Geofencing not working iPhone XS OS 13.1.2

[Elmar2001]

Please move to old Firmware and App as soon as possible and make the system work again. A security system that does not work any more after an update is really crap.

You forced me and the community to move to the new app and renewed the firmware of the base station. Now the geofencing is not working any more. It says repeatedly, that the connection to the base station and internet is lost. When I am arriving at home, Arlo does not detect me any more.

Before the system run fine for a long time without problems. So do the customer a favor and go back and give him back a functional system. Immediately.

Thanks. Sorry, I am really angry, because I bought the system for security reasons and spend a lot of money and now it is not working. 

[SaltyScientist]

Echoing above comments. Will someone at ARLO PLEASE address this issue.  There are MULTIPLE posts on this forum regarding this issue.  For me, every time I leave the house I get a notification on my iPhone "internet connection lost, geofencing is unavailable".  This behavior started immediately upon download of the required NEW app.  I waited for an update, which I recently installed (i'm on iOS 13) hoping it would be resolved, but it has NOT. 

[JessicaP]

Hi Elmar2001 and SaltyScientist,

If you're having problems with your Geofencing not working properly, try looking at this article for troubleshooting steps you can take to improve performance for Geofencing: Why isn't the Geofencing mode working?

If you're still having problems, contact the Support Team to further investigate this issue. You will find several options for contacting support in the provided link.

[SaltyScientist]

Jessica - thanks, but as I described, this is a new issue for me that occurred with the new app, both pre and post ios13 installation. I reviewed the information in the link and it was not beneficial or applicable.

[horhammh]

I have similar problems as well. Connection lost -notifications several times when not at home. In addition to that my Arlo basestation keeps loosing both mine and my wife’s gps position and thus turning on armed mode even when I’m at home. Geofencing says “out of zone“ or “disabled“ when checking the enabled devices list in geofencing. This even though both phones have location services enabled and under Arlo put to “always”. I’m running iOS 13.1.2 for now but this problem occurred already with iOS 12 and began when updated to the new Arlo app and the new basestation firmware. Arlo legacy worked (almost) flawlessly. Now Arlo is next to useless as I mainly use geofencing. Thinking about changing to another system. Sadly I have five cameras which cost me a fortune.

[sleggat]

Nothing more to add, but I have exactly the same issue here. Makes the whole system a bit useless if it doesn't arm/disarm automatically.

[mszatny]

I've seen this topic in the forum without any resolution..... I just started experiencing this after upgrading my iphone Xs to iOS13.  What happens is this:

- I start out at home and Arlo geofence correctly puts itself in HOME mode

- I leave the house and get a notification "Internet connection is lost. Geofencing in Arlo is unavailable at the moment"

- When I go into the ARLO app, the geofence then correctly puts itself in AWAY mode.

Please, what is resolution?

MS

[k55kjt]

Exactly the same issue. Renders the system useless and not meeting trade descriptions law in UK. I suggest arlo provide a fix asap.

[1low56]

I started having issues with Geofencing not working with either the update to IOS 13 or the update to the new Arlo App.

When I leave the zone I started getting "Internet Connection lost" notices and that GeoFencing would not work. I also noticed that my Geofencing would not recognize when I leave the zone until I opened up the app on my iPhone. It is running in the background but doesn't know that I've left the zone until I bring it up. Once I reopen the app it knows that I'm outside the zone and puts it into "away" mode. I've reinstalled the app and no luck. I rebooted and no luck. For some reason the App isn't recognizing that I've left the zone unless I open the app. Location services for Arlo are turned on to "Always"

Notes:

1. iPhone XS OS 13.1.2

2. Arlo Pro 2 Firmware: 1.14.1.1_2913_78b189a

Hardware: VMB4000r3

App Version: 2.9.1 (1134)

[mrl4214]

I am also getting same issue on iOS 13, always location permission, and iPhone 11 Pro Max

[1low56]

Does it work if you open up the app? 

[mrl4214]

Yes

[Rwf3820]

Prior to effectively being forced to move to the new app everything worked fine geo fencing armed and disarmed great but now since going over to the new app it doesn’t work automatically any more after leaving the zone I get no notifications at all then after 20 minutes I get a notification stating internet connection lost I then go into the app and it arms but I now have to arm/disarm it manually every time which defeats the object of geo fencing 

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[1low56]

Support isn't working. Geofencing still not working. I tried contacting support but the support email page isn't working.

"Something went wrong, Please contact support team."

[Rwf3820]

Work this out if I leave the geofencing area in a car it does not arm yet when I took the grandson for a walk yesterday and went outside the geofencing area it suddenly armed it self and when I reentered the geofencing area it disarmed it self so what’s going on

[Elmar2001]

Still looses connection and sent messages, does not arm when leaving, does not disarm when entering home (for minutes arlo records and then it disarms). Still not usable and causes unnecessary battery loss when recording. 

iphone xs with latest iOS. Base station updated automatically and latest App. 

please fix it asap. It worked fine before. 

[JessicaP]

Our development team is aware about this issue where some users are receiving a message saying "Internet connection is lost. Geofencing in Arlo is unavailable at this moment." We'll update the community when we hear any new information or update regarding this.

[1low56]

I think it has to do with Bluetooth. I disabled Bluetooth before coming home in the car and it went into Home mode like it is supposed to, when I got there. I still need to test when leaving but I think that is the issue. Try disabling Bluetooth when entering and leaving your zone to see if that helps. I'll update later.  

[1low56]

Well I think I found the issue. I disabled the use of BlueTooth by Arlo and it seems to be working.

iPhone Setting -> Arlo -> Disable Bluetooth

Can others verify if it works for you?

[Rwf3820]

Have done the same will let you know tomorrow if that helps

[mrl4214]

This has been happening for months 

[Rwf3820]

Not with me this has only started when having to switch to the new app,prior to that it worked fine

[Rwf3820]

Disabled Bluetooth in app still doesn’t set also tried disabling Bluetooth altogether and no joy I have to ask if it ain’t broke why fix it which is what’s happening with the new app people have spent a lot of money on this system so fix it

[SaltyScientist]

I can report that the above bluetooth solution has worked for me. Went out last night and this morning and it worked like it used to before this new app was released, with no error message. Settings>Arlo>Bluetooth toggled off. Only change I made.

[Rwf3820]

Which system you on Android or iPhone