A while back, I changed the firmwares on 2 of my Cam v2’s to use them as webcams. Today I want to revert to the original firmware (not webcam), but having difficulties. I did the exact steps described below multiple times, to no avail. Does anyone have a proven/alternate/working way to revert to the original firmware?
The above procedure says:
Get firmware from wyze website, and load on microSD card
Insert microSD card in camera
Press setup button then power camera (plug-in USB cable)
Keep button pressed for 3-6 sec until LED turns solid Blue …
In my specific case, the LED gets to blinking blue and never turns solid.
What am I doing wrong? Is it possible to revert to the original firmware, after using the one for webcam?
Hi @drjb and welcome back
Assume you have extracted the demo_4.9.6.218.bin file from the demo_4.9.6.218.bin.zip container.
The uSD card must be 32Gb or smaller and format as FAT32. You may need to perform a full format on the uSD card to map out any bad cells.
Quick format just marks the partition as “formatted” and destroys the journal that keeps tracks of the files and their locations on hard drive.
Full format will clear files completely from the partition, rebuild the file system, volume label, and cluster size, and scans partition for logical bad sectors; that’s why full format is slower than quick format. Wyze devices must always use the FAT32 format.
Format the uSD card FAT32 and un-check the default “Quick” option so it can mask out bad cells.
