# The app is a piece of crap, and so are the camera’s networking capabilities

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**Category:** Cameras\
**Created:** [May 31, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/the-app-is-a-piece-of-crap-and-so-are-the-camera-s-networking-capabilities/105085 "2020-05-31T01:04:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/the-app-is-a-piece-of-crap-and-so-are-the-camera-s-networking-capabilities/105085/69 "2020-06-05T22:56:46Z")

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Please vote! People have been asking for this since Dec 2018 apparently.

> [@Direct access to SD card with download ability](https://forums.wyze.com/t/direct-access-to-sd-card-with-download-ability/10469):
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> Please add this, Samba access to the files on the SD Card. Having this, then I can do a backup script to pull from the camera periodically to my NAS.

The lack of this feature baffles, angers and frustrates me constantly. I can only imagine that they want to push users toward a pay cloud storage solution…?

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