Looking for help with my Wyze Outdoor Camera WVOD1. I think either the battery is toast, or the on/off switch is faulty.
Backstory: purchased new from eBay 8 months ago. Has been working, positioned outside.
Symptom: flipping camera to ON, it does not connect to the base station.
Clues:
– There are no blue or yellow lights when switch to ON … regardless of connection to power or not
– when plugged into power, red light blinks (charging) for over an hour, at which point light is solid red
– after charging (above), unplugging camera from power for an hour and replugging results in a blinking red light for 15 minutes, then a solid red light.
– holding setup button does not result in a yellow light
– looking at the switch (after taking off bottom), the solder connections look okay to me.
– I have drained the battery a couple times overnight… most recently a few months ago.
If the battery is dead or dying, I would expect the camera to work when plugged into power. Maybe thats not the case.
Curious if there is something I can diagnose.
thank you
