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Replaced batteries, app still says that it is time to replace the batteries

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Jetlag18
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Hi everyone.  One of our cameras had "tired" batteries.  After I replaced them, the app still says that it is time to replace the batteries.  If I turn the camera off and then on in the app it reflects 100% but then goes offline.  I thought that it was a camera issue, but when I signed into my account on a computer everything was fine.  Anyone else having issues with the app since that last update?

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Ysabel
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Try to uninstall the app and re-install and it back 🙂

Jetlag18
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I uninstalled and installed the app but that didn't solve the problem.

TomMac
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verify the batteries are all installed correctly

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Jetlag18
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The batteries are in correctly.  On my iphone the app reflects dead batteries.  On my laptop the camera is functioning properly.  It seems to be a bug in the app

Redmoonstar
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This happened to me yesterday one of my batteries was low so I put a fresh fully charged battery in. When it connected the red empty battery came up and I got the low battery. I put it back in the charger to verify it was charged tried again with the same result. I then swapped another charged battery from a different camera and put the battery showing empty into that camera and both cameras showed fully charged. They are still 100% and working fine. I was using my android phone.
Jetlag18
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My cameras are the original arlo wireless so I am not using rechargeable batteries.  I tried 3 different sets of batteries with the same result.

jguerdat
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Try restarting the base, too.

Steven_Jackson
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I am seeing the same thing. Seems to be a bug in the iOS app.

Works fine on my PC, and recordings still happening.

Hopefully will be addressed in an update.

bob_hk
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I've had this issue for months now and several IOS app updates have not solved the issue. Replacing the batteries, removing and re-adding the camera to the base, nothing worked.

 

Everytime I try to view the live feed of this 1 camera, it shows the dreaded "its time to change your batteries" message, even there are 100% new batteries in it and accessing the cam through safari/chrome web interface works just fine.

 

Netgear can't seem to fix this issue for a while now.

 

 

Bishopdavid
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 two camera out. even when charged batteries installed. om ,t computer

 

HELP: Smiley Frustrated  

Bishopdavid
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OH no did I buy buggy cameras?

ShayneS
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@Bishopdavid,

 

Have you tried to reboot your base station and test again?