LookCam Hack 1.5.8 + Redeem Codes

It seems that the app DOESN’T work 9 times out of 10. It definitely doesn’t work when I want it to work. It is always “connecting” and when it is online and I want to see the saved files, it tells me loading failed (very common pop up in this app). I figured files would be stored regardless if the camera is online or not. When I do have access to the videos, a lot of times I can’t view them. I have not tried downloading them because I don’t want to download all videos just to view them. I cannot fast forward and there is no option for video length-they are all 5 minutes (I believe...again: loading failed). I have not been able to use the microphone option at all either.

Quality is okay.

When the app works like it should, it’s fine.

But that’s when it actually is. I’ve done just about every single “fix” to make it work again only to be faced with the same issues. The most common issue is the camera appearing offline, but my xfinity app says it’s connected. This issue sorts itself out but it’s a guessing game of when.

The next issue is audio. There’s no Bluetooth headphone support for the app which is odd considering it’s 2023. Another “audio” issue is the audio coming from the live video feed. 90% of the time it’s very hard to hear noises or even people talking (yes, even when they’re right by the camera) it tends to make people and noises seem very far away from the camera and randomnly it’ll get super loud only to go right back to being very quiet and muffled to the point it sounds like your camera is in your fish tank on the other side of the house but don’t worry It gets worse. There’s always a constant “feedback” noise that 50% of the time gets louder than the actual noise in your home making it impossible to understand a conversation or actually hear noises inside your home. I’ve experimented with this specific issue and from what I’ve concluded to, each outlet in your home makes it better or worse. The strangest part is, the closer I placed my camera to the router, the worse the feedback and audio got

Just a catastrophe. Alpha level software. Not a single feature is dependable, something absolutely essential for home security and monitoring. Software loses connection with camera at least once a week requiring a camera factory reset and setting it up again. SD card reformatting often required because it often cannot loop recordings. Software often reports formatting failed, even when it doesn’t. Cloud recording paid subscription add-on not dependable and often goes down on weekends. Recordings stored there have playback issues, often switching between normal and fast forward-style playback with no way to correct. Downloading those recordings is baffling. Alarm monitoring simply doesn’t work. You need to manually review recordings, but you cannot easily do so using terrible built-in video player. Software controls often don’t work in landscape mode. I’ve had this six months and there have been only two app updates, none improving the software and the last one added new problems. I have used hundreds of apps over the years. This is literally the worst I have ever used. Unconscionable.

OK like a lot of things these days this is from China as are the cameras that it connects to. All and All does what it is supposed to do. Instructions are minimal you’ll have to figure it out on your own. One thing that’s concerning, you do not have to set up your router to allow the communications through. And when you’re configuring the software even if you’re not on site it’s able to find the camera with your iPhone. The only way this can work is if both the camera and your software are connecting to a third device such as a server someplace. Given that the camera is on 24/7 I would not suggest putting it in a sensitive area such as a bedroom. It’s almost certain that the manufacturer or the coder of the software have unlimited access to recorded video and the video feed.

Here I thought I would be able to look into my house while away from the house, but in order to see your camera you have to be connected to your wifi and then look through the camera. Which defeats the purpose of having a camera not only that but if you don’t use it for 10 minutes it shuts off and you literally have to take it down turn it off and back on for it to connect to and then connect to your 2.4 wifi to look at yourself because your home and it doesn’t work unless you’re home . This was a waste of money for me I’m going on vacation and would like to see my house while I’m gone but can’t because this product just doesn’t work period. Even after charging the thing overnight it still doesn’t stay on highly recommend a better device if you’re looking for a real security camera and not just a camera that works when you are home.

Cons
-pop ups are in Chinese (but everything else is mostly English)
-no explanation of what any button does or how to set anything up
- app doesn’t crash often but does slow down and mess up from time to time
-when viewing files saved to the sd card, you cannot skip ahead in the video, you must sit through the whole 5 mins of you wanna see the end of the video (if you download the video you can ff and rw)
- sometimes when downloading files the download bar won’t show up but will still be downloading
-if you leave the files page to go view your stream their downloads will be canceled.
-Must stay on file page to download files even if you never leave the app
-doesn’t provide camera wifi information (ip address etc)
-recorded video is a little slower than it actually is

Pros
-does what it’s supposed to do (stream and record videos)
- doesn’t crash as much compared to other apps
- camera is always online when I check it
-there is a lot of useful features and options on the app such as the motion detection recording and night vision but you have to figure it out for yourself

Overall 3 stars bc it works better than most other ip camera apps but is by no means perfect

I have several camera that all use an app similar to this one. Overall I’m happy with this product but have noticed a few bugs.

1. When watching live video the sound will play over the speakers and not the headphones.
I did find if I unplugged and replugged my headphone jack it would work. But each time I close the camera or app I’d have to do this again.

2. The alarm play back “files” won’t load. Some will say they have “0” storage on the file, and others will show a file size. For not however it won’t play the video. The only way I’ve been able to record video is if I am manually watching the camera and hit “record”. The Alarm recording is basically useless. I have played around and tested this on 3 camera and they all have the same issue.

Over all I’m happy with this product, but it does lack what other companies have excelled in.

I find the privacy concerns to be very concerning. And I would like assurance that those have been fixed in the interest of your customers.

I would be glad to provide images or videos to show the exact issues I have been having .

With some work, this app could be decent. The alarm config settings indicate changes were saved but if you go to another device setting and return to alarm confirm, it automatically resets. Without alarm settings you have to watch all footage to see a detection. No option for delete all saved files without clicking each one but that doesn’t delete the entry. It still shows up but with 0 in each data field. You can’t ffwd through files without downloading but it doesn’t download to your phone. The live viewing has night vision but unsure when it’s on or off and no changes are noticed when toggled. Set the recording intervals for 30 min but files were an hour and 45 min. There was a 3 hour gap during continuous recording. Changed record interval to 5 min and it seems to record accurately.

The overall app is pretty decent with ok controls, easy navigation, and ok layout, BUT it rarely works, extremely difficult to connect to the network, loses connection 99% of the time, simply doesn’t work properly 99% of the time, and constantly acts like it’s trying to connect to eventually get that dreaded, “Device Offline” error. I’m planning to research to find an app that actually works with my camera, even if it’s 50% of the time. Modern technology is only good when it works and this app renders my camera useless and a throw away at best. Hopefully the developer will figure it out, get the bugs fixed, and strive to achieve at least 4 stars on the typical review.

Ok upped the rating to 4 from 3 because finally fingered out how to save from app the phone. For those struggling like me, download the clip you want to save, then go to photos at the bottom of the screen. Then once you select the downloaded clip in there long press on it until it gives you the option to save and it will save to your phones photo album.

Push notifications don’t work

-motion detection still needs an update please! It will record on motion detection but will continue to record clips infinitely even though there is no more motion. (Found out this was the camera not the app so motion detection is good)

-also the IR schedule needs to be updated to be able to start the IR at a time higher than the end. For example I can not tell it to start IR mode at 9pm and end at 8am.

Thank you for the app overall it works well once you get the hang of it.