After painting my WCO yesterday I decided to give it a full charge before reinstalling it. I used a Wyze Pan pwr supply as my source, and the charge lamp never stopped blinking all day - in excess of 10 hrs. I let the batteries fully discharge by leaving the cam on in live-view overnight. This morning after 5~6 hours of charging, this time with the base as source, the charging indicator lamp still never turned off, even though the app showed 100% charge. I’m thinking my impatience during my 1st charge might have put me in the position of having a charge indicator that is less informative than the old “Check Engine” lamp. When I first got my WCO I used a Qualcomm 3.0 Quick Charger which might have ruined a not so robust BMS in the WCO. Qualcomm 3.0 chargers are designed to work with other Qualcomm certified devices. It could have been a natural failure, but using a Qualcomm 3.0 charger sounds like a more reasonable cause of the failure. At any rate, from here out I will use my 10,000 mAh power bank to charge it, which has a row of charge indicators that turn off when the device being charged is full. I also of course have the batt % display in the app, Just wanted everyone to know; you probably shouldn’t rush charging the WCO. BTW, I’m certain painting my WCO had nothing to do with the charging indicator issue - I only painted the front, top & sides, everything else was carefully masked off.
I had the exact same problem, except for me I initially charged from an AC adapter. After charging to 100% the charging light continued to flash. I then continued to charge from the base station, after turning off the camera using the switch. The light continued to flash for about 10 minutes, then went out. Maybe a coincidence?
Fully charge your Wyze Cam Outdoor before setting it up the first time. This can take up to 4 hours. Once fully charged the light will switch from flashing red to solid red.
However, I am sitting here watching my WCO blink red while the app says 100%.
Apparently we’ve identified one of three problems while the WCO is still wet behind the ears. The charging status lamp is the least issue of concern. The WCO has a serious issue with audio quality - there is none!. The sound output from the cam is incredibly weak or non-existent, as I found out trying to speak with my brother on the front porch yesterday. All I got out of the camera was squeaks & chirps, and I’m not talking about classic audio feedback. The most disturbing issue is the time it takes to receive a push notification after detection; it’s nearly a full minute. A lot can happen in a minute. Porch pirates and criminals in general are in & out in a flash. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Vyv12xGTs . Be sure to watch the whole video. I called & cancelled the second WCO I had on order this afternoon. I will wait to see if these issues are resolved before buying another.
Apparently we’ve identified one of three problems while the WCO is still wet behind the ears. The charging status lamp is the least issue of concern. The WCO has a serious issue with audio quality - there is none!. The sound output from the cam is incredibly weak or non-existent, as I found out trying to speak with my brother on the front porch yesterday. All I got out of the camera was squeaks & chirps, and I’m not talking about classic audio feedback. The most disturbing issue is the time it takes to receive a push notification after detection; it’s nearly a full minute. A lot can happen in a minute. Porch pirates and criminals in general are in & out in a flash. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8Vyv12xGTs . Be sure to watch the whole video. I called & cancelled the second WCO I had on order this afternoon. I will wait to see if these issues are resolved before buying another.
My notifications were sporadic today. I’m guessing they’re aware of this and are working on it. I suspect it has something to do with the distance and sensitivity settings.
I’ve been charging my outdoor cam for over 7 hours and it’s still flashing red. My base light is blue, but neither the base nor the camera is recognized by my Wyze app. When I try to scan the QR code, it won’t scan. When I put in the MAC code, it says this device is already being used by someone. I’ve been messing with this all day and i’m so frustrated that I can’t even get it set up!
