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Sunday, June 19th, 2022 12:55 AM

Unfinished Setup remains on my camera list in mobile app

Hello - I've had issues with my outdoor camera on two separate occasions. As part of troubleshooting on each occasion, Simplisafe Support has asked me to remove the camera and re-add it. Since the camera is defective, I wasn't able to successfully add it back. This has left me with two "Unfinished Setup" cameras on my camera list in the mobile app. As you can see in the attached images, it is a big inconvenience since they are the first cameras to appear in the list. As you can also see, I'm unable to remove them in camera settings since they do not appear there. 

The other issue is that Simplisafe Support does not see these "Unfinished Setups" on their end. Some have tried to assist and others don't care to assist me. This is a big frustration. 

I've also tried click "Finish Setup" with the replacement camera that I receive, but the setup is unsuccessful. I've only been able to add the replacement cameras when starting a completely new setup by selecting "Add Camera" at the bottom of the camera list. Has anyone else run into this issue? I just need to somehow remove these "Unfinished Setups" from my list.

Any support is appreciated.

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2 years ago

Hi @Crispy ,

Sorry about this. At this stage, those Cameras are registered in your Base Station's list, but not yet fully linked to the app. Since we don't actually want to connect them anymore, the next step is to just remove from from the Base Station. You can do that through the Keypad > Menu > Devices > [Your Camera].

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2 years ago

I am having the exact same issue. Can nothing be done to remove the device that couldn’t be set up? Not very well thought out app architecture if not. 

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@bryantay11​ in case you're not able to see our last reply:

Sorry about this. At this stage, those Cameras are registered in your Base Station's list, but not yet fully linked to the app. Since we don't actually want to connect them anymore, the next step is to just remove from from the Base Station. You can do that through the Keypad > Menu > Devices > [Your Camera].

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I removed the camera with the keypad, but app still say finish set up, is there no way to cancel set up, apparently the cameras a not usable with the app or the base staion???

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@trthomas50​ If you pull down on the app screen to refresh it, is the Unfinished Setup message still there? 

The SimpliCam Wired Indoor Camera and Video Doorbell Pro can be used without the Base Station, but the Wireless Outdoor Camera and Smart Alarm Indoor Camera do require the Base Station in order to function.

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2 years ago

Has there been any update to this? I am having the same issue. I am having my current outdoor camera replaced by you all since it will not connect to my home's WiFi but I am not not able to remove this set up from the app.

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Seems that connectivity is an ongoing issue.  I just had two outdoor cameras replaced by simplisafe at no cost.  I haven't set them up yet because I fear it will take HOURS.  In the meantime we have switched ISP'S going to t-mobile gateway.  Now NO CAMERA WORKS!  I am in the process of removing all cameras and starting over.  The t-mobile gateway wifi automatically selects 2.4ghz or 5 ghz but I have set it to 2 4ghz only.  Why must I do this hurting other devices just to appease simplisafe,?  Get your act together.  At this point with nearly $1000 invested in equipment I am sorry I got sucked into the simplisafe brand.

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@crisdahlgren​ Did your network's SSID and/or password change when you switched over to your new ISP? SimpliSafe devices cannot connect to a network if its SSID or password exceed 31 characters. Our devices also need to connect to a network that's set to WPA2 or WPA2/3 Mixed Mode.

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2 years ago

Removing the device from the base station list worked for me.

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2 years ago

While many things are doable from the keypads, they can be hard for some people to read when you are having problems like these - it would be nice if the app or website could do more.

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2 years ago

This seems to be a recurrent problem...I am unable to set up my outdoor camera and I've done the above. On the app, it asks if I want to "connect to this wifi" but when I way yes it immediately comes back to the same page...I tried the insanity rule..."yes, yes, yes" but it never proceeds past that point. Frustration level is rising.

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2 years ago

If any of this says that after deleting cameras from the app you have to go into keypad and delete them from there as they are part of the system and the base station 

2 years ago

This solution works.  

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1 year ago

My Samsung S23 Ultra says that this application has a bug! call manufacture.

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That's not good.  It's become very hard to use the website because of the Captcha nonsense it has on it (sometimes) that I can't read.

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@mailweb4557​ could you give us a little more info about the error you're seeing? Or a screenshot if you're comfortable.

@photobug we use the same login system for both the Webapp and the Smartphone app. And the Captcha might pop up if our system is detecting possibly suspicious activity (such as if you failed to log in too many times, etc). It shouldn't be popping up too often!

Also, are either of you seeing the "Unfinished Setup" issue from the original post?

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