Since August 27 2026, all my Foscam R2 caméras don’t work
I don’t know if this is related, but since Thursday August 27 2026, all of my Foscam R2 caméra at my house as well at some of my friends house don’t work anymore. Even if I want to access the camera locally fro it IP address and port number or via the Foscam iPad iPhone application. None of these methods are working. I have 4 Foscam R2 and my friend has 3 and same result. All my other camera on my network are working properly. Also I am using a Amazon firestick with the software TinyCam monitor pro and it’s giving the same problem . I can’t connect to my Foscam R2 it asked my credential which have not been changed , I I put them and nothing happen.
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Quality
The quality of this camera is extremely terrible. The visual changes from all white to pixelated you can’t see anything it loses color. This is the worst camera I’ve ever purchased.
Good Foscam App
App now works reliably well. Much better than previous versions
Foscam Home Security
I don’t understand the negative reviews. I have been a Foscam user for over 15 years, and the system and support are second to none. My family members have used Ring, Boykeep, and SwitchBot with horrible outcomes. I use a Foscam FN3109 9-channel NVR which continuously records 9 of my 11 indoor and outdoor cameras. I’ve also used their cloud service for roughly 10 years. When I have an issue (on those rare occasions), customer support is quick, thorough, and always spot on with help.
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Poor
Needs a lot better work to improve convenience, stucks a lot and needs a reboot
Don’t waste your money!
I have eight cameras at home, the good thing is that you can see life what is going on. The bad thing is that is all.
I pay for one of them to be activated at all time and this is quite very expensive. I am not going to renew because it’s a waste o money because it never records anything worth recording. In fact it is hilarious because it will not record when somebody come to the house knocks at the door or leaves a package, however if there is a bit of wind, it will constantly record the movement of the leaves as “human” presence… I have called and written to them endlessly, I think they’re in China, but nothing is done… I am staying with Foscam ONLY because I have too many cameras otherwise I would definitely change to another provider. Again, don’t waste your money!
I pay for one of them to be activated at all time and this is quite very expensive. I am not going to renew because it’s a waste o money because it never records anything worth recording. In fact it is hilarious because it will not record when somebody come to the house knocks at the door or leaves a package, however if there is a bit of wind, it will constantly record the movement of the leaves as “human” presence… I have called and written to them endlessly, I think they’re in China, but nothing is done… I am staying with Foscam ONLY because I have too many cameras otherwise I would definitely change to another provider. Again, don’t waste your money!
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Unreliable
Constantly failing to connect, and then it connects and a few days later it’s off again. Customer service is a joke. Get more help from a brick wall.
1 star is too generous.
Still an absolutely dreadful app, cannot connect to cameras reliably so you may as well stay home and guard it!! They intentionally do not fix the SD card option to force you to buy cloud services. Good cameras, unusable software.
Horrible
Foscam has a horrible app and cameras. I’ve had several of their cameras for many years and they haven’t got any better. Avoid them and go with cameras that are actually useful and reliable.
Ads!!
Nothing like thinking someone has broken into your house at 4am, but instead of being able to check your cameras, you have to watch multiple ads for candy crush before you can actually access them!!!
These will be replaced. Be better, Foscam!
These will be replaced. Be better, Foscam!
P.O.S.
Sometimes, maybe, shows events when it wants, eventually
Ver 5 -- 1 star is generous.
Was barely usable before Ver 5 released. 2 stars then, now 1 star is generous. User gets lost with all the moving of settings and operation, features missing, multiple screens to perform steps that used to be one click, just pitiful to have decent quality cameras but such a poor app.
Fix it
Offline cam fix it
Software is garbage, cameras are decent
Software takes 10 seconds to load and “encrypt the stream”, which is about 10 longer than my other two brands. The software is entirely geared toward making you buy a cloud subscription, which you don’t need, but native utility is buried, making it hard to use.
No connection
App loses connection all the time. Very unreliable.
New
Please get rid or make a setting to get rid of the “new” red notification for the AI feature. It’s very annoying, I didn’t update to get it, And I don’t want it. You continue to think you’re inventing sliced bread again, but this app continues its downward trend.
UNRELIABLE
Since the last update the app is showing two of our three cameras as off when they are all on. They were working perfectly before the update. I’ve followed all the instructions to reconnect and nothing works.
Failure to launch
I was just required to update my Foscam app to proceed. Now it will not launch unless you launch it repeatedly ten to twenty times. Then it closes after a minute or two.
The net can only say, restart, uninstall, clear cache, delete, reinstall, turn phone off/on, etc. None of that garbage fixes anything.
The net can only say, restart, uninstall, clear cache, delete, reinstall, turn phone off/on, etc. None of that garbage fixes anything.
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V5.3.20
I would love to go back up to v5.3.1 ………. Because v5.3.20 is not good with the iPhone iOS 26. Can’t connect to some of my “Foscam” cameras and ‘messages’ no longer work as they did in previous versions. No These cameras will be the last Foscam products I buy if Foscam can’t keep up with changing iOS updates. Connectivity issues are unacceptable!!!
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Funktioniert soweit gut
Allerdings nervt der ewige Hinweis, dass ich kein Abo abgeschlossen habe sehr. Auch, dass Funktionen dann gesperrt sind, die kein Abo benötigen, wie z.B. die kurze Videosequenz bei der Personenerkennung. Die kann man auch auf der Speicherkarte in der Kamera ablegen. Kundenfreundlich ist das nicht.
