Low Battery Notice on a Wired Stick Up Cam?

Hey everyone I just called ring about this and they’re escalating it to a advanced support person. I’m still waiting on a response though. I’ll make sure to mention this thread in case they think it’s an isolated issue. My guess is that it’s a problem with the firmware since it sounds like numerous people are having this issue. I will post back if I hear anything.

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getting the same prblem wth my wife’s phone and my 2nd phone. but not with the phone i used to set up the divices. it annoying.

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Thank you for letting us know!

I was able to get my live view to start working again. I had to uninstall my ring app reinstall the Ring app from the Google store. Once I was in the new app I had to go up to the upper left-hand Corner going to the menu go down to the new features and enable the snapshot feature and event history timeline, it does look a little different when you tap on the camera view but it was working I hope it works for the rest of you.
Troy

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Well Ring is aware of the problem because I called yesterday. They said they have had several calls. However, the problem was not resolved by the associate. She said it would be passed on to the proper deptartment to fix the issue. We shouldn’t have to unistalled and reinstall to fix the problem. Ring should be fixing the problem or sending a replacement camera…afterall we all JUST purchased these cameras. We have another stick up camera we bought in December and it hasn’t had this problem. So obvisouly these cameras we all have are a newer version and can actually take a battery for a back up. You have to purchase the battery for it.

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I’m getting the same low batery notice on all 3 of my WIRED stick up cams. All are mounted up high and require an extension ladder to access.

I will be returning my system if Ring’s “fix” requires me to climb a ladder every time someting like this happens

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I suspect this started occurring with the latest Ring app update. My Stick-Up Cam Wired is also just 2 weeks old and it was great until the app update a couple days ago. Sadly, that app update DID fix 2 issues I’ve had with Smart Lighting so it’s been a mixed blessing.

Hopefully, Ring will get it all sorted out quickly and release another app update which fixes this “Low Battery” issue (especially since the camera has NO BATTERY because it’s wired).

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Greetings - I’m reposting my own post from another thread I started because it solved this problem and the other (no snapshot on gen-3 cams).

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So, I have a 10-minute, non-adjustable snapshot feature as of today on my brand new Gen-3 Stick-Up Cam.

No idea what I did made it work or if there was a firmware update, but here were my steps:

  • I reset the camera in my office (so it was super-close to the router).

  • Using the Android app to set things up, I skipped the QR code scan and just chose to install it without scanning a code.

  • I went through the process, “Rome wasn’t built in a day…” yadda, yadda…

  • But, when it got to the updating firmware screen in the app, I just let it sit there despite not seeing any lights at all on the device (the screen says to wait for the blue light to finish flashing and there’s a skip button… I just let it sit).

  • After around 7 minutes, the forced tutorial checklist came up on the app and I went through it all until complete.

  • After that, I started seeing snapshots on the dashboard next to my other three cameras but instead of every 30s, it’s every 10 minutes. Better than nothing.

Marly from Ring just said on this thread (as did another customer) that Gen-3 doesn’t support snapshot. So they must’ve done something or I REALLY should go play the lottery tonight.

Also, while I did set the camera up on an Android phone, the snapshot is showing up on the iPad I use as a dedicated camera monitor.

As we all probably know by now (and if this works for you), this could all break tomorrow. The devs seem to dig toying with our emotions by giving and taking features from us.

Sigh. Good luck!

My “Low Battery” resolved itself around dinnertime tonight (~6 PM EDT). I did absolutely nothing to fix it but all of a sudden, my camera once again reported that it’s power source was “Power Outlet” (instead of “Battery”) and the Batter Level was “Unknown” (instead of “Low Battery”) as it should as there is NO battery. Unsure of what happened but it’s all working again including my Live View and motion detection.

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We had the same issue. Our camera has been installed for several months and working fine. But I noticed a day or so ago that it had a red battery symbol in my ring app and it said battery was at 8%. It doesn’t even have a battery in it. We climbed a ladder, took it down, unplugged and replugged it in. And now it acknowledged it’s plugged in and the red battery symbol disappeared from the app. The power cord was not loose at all so we have no idea what cause this.

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my stick up cam is plugged in, there is no battery because its plugged in and now says its offline.

Having the exact same problem. Can’t chat with support because it says “something went wrong. Try again” . ?

Have brand new stick up battery cam. Less 24 hrs old. Recharged batteries several times. Shows green light. Put into device which says cannot do live feed battery critically low. Device button shows battery as 0. Blue light flashes on putting battery in so is connected. Alan

I have 2plug in cameras, no batteries, but on app says battery critical low…im confused

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Well, with today’s Ring app update my WIRED Stick-Up camera is once again CRITICALLY LOW BATTERY.

Come on, Ring! You fixed this issue last month and now it’s back. Don’t you have source code control to prevent such backleveling of your code? You re-introduced a bug which you previously fixed.

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I am also experiencing multiple issues with my 3 stick up cameras. 2 are wired and saying batery is critically low. None of them working or updating in live mode. All 3 are having intermittent issues with detecting motion. One wired cam has a warning about replacing my doorbell transformer?! No issues with my flood light cam or ring doorbell. I have had all 5 since December with no issues until recent updates. These issues need fixed immediately.

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I am having the same issue with my stickup wired cam as well. I read through each post and wanted to add in my issue, I am hoping that if a lot of people add to this thread they will see it. Thanks for everyones feed back!

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I am getting a alert saying my battery is low. My stickup wired does not have backup battery. Why would this happen?

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Same!!! Thisi s ridic I tried everything, resetting the device, uninstalling… Nothing, new ring stickup camera plugged in with the low battery symbol and decreased functionality…

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Sorry to hear about this experience neighbors! Rest assured, if you have a wired or plug in Ring Camera, this message does not pertain to your device and should not change any functionality. I appreciate all of your feedback on this and have shared it with our teams here for further investigation.

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