Wyze Cam OG doesn't record to SD if internet is lost

[grapefruityoda]

Yeah unfortunately this problem was reported as early as March 2023 AFAIK. According to SlabSlayer’s finding on Dec 7 2023, it will only record exactly 30 min after internet access is lost.

Wyze CAM OG not recording to SD card

I have done some preliminary testing on an OG-S running current Firmware and have also received confirmation of similar results from other testers who replicated the test. 3 different variables were tested independently: Blocked Cam Internet Access in Router Removed Router from ISP Modem Powered Off WiFi Network In all cases, the OG-S continuously recorded to the SD Card for exactly 30m after internet access was lost before terminating SD Card continuous recording.

It wasn’t until Jan 6 2024 WyzeJasonJ post which mentioned the following:

Recording to sd card on og vs v3 without internet

The OG does continue to record to the microSD card, the current issue is after 30 minutes it starts to save the recordings in a different place on the microSD card so the card must be removed to view the videos.

We don’t know if it gets automatically overwritten after some time. Unfortunately, I don’t have Wyze OG Cam on hand so I can’t personally test this. Furthermore, I doubt there will be fix for this because I believe they used a different supplier for Wyze Cam OG so this is very likely part of their core programing in the firmware. Wyze Cam V3 and Wyze V3 Pro don’t have this problem.