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Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make this thorough video. No one has laid it all out so clearly. Appreciate it and I've finally managed to setup the camera and it's all working great!
Thanks for the comments. These camera can be a pain to setup useless you have a bit of a nudge in the right direction. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy your dafang 😀
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All-day trying to set this Efen thing up. Different model than the one you show. Problem connecting to router. After fiddling with my router and going through the steps you show, one by one, I found the problem. It was signing in from China. I live in Laos and was signed in as such. So I uninstalled Mihome and signed in again stating I was in mainland China and presto. Thanks, Mike. I should have known when the device was only speaking Chinese to me and the box had only Chinese writing. I live in Laos so it was available in a shop here.
Thank you so much for this vid!! Although I don't have the Xiaomi cam you showed on the vid, you made me understand why my xiaomi ip65 cam gets disconnected all the time! Its original power adapter is Chinese type so I used another spare power adapter I had without see that it wasn't enough watt. So glad for this vid, thank you!
@@max0479 It kept rebooting yesterday again although I changed its charger and found out that the memory card I used was causing the problem. Becareful to use ONLY branded memory cards that are fast enough, at least class 10 otherwise you ll have problems.
Christos Petropoulos You are right. I still have random reboot, impossible to connect or connexion status blocked at 10%... i will try to check memory cards. Strange is that I have two kind of Xiaomi Cam (ip65 and 360) and only ip65 have connection issues... never have issue with 360 cam.
Hey Mike, Came across ur video when we had issues with the camera setup. We're now able to get the device connected to the App, however after we tap to use the camera, we see the screen "Connecting (1/3)" and finally the message "Connection timeout, retry after checking unobstructed". Have you come across this issue before? The camera is currently placed right next to the router and we're unsure why it won't connect. Thx!
Try rebooting the phone. Sometimes it will have trouble using cached data for some reason. Or your router may have updated the external IP address and the camera needs to update the config
Hi, what i found easier was to initially set your location to Europe (UK in my case), once your account is set up, change the setting back to Mainland China. The Europe option (if left active) will not present you this Defang Camera as an option when finding / registering your device. Also heed my advice, when resetting / setting up, mark the difference between the 3 second option and 5 second option, in regards to pressing the reset button, i missed it initially and that is what took up my time. Works brilliantly.
I experience this problem. After several hour (25 hour++ running maybe) the Cam always time out (so i cant see it). But the weird is, i can still watch the playback of movement notif. And i realize that the Cam still recording even time out. I notice it something wrong with the power charger. So i decide to change it using another 2A Charger. And the result is same.. It can back normal if i unplug and plug again the power. So, i buy Xiaomi Wifi Power Socket and use it for this Dafang. So when it time out, i can power off and on remotely using the apps.
Sir, you're a star. Tope tips got my device working at last. FWIW it was the region (should be mainland China) and 2.4GHz that were at fault with my set up.
Mate, does this device still work? Tried connecting mine. Got the blue light going on camera but can't don't get an image on my phone. Says "tap to reconnect or," click that and it loads only to 91% and reverts back to tap to reconnect or,... Any ideas? Thanks. Perhaps because I signed in with my Oz phone number?
not sure sorry i got rid of mine a while back. i think you have to choose mainland china for the region and servers, but due to the age of these now they might have phased them out
@@mikesunboxing thanks for the response. I have mainland China set etc as per your previous suggestions in your vid. I'm also guessing phased out. Thanks again.
Hi, I have problems with my Dafang - it was working correctly until I noticed a 2 days ago that I cannot access the video feed! I can add the camera to the MiHome app, it scans the barcode and setup goes fine, but when I want to see the video it doesn't pass to the Authenticating step and shows "Connection timeout, retry after checking unobstructed". Can someone help? Firmware is 5.5.1.419. @Vlad Tiberiu did you had the same problem? I've 2 of those cameras, only one have this problem, same firmware, same connection! 2 different rooms.
Hi, I had problem today since yesterday dafang worked good. I can only connect to dafang with the same wifi ssid. But if I used other wifi or my smartphone network it just doesn't work as usual. It just failed to connect. Thanks a lot anyway Sir.
Hi Mike, I have an issue that the camera connects to the network (WiFi I presume) but later it said QR code scanning error. Tried a few times still not able to connect. SD card is in the camera. Not too sure why it say QR code error, hopefully you have some idea to help.
Hi Mike, thanks for the advice. I tried that, the app directly appears as English language although I choose mainland China. Still didn't work, the cam say it successful connected to network, later says QR code info error. I try to scan what the QR code says, it actually show the country & state that I am in. Maybe I later try with other SD card & router. Thanks again & have a great weekend!
Good luck with it. Keep trying i'm sure that it will work eventually! It almost always comes down to the region blocking. Someone mentioned previously as deleting the apps cache so it completely forgets the previously selected region/locale
Hello, my camera all of a sudden stops working. The blue line is ok but when I tried to connect via mi home app it says connecting 1/3 and stopped there. I think it is a general problem by most users. Any idea how to fix it?
@@mikesunboxing Hi Mike thank you for your reply. The camera is still not working. And most people are complaining about this and xiaomi is not supporting dafang anymore.. Do you have other solutions?
@@milatemizer2460 mine all seem to be working fine with firmware 5.5.1.419 and they released a new version of the MI Home app today which also seems to be working great, although mine asks to be sideloaded as the publisher isn't verified.
Hello, You recommended configuring the camera in china country but what should we do about the phone number that is requested during the configuration? Should the area code have Double «00» or not before the phone number? ( I'm losing control with this camera installation protocol! )Thanks
My limited understanding thought if you had s 5v 3a plug it wouldn't have to work as hard as the camera only needs 5v 2a and the plug would then not overheat?
Hi Mike, I have a problem here. I already follow all your step. My dafang is working properly if I connect in same network (phone and dafang using my home wifi). The problem comes after I use my cellular network on my phone I can not stream the vidio, the proses stuck in buffering 3/3. I dont know why. Note : Iam not use memory card
What if there is no option for MAINLAND CHINA?? I have only (CHINA), (HONG KONG, CHINA) and (MACAU, CHINA). The only one region that works is CHINA but i still get message its not mainland china and device would not connect. Any advice?
Hi Mike! My problem is with camera-phone connection. During 350 days it worked OK and, out of the blue, no connection and, therefore, I can´t control anything. A message says "for use in China mainland" but my region "is" China. Can you help? Regards
Are the Xiaomi IP Camera cloud servers down again ? All of my previously working Xiaomi cameras have suddenly stopped working and now are all timing out on trying to connect to the servers. Anyone else seeing the same issue? Had a similar issue back in January, and it was the Xiaomi servers then.
Mine seem okay ? I just had a notification for a new firmware version and I am updating now. The version ends in 537. This could be that they are working on updating the app too?
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to . I am running FW version ending .327. App on Android is ver 5.3.15 and on my IPad is ver 4.7.16. The cameras were all working earlier in the week, but are all down now, and all have the same symptom. Connecting then timeout and retry but never connects. I wonder if some / one of the servers is down, and different user ID's are set to connect to different servers, to provide some sort of load spreading / balancing ? I noted another user said his camera(s) were also unable to connect. I have sent a twitter message to Xiaomi asking if they have IP camera server issues. So it's a wait and see game now, no doubt tomorrow morning they will all be back online connecting... fingers crossed !
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to : Yes and Yes, has all been working perfectly for months, just stopped / can't connect sometime in the last few days.
I personally get annoyed with the notification icon so I update them almost immediately. I have never had any real problems with them so it is difficult to say if the updates were necessary? I also considered using the custom ROMs to make it into English speaking, maybe one day I'll give it a go.
I have a mi cam 1080p magnetic mount outdoor camera I can't get it to update I've set it to mainland China but update stays on zero! Any ideas???? Another question why on this cam do you have to set your WiFi password with no icons or numbers?
Hi Mike, since Fri 15th March, many Dafang cameras stopped working and presented the error 'Connect timeout, confirm network patency and retry 1000'. Xiaomi support doesn't seem to care as the camera is no longer sold on the official global store. instead, they'll refer you to the point of purchase for support. More details: xiaomi.eu/community/threads/dafang-camera-firmware-5-5-1-419-connect-timeout-confirm-network-patency-and-retry-1000.49628/ @Mike - Has anything similar happened before? What's your view on this?
Thanks for the info Claudia. As of today 19th March mine are all still working. I am tempted to turn them off and back on to see if they fail to re establish connection, but it's a bit risky. I have had these type of problems before with them updating servers or the app and various connectivity issues that followed, but generally after a few hours or days everything settles down and works fine. Hopefully this will be the case here. I guess all we can do is be patient, although i have recently found a good replacement device that i will be reviewing VERY soon
Hi Mike, my Dafang was working perfectly up until yesterday I when I updated the firmware to 5.5.1.344. Have you any suggestions on what to do? Is it possible to downgrade?
Have you updated the app also? There seems to be an issue with the new firmware and the previous app version. Or uninstall the app and reinstall. That has helped others. Let me know if that works for you
I just updated mine and it is working fine in the UK with the latest app version from the 15th July and version 344 so it seems you need the new app first then update the cameras
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to yes I've tried just about everything now. I already had the latest version of the app...5.3.19, but I uninstalled it anyway and reinstalled. I've rebooted the camera heaps of times. Now I have removed the camera from the mihome app, reset the camera using the physical button but it refuses to connect. It won't load the QR code, saying webpage unavailable. I'm in Australia, it seems to me that this latest firmware has some geo blocking. I've also tried a fake gps app but that hasn't made any difference. This is really pissing me off. Looks like I'm going to try and use the GitHub fang hack next.
Finally after some messing around I got it working again. I reinstalled the mihome app again, then deleted the data in the app, rebooted the router, and it worked. I have a feeling it was the deleting of the data in the app did the trick. 😉
Hello Mike, Thanks for the video. I am able to setup 2 of my dafang cameras and see video feed from mi home app. I have 2 more questions:- 1. How can we access recorded videos in micro sd card through Wi-Fi? Both mobile and cameras are on same Wi-Fi. 2. Is there a way to watch or record live video stream on PC (windows 8 or 10)? Both PC and cameras are on same Wi-Fi. Thank you again. Your videos were very helpful.
Hi danish3 you can access the recorded footage from the album's section on each cameras menu. Inside there will be the footage split into smaller files normally on an hourly basis. Screenshot or oictures should also be in there somewhere although they do have a habit of moving things around when the app updates. Officially you can't access the cameras from a pc but if you install a android emulator like bluestacks you can install the app within the emulator to view the cameras. Hope this helps you. Feel free to contact me with any other questions
@@mikesunboxing thanks. But i can only see photos and videos that i recorded by mobile mi home app. Micro SD card has those mini files you are taking about. I can watch them on PC when i insert micro sd card into card reader solid l ask slot. But when i go to Album, if only shoes photos and videos that i manually recorded during live stream. That's strange
Have you setup the cameras to constantly record or motion triggered recording or just when you click record? If you are not seeing the files you may need to set it to specifically record when triggered or like i said constantly. I must admit i haven't checked mine for a while i dont think they have moved the recordings location?
@@mikesunboxing i have updated the Mi Home App and i am able to access recorded videos using play back button. It shows all the recorded videos by hours. But they don't show in album. Thanks.
Thanks for video sir however my dafang after a month of use saysno sdcard or u disk and its not recording thus no play back please guide ? I did several time on off camera as it is mounted high it worked couple of time required format of card but no sd card or u disk kindly guide do i have to un mount it and press jard reset ? Or any other fix do you have?thanks
The no sd card error is a pain. every time it happens i do the following. turn off camera remove card format card in pc (normally has weird chinese letters on folders) reinsert card turn of camera go into camera menu and choose format card normally this is all that is needed. if not reset device and run setup as if new camera. If problems persist buy a new good quality (sandisk/kingston micro sd card)
do not know which one its using. 2.4 or 5ghz . i did notice that even tho its not connecting to wifi , it is recording on the SD card. i guess its sensing motion
Hi, it usually works well but each 2 or 3 days camera needs a reset, pulling cord. It gets stuck i can't connect. After turn off and on is perfectly fine. Anyone having this issue?
@@mikesunboxing I used to have an USB, but I bought a new MicroSD. I don't think that's the issue. Maybe the device is heated somehow and microprocessors stop working. What can you do 40$ sh..t
Yes i experience this issue. And i know this is the power problem. I try several 2A power adapter and still same. So maybe i will try one more time using another 2A adapter. And maybe i will remove the case and hope the heat gone away.
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to hahaha it worked, I'm using my phone's sd card, then it workeddd yeahahhh I think I'm gonna need to buy new micro sd for the camera. Thanks dude
I really enjoy your videos I find them very helpful. Maybe you can help me out with a problem I am having with my Dafang. I got it all set up a bit over a week ago and everything was working fine. Yesterday I tried opening the camera from my phone and it says connecting (1\3) and then give me a error message "connection timed out retry after checking unobstructed" I made shure the zone is set to Mainland China The SD card is brand new The camera sits inches away from the router I did not change anything on the router. I uninstalled and reinstalled at least 3 times At the moment the light on the camera is blue and in the MI app it says "camera is online" Any ideas what I can do to fix the problem? Thank for any help
Sometimes this happens with these devices for a few days or hours then just starts working. I believe it is something to do with the servers being updated and taking a while to get back online. Other than uninstalling and starting over, or being patient, there isn't a great of other advice i can give you at present
i have the same problem since the last mi home app update.. after researching seems like a common problem with the ip that is not from china... my dafang is useless for a month already still no fix.. xiaomi customer service doesn't seem to be interested about fixing this problem since dafang is meant to be a china only product
What can I do?After the last update Its written at live camera screen, its working only in China, even if I set the region to China, I can't see live camera screen. I bought from AliExpress. Do I need to throw away my camera? There is any hack solution?
@@mikesunboxing i tried, no answer, I read, AliExpress not an official dealer so xiaomi doesn't help me.
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Hi, does your camera working after march 15th. A lot of userd out of China reported that Dafang just stopped working. Mine too. Somebody reported that they may have blocked out of china IPs.
Hi there! My camera does not read the qr code :( i already tried everything: with and without card, factory reset, cleaned the cache, erased and installed the app again... nothing seems to work :(
After the last update two of my cameras went offline i had to remove the memory cards and format them. If you take the cards out and look at them on a PC if you see loads of text files or files with weird names it is likely the data is corrupted and a format is the best way forward. Also after some updates the servers get screwed up and you won't be able to connect or setup the camera for a few hours in some instances. Leave it 24hrs and it should be back to normal when you can't connect
The ampere hour is frequently used in measurements of electrochemical systems such as electroplating and for battery capacity where the commonly known nominal voltage is dropped. Ah is the capacity of a battery. You mean 2.0A
Generally if the codes don't scan it is one of the following. Servers are currently down or being updated Your region is set to somewhere that the device is not supported (it should be set to mainland china in the app) The wifi name has unsupported characters in the SSID name Check all these are okay.
@@mikesunboxing Hello Mike. I have the same problem. I can't find the camera from the app, and when I try to connect the camera manually, the camera doesn't read the QR code. Please help, it is very important. Have tried all mentioned steps.
Yes! I bought the camera 1 year and 3 months ago. No problem inside and outside the home. 10 days ago...offline... talking about the new one, configured in 20 seconds like the onthers, but the camera see me the message “only in cina italian boy” 😫
Is your router dual band 2.4 and 5 GHz? If it is rename the 5ghz band to something different from the 2.4 and try again. The 5ghz band really messed up my setup at first
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to I if dual band but during the router search the 5g automatically hidden n can't be chosen. So only the 2.4ghz was selected
uninstall the app and setup from scratch. Make sure you choose mainland china when installing the app AND in your profile. Otherwise it will never work properly. Try this and get back to me.
Hi guys. Have had the Dafang camera connected to the MI Home app for 8 months now and everything has worked perfectly. Inserted a (Class 10) memory card and after that I do not get any picture. After I select the camera on the app, I get "lost connection" after some time. Blue light on camera lights continuously. Has deleted (pressed reset button for 20 sec) and reconnected camera to the network/app but still not image. Also tried another wifi network without this resolving the issue. Also has a Xiaomi Hualai camera connected to the app and this is stillworking very good. Does anyone have any good tips and advice?
I think I found the reason: It looks like the great chinese firewall have been closed :-) . I see several other Dafang users having trouble om Xiaomi forums. But my little Hualai camera is still running for now....
I 'am using the same app as always.. But I contacted my supplier on Aliexpress and he says that if the camera's fw is different from 5.5.1.287, this may make the camera unstable and with connection problems. I have fw 5.5.1.419.. He is going to try to help me with an older fw..
yes I did it. the 7 days ago I was successfully connected then I deleted it because I changed the router. I have cek and used my mifi router for my gadgets and there is no problem ... I am confused about the problem ???
hello mike my ip cam dafang is error... "Bringdevice closer to router" connectinng to network timeout... even the cam is in top ofthe router....the apps updated.
are both devices on the same network? try cleaning the lens and the phone screen or do it at night with no lights on. could be a reflection of the screen?
Hey Mike, Does this camera works with any cloud service? also how do i recod timelaps or time video recording to the sd card,after all my tests it has all folder empty .THANK,LOVEU VIDEOS!
The recording is on the SD card only possibly for security purposes. The time lapse footage from memory is in the pictures folder but I'll need to take a look to confirm
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Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to make this thorough video. No one has laid it all out so clearly. Appreciate it and I've finally managed to setup the camera and it's all working great!
Thanks for the comments. These camera can be a pain to setup useless you have a bit of a nudge in the right direction. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy your dafang 😀
Followed your steps and now its working, great work.
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Wow, finally it worked after removing all special characters from SSID(router name) and its password. Also reinstalled app on phone. Thank you Mike
Glad it helped you G, thanks for letting me know. appreciate it.
G any helpwith no sd card or u disk issue ?
@@drpeemac yes take out the card and format in a pc or Mac then run setup again and it should be fine. Had it myself a few times
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Alright i wil try and let you know how it turned out to be. Any idea why it happens ?
All-day trying to set this Efen thing up. Different model than the one you show. Problem connecting to router. After fiddling with my router and going through the steps you show, one by one, I found the problem. It was signing in from China. I live in Laos and was signed in as such. So I uninstalled Mihome and signed in again stating I was in mainland China and presto. Thanks, Mike. I should have known when the device was only speaking Chinese to me and the box had only Chinese writing. I live in Laos so it was available in a shop here.
Glad you got it sorted :-)
Thank you so much for this vid!! Although I don't have the Xiaomi cam you showed on the vid, you made me understand why my xiaomi ip65 cam gets disconnected all the time! Its original power adapter is Chinese type so I used another spare power adapter I had without see that it wasn't enough watt. So glad for this vid, thank you!
Glad I could help!
Same observation here with my 2 ip65 cams that randomly reboot. I will verify Ah. Thanks
@@max0479 It kept rebooting yesterday again although I changed its charger and found out that the memory card I used was causing the problem. Becareful to use ONLY branded memory cards that are fast enough, at least class 10 otherwise you ll have problems.
Christos Petropoulos You are right. I still have random reboot, impossible to connect or connexion status blocked at 10%... i will try to check memory cards. Strange is that I have two kind of Xiaomi Cam (ip65 and 360) and only ip65 have connection issues... never have issue with 360 cam.
Very odd
Thanks for the complete info of this video. I had my unit replaced and now im enjoying it.
Cool, glad we could help, also thanks for the feedback. Please consider sharing to get the video seen by others with the same problem.
SSID and pwd of the wifi router with only plain text solve my problem! Big thnx!!! :-)
Done. Thank you !!!
Hey Mike, Came across ur video when we had issues with the camera setup. We're now able to get the device connected to the App, however after we tap to use the camera, we see the screen "Connecting (1/3)" and finally the message "Connection timeout, retry after checking unobstructed". Have you come across this issue before? The camera is currently placed right next to the router and we're unsure why it won't connect. Thx!
Try rebooting the phone. Sometimes it will have trouble using cached data for some reason. Or your router may have updated the external IP address and the camera needs to update the config
Hi, what i found easier was to initially set your location to Europe (UK in my case), once your account is set up, change the setting back to Mainland China. The Europe option (if left active) will not present you this Defang Camera as an option when finding / registering your device. Also heed my advice, when resetting / setting up, mark the difference between the 3 second option and 5 second option, in regards to pressing the reset button, i missed it initially and that is what took up my time. Works brilliantly.
Some great advice there Corky!
Merry Xmas to you and yours
I experience this problem. After several hour (25 hour++ running maybe) the Cam always time out (so i cant see it).
But the weird is, i can still watch the playback of movement notif.
And i realize that the Cam still recording even time out.
I notice it something wrong with the power charger. So i decide to change it using another 2A Charger. And the result is same..
It can back normal if i unplug and plug again the power. So, i buy Xiaomi Wifi Power Socket and use it for this Dafang. So when it time out, i can power off and on remotely using the apps.
Sir, you're a star. Tope tips got my device working at last. FWIW it was the region (should be mainland China) and 2.4GHz that were at fault with my set up.
Happy to help Llywelyn Owen 😎
@@mikesunboxing I do not have the option for MAINLAND CHINA... Only China, Hong Kong or Macau. What to do then??
I've just bought one of these and I can't lie it was a joy to set up (apart from the Chinese stuff going on)
Only that method worked for me - 24Ghz Routers broadcasting
seting location to china helped, tnx
Glad it helped
Mate, does this device still work? Tried connecting mine. Got the blue light going on camera but can't don't get an image on my phone. Says "tap to reconnect or," click that and it loads only to 91% and reverts back to tap to reconnect or,... Any ideas? Thanks. Perhaps because I signed in with my Oz phone number?
not sure sorry i got rid of mine a while back. i think you have to choose mainland china for the region and servers, but due to the age of these now they might have phased them out
@@mikesunboxing thanks for the response. I have mainland China set etc as per your previous suggestions in your vid. I'm also guessing phased out. Thanks again.
Hi, I have problems with my Dafang - it was working correctly until I noticed a 2 days ago that I cannot access the video feed! I can add the camera to the MiHome app, it scans the barcode and setup goes fine, but when I want to see the video it doesn't pass to the Authenticating step and shows "Connection timeout, retry after checking unobstructed". Can someone help? Firmware is 5.5.1.419. @Vlad Tiberiu did you had the same problem? I've 2 of those cameras, only one have this problem, same firmware, same connection! 2 different rooms.
Hi, I had problem today since yesterday dafang worked good. I can only connect to dafang with the same wifi ssid. But if I used other wifi or my smartphone network it just doesn't work as usual. It just failed to connect. Thanks a lot anyway Sir.
Let me check
Hi Mike,
I have an issue that the camera connects to the network (WiFi I presume) but later it said QR code scanning error. Tried a few times still not able to connect. SD card is in the camera. Not too sure why it say QR code error, hopefully you have some idea to help.
Try uninstalling the app entirely. Rerun the setup choosing mainland China for the app and location. Then choose English language after.
Hi Mike, thanks for the advice. I tried that, the app directly appears as English language although I choose mainland China. Still didn't work, the cam say it successful connected to network, later says QR code info error. I try to scan what the QR code says, it actually show the country & state that I am in. Maybe I later try with other SD card & router. Thanks again & have a great weekend!
Good luck with it. Keep trying i'm sure that it will work eventually! It almost always comes down to the region blocking. Someone mentioned previously as deleting the apps cache so it completely forgets the previously selected region/locale
Hello, my camera all of a sudden stops working. The blue line is ok but when I tried to connect via mi home app it says connecting 1/3 and stopped there. I think it is a general problem by most users. Any idea how to fix it?
Looks like the Xiaomi servers my be playing up again. Normally sorts itself out after a short while
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Hi Mike thank you for your reply. The camera is still not working. And most people are complaining about this and xiaomi is not supporting dafang anymore.. Do you have other solutions?
@@milatemizer2460 mine all seem to be working fine with firmware 5.5.1.419 and they released a new version of the MI Home app today which also seems to be working great, although mine asks to be sideloaded as the publisher isn't verified.
Same problem... still "connecting (1/3)" and after many resets... no solution
Hello, You recommended configuring the camera in china country but what should we do about the phone number that is requested during the configuration? Should the area code have Double «00» or not before the phone number? ( I'm losing control with this camera installation protocol! )Thanks
Use the other options method and use a email address and password. Worked for me
My limited understanding thought if you had s 5v 3a plug it wouldn't have to work as hard as the camera only needs 5v 2a and the plug would then not overheat?
yes that is normally how it works. the device should only draw what it needs
Hi Mike,
I have a problem here. I already follow all your step. My dafang is working properly if I connect in same network (phone and dafang using my home wifi). The problem comes after I use my cellular network on my phone I can not stream the vidio, the proses stuck in buffering 3/3. I dont know why.
Note : Iam not use memory card
I think the memory card is pretty important for storing the internet settings
What if there is no option for MAINLAND CHINA?? I have only (CHINA), (HONG KONG, CHINA) and (MACAU, CHINA). The only one region that works is CHINA but i still get message its not mainland china and device would not connect. Any advice?
Hi Mike! My problem is with camera-phone connection. During 350 days it worked OK and, out of the blue, no connection and, therefore, I can´t control anything. A message says "for use in China mainland" but my region "is" China. Can you help?
Regards
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Are the Xiaomi IP Camera cloud servers down again ? All of my previously working Xiaomi cameras have suddenly stopped working and now are all timing out on trying to connect to the servers. Anyone else seeing the same issue? Had a similar issue back in January, and it was the Xiaomi servers then.
Ross Keeley same here
Mine seem okay ? I just had a notification for a new firmware version and I am updating now. The version ends in 537. This could be that they are working on updating the app too?
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to . I am running FW version ending .327. App on Android is ver 5.3.15 and on my IPad is ver 4.7.16. The cameras were all working earlier in the week, but are all down now, and all have the same symptom. Connecting then timeout and retry but never connects. I wonder if some / one of the servers is down, and different user ID's are set to connect to different servers, to provide some sort of load spreading / balancing ? I noted another user said his camera(s) were also unable to connect. I have sent a twitter message to Xiaomi asking if they have IP camera server issues. So it's a wait and see game now, no doubt tomorrow morning they will all be back online connecting... fingers crossed !
Good luck! Are you using the dafang camera? And using the mainland China region?
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to : Yes and Yes, has all been working perfectly for months, just stopped / can't connect sometime in the last few days.
Hi guys.
Need a firmware update advice.
Should I update the camera or keep it original firmware ?
What are your experiences so far?
I personally get annoyed with the notification icon so I update them almost immediately. I have never had any real problems with them so it is difficult to say if the updates were necessary? I also considered using the custom ROMs to make it into English speaking, maybe one day I'll give it a go.
Thank you.
Did you have to do a factory reset after update of fw ?
No I just updated and it just worked. Although I just looked my app and my dining room camera is not working?
Factory reset time ? (Your words.. 😀 )
Yep. There is karma right there 😉
I have a mi cam 1080p magnetic mount outdoor camera I can't get it to update I've set it to mainland China but update stays on zero! Any ideas???? Another question why on this cam do you have to set your WiFi password with no icons or numbers?
sorry i haven't used this model so i can't really offer any useful advice
Hi Mike, since Fri 15th March, many Dafang cameras stopped working and presented the error 'Connect timeout, confirm network patency and retry 1000'. Xiaomi support doesn't seem to care as the camera is no longer sold on the official global store. instead, they'll refer you to the point of purchase for support.
More details: xiaomi.eu/community/threads/dafang-camera-firmware-5-5-1-419-connect-timeout-confirm-network-patency-and-retry-1000.49628/
@Mike - Has anything similar happened before? What's your view on this?
Thanks for the info Claudia. As of today 19th March mine are all still working. I am tempted to turn them off and back on to see if they fail to re establish connection, but it's a bit risky.
I have had these type of problems before with them updating servers or the app and various connectivity issues that followed, but generally after a few hours or days everything settles down and works fine. Hopefully this will be the case here.
I guess all we can do is be patient, although i have recently found a good replacement device that i will be reviewing VERY soon
Same problem, different errors: connect timeout or „This product is only userd in mainland China“ Use IOS-App
What if you have other device like roborock s5 which requires to Connect to Europe region? How you can use Both? Second account? Cloning app?
I think you would need a clone app for that to work
Hi Mike, my Dafang was working perfectly up until yesterday I when I updated the firmware to 5.5.1.344. Have you any suggestions on what to do? Is it possible to downgrade?
Have you updated the app also? There seems to be an issue with the new firmware and the previous app version. Or uninstall the app and reinstall. That has helped others.
Let me know if that works for you
I just updated mine and it is working fine in the UK with the latest app version from the 15th July and version 344 so it seems you need the new app first then update the cameras
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to yes I've tried just about everything now. I already had the latest version of the app...5.3.19, but I uninstalled it anyway and reinstalled. I've rebooted the camera heaps of times. Now I have removed the camera from the mihome app, reset the camera using the physical button but it refuses to connect. It won't load the QR code, saying webpage unavailable. I'm in Australia, it seems to me that this latest firmware has some geo blocking. I've also tried a fake gps app but that hasn't made any difference. This is really pissing me off. Looks like I'm going to try and use the GitHub fang hack next.
Try removing the micro SD card whilst the camera is on. It will make two clicks or chirps. Then do the reset button and try again.
Finally after some messing around I got it working again. I reinstalled the mihome app again, then deleted the data in the app, rebooted the router, and it worked. I have a feeling it was the deleting of the data in the app did the trick. 😉
Hello Mike,
Thanks for the video. I am able to setup 2 of my dafang cameras and see video feed from mi home app.
I have 2 more questions:-
1. How can we access recorded videos in micro sd card through Wi-Fi? Both mobile and cameras are on same Wi-Fi.
2. Is there a way to watch or record live video stream on PC (windows 8 or 10)? Both PC and cameras are on same Wi-Fi.
Thank you again. Your videos were very helpful.
Hi danish3 you can access the recorded footage from the album's section on each cameras menu. Inside there will be the footage split into smaller files normally on an hourly basis.
Screenshot or oictures should also be in there somewhere although they do have a habit of moving things around when the app updates.
Officially you can't access the cameras from a pc but if you install a android emulator like bluestacks you can install the app within the emulator to view the cameras.
Hope this helps you. Feel free to contact me with any other questions
@@mikesunboxing thanks. But i can only see photos and videos that i recorded by mobile mi home app. Micro SD card has those mini files you are taking about. I can watch them on PC when i insert micro sd card into card reader solid l ask slot. But when i go to Album, if only shoes photos and videos that i manually recorded during live stream. That's strange
Have you setup the cameras to constantly record or motion triggered recording or just when you click record? If you are not seeing the files you may need to set it to specifically record when triggered or like i said constantly. I must admit i haven't checked mine for a while i dont think they have moved the recordings location?
i have set it up as motion only recording.
@@mikesunboxing i have updated the Mi Home App and i am able to access recorded videos using play back button. It shows all the recorded videos by hours. But they don't show in album. Thanks.
Thanks for video sir however my dafang after a month of use saysno sdcard or u disk and its not recording thus no play back please guide ? I did several time on off camera as it is mounted high it worked couple of time required format of card but no sd card or u disk kindly guide do i have to un mount it and press jard reset ? Or any other fix do you have?thanks
The no sd card error is a pain. every time it happens i do the following.
turn off camera
remove card
format card in pc (normally has weird chinese letters on folders)
reinsert card
turn of camera
go into camera menu and choose format card
normally this is all that is needed.
if not reset device and run setup as if new camera.
If problems persist buy a new good quality (sandisk/kingston micro sd card)
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to
Yes i am glad its cloud small clips are working, have you tried to use Alfred it turns old phone into camera.
she says after i scan qrcode " connection failed, please rescan, initialization is complete"...from mainland china server. sid/pswd is plain text
5Ghz wifi enabled on your router?
do not know which one its using. 2.4 or 5ghz . i did notice that even tho its not connecting to wifi , it is recording on the SD card. i guess its sensing motion
When you are setting up the camera any 5ghz WiFi with the same SSID must be temporarily disabled. Otherwise it will not connect.
Can you flip the image upside down? I plan to mount this on the ceiling
Yes I think so it is in the menu. Or try the imou cue2 or nooie 360
I don't know if it's any help to anybody but this company released a new version of their app on the 13th of this month
Hi, frequently encountering error like this- “ Connection time out, confirm network patency and retry 1000.”
How de we solve this? Thanks
Or you using a router or a mifi type device for your internet connection?
Im using regular modem.
Hi, it usually works well but each 2 or 3 days camera needs a reset, pulling cord. It gets stuck i can't connect. After turn off and on is perfectly fine. Anyone having this issue?
Have you tried using a new micro SD card? I had one that would go bad after a week or so. Might be worth a try?
@@mikesunboxing I used to have an USB, but I bought a new MicroSD. I don't think that's the issue. Maybe the device is heated somehow and microprocessors stop working. What can you do 40$ sh..t
Have you tried a new PSU? The ones from the Google home mini are perfect 😀
Yes i experience this issue. And i know this is the power problem. I try several 2A power adapter and still same. So maybe i will try one more time using another 2A adapter.
And maybe i will remove the case and hope the heat gone away.
Let us know how you get on.
Maybe drill a few small holes in the top to let the heat out?
Do you really need to insert micro sd card?
Yes without it you can't complete the setup correctly. As the camera has no accessable storage.
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to hahaha it worked, I'm using my phone's sd card, then it workeddd yeahahhh I think I'm gonna need to buy new micro sd for the camera. Thanks dude
Glad we could help, also thanks for letting us know.
I really enjoy your videos I find them very helpful.
Maybe you can help me out with a problem I am having with my Dafang.
I got it all set up a bit over a week ago and everything was working fine. Yesterday I tried opening the camera from my phone and it says connecting (1\3) and then give me a error message "connection timed out retry after checking unobstructed"
I made shure the zone is set to Mainland China
The SD card is brand new
The camera sits inches away from the router
I did not change anything on the router.
I uninstalled and reinstalled at least 3 times
At the moment the light on the camera is blue and in the MI app it says "camera is online"
Any ideas what I can do to fix the problem?
Thank for any help
Sometimes this happens with these devices for a few days or hours then just starts working. I believe it is something to do with the servers being updated and taking a while to get back online.
Other than uninstalling and starting over, or being patient, there isn't a great of other advice i can give you at present
i have the same problem since the last mi home app update.. after researching seems like a common problem with the ip that is not from china... my dafang is useless for a month already still no fix.. xiaomi customer service doesn't seem to be interested about fixing this problem since dafang is meant to be a china only product
Mine still seem to be working fine in the UK
where about that i can check my Internet speed is set to 2.4Ghz?? thanks
in the router homepage is the easiest way or just look on your computer or mobile and look at the wifi settings
Can you combine several camera’s at once in the app?
Yes I have three running and can easily switch between them. Hope this helps?
Thank you for your quick reply
You are very welcome, i enjoy supporting the Xiaomi cameras, they don't get a lot of love, so i try and correct the balance. :-)
Hi mike I have mihome in my iphone, the problem is, why i cant see the look back…… ?? Please help, thank u
yep just checked all of mine say the same thing SD card unavailable?
I'll check it out and get back to you.
Thanks but im still in the process
What part are you stuck on?
What can I do?After the last update Its written at live camera screen, its working only in China, even if I set the region to China, I can't see live camera screen. I bought from AliExpress. Do I need to throw away my camera? There is any hack solution?
You can email them to get the camera Mac address unblocked
@@mikesunboxing i tried, no answer, I read, AliExpress not an official dealer so xiaomi doesn't help me.
Hi, does your camera working after march 15th. A lot of userd out of China reported that Dafang just stopped working. Mine too. Somebody reported that they may have blocked out of china IPs.
Still working 31 march
@@mikesunboxing and you are using china mainland as a location?
Yes and my language as English
@@mikesunboxing same as mine. Thank you. Ill try some vpn to UK and check. Thanks a lot.
Good luck and let me know what you get
Hi there! My camera does not read the qr code :( i already tried everything: with and without card, factory reset, cleaned the cache, erased and installed the app again... nothing seems to work :(
Are you sure you are set to mainland China in the app settings?
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to yes. :(
I have done the last update maybe is because of that??
After the last update two of my cameras went offline i had to remove the memory cards and format them. If you take the cards out and look at them on a PC if you see loads of text files or files with weird names it is likely the data is corrupted and a format is the best way forward. Also after some updates the servers get screwed up and you won't be able to connect or setup the camera for a few hours in some instances.
Leave it 24hrs and it should be back to normal when you can't connect
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to thank you. I’ll do it and tell you if it worked
Hi! So the card had the weird stuff and I erased everything and waited 24h... it still doesn’t work :(
2.0Ah power supply??????
Yes that is recommended
The ampere hour is frequently used in measurements of electrochemical systems such as electroplating and for battery capacity where the commonly known nominal voltage is dropped. Ah is the capacity of a battery. You mean 2.0A
MrNizzehulth yes that is it sorry for any confusion
Hi there,
My camera failed to scan the QR
Did you disable the 5ghz WiFi ?
In this case mate, its amps; not amp-hour.
Thanks for the heads up. I thought amps was a shortened way of saying amp hours. You learn something new every day :-)
The MI app doesn't have Dafang camera but there is a Fang.
Try that one
Merry Christmas
Hey sir,Solution for CCTV Xiaomi Dafang not Scan QR code?help me....thank you
Generally if the codes don't scan it is one of the following.
Servers are currently down or being updated
Your region is set to somewhere that the device is not supported (it should be set to mainland china in the app)
The wifi name has unsupported characters in the SSID name
Check all these are okay.
@@mikesunboxing Hello Mike. I have the same problem. I can't find the camera from the app, and when I try to connect the camera manually, the camera doesn't read the QR code. Please help, it is very important. Have tried all mentioned steps.
Today 6 camera do not run. 15 days ago all of them die☹️ one new webcam after installation told me only in cina bro’!
Where did you buy them? My ones from gearbest are still fully working?
5 web on Gearbest, the last one on AliExpress. No one run....
Have you set your region and location to China in the app when setting up?
Yes! I bought the camera 1 year and 3 months ago. No problem inside and outside the home. 10 days ago...offline... talking about the new one, configured in 20 seconds like the onthers, but the camera see me the message “only in cina italian boy” 😫
Follow us adv n still doesn't work. This device is utterly useless
Sorry to hear that. What problems are you having specifically?
It's not recognizing the router. I hv another one called NEST n no issue in setting it up in 1st try.
Is your router dual band 2.4 and 5 GHz? If it is rename the 5ghz band to something different from the 2.4 and try again. The 5ghz band really messed up my setup at first
Mike's unboxing, reviews and how to I if dual band but during the router search the 5g automatically hidden n can't be chosen. So only the 2.4ghz was selected
Did you try the SD card reset?
Still doeant work
need more information on your problem if you actually are after any help. Or have you just given up?
the last step its always connection timed out
uninstall the app and setup from scratch. Make sure you choose mainland china when installing the app AND in your profile. Otherwise it will never work properly.
Try this and get back to me.
ill try it again.tnx for your time
I did exactly as stated in the video. But the problem continues. It was after firmware update. Do you have any solutions? Thank's for your time.
"Connection timed out"
What firmware version is it and have you tried to format the SD card?
Hi guys. Have had the Dafang camera connected to the MI Home app for 8 months now and everything has worked perfectly.
Inserted a (Class 10) memory card and after that I do not get any picture. After I select the camera on the app, I get "lost connection" after some time.
Blue light on camera lights continuously. Has deleted (pressed reset button for 20 sec) and reconnected camera to the network/app but still not image.
Also tried another wifi network without this resolving the issue. Also has a Xiaomi Hualai camera connected to the app and this is stillworking very good.
Does anyone have any good tips and advice?
I think I found the reason: It looks like the great chinese firewall have been closed :-) . I see several other Dafang users having trouble om Xiaomi forums. But my little Hualai camera is still running for now....
Mine are all still working fine? No problems here? Are you using the new mi app?
I 'am using the same app as always.. But
I contacted my supplier on Aliexpress and he says that if the camera's fw is different from 5.5.1.287, this may make the camera unstable and with connection problems. I have fw 5.5.1.419.. He is going to try to help me with an older fw..
Btw Mike: What fw version do you have on your cam's ?
@@robertlovvik 5.5.1.419
Support comment 🙂
thanks
semua cara sudah saya coba sampai sekarang belum berhasil, lokasi saya di Indonesia. mungkin ada solusi lain? please help me!
I'm sorry I don't understand the language. I would like to help but I am not sure what your problem is.
all the ways I have tried until now have not been successful, my location in Indonesia. maybe there is another solution? please help me!
Do you have the app and the region set to mainland China?
yes I did it. the 7 days ago I was successfully connected then I deleted it because I changed the router. I have cek and used my mifi router for my gadgets and there is no problem ...
I am confused about the problem ???
Is your router set to 2.4ghz and the WiFi name has no special characters?
hello mike
my ip cam dafang is error...
"Bringdevice closer to router"
connectinng to network timeout...
even the cam is in top ofthe router....the apps updated.
are both devices on the same network? try cleaning the lens and the phone screen or do it at night with no lights on. could be a reflection of the screen?
Hey Mike, Does this camera works with any cloud service? also how do i recod timelaps or time video recording to the sd card,after all my tests it has all folder empty .THANK,LOVEU VIDEOS!
The recording is on the SD card only possibly for security purposes. The time lapse footage from memory is in the pictures folder but I'll need to take a look to confirm