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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    New firmware just released and now I am able again to access the camera from a different wifi network. It sounds like Xiaomi listened to the feedbacks!
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    yes you are right, but I have 20+ devices for Mainland China only and all of them work just fine. Anyway this device was never released outside China so I guess that all others who bought it and posted in this thread should face my same problem now, correct?
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    Yes I know, but it worked flawlessly for about 9 months until recent updates of the Mi Home app. There was not any firmware update containing a Country ban like with the Yi Ants camera. Furthermore, the very strange thing is that this camera is a gateway and many devices are connected to it...
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    Actually, I realize that my Aqara Smart Camera Gateway can only be accessed when I am in the same wifi network of the camera. If I am outside and I try to load the camera, it arrives to 36% and then it stops saying that "The current network is not available" as per previous post. A security...
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    The camera worked flawlessly for about 9 months until Xiaomi released the MiHome app update 5.3.19. After the update when I try to connect to the camera it loads until 36% and then gives me the error message "The current network is not available" (see attached). Anyone else experiencing same...
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    You can see all my settings in my post of 17 January. Apart from SSID, which must be a single word without special characters, it's important to have the wifi mode set to 802.11 b/g/n, NOT to 802.11 n only. My password is a short combination of numbers and letters (all capital letters) without...
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    Ok the quality could be better, but for 20 bucks I don't see many regrets. I needed the gateway functionality and I got a camera on top of that at a price lower than the gateway alone. The wide angle is also very much impressive as it is able to set views apparently outside the camera range.
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    Problem solved! The issue was indeed with the SSID name. No space or special characters were accepted by the Aqara camera. I wrote to Xiaomi tech support and pointed out the bug telling them that the other Xiaomi cameras didn't have same problem with the SSID name. They released a firmware...
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    Thanks for the inputs guys. I will try as soon as I have some time. Regarding the connection working only on wifi, I remember the nightmare I had with the Dafang camera suffering the exact same problem. On the dafang it was solved with firmware and Mi Home app updates (probably following several...
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    I don't think it has a country ban like the Yi Ants because I could connect to my phone's hotspot and use it while I was connected to the hotspot. The issue is probably in the house wifi settings. My SSID doesn't have special characters unless a space or a "." are considered like that. But then...
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    Xiaomi Mijia Aqara Smart Ip Camera - Connection Timed Out

    While doing the initial setup, I selected "Mainland China" as the location in Mi Home and while trying to establish the connection to the Home Wifi network, the connection always fails at 89% giving the error - "Connection timed out". Despite repeated trials I always get the error at 89%...
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    Can't Open Camera Plugin: Xiaomi Mijia Dafang Home 1080p Hd

    In my case with MiHome 4.2.5 from the Google Play Store the camera adds fine and I can access it. One time I add problems of disconnecting/reconnecting the camera multiple times and I discovered it was the cable extender I plugged the camera into that was causing the problem. Much better if the...
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    Can't Open Camera Plugin: Xiaomi Mijia Dafang Home 1080p Hd

    Ok, maybe I have found the solution. I have uninstalled MiHome 4.3.15 and reinstalled version 4.2.5 from the Google Play Store. I downloaded the plugin for the Dafang camera and after download complete when I click on the Dafang link it opens the plugin although I am now away from home and the...
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    Can't Open Camera Plugin: Xiaomi Mijia Dafang Home 1080p Hd

    Guys I have exactly the same issue. I have added the device to the Mi Home list and is shown online. The light on the camera is blue fixed which confirms it is online. I'm using MiHome ver. 4.3.15 downloaded from the official Xiaomi Store (app.mi.com). I have set the country as China Mainland...