Another SpyPoint RANT

[Rick_ca]

Did that I have more bars where I hunt than I do at my house LOL

So woke up this morning phone dinging away camera sending pics checked signal 90% so thru out day checked signal on the hour (give take a few mins) and watched pictures roll in then at 6pm back down to a red 25% lol.

[trky chsr]

With the amount of poor reviews with Spypoint I've seen over the last 2-3 years I'm surprised they even sell anymore. Lot's of horror stories on Ontario Trail Cams too, although surprisingly one guy posted the other day that he'd had two going well on his third year now. I sure wouldn't buy one.

I'm in that group as well, I have 2 that are over 3 years old and work well...when you have a good signal!. I have one camera with a so-so signal and it's very sporadic when it sends pics. The other one is in a good area and no issues. I just wonder if quality control has gone down in the last couple of years. TC

[werner.reiche]

So woke up this morning phone dinging away camera sending pics checked signal 90% so thru out day checked signal on the hour (give take a few mins) and watched pictures roll in then at 6pm back down to a red 25% lol.

I have two of these cams (link-s). The were okay until this year. Now I'm experiencing the same problem you have. Photo transmission is very intermittent. Cell signal shows okay when you power cycle it, but falls off over the next few days. They give you the BS about moving the camera or adding an antennae extender. The tech support guys are not very technical and do not at all grasp how the cameras are used in the field. Particulary when they tell you to move them away from areas you are trying to monitor to higher ground.

This stuff used to work (2018,19,20). Spypoint broke something this year and is either to dumb to realize it or won't admit it.

Today I got alerts for 54 pictures - which were charged to my account. Checked the phone and then their web site. Only one picture today.

The cameras seem to work okay in the US. Most of the people having problems are in Canada, I think.
I doubt they will be selling in Canada in a couple of years. They've ruined a great product with bad software updates and there are better and cheaper options now. The only reason I bought the spypoints is bushnell didn't have a cell cam that worked in Canada.

[werner.reiche]

I'm in that group as well, I have 2 that are over 3 years old and work well...when you have a good signal!. I have one camera with a so-so signal and it's very sporadic when it sends pics. The other one is in a good area and no issues. I just wonder if quality control has gone down in the last couple of years. TC

But what does it take to "get a good cell signal". I can see the lights on the tower from the camera. It's less than 1.5km away.

[Rick_ca]

So woke up this morning phone dinging away camera sending pics checked signal 90% so thru out day checked signal on the hour (give take a few mins) and watched pictures roll in then at 6pm back down to a red 25% lol.

And back up to 90% lol

[firedeptlt]

My most recent cell link from spypoint was stuck in a loop and kept sending the same 9 pictures over and over ( and I mean thousands of times ) although they couldn’t see it on their end. All the firmware was updated and both the cable and the card were formatted. An over the air update was done on their end. I basically told the guy that he and the conversation we were having was spypoint’s last chance. The replacement arrives tomorrow. In the meantime I picked up a Tactacam Reveal X and a Bushnell Core 20.

[Rick_ca]

So giving an update dialed the 514 number not the 800 one and spoke with a spypoint tech who was very knowledgeable on the camera, she is sending the latest firmware (just released) remotely. Plus when i mentioned my experience with their call center she fell over backward to apologize for the response they gave me. So fingers crossed this works

[gunter]

Ha i have seen the same on my camera red 25 % reading next day 100 % signal.
the problem has to be from there side.

So woke up this morning phone dinging away camera sending pics checked signal 90% so thru out day checked signal on the hour (give take a few mins) and watched pictures roll in then at 6pm back down to a red 25% lol.

[Rick_ca]

So giving an update dialed the 514 number not the 800 one and spoke with a spypoint tech who was very knowledgeable on the camera, she is sending the latest firmware (just released) remotely. Plus when i mentioned my experience with their call center she fell over backward to apologize for the response they gave me. So fingers crossed this works

Quick update since spypoint updated from .29 to .30 remotely im getting pictures even when signal shows 25% so well done spypoint

[js4fn]

Quick update since spypoint updated from .29 to .30 remotely im getting pictures even when signal shows 25% so well done spypoint

That’s good. Now they’ll get them working as should and discontinue them. Lol