low end when I bought it, I did not bother to try downloading the Wyze App on in to see if it would also have that problem. It’s also installed on a wall upstairs, and my bad knee really, really, didn’t want me to try! I think I will today, however. This really bugs me.
I wondered if there was a way to alert Wyze about the problem. With a pc. I might have the ability to find out what was going on behind the scenes with it, but have zero knowledge of tablets and phones. I observed that there is an initial download “packet” size of 156MB or 158Mb (it was actually different each time) being downloaded. If got that done, I don’t recall the larger packets size that followed but it was significantly larger. Once I decided to film this with my phone, as luck would have it, the process never got beyond the 1st packet.
I should think having 10+GB free would be big enough but another way to view that info is that 83% of the storage was used up.
And I thought that the challenge would come with learning how to use the app with cams and a doorbell, not downloading it! Bugged by the bug!
The app’s lack of support for full landscape mode has been a long-time complaint from many users. From what I’ve seen, it works only when viewing an individual camera’s feed, a camera group, or a page on the Monitoring tab (I think Monitoring landscape was added right at the end of last year).
Well, this certainly doesn’t make me want to rush getting the cams installed and it makes the idea of getting the doorbell less appealing. I’m too old and too tired . . . though mentally the problem solving part of me is wondering if there is a rotating wall mount! Arrggghhhh!
But then I need a cord rewind device because right now the usb cords are clipped in place. The tablets are always plugged in (with settings that prevent over-charging).
Can’t shut off the problem solving. So, if I get the doorbell and only use the wall-mounted tablets for viewing it, once each is logged into the app and viewing the doorbell, can they just stay in that setting (not sure of the right word) always? That would work. I could come up with another way to monitor the cams.
Your tablet “may” or not have this setting, my Samsung has a force landscape in Samsung labs. Wouldn’t hurt to check if your tablet similar. Its better than nothing for me.
In addtion there are orientation apps on.the play store that may force with settings tweaks. Free or not, I don’t know, I’d read some reviews too if you go that route.
In addtion, even force rotated as in my Samsung it not full width landscape. Empty space on left and right side, but usable enough considering tablet sizes, it’s like a large portrait version.
About the only settings option I know of. As mentioned rotation tablet holders.for portrait full view.
Some tablets won’t force landscape, then a play store app is the maybe next solution.
If it’s a Lenova, maybe in quick settings, auto rotate or in tablet settings, display, auto rotate. Perhaps. Don’t know if they have labs etc.
I don’t know the answer to that, so I can’t tell you if you’d be able to stream a single camera indefinitely to a tablet. I imagine there are eventually going to be updates for the tablet and the doorbell that might require intervention (you could do doorbell firmware updates with your iPhone, but you might have to put your tablet into a portrait orientation to update its OS and apps). I’ve read about other users in the community with wall-mounted tablets, but I don’t know the details of long-term use, and it’s not something I’ve ever tried.
Yeah, that’s been in the Wishlist for years:
I was going to encourage you to vote for it, but I see that you already have!
I don’t know if there is a setting like this on the Lenovo, but there isn’t one on for this tablet. Only auto-rotate and this is the first app (not that I’ve used many on these tablet which were originally used for reading books mostly). When I first began using them to view my Ring doorbell, I used something called Full-Kiosk to maintain full landscape. After an android update left Full-kiosk inoperable, I deleted it and discovered, to my great relief, that Ring worked in full landscape once the live view was selected and I just keep it like that. So I guess, it too, is presented in portrait mode but with only one device being managed the initial presentation is no problem..
