Amcrest Forum

Edgar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:57 pm Notification problems could also happen with other companies.

Of course they could, but they generally don't to the extent of Amcrest's obvious shortcomings in the market.

Is it just me, or is there a pattern below?

Pogo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 2:49 pm And tomorrow is Prime Day! LOL

This is what I ended up doing. $62 for a doorbell and chime. Now to rip down some drywall agian.

So I love it when people talk crap about Amcrest when it comes down to the issue not being 100% something that could have been prevented seeing the system was working just fine until an update to something in peoples phones from or what ever device update was made that took out the working notices..

Now I could understand it if this was an issue like with one of my other brand NVR and PTZ camera that didn't even work together well until the last update and funny thing is the update was not out until I made some racket about it. Yet they have a date of the FW being something that would have been released like 6 days before I even mentioned it. You know like they don't want to say hey thanks for pointing out the issue.. Yeah right, After 3 years of having a camera that cost just under a Grand and an NVR that was just under 400. Even after the update FW the issue isn't 100% solved..

Yet the issue with the Broken Notices from Amcrest is because of something that changed in the phones way of working when your provider sent out an update to the phone that killed the notices.. Now sure did Amcrest know about the flaw that the notices were being pushed in at the time the App was out, Maybe, However not knowing what the software update would have been to fix it, isn't something they would have the ability to have something laying in wait for that day to come. Once it came and people made Tickets it was fixed..

Revo2Maxx wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 1:14 pm So I love it when people talk crap about Amcrest when it comes down to the issue not being 100% something that could have been prevented seeing the system was working just fine until an update to something in peoples phones from or what ever device update was made that took out the working notices..

As one of the "talk crap" people here I agree with what you are saying to an extent. I have visited the forms here only a few times and when I have a problem. I personally don't feel inclined to post only to provide a status of everything is fine on my end. I personally don't feel like I'm positively contributing by doing this.

I wouldn't even have and Amcrest doorbell if I didn't hack together a replacement battery not too long ago. From the forum I learned these doorbells have a small battery in them to keep powered when the doorbell chimes. The battery in mine failed so when the doorbell would ring my doorbell wouldn't send a notification and it would cause it to reboot due to all the loss of power. Amcrest doesn't sell a replacement batteries and the best one I could find I ordered from AliExpress. The battery wasn't a perfect match so I needed to modify in order to install it. So I was without a doorbell that could ring for over a month and had to spend time researching and fixing it.

A couple weeks ago I stopped getting notifications. I thought it was due to switching phones and not setting something up initially. Between phones and tablets 6 different devices I wasn't receiving any notifications. I saw others on here were experiencing issues. I assumed it would be resolved pretty quickly. Unfortunately it was more than a few days. I'm that time I started to question if I wanted to continue to deal with issues. I did some research and due to other technology changes I made in my house I decided I personally wanted to move to a different device.

Though I only visited the forum when I had problems I appreciate that it exists. Without it I would have already had to replaced my device. I shared here that I was experiencing issues to reassure others they were not an isolated instance and there was something wrong. I also shared when it was working again to help those who were waiting.

On the more negative side (for amcrest) I shared that I decided to move on to a different device. Just in case I wasn't the only one losing trust in their product. I have had a handful of Amcrest cameras that treated me very well over 6 plus years. I'll probably continue using a few of them. I also appreciate the members sharing their experiences here as it was where I found a majority of the support I needed.

Great lol just when things were working again with SH devices again I have new update, going to install now get over with.

Thanks for the 3 day fix Amcrest. Notifications have once again stopped working. Maybe the next fix will last for 3 weeks? This is turning into a joke.

Agreed. Was working briefly then stopped.

I’m on iOS latest version and latest version of the app and my notifications stopped working yesterday.

Pogo wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2024 11:56 am Buy the Reolink doorbell and don't look back. ONVIF/RTSP, PoE or dual band wi-fi, SD card, local, NAS whatever storage you want, completely cloud free/subscription free operation on any IP platform you have or completely independent with its own app. Great Tech Support if required.

The end.

Can I use this with my Amcrest NVR?

Yes.