Flash Neos or Wyze Camera with Custom Dafang Firmware - Tutorial

[@quocvanhthn90]

*My old camera started flippin out so i bought a **Newest.Technology** one. Was really excited about the talking feature but my friends said “we can hear your voice through the front door.”10/10*

[@therealroga]

Neos just closed down their site and the app. So there will be thousands of these devices now kicking around needing this video to revive them! Worked ok for me cheers!

[@zernandeguerto1540]

Did this hack work even on the latest Neos firmware?

[@therealroga]

@@zernandeguerto1540 yes

[@therealroga]

@@zernandeguerto1540 yes

[@crazykittenvideos855]

That’s why I’m here!!

[@jkntrds9635]

it worked like a charm after spending 2 hours trying on my own, cheers mate

[@nunosilva2128]

The first time i hacked a Dafang cam was 5 years ago...I remembered the pain it was (a couple of days I think)...today, followed this video instructions for my Wyzecam, after that I logged into my router to see new connections and shazaaam....got this thing working in 10m...kudos mate and thanks!

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Glad it works!

[@Xinud]

Great video. Looking forward to part 2 with Home Assistant Integration. Been trying to figure out how to do that with Wyze cams.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thank you! The custom firmware is the key!

[@marcelohormeyll]

Congratulations! I´d tried several methods without success, the SD formatter is the secret! thanks!

[@WillSurridgeTech]

No worries!

[@vandanaindianmomsworld6729]

For Mac users, formatting with Disk Utility works as well, just make sure to select FAT file system instead of Mac while erasing/formatting.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

This never worked for me, but glad it worked for you!

[@4sayken]

Hi Will, I have just ordered 2x Wyze cams because of your video. Thanks

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I hope you enjoy them!

[@DavidFerguson1968]

Hello Will, I've ordered one of these from Amazon, it'll arrive tomorrow so I'll be using your instructions to flash after I've recorded the MAC address.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Great! Let me know how it goes!

[@davidferguson2207]

Wow, the quality sucks!!!, Will what settings are you using for the video? Mine breaks up all over the place....

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I'm using 1280x720 with a bitrate of 500 - quality isn't amazing, but is enough for me too see what I need to :)

[@tonyweavers4292]

Great video Will! Thanks for taking the time to make and upload. A new subscriber here!

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Awesome, thank you!

[@CancunManny]

@2:10 The size of the card does matter, 32 is the largest you can use. Also no need to hold the button for that long. Once the light turns light blue, you can let go. It usually takes about 4 to 6 seconds for it to turn blue. If it doesn't turn blue after a few seconds, is either because your card is too big (I was using 128gb) or your demo.bin file got corrupted when you transferred it.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thanks for letting me know! I thought it was quite a long time, but to be honest I was happy I'd found a way which worked, and was repeatable!

[@AngusNB]

At 2:10 he didn't say the size didn't matter, he said the _kind_ didn't matter, meaning it doesn't have to be SanDisk. You are correct though, anything larger than 32Gb is unlikely to work. I used a 4Gb 'cause, what else is it good for? 😃

[@WillSurridgeTech]

@@AngusNB Glad it worked for you :) I didn't try anything bigger tbh!

[@gavinmorgan8861]

Thanks for leaving this comment. Couldn’t get it to work and after seeing this I know why. Been using a 64gb card. Only one I had.

[@badrhabib5963]

Great Will it is a very good video. Well done.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thank you very much! Glad you liked it!

[@RyanKershaw]

You reference the "IP address we set up earlier" in the video, but I don't remember seeing that part of the video? I can't figure out the address for mine but I'm pretty sure I've done everything right up til now. Just struggling with what to PING! :(

[@WillSurridgeTech]

At 1:52 I say you should connect to the network with original firmware so you can get the mac address and set a static IP, but it's probably too late now! Grant posted a comment with this option - "In the "firmware_mod\config" folder, there is a file called "staticip.conf.dist". Just type in the static IP address you wish, save the file and remove the ".dist" file type, reboot, now your camera has a static IP address" Alternatively you can just go to your router settings and find the connected device which is new and get the ip there :)

[@RyanKershaw]

@@WillSurridgeTech I've managed to boot it up and I know it's connected now as it shows as "DAFANG" on my router and the ping works! However, upon connecting to my static IP in my web browser, I get a connection error! Made lots of progress today so would love to continue it! Any ideas? I've tried multiple browsers. Thank you for replying :)

[@WillSurridgeTech]

For me it says connection not private, so you have to click through and proceed (maybe you have some form of firewall blocking it because it's 'unsafe')

[@RyanKershaw]

@@WillSurridgeTech The static IP I set up isn't the one that is listed on my router settings but either way both aren't connecting. It's less of a connection not private page and rather just says Safari/Chrome could not connect to the server :(

[@WillSurridgeTech]

If the software is working on the camera, and you can ping it, there should be absolutely no reason you cant connect to it in web browser...All I can suggest is restarting everything!

[@martinzipfel7843]

Tried two different SD cards but I just don't get the blue LED when I try to flash. Instead after 20 or so seconds of holding the setup button I hear the friendly Chinese lady from the original firmware. Did anybody have the same issue and found out why?

[@mav1937]

Any way to get the original Neos firmware back on it? Or where i can get it from?

[@saraphinaforman]

hi! can you change the wifi network on the conf file and just put the sd card back in or do you have to go back to the formatting and demo.bin step? i set it up on a different wifi network

[@DarrylHadfield]

So, I've followed these instructions to a 'T'... and I'm left with a WyzeCam v2 that has a yellow light... it clicks and briefly turns off, then comes back on - then clicks with the yellow light remaining on. I've tried reflashing multiple times, no luck. I've tried assuming the flash has taken, and put another SD card with the other firmware, no luck. I've heard references to the latest firmware from WyzeCam being a problem, so I flashed 4.8.4.28 from the "firmware_original" folder, and then attemped the bootloader flash... no luck. Help?

[@alexandrehuot3326]

Hey Darryl, are you on MacOS? I am and for an odd reason, the wpa_supplicant.conf.dist files was not getting rename properly. (Even if in finder it showed as wpa_supplicant.conf). Take a look at the log files. Good luck!

[@DarrylHadfield]

@@alexandrehuot3326 turns out the issue was the firmware, for which a new version (for the xiaomi-dafang loader) was released recently,.and I'm solid now.

[@buildingsbyair]

worked as above except led didnt settle to yellow but flashed for 2mins till i carried on the process

[@evmcnair]

So, even though the LED was flashing yellow, moving on with the rest of the process was successful? is that right? Mine would go solid yellow, solid blue, solid yellow, solid blue, blinking yellow.. I'm going to try to continue and see if it takes.

[@evmcnair]

So for the record, it did end up working on this specific Wyze v2 camera. I have two other Wyze v2's and it did not seem to work on them --I believe they had updated firmware, which may be blocking this custom firmware.

[@buildingsbyair]

I havent tried on any newer models (mine are a few years old) but successfully flashed all 4

[@AlexHowell-p3n]

You're amazing. Thanks mate :)

[@AngusNB]

2:51 You are correct. The SD Card Formatter app is essential. I tried formatting a 4Gb microSD card with MiniTool Partition Wizard and it would not work in a WYZE camera.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Glad it works now! It took me so long to figure out that little step!

[@daveforrester61]

Hi Will. I'm trying to flash a Neos Camera with a 32GB SD card. I've formatted it several times with the SD Card Formatter, I hold down the reset button, plug in power, the light comes on yellow then changes to blue, hold for a further 20s and release. After a few seconds the light changes to yellow, the camera clicks a couple of times and after about 2 minutes the yellow light starts blinking. When I put the SD card back into my PC it comes up with a "there is a problem with this drive...." . When I check the card it has 2 additional folders on it, record and time_lapse. What's going on, what am I doing wrong? Any suggestions gratefully received thanks. 2 days later, I've tried 2 other 32GB SD cards, I've partitioned one down to 512MB and I still cannot get it to work. For reference, the camera is a Neos NS-CAM-02.

[@wojtek2194]

how did you solve it ??

[@patelavinash22]

I am having same issue how did u solve it?

[@daveforrester61]

​@@patelavinash22I never did solve it. I've ditched all my Neos cameras and bought TP Link Tapo cameras.

[@philwright8269]

Mine just keeps saying 'ready to connect.'

[@kapovsky]

What do you mean by "We made earlier" 6:10 - You haven't explained anything about an static ip adress???

[@michaelgarner1908]

Hi Will Great Video. I followed your instructions and am in the process of adding it to my Home Assistant system as well as enable the MQTT configuration. Question though. I have installed this on a Wyze V2 and my UI look vastly different from what you are showing. The UI that I have, for instance, does not display the RTSP Stream URL or current URL. Your screen shows text based menu and the one I have has icons. Are you running an older version or am I?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Given I did this back in May, I imagine you're on a newer version!

[@CoreMacSolutions.]

After insertion of SD card, I’m getting blue light, the. Back to yellow and the. Rapid flashing of yellow. I know that’s not right but not sure why as followed instructions to this point to the dot? 8Gb card and used SD Card Formatter. Any guidance?

[@palaHD]

Hi,what if I can't access the camera on the router to get the IP at the start ? Thanks

[@CrazyLama]

Tried with my neos cam that recently updated to the latest firmware but it wouldn't get past the first step with the demo bin file. Tried with several different sd cards :(

[@SharmiMon]

Will it work with the spot camera from iSmartAlarm ? The camera looks exactly same

[@milty456]

Also, how can you get it to keep a static mac address?

[@DavidFerreira1986]

all indicate that works, but after try and push the card out, it blinks orange, and appear a new network called dafang =/. Cannot connect to my network?!

[@easwaran83]

great video, Can we have 2 way audio communication with this DAFANG firmware on Wyze??

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I'm afraid not...Inside the camera interface you can trigger an audio test .wav file (which you could make your own and add it to the sd card), but you cant seem to trigger from mqtt, and it will have to be a pre-recorded message

[@stuartrozier]

hey this may have already been covered but why the slow frame rate in live view ? is their a way to speed that up at all ? thanks in advance :)

[@mav1937]

Mine goes blue holding for 20 seconds then yellow for a bit then it just flashes blue and yellow ever second?

[@markgittins7269]

Anyone know if its possible to flash they Wyze v2 with Neos Smartcam firmware? Looking to use my cams in the UK with Alexa

[@milty456]

Once the second part is done; should you be able to run it without the sd card?

[@howardmoss4671]

Can't get this to work on Neos Smartcam. Formatted the card as instructed, loaded the .bin file and renamed it demo.bin Camera unplugged, put in sd card, held Reset button and powered up, light yellow, goes blue, hold for 10 seconds. Light goes from blue to yellow and then after a little while starts flashing alternate blue/yellow. Now what?

[@danchaplin3264]

Mine die the same - but as with others in the comments I carried on anyway and it worked fine. I reformatted the sd card before copying over the contents of firmware_mod, and it all just worked. That was on a neos smartcam.

[@ombreeevid]

"If it stays yellow" - hm, no it doesn't stay yellow for me, it just blinks continuously. Probably because I had a firmware update just a couple of months ago and NEOS fixed this loophole?? Tried 4x full format overwrite, demo.bin and no luck. When re-instering the SD into my computer before reformatting it I can see the camera just creates its folder structure on the SD next to the demo.bin in and starts recording to the SD card with the footage carrying WYZE watermark on it - that's all what happens. :/

[@Sajal7861]

Same happened to me but I deleted all those files and continued on with the next steps and it worked!

[@nialldewar]

Is this still possible? I'm following along 4 years later as Neos is closing down soon, but I can't get it to accept the bin file, it just boots up reset to factory

[@MancHomelab]

Hi Niall, check my guide in the comments and hopefully it helps!

[@detoast1197]

You say loads then skip over the important bits

[@macster1457]

I tried several times to follow along, but I couldn't get it work. It seems there are steps on the actual instructions in github that are not shown here which makes it confusing.

[@dave412r]

I have tried with a 128GB SD card & wont work, does it need to be smaller / will a USB stick work in the back?

[@GloUp100]

Sorry quick question. Will this only allow the live viewing within the home LAN as there’s no port forwarding? So if I come of my home wifi it I won’t be able to view the live footage? Thanks

[@mrmotofy]

You DON'T want to forward Cam ports. You want to setup like Zeroteir on one of your home computers that stay on. Then install it on your phone etc and connect to the same Zeroteir network. That should allow viewing remotely but securely. Yes you will need to be connected to your home network. There's multiple ways it can be done. Zeroteir is one easy way. Then you can remotely connect to devices on your home network like you're on your couch, just slower in some cases depending on internet speeds. You can also setup a Private VPN server and DDNS on your home router and connect that way. Most home routers have the free option. There's multiple ways to do it

[@adampoirier6057]

This is really good knowledge config.bin > rename to config.conf edit "ssid" and "psk" sd will have file save as what config.conf or config.bin ?

[@GlennPierce]

Does this mean you need the sdcard in permanently or can defang be written to the internal memory of the camera ?

[@The8BitHero]

I've ran into an interesting issue. I get the IP and it resolves to dafang like in the instructions, but browsers can't connect to it. Pings and shows up on my AP.

[@JohnnyFive626]

Can you scoot back 12 inches?... or more...

[@ianwatts6342]

This appears to no longer work for the Wyze Cam v2, whatever newer model update they did also broke their own custom RTSP firmware. The result trying to load the CFW was the same as that RTSP firmware.. the orange light and click cycle. Reverted back to current prod firmware, came back fine.

[@fleshTH]

I just bought a 2 pack on a lightening deal. I have an older one I got last year that i'm running cfw on. My new ones are doing exactly as you are saying there. Just the orange light and clicking. I've installed the webcam firmware and the original "app" firmware. Both seem to work fine (I don't now if they work, I refuse to connect a camera to an open over the internet).

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Shame it doesn't work any more, I was mostly doing it for neos rather than Wyze as I thought Wyze had released RTSP now

[@fleshTH]

@@WillSurridgeTech wyze does have RTSP firmware. I'm using it now completely isolated from my main home network with no access to the internet

[@ianwatts6342]

@@fleshTH Indeed they do.. now.. again. I flashed a week or two ago and finally had success. The audio quality is somewhat lacking.. but for the price point it is certainly acceptable.

[@ridawis5498]

Is there a way to make a copy of firmware from Dafang device to sdcard? Or is there a list of Dafang firmware ? Thank you.

[@MrBee_OG]

Again a nice short vid. You could/should have included installing the RTSP firmware too, as a lot of people use that to get these visible in Home Assistant. (Or is that in the next vid?)

[@WillSurridgeTech]

The RTSP feed is part of the dafang firmware :) In the next vid I show how to use that stream to add the camera to HA. Or is there another firmware out there?

[@sergioguzman5971]

Thank you for this.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

No worries

[@DoruStoica]

Thanks man, it works. Was very intimidating the guide on github but thanks to you I made it. I'm still looking for part 2 of this video, is not made yet?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpi8fKx8g6psarc

[@DoruStoica]

@@WillSurridgeTech thank you!

[@noz3m]

The camera itself is capeable of 1080P, how come that you are using 720P with the dafang software? Is 1080P not possible? I'm looking to get three of these Xiaomi Dafang camera's and use them to check my garden and front door etc. Is the quality still bad? Want to add these to Home assistant.

[@noz3m]

The following video is russian but at 07:09 the quality seems good? kzbin.info/www/bejne/haK4emR9fchnd9U

[@WillSurridgeTech]

The quality isn't bad - it can do 1080p, but I just found it would take for ever to load up in HA; that could just be my network of course

[@noz3m]

@@WillSurridgeTech ah right, do you still recommend these camera's? And Fw?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I have to admit, for the same price (or close enough) you can get the Tapo C200 - in this video I compare all the indoor cameras I've checked so far - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYusYopvqsaaaqs

[@mortyjones732]

Hi Will. Long shot but I have a Neos which updated to their latest firmware. I have the mac address but will this process still work with the a Dec 2020 cam with their latest firmware ? Many thanks.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

No reason why not, the hardware is the same, but I don’t know for certain I’m afraid

[@toddenneny5969]

being working on this all day cant not get this firmware on v2 ...it seems to take first bin file but stay yellow light with files the file list on sd card any ideas

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Not sure I'm afraid, I havent had any problems with the sd card formatter so not sure what I can suggest

[@ENGLISHBULLOX]

hello can this still be done if i buy a neo cam now or is there a cam i can just buy for same price that just works with home assistant thanks

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I don’t see why this can’t still be done with a Neos camera. If you want one which just works then you can get any camera with an RTSP stream (if you also want pan/tilt then it needs to support onvif too). I don’t know of any specifically at that low a price point with that support I’m afriad

[@faisalthe01]

Where should we record the video if sd card slot is being used for firmware?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Video also records to the sd card

[@mamarabdellah]

is this work with ismart alarm spot + ??

[@reptilebeats936]

I'm finding the stream using dafang incredibly slow with artifacts all over the place, any known fixes for this horrendous output? Could this possible be the sd card speed or power input not sufficient enough?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I have to admit, I've given up on these cameras - they're just too slow

[@AngusNB]

Hi Will. After a day of experimenting with the Dafang Hack I ended up using the WYZE RTSP firmware. The hack creators claim that if you boot the camera without the SD card it will boot to the original firmware, WYZE in my case. I could never get this to work. If I remove the SD card or remove the run.sh script the camera wouldn't boot at all.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Thats a shame, yeh mine wont boot at all without the sd card! At least you still have an RTSP feed :)

[@csbluechip]

5m42s ...Does this enable WEP? ...If so, bear in mind WEP was deprecated over a decade ago due to critical security flaws.

[@devianpctek]

I flashed a Wyze with dafang, question I'm using telegram to get the videos on motion, but are this videos kept on the sd? Or they get deleted after are sent to telegram?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Easiest way to tell is to just check the sd card - ssh into it and see whether the file is still there!

[@thestreamreader]

Is there anything available for the wyze cam V3?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I believe wyze have are working on a firmware with RTSP

[@thestreamreader]

@@WillSurridgeTech not sure what you are saying. Is there a custom firmware available for Wyze v3?

[@mattkiteley1]

@@thestreamreader or @Will Surridge Tech - Did you ever find out if there's anything for V3? I managed to get RTSP turned on following a tutorial that instructed me to download a demo_wcv3.bin file and place on the root of sd card, then reboot while holding set-up. I can now enable RTSP in the Wyze (android) app settings. However I can't seem to get the stream to view in HomeAssistant. I keep getting message in logs "Stream has no video". I'm not using the Wyze bridge or running in a docker, I'm on a RPi 3. Do you guys have any ideas/suggestions?? Would be most welcome! Matt

[@davidlister8130]

hi Will, finished the upload and can see the camera output by ip address but the camera shows on my google wifi but without assigning an ip. The one i am using is the one i enterred in the ip file. Will this be a problem in Part 2 (RSTP).

[@WillSurridgeTech]

you can always set the static ip in your router if that doesn't work

[@davidlister8130]

@@WillSurridgeTech Thanhs for the reply. Camera working well in Blue Iris.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Fab!

[@lucianbuzatu4602]

Hi Will, is this reversible to the original Wyze firmware?

[@WillSurridgeTech]

In theory, yes - the original firmware is available on the git hub so you just follow the same sequence with the original firmware

[@Interweb360]

Hello is this still posisble?

[@whysodankness]

Turns out they've known about the V1 cam security flaw for over a year and just cancelled product

[@999monkeymonkey]

i get all the way and it dosent do the final blue light not matter how many times i try

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Not sure I'm afraid, I havent had any problems with the sd card formatter so not sure what I can suggest

[@DanialMaude1989]

thank you !!!

[@WillSurridgeTech]

No problem

[@mr-qd7kb]

Hi Will, Compared to Wyze RTSP firmware (support.wyzecam.com/hc/en-us/articles/360026245231-Wyze-Cam-RTSP), Dafang Hacks video quality is extremely bad. Pixel blocks, artefacts etc., especially in IR/night mode where it's monochrome. My wifi signal is perfect. Also didn't try yet the changing the bootloader to enable FullHD, but overall very bad experience with 720p. I've spent A LOT trying ALL kind of settings, bitrates, killing services in the name of CPU/Memory, swap etc, nothing even comes close to Wyze RTSP quality. Any ideas, are welcome. I have some mice that i spy, and they move quite fast in / out of the frame. Motion detection from Wyze is useless, so i was hoping for a quality RTSP stream so i can feed it to MotionEye and record there. Until now, nothing beats the continuous recording on the sd card directly in the camera. Edit: i've switched to beta, and with a U1 grade sd-card, and i'm positively surprised. Will come back with more info.

[@WillSurridgeTech]

I have to say I'm not particularly bothered about the quality at the moment. But you are right - it's not the best! The beta or wyze firmware or dafang hack? Let me know what it's like!

[@mr-qd7kb]

@@WillSurridgeTech Beta of Dafang Hack, (Firmware Branch: beta, Firmware Commit: 535065f), will try to get fullHD going on to compare and will come back

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Keep me posted!

[@sfincione2000]

Jesus, any chance of stepping back a bit from the camera - it's freaky the way you look so zoomed in at the start

[@geogmz8277]

What Dafang did I just watched? 😉

[@WillSurridgeTech]

😂😂😂

[@hypnoboutique]

zai-o-mi 😆

[@danielmpr]

framerate is mega-slow!

[@WillSurridgeTech]

yeh, it's not the best...

[@dgates19]

@@WillSurridgeTech You said above that you have given up on these cameras, what do you use now. I want to set up a simple RTSP stream for a facebook group.

[@davidwhanna1846]

Sorry mate can you please explain in simple language, you are to fast and all over the place, may be step by step could be more useful, its by fluke that i found you, but now cant understand a word you r saying,Thanks

[@WillSurridgeTech]

Sorry it's so fast, I've tried to slow my videos down since then

[@AkhileshKumar-cc8qq]

simply waste of time