topic Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline in Arlo Smart

Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

Nneka — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 21:32:15 GMT

Hello. I recently purchases a doorbell and the Arlo Essential camera. My WIFI went out for a week, when it returned the cameras were offline and could not connect. I tried resetting them, and the other troubleshooting options. Nothing works. I removed the devices from the app in an attempt to add them back. But that didn't work and the cameras are not reading the QR coding or they do and it cannot find the cameras. I was in the middle of a free subscription promotion which was to end in May. That is now gone. I tried sign up in the app for a subscription but I cannot get a subscription without cameras and the cameras cannot be added. So you see the issue. Any advice would be appreciated.

Re: Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

Dannybear — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 23:01:35 GMT

Have you tried rebooting the modem router?

Re: Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

jguerdat — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:19:11 GMT

Are the batteries charged? WHen you connect the cameras again the free trial will pick back up - it's account-based.

When you reset, did you hold the Sync button for >15 seconds until the LED flashed amber?

https://kb.arlo.com/000062438/How-do-I-factory-reset-my-Arlo-wire-free-camera

Re: Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

Nneka — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:56:52 GMT

UPDATE:

Issue resolved itself. I waited a few days and re-did the process. (All other troubleshooting was completed before without success eg: restarting modem, removing cameras from power source). The spotlight camera is plugged into the wall and not running on battery. After a few days, I attempted to reset to factory settings based on instructions from open sources. After resetting to factory settings, I tried to connect once more and it worked. Once re-connected, my subscription information re-appeared.

Re: Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

Moncho8 — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:28:38 GMT

I have the same problem with two of my three camaras, I took out from my library and it don't link for activation.

Re: Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

Kimojanekaro — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:51:19 GMT

I have problème with my camera ,activation, library

Re: Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

Snowlake70 — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 19:46:15 GMT

My cameras a of them will record in the library but I can't see the videos. They are buffing and spinning. Also I can't select the activity zone it is spinning as well as the video settings is spinning

Re: Cameras offline, 3 month trial subscription now gone, unable to subscribe as cameras are offline

Ladibug8521 — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 23:22:45 GMT

Arlo essential spotlight camera