VAVA Home Hack 2.6.0 + Redeem Codes

- Inability to set own smtp server for emails. I’m assuming it uses VAVAs email servers as you have to log into their service.
- cannot add additional emails for notifications.
- cannot email a photo of motion detection event (would be handy rather than having to open the app every time).

Other than the above it works decently enough. Battery life is below par even with the solar panel (maybe the panel is too small). I still have to charge the camera every couple of weeks. My Reolink has no issues with its solar panel.

I’ve had my two camera VAVA Home system working pretty reliably since March 2021 under iOS13.X. Some apps were forcing me to update to iOS14 or newer and I dragged my feet until yesterday, now have iOS15.1 installed. VAVA is going a little crazy since the update. The main, glaring issue is when changing the live view from the small default image in portrait mode and tapping the arrows to get full screen landscape mode. Tap the arrow and the image rotates 90° clockwise to fill the screen. Now rotate the phone *counter* clockwise to get the correct orientation. Immediately after the phone body is rotated the image rotates separately 90° more and is standing on its side, effectively inverted in relation to the phone body. A few seconds pass then the VAVA app crashes and closes. What’s the fix VAVA?

It was very kind of so many users to hand the Vava developers the insights to improve the system! Will they?

Isn’t reliability essential in a security system? Last night when my internet went out my Vava system lost all functionality! Hmm, not too good that!

I still had cell phone access tho’!

A base station is useful, and I like having the data stored inside the house, not outside in the more vulnerable camera.

Sure would be nice to have a reasonably priced system capable of switching over to access by cell phone … when the internet’s out, or the power!

The user manual is a beautiful piece of documentation … Very, very well done. It is so brief it reads like a programmer was forced to document their class programming assignment … they did the bare minimum. It labels the parts, but beyond that its only real use is for installation. What about troubleshooting, definition of all terms?

The screw mount is hard to use. Is it possible to provide a mount that offers 360° rotation and a tilt from 90° to 180°?

I am beyond frustrated with this product. Notifications on my iPhone stopped working with no explanation why, no settings changed. Everything appears to be set correctly. I am now assuming that app-to-iPhone notifications require some sort of working service or server in between the two and hosted at VAVA. That would be a terrible design and would mean that my notifications would stop working if VAVA were to have a server down or even if they go out of business. I probably have $800 invested in this system with multiple cameras. Did I just throw all that money away? The last time I sent an email to their support email address, I never received a reply. Stay away from this product.

Definitely needs an improvement on the amount of devices that can be allowed to access the cameras since only one phone can login at a time. Updated preview for each camera slot should also be inserted as it only uploads a picture at the current time you check up on each camera. Other than that the app allows you to do what it needs to such as record, update, and communicate.

I hate that you have to go through the app for everything, because the app I believe is the problem on why it won’t work.

It’s a beautiful system, but looks aren’t going far with me when it won’t work. I can add the base station, but when I try to add the cameras it says that I need to add the base station first (already been done app, sorry). The app (assuming it’s the newer version) also doesn’t match the instructions. Their technical support is a joke (I can only reset it so many times, it’s not going to make it work).

Overall, don’t waste your money. It doesn’t work.

I had kind of low expectations after seeing a lot a of bad reviews, but after 2 months of usage, the app and cameras doing quite well. So, I thought that they deserve a good review. Maybe they fixed their issues before I started using the products. Anyway, thanks!

We supported this product through their crowd funding campaign only to wait over 3 years to receive the product. The product looks and feels wonderful BUT...the software app to operated the device is horrendous. The camera does NOT pair with the base station, even after hearing the “camera paired” audio prompt. VAVA needs to focus on fixing their products for ease of use before venturing to their other products. People will not see the products as “Reliable” if they don’t work. I currently have VAVA paper weights, just waiting for the software to update and Work!

The cameras were great for the first 30 days I had them. Now notifications don’t push through the app so you have to constantly check in if you are needing to see anything. It drains your battery having to keep opening it instead of just if something triggered the camera. I would not recommend these at all. It has now been 60 days of going back and forth with support with them saying they are working on it.

I have set up 8 of the cameras on two different base stations. It took two months before I needed to recharge the first camera. I like the nearly instant notification on my watch and phone when anything triggers motion detection. I don’t use email notifications.