After free trial recording disappeared

[Petejt1966]

Hi

I had no able to record nothing to memory card after free trial. Before that everything were fine.

-PT-

[alex_loo]

this is the trick ARLO is wasting your customer return period with a trial longer than that, so you won't be able to tell how messy the system is, without the subscription --- the subscription they are now persuading you to take.

And yes, live recording is one of the things they *intentionally* take out to discourage non-subscribers.  (Live recording does NOT even utilize their cloud capacity!  So there is simiply no cost consideration in NOT having live recording for non-subscribers)

Alex

[StephenB]

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@Petejt1966 wrote:

I had no able to record nothing to memory card after free trial. Before that everything were fine.

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Actually you can record to the memory card without a subscription.

Can you give more details - in particular the camera model that you have?   If the camera housing opens, you can find the model by opening the housing and removing the battery.  There is a label behind it.  You can also see the model in the support center of the app (selecting the camera and scrolling down to the product field).

Also, the hub model.  Look for a VMBxxxx label on it.

[alex_loo]

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@StephenB wrote:

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@Petejt1966 wrote:

I had no able to record nothing to memory card after free trial. Before that everything were fine.

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Actually you can record to the memory card without a subscription.

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yes you can but by that time, you cannot return the product when you *first* realize that the real offering without subscription is so disappointing.

Alex

[Petejt1966]

I try to answer but some error including. So simply I have doorbell, three cameras and hub. Let's see does this note going through 

[StephenB]

Do you see "Library" in the app menu? Or do you see "Feed" and "Dashboard" instead?

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@Petejt1966 wrote:

I try to answer but some error including. So simply I have doorbell, three cameras and hub. Let's see does this note going through 

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It'd be helpful to know the models of the cameras and the doorbell, but especially the hub.  Look for a VMBxxxx label on it.

Also, if you can plug the storage into your PC, then eject it using the app, and connect it to the PC.  Then look for the recordings.

[Petejt1966]

Hi, thank you so far. My hub is VMB5000 EU and memory card on it, Videodoorbell and 4k cameras outside. I can see library and if try to open pop up says Arlo team try to fix. Try again later. I use Arlo only by mobile phone. As I told before 1 month free trial everything were fine...

[Petejt1966]

At least I can get free English lessons 🙂

[StephenB]

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@Petejt1966 wrote:

Hi, thank you so far. My hub is VMB5000 EU and memory card on it, Videodoorbell and 4k cameras outside. I can see library and if try to open pop up says Arlo team try to fix. Try again later. I use Arlo only by mobile phone. As I told before 1 month free trial everything were fine...

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So you must have Ultra cameras.

I don't know the cause, but I have seen this before.  One thing you can try (which is painful) ...  That is to remove the cameras and base from your account, and then do a paper-clip reset of the base.  Then add everything back.

Unfortunately, adding back devices can be difficult.

[Petejt1966]

Uh-huh, thanks. Maybe I am without library from now. 

It might goes on like, "now jou need to order something to get those working" Thanks Arlo for free problems 

[StephenB]

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@Petejt1966 wrote:

Uh-huh, thanks. Maybe I am without library from now. 

It might goes on like, "now jou need to order something to get those working" 

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I do have a subscription - but I still saw this issue once with one of my smarthubs.  The reset did fix it in my case.  But I don't think it will always fix it.

[Petejt1966]

Thx for your help and I preciate that very much. Now hard feelings, this was not big problem in my life. Those are only cameras and real life is really somewhere else. Merry Christmas everyone