I started taking a closer look at the ‘bricked fix’ video you mentioned but I see a couple of things right off the bat that stops me. First the dude had to open the camera just to find which processor was in the camera, and I realize I would need to open the camera also to do the short, but I wonder how my first try worked when I didn’t know which processor was in my v3?? Luck I suppose.
This guy chose a particular Thingino firmware file to begin with, I simply viewed the installation readme on the website and then click on the V3 link from it and began the process. Anyway… he then goes on to say that I would need a good USB cable with ‘data lines’ in it because the cable that comes with the camera does NOT. What?? Rethinking my next step.
I went real cheap at the moment just to have a replacement camera for the defunct one. Tapo c110. 
Purchased the small Tapo C110 as a workaround. It is working perfectly with RTSP and BI. The newest firmware added support for using a Static IP which is super, unlike that of the RTSP firmware that Wyze provided long ago. Very fast wifi to boot. 
. Although the Wyze RTSP “fix” works, each time the camera loses connection it pulls a different IP from the router that requires an edit in BI. 
Most devices don’t have a setting for a fixed IP address because it often conflicts with the router’s plans. Fixed IP addresses are intended to be handled by the router, rather than a device/node. Some routers won’t even respect a device that tries to force it’s choice of an IP address. I would generally suggest against using that setting and instead go into your router settings and reserving a fixed IP address for each camera you have, even if your camera offers the feature.
All of my cameras have static IP’s set within the devices themselves. I also reserved the same IP’s in my router. This has worked for me for decades. I certainly appreciate all your suggestions and thoughts.
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If you just go into your DHCP server settings in your router and reserve IP addresses by MACs, then you won’t have to touch the IP settings of the cameras. Then they boot and request an address from the router they’ll always get the same one. Replacing the camera? Just go into the Router and change the MAC. It’s how we do it on commercial networks because it’s so easy and much easier to avoid IP conflicts. Also, you can back up your router config and if you ever lose the router just upload the config to the replacement. So much simpler!
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Thank you. I will definitely be back in touch with you perhaps in May, We are heading out of the country in a few days. Very much appreciated!!!
This probably depends on the router brand. Mine does it in a different way.
I decided to go ahead and try and revive my V3 using the unbricked video. I took the camera apart and was verifying the processor and wifi radio but come to find out that neither are listed on the Thingino website. I’ve written the dude that provided the video to see if he has an answer. Baby steps it seems.
We are back from our trip and I have reconfigured my Wyze cams as you mentioned using their MAC address We’ll see how it goes the next time the Wyze cams lose their connection.