I have 7 v3 and 1 v4 camera. I have 3 android tablets, 1 older android phone, 1 newer android tablet and one older ios phone. At one time they all worked well and I could switch cameras between viewing devices with ease. Now, after updates, the viewing devices are constantly buffering, then I get “Failed to Connect, error code -5, after there was a good connection. What to do?
I’ve seen this on an Android tablet that’s stuck running the older v2.50x app because it’s running a 32-bit OS and doesn’t meet the requirements for the current Wyze app. That’s likely your problem.
If you want a more detailed answer, then you’re going to have to supply information about what devices you’re using and what version(s) of the Wyze app they’re running.
Just agreeing with what @crease said as that seems like the most likely answer. I have an old android phone running the 2.5 app and it can no longer communicate with v4 or Panv3 as the latest firmware on those requires the 64 bit 3.x app running on newer devices. I believe the regular v3 is in the same boat with the latest firmware, and the rest of the cams either have or will follow suit.
I’ve run into this with other apps that I run on that device too, it is a sign of the times. I’m about at the point where my “current” devices are going to become my “old” devices, and my “old” devices are going to go to e-waste. Not just due to the Wyze app but the fact that less and less things are working. Even Google Voice which installs and appears to run fine on that old phone won’t get incoming calls anymore.
Phones and tablets have always had a planned obsolescence, you could usually get away with using them for most stuff for long after their intended life, but the 32 vs 64 bit thing has become a sort of hard line in the sand now.