Security cameras like the Wyze camera let you monitor every activity happening around your home. But it’s possible for a camera to start acting up and not work as it should.

Most of the time, you can get it back to working by restarting it. But if it still doesn’t work, you’ll need to reset it as a last resort.

Though a risky move, resetting your Wyze camera is simple if you follow the step-by-step guide. In this post, you’ll learn how to reset the Wyze camera and its different models Wyze cam v1, v2, and v3.

So let’s dive in!

Before You Reset Your Wyze Camera

Try refreshing the camera by restarting it. It is the easiest fix for a Wyze camera.

You grab the cord, unplug it and plug it back again. And toast!

You can also try restarting the router if there’s a connectivity issue.

And it would pretty much fix the issue troubling your Wyze cam. So you don’t end up erasing camera settings and other setup data of your cam.

Again if you don’t want to lose data, try to contact Wyze Support before resetting the device.

How to Reset Wyze Camera?

The resetting procedure is easy and won’t take up much of your time. The same method would work with Wyze cam v1, Wyze cam v2, and Wyze cam v3.

That said, here’s a quick step-by-step guide on resetting your Wyze camera.

Step 1: Head over to your Wyze app

Step 2: Click on the “gear” icon

Step 3: Scroll down and click the “Delete Device” option

Step 4: And finally, your device would start flashing yellow led light

Step 5: It’s indicating that it needs to be connected

Step 6: Hold down the button until the device prompts voice, “Ready to connect”

Step 7: Now set it up using the Wyze app

After finishing the setup of your Wyze camera, you’d be able to use it again. 

How to Factory Reset Wyze Camera?

Ready to factory reset your Wyze camera? Here are a few simple steps to get started with this procedure.

Step 1: Remove the micro SD card from your cam if you haven’t already

Step 2: Find the Setup button at the bottom of your Wyze cam 

Step 3: Hold down this Setup button for several seconds 

Step 4: If it resets to the factory, you’d see the yellow light blinking on your device

And finally, you’d hear it say, “Ready to connect” indicating that it’s been reset successfully!

Factory reset Wyze cam V1, Wyze cam V2, Wyze Cam V3

Again, the reset process is the same for these models of Wyze cameras. You just have to press the setup button longer for cam v1.

In short, if you’ve Wyze cam v1, hold down for 10-15 seconds to reset your Wyze cam v1. But if you’ve Wyze cam v2, just pressing the button for 3-5 seconds would do the trick!

As for Wyze cam v3 users, pressing it one or two times would reset your device!

Note: Don’t try to unplug your Wyze cam until it flashes yellow.

How to reset Wyze outdoor camera?

Sometimes the Wyze outdoor camera may not connect after a firmware update. Other times, the issue may be technical. Whatever the reason, you would try to unplug it and restart it. But even then, it wouldn’t work!

In that case, how do you even revive it?

Well, the bad news is that you CAN’T factory reset Wyze’s outdoor camera. According to Wyze, it’s for security reasons!

It’s designed in such a secure way that even if your camera is stolen, it won’t reset. And it would still be connected to your device. It would eliminate the need to misuse the camera.

But you can restart it by following the same process of unplugging and plugging it back again. But remember that it would still not reset!

The good news is you can restore it if you talk to Wyze support. Usually, they would troubleshoot your Wyze outdoor cam if it’s not reviving.

Wyze Cam Constant Yellow Light?

Resetting your Wyze camera doesn’t always go smoothly. You might face another challenge, which is being stuck on a yellow light. In other words, the Wyze cam seems to be bricked or unable to function!

If that’s something that has happened to you, try doing these quick fixes. In certain situations, these quick fixes would solve the problem of your Wyze camera’s constant yellow light.

Change the power supply

As odd as it may seem to you, changing the power supply might do the trick. Just try to use the charger that fits your Wyze camera and check to see if the yellow light starts blinking.

Manually perform a firmware flash

First, make sure that you’ve got a 32GB micro SD card before you flash the Wyze cam.

Now, follow this step-by-step guide to manually flash the firmware.

Step 1: First go to the firmware page of Wyze

Step 2: Download the firmware related to your Wyze cam

Step 3: Extract the zip file

Step 4: On your micro SD card, drag and drop the file with the “.bin” extension that you just unpacked

Step 5: Make sure you put it in the root directory of your micro SD card

Step 6: Now unplug the camera and insert the micro SD card

Step 7: Hold down the setup button while the Wyze cam is plugged

Step 8: Wait for 2-4 mins for it to detect the SD card files

Step 9:  Don’t lose hope even if it’s stuck on a yellow light (It takes a little longer time)

Step 10: Finally, after a little waiting, you’ll hear it say “Ready to connect”

When trying to rename the extracted file, you should change the file name correctly. As a simple guideline, we have made a table for Wyze cam models and their specific filenames for flashing firmware.

Wyze Cam Model	Filename
Wyze Cam Pan V2	recovery_wcpv2.bin
Wyze Cam V3	demo_wcv3.bin
Wyze Cam V2 & Wyze Cam Pan	demo.bin

Note: The light status can be yellow or red

Conclusion

We hope that you’ve now got the Wyze camera up and running after resetting it. Just remember that it’s normal to run into these technical hiccups over time. But again it’s nothing to worry about as you can always reset the device following this simple guide. Just try your luck resetting it. If it doesn’t work, you must contact the Wyze Support.