Install a Lightbulb WiFi Smart Camera. On a Android phone. Using the Google Play Store app and view on you computer screen if website is working. Developed by madecool.com
It's been said,, after using the Lightbulb Camera APP in time they will Shut OFF the APP unless you make monthly payments to use the APP. I hear it is very expensive to continue to use the APP!
You don't need to subscribe to the cloud all you have to do is go into settings, then click ( SD card recording ) and set it to 24/7 or all time recording in both ( Recording way ) and (Recording Schedule ) and your all set. NOTE: you will continue to see the prompts wanting you to subscribe just close or disregard it. If you ever get to were you can't connect to your WIFI you have to reset the camera.
Think I'm sending this back. Looking at the comments, almost everyone is having trouble getting the code to scan - exactly my problem. Pretty neat idea, wish they had worked!
@@japribble where do you type it in at? it looks like when you scan there should be a red light i dont see no light and dont understand how to get the code to scan
@@melyndazeek7407dude read side of bulb it may be a different app you have to install. All of these don't use same app the app required is on label 1st line
Hi. I got two of these cameras working quickly on my iPhone, but I'm having a devil of a time getting them to appear on the YI desktop app. I'm on a Mac, DL'd the software on their website, installed AOK, logged onto my account, but no cam transmission. This is the apps message: You do not have any camera paired to this account. pair a YI home/Dome camera on your mobile app first." But I must be paired to both cameras, otherwise I would not see them on my iPhone, but I do see them. Perfectly. Any ideas what's going on? Thank you!
@Cathy Simon I also can't get mine to connect. I connect to my 2.4 wifi and then I connect to the camera, but it fails every time and now that camera code is not even in my available networks to connect to anymore. I'm not happy about this item being a POS at this point
I bought two of these. Unfortunately both don't work. There is no sound and I cannot operate the cameras at all. I think the firmware that is on it is scrap. The hardware seems to be the same everywhere. If you could put other firmware on it, e.g. from Tuya or LSC, it could work. Does anyone have experience with this?
If it seems to good to be true, it usually is. This is a prime example. They don’t tell you how much you have to PAY after one week. You have been warned.
Thanks for the easy to follow video there Paul. I finally sat down, did the steps and shizzzzam! Im now watching my driveway. But one question..what other cameras can I use with this app? I need a spy cam on my road view in case we have any criminal activity going on.
I am not sure how this works with any other type of dusk to dawn flood lights. If you are talking about the lights built in the camera when only it is connected, then the lights come on at nighttime when motion is near for a few seconds. Not sure if they come on during the daytime there would be no reason and have not noticed it.
I have the same issue. This lightbulb cam should have Auto, Night, Day setting. If you're recording day into night, in this case, you'd set to Auto. If you already have motion lights installed outside, set this cam in an area not near your house flood light because it will confuse the lightbulb cam UNLESS you turn off your house flood light and rely on the lightbulb cam alone and then you'd set it to Auto to operate both day & night. If you still want your floodlight going, I think at that point you have to choose one or the other, not both
Question: Was that the app that was recommended in the instructions? Mine looks just like yours but they recommended another app. Can you use any app for a camera, or do you have to use the one recommended in the box?
Summary about my experience of a few days. I'll give it one more go when I have the patience but it seems the device has gone off line and I can't get it back. I think it will still record to the SD card but it makes a very loud beep beep sound every few seconds which means it couldn't realistically be used at all. I'm going to buy a Trail Camera (battery powered) next and see how that goes.
fyi for those having trouble connecting it to your 5gHz wifi-- bought this same exact bulb camera and a Conico security/baby cam and read the fineprint of this bulb cam and as I learned with the baby cam, the last instruction page announces its designed to work with 2.4 ghz wifi NOT 5 gHz. WTH owns a 2.4 gHz wifi anymore?
Ok, here is my question. Let's say we hook up the camera and everything is working. If at 2am in the morning and an intruder approaches my front door and I am not home, will the camera alert me. I know the camera lights will come on and the camera gives out a sound alert but will It give me an alert on my cellphone?
yes if you have it set up in the app I have mine on silent because we have another form of home security we just wanted some extra coverage and we have a ton of deer that set it off
thanks for the instructions...I purchased these but didn't realize that there was no light bulb with the camera. These are all described incorrectly as they are typically described as light bulb security camera but there is a camera but no light. Dilemma - the only place for these outside is a socket where I also need to have a light so can't use.
Only Tuya Camera have this feature, they can set the light on from sundown to sunset, the other brand of Camera doesn't have this Feature at all. :)czcams.com/video/k5XI8JjHKE4/video.html
I just purchased mine. (Didn’t know at the time of purchase) An iCloud subscription does come with this bulb. From watching another CZcams video, a subscription is not necessarily needed. Although it’s a different brand, You can use a memory key in this bulb too!
I just got one today. After reading the reviews of the APP, discovered that you get a limited time cloud thing. AFTER your free time ends, you must pay every month or it won’t work. I didn’t even bother. RETURNED.
Will I be able to use this (record/playback) with only a micro sd card and not cloud service? Like many others, I don't want to purchase this and then end up paying a subscription to use after a few weeks.
Yes (I'm in your position) but I've noticed that if your camera isn't connected by Wifi to the Internet it beeps every few seconds and beeps loudly. Whether this is intentional by the App owner to make sure you're connected to it...?
On the scan to setup the pairing, you never heard the words to tell you it paired. Then you jumped to putting a box in from of the camera?? What was that about? I have the same camera with good wifi and blutooth, yet I can not get the connection and never hear the phase saying the connection is made. Of your intire video, that is what I wanted to see you do and you talked about a box???
Hi does anybody know if I could use my light bulb camera with another app and not the dedicated app which it came with? It is not working with that, cannot connect. called HD IoT app.
Okay 3 major problems with this. 1.) It's a lightbulb, what's stopping a thief from just walking up and unscrewing the camera and stealing that too along with your stuff? You'll have a recording of the thief stealing the camera you say? Only if you pay for 2.) the quite expensive cloud subscription service which you get for 1 week free. 3.) If you have the subscription it has right in their terms that they are allowed to keep your recorded data. So, If you don't pay for the cloud service you can store data locally on the SD card, but guess what? If a thief steals the whole camera (which as I said above is beyond simple) then bye bye SD card recordings too. Totally unusable product for it's intended uses.
Yes, I saw another video ( probably the same one you did) where his cam stopped working and only then did he realize that he had to buy a subscription.☹️
@@paulrodney932 Great! I never trust reviews where they were sponsored by the manufacturer providing a free unit to the person making the video endorsement. I got taken in by one of these CZcams endorsements for the Ego battery powered snowblower. I spent 600 dollars on a unit that turned out being much less that was purported by the endorser who got a freebie from the company and probably hoping for more. The unit was underpowered and battery life was way less than stated by the tester.
Set up the camera ok But subscriptions for the cloud are auto renewal and neither Pay Pal, my bank card, or credit card won't do auto renewal! How do I pay for it? Info will be appreciated!
The camera will always work, the subscribe part is about storage. DO you want to keep a weeks worth of footage or do you want up to a month's worth kept stored? That's what you pay for, not the video. If you have SD card you can store on there as much space as you have on it
My minimal use would be JUST TO USE the sd card ... but I cannot figure out how to even do this one VERY SIMPLE use of this camera ... I never wanted this for WiFi, but only to connect to my cell phone ONLY ... I'm not stupid, but this is driving me toward stupid ...
Good luck with sending it back! I have been trying for weeks and just get the run around. Can't install their free app without complete credit card info for verification, will not do that. Thinking this company called SMART BULB is a rip off company, buyer beware!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don't do the pro cloud promo, it will not go through to connect the camera. The is good only for a 1 year usage after that, it will not connect to your wifi , cause you had to force subscribe.
Hey Paul..trying to load, I have to install an SD card in it for it to think first but then registering, I type the code, try to send it out to my email 5x and nada. Did you have any problems with it sending a code or whatever to your email during setup?🙃🙃
The camera has a Flash. That you can turn on. I was messing with my neighbors that was messing with my Car I turned it on they went running. It also has an alarm system. I turned it on the neighbors came into my yard and They went running pop pop pop pop. It was very loud I heard it inside my house. No one could come on to My property you set the alarm. Nobody can steal the camera the alarm will go off.
I have this exact camera, and the app you downloaded isnt the app that my instructions are twlling me to install and the app its telling to install doesnt work with the camera. Im super disappointed
Your videos 3 months old. I just received this and the application that day QR code in the instructions connected me to looks nothing like the application you've installed.
This guy is the very BEST instructor I have ever seen in any of the "How To" videos! I hope he has more videos for other devices. KUDOS!
It's been said,, after using the Lightbulb Camera APP in time they will Shut OFF the APP unless you make monthly payments to use the APP.
I hear it is very expensive to continue to use the APP!
@@RussellALeenders WHAT?????? THem Gangsters!!!
U rock TY. The only one to actually show us what app to download
Can't get mine to work.
You are the absolute best so calm and very informative where would we be if you didn’t exist..this video ROCKS and this guy is a rockstar
Can u help me I did even and mine still doesn’t work
You don't need to subscribe to the cloud all you have to do is go into settings, then click ( SD card recording ) and set it to 24/7 or all time recording in both ( Recording way ) and (Recording Schedule ) and your all set. NOTE: you will continue to see the prompts wanting you to subscribe just close or disregard it. If you ever get to were you can't connect to your WIFI you have to reset the camera.
Think I'm sending this back. Looking at the comments, almost everyone is having trouble getting the code to scan - exactly my problem. Pretty neat idea, wish they had worked!
if you jot the code down you can enter it manyally thats what i did as the qr code failed to scan worked ok
i forgot to mention the info under the qr code is what you would type in manually
@@japribble where do you type it in at? it looks like when you scan there should be a red light i dont see no light and dont understand how to get the code to scan
@@melyndazeek7407dude read side of bulb it may be a different app you have to install. All of these don't use same app the app required is on label 1st line
I bought vtech baby monitors for cameras and it worked splendidly
When motion is detected, can the camera record directly to your phone (through wi-fi) for a short video or is cloud or SD card required?
Hi. I got two of these cameras working quickly on my iPhone, but I'm having a devil of a time getting them to appear on the YI desktop app. I'm on a Mac, DL'd the software on their website, installed AOK, logged onto my account, but no cam transmission. This is the apps message: You do not have any camera paired to this account. pair a YI home/Dome camera on your mobile app first." But I must be paired to both cameras, otherwise I would not see them on my iPhone, but I do see them. Perfectly. Any ideas what's going on? Thank you!
please explain how you add the camera device in Desktop. it's already pre-installed.
If this isn't a product that works for you just get ring doorbell camera system or something from home depot.
More than one reviewer has revealed the subscription based hook. I was considering it, but I'll take a pass.
Paid 50 for 2 camera's work's awesome thanks for your video bro
Can you help me set up mine? I can’t get cameras to connect to wifi
hate to. bother you. but can I use it with just the micro sd
@Cathy Simon I also can't get mine to connect. I connect to my 2.4 wifi and then I connect to the camera, but it fails every time and now that camera code is not even in my available networks to connect to anymore. I'm not happy about this item being a POS at this point
Thank you for this video brother, was very useful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
no problem
Can this lightbulb security camera be used in a solar light hood ?
I bought two of these. Unfortunately both don't work. There is no sound and I cannot operate the cameras at all. I think the firmware that is on it is scrap. The hardware seems to be the same everywhere. If you could put other firmware on it, e.g. from Tuya or LSC, it could work. Does anyone have experience with this?
The video is for Android. Using the iPhone, the installation is more complicated and simply does not work.
If it seems to good to be true, it usually is. This is a prime example. They don’t tell you how much you have to PAY after one week. You have been warned.
I have one and am going to order more. You only pay extra if you subscribe to the cloud.
@@bobnorton6556 Can you record to and playback video from the SD card without taking it from the camera? Without the cloud
WHAT!! PAY WHAT? 😮
@@bobnorton6556 how do you use it without the cloud ?
I read it’s $160 per year. Or free if you provide your own SD card.
I got a Eversecu es-391, first not sure if i have the right app.
Im using the same one you are and is not connecting
Thanks for the easy to follow video there Paul. I finally sat down, did the steps and shizzzzam! Im now watching my driveway. But one question..what other cameras can I use with this app? I need a spy cam on my road view in case we have any criminal activity going on.
I get stuck with the Q mark. The camera doesn't respond to scanning it and I can connect the phone to my WiFi
My box was just as bent up as yours when it arrived. LOL
I can't get the camera to show up at all... I've tried three apps. Did you have any trouble setting it up?
Same here!
With the bulb cameras. Do you have buy a subscription before camera will work.?
Does this work with dusk to dawn flood lights at nighttime only? Or does it also work during the daytime? Thank you
I am not sure how this works with any other type of dusk to dawn flood lights. If you are talking about the lights built in the camera when only it is connected, then the lights come on at nighttime when motion is near for a few seconds. Not sure if they come on during the daytime there would be no reason and have not noticed it.
I have the same issue. This lightbulb cam should have Auto, Night, Day setting. If you're recording day into night, in this case, you'd set to Auto. If you already have motion lights installed outside, set this cam in an area not near your house flood light because it will confuse the lightbulb cam UNLESS you turn off your house flood light and rely on the lightbulb cam alone and then you'd set it to Auto to operate both day & night. If you still want your floodlight going, I think at that point you have to choose one or the other, not both
Question: Was that the app that was recommended in the instructions? Mine looks just like yours but they recommended another app. Can you use any app for a camera, or do you have to use the one recommended in the box?
Did anyone answer your question?
Summary about my experience of a few days. I'll give it one more go when I have the patience but it seems the device has gone off line and I can't get it back. I think it will still record to the SD card but it makes a very loud beep beep sound every few seconds which means it couldn't realistically be used at all. I'm going to buy a Trail Camera (battery powered) next and see how that goes.
Based on another video I saw, in order to get your camera(s) to work again, you basically have to subscribe and pay a weekly or monthly fee.
This reset button is crap
fyi for those having trouble connecting it to your 5gHz wifi-- bought this same exact bulb camera and a Conico security/baby cam and read the fineprint of this bulb cam and as I learned with the baby cam, the last instruction page announces its designed to work with 2.4 ghz wifi NOT 5 gHz. WTH owns a 2.4 gHz wifi anymore?
Same here. Mine won't work due to having 5G
Thank you!!
Ok, here is my question. Let's say we hook up the camera and everything is working. If at 2am in the morning and an intruder approaches my front door and I am not home, will the camera alert me. I know the camera lights will come on and the camera gives out a sound alert but will It give me an alert on my cellphone?
yes if you have it set up in the app I have mine on silent because we have another form of home security we just wanted some extra coverage and we have a ton of deer that set it off
No it will not. It will only record the intruder if they come to where it is pointed to and you are continously recording.
@@tinaruan38yes it will if you turn on alerts
thanks for the instructions...I purchased these but didn't realize that there was no light bulb with the camera. These are all described incorrectly as they are typically described
as light bulb security camera but there is a camera but no light. Dilemma - the only place for these outside is a socket where I also need to have a light so can't use.
When it's night turn on light to on or auto mine turns on when I walk up
My light socket is in the ceiling of my porch. Will this work?
We got the camera installed. How do we program the light on the camera to turn
on from sundown to sunset?
Only Tuya Camera have this feature, they can set the light on from sundown to sunset, the other brand of Camera doesn't have this Feature at all. :)czcams.com/video/k5XI8JjHKE4/video.html
I'm trying 😪 to figure out how 🤔 to turn on or set the timer ⏲ for 🌞 sun down.
How do you mute the start up sound?
I just purchased mine. (Didn’t know at the time of purchase) An iCloud subscription does come with this bulb. From watching another CZcams video, a subscription is not necessarily needed. Although it’s a different brand, You can use a memory key in this bulb too!
It let's you add a memory card and this one let you hook up one camera free.
I just got one today. After reading the reviews of the APP, discovered that you get a limited time cloud thing. AFTER your free time ends, you must pay every month or it won’t work.
I didn’t even bother.
RETURNED.
@@Daddy53751 what a rip off !, and they keep your data.
Once it goes offline you have got to pay to use it Trust me I purchased one worked great for a few weeks then it went Offline Buyer Beware
And then a thief will just steal the camera by unscrewing the "bulb" and they get a free webcam and you have no recordings either too.
How do u turn it in does it have to be wired to get power. Lost here.. or can you just put it in a light socket please help
Can you run multiple phones off of One camera meaning can you have more than one account off the same camera
Will I be able to use this (record/playback) with only a micro sd card and not cloud service? Like many others, I don't want to purchase this and then end up paying a subscription to use after a few weeks.
Yes (I'm in your position) but I've noticed that if your camera isn't connected by Wifi to the Internet it beeps every few seconds and beeps loudly. Whether this is intentional by the App owner to make sure you're connected to it...?
So true and when you try to view your pictures it is obscured with ad so you can't see picture
i agree with Randall
Hello please could you said name for App Store in the iPhone ?
Does dm card come with that wen you buy it.our do buy at wallmart
Yeah mine did nothing. The camera just sat there and never connected.
I need to switch between 5 & 2.4, 5 guys will not reach my bulb in my garage. Any help would be appreciated.
How to charge dis WiFi camera ?
Hi there, how can I turn off the night vision?
I have no option to do so ?
Only 3 choices for night mode, none to turn it off tho
On the scan to setup the pairing, you never heard the words to tell you it paired. Then you jumped to putting a box in from of the camera?? What was that about? I have the same camera with good wifi and blutooth, yet I can not get the connection and never hear the phase saying the connection is made. Of your intire video, that is what I wanted to see you do and you talked about a box???
can I use it with just the SD card?
Hi does anybody know if I could use my light bulb camera with another app and not the dedicated app which it came with? It is not working with that, cannot connect. called HD IoT app.
Wait a minute,,, is this the same as Icsee light bulb camera?? Cause I have the Yiot camera already,
Thank you
Searching for this particular camera where can I buy it
Okay 3 major problems with this. 1.) It's a lightbulb, what's stopping a thief from just walking up and unscrewing the camera and stealing that too along with your stuff? You'll have a recording of the thief stealing the camera you say? Only if you pay for 2.) the quite expensive cloud subscription service which you get for 1 week free. 3.) If you have the subscription it has right in their terms that they are allowed to keep your recorded data. So, If you don't pay for the cloud service you can store data locally on the SD card, but guess what? If a thief steals the whole camera (which as I said above is beyond simple) then bye bye SD card recordings too. Totally unusable product for it's intended uses.
I'll keep my eye out for one of these in my neighborhood and just go unscrew it to try it out for myself so I don't have to waste any money on it.
Yes, I saw another video ( probably the same one you did) where his cam stopped working and only then did he realize that he had to buy a subscription.☹️
*its intended use
😂🤣😂
@@StellarJay77 LOL!!! Remember...you'll be on camera!!!
How to get lightbulb camera to track from point (A) to point (B) in a straight line.
Yes, but is there a way to route it to my lap top??
Did you purchase that camera or were you supplied one by the manufacturer?
I bought my lightbulb camera from ebay.
@@paulrodney932 Great! I never trust reviews where they were sponsored by the manufacturer providing a free unit to the person making the video endorsement. I got taken in by one of these CZcams endorsements for the Ego battery powered snowblower. I spent 600 dollars on a unit that turned out being much less that was purported by the endorser who got a freebie from the company and probably hoping for more. The unit was underpowered and battery life was way less than stated by the tester.
I'm having a problem connecting everything properly but now how do I turn off the annoying alarm that happens when you walk to the door
Anyone figured out how to hear anything. I can see the live feed and talk to them but can’t hear anything back
If the App adopt SDK development with the Xcode version 12.5 and above, and the iOS system version 14.5 and above we recommend you to use AP mode.
But is this is wifi or when i want to connect to view it on phone but it's not showing it shows on wifi no internet access
Does the wifi need to be 2.4ghz? Because it's not connecting with my 5g WiFi.
Yes it is only able to use 2.4 ghz wifi
How you change to 2ghz from 5ghz cause I don't see no Options
@@lurethahogan313 my WiFi is 5ghz only, therefore these are useless to me. I purchased 3 of them and can't use t.☹️
Can we can use other apps with this bulb camera... Alternativ Of yi iot App..... Please help if you can
I can get it to scan or if I do it cuts out at 98% n sais tgers is a problem
My problem is changing the watch position. 😢
Set up the camera ok But subscriptions for the cloud are auto renewal and neither Pay Pal, my bank card, or credit card won't do auto renewal! How do I pay for it? Info will be appreciated!
Be aware, the contract,which most people DON'T read, tells you that the company keeps all footage. So I wouldn't be using it inside the home!!
Is there a way to set up the camera so that it automatically goes towards the motion detected?
Yes
Not sure. On mine I had to point it in the area I wanted covered and it would simply detect anything that moved through the area but not follow it.
So just curious, do you have to pay a subscription to keep the cameras working past a certain number of days?
Yes. If u want the 30 days u have to pay 129.99 the other pkgs only offer 15 days
It’s $39 for a year
The camera will always work, the subscribe part is about storage. DO you want to keep a weeks worth of footage or do you want up to a month's worth kept stored? That's what you pay for, not the video. If you have SD card you can store on there as much space as you have on it
My minimal use would be JUST TO USE the sd card ... but I cannot figure out how to even do this one VERY SIMPLE use of this camera ... I never wanted this for WiFi, but only to connect to my cell phone ONLY ... I'm not stupid, but this is driving me toward stupid ...
My question is how secure are these camera's?
Not secure at all
on a pc? too
i wish it was that easy I usually can solve things for myself but I give up on this
can you connect 2 phones to this camera?
Yes you can
I also purchased two of them and neither one car read the QR code, dopes anyone know what the problem could be? I have an iOS version 17.4.1
Easy for someone to steal...just unscrew it and there goes your camera
Only If they can reach it. Mine will be pretty high - ladder needed.
@@bcbullfrogmine too a 12 foot stepladder
never get the beep; how do I know if reset works
Right this is crap and now I will call so called customer service
Bought this crap and will be sending it back. Worst thing i ever brought. Plus have to pay for service .
Good luck with sending it back! I have been trying for weeks and just get the run around. Can't install their free app without complete credit card info for verification, will not do that. Thinking this company called SMART BULB is a rip off company, buyer beware!!!!!!!!!!!
Does it record??????
How come cannot play the vedio? And how come need to pay also if you want to palaybakc the vedio.....Because I got buy this type of camera?
how to turn off the siren on a light bulb camera
When i try to download the app it says that it may be hramful to my phone
I need some help my dad can connect to his phone but me and my mum's won't scan for some reason
It's simple put the camera where it can't be reached duh.
Can’t get mine to scan
If you don't do the pro cloud promo, it will not go through to connect the camera. The is good only for a 1 year usage after that, it will not connect to your wifi , cause you had to force subscribe.
Do u need a subscription if u only need it to watch live
Hey Paul..trying to load, I have to install an SD card in it for it to think first but then registering, I type the code, try to send it out to my email 5x and nada. Did you have any problems with it sending a code or whatever to your email during setup?🙃🙃
I use mine without a SD card.
The camera has a Flash. That you can turn on. I was messing with my neighbors that was messing with my Car I turned it on they went running. It also has an alarm system. I turned it on the neighbors came into my yard and They went running pop pop pop pop. It was very loud I heard it inside my house. No one could come on to My property you set the alarm. Nobody can steal the camera the alarm will go off.
does it just screw right into any light socket?
it got to be the same size as the light bulb thread that fix before.
Yes
What if your light is on the bottom
How do I change the camera to another cell phone or can you have two cell phones with the same camera? do i have to use the reset button?
I need a m answer to that question
@@jefferyclines8606 the reset botton Is true but the two cell phones i still don't know
I tried, but couldn't get it to scan the bar code on the phone😢
Yup, mine won't scan the QR code either!
I'm doing mines now... it want scan
Doing mine now too but it won't scan the QR code
Mine want scan
Look in your menu and the phone on the app and look for the camera Wi-Fi
How do you turn it on
Mind stopped tracking from left to right, can't find the manufacturing company who made it. Anyone know please reply.
The camera in this video it a Brand
Unbranded
Would it be possible to connect 4 cameras at the same time?
Why you ask this question
Because I'm planning to buy more than one of the camera
Yes
Which card goes in? Doesnt seem to be an sd or micro sd card
micro sd card
What wattage is this camera does it work off of 110
I have no idea what wattage this camera is.
I have this exact camera, and the app you downloaded isnt the app that my instructions are twlling me to install and the app its telling to install doesnt work with the camera. Im super disappointed
Where’s the power button
Do you need an SD card to make this work with wifi
no
Your videos 3 months old. I just received this and the application that day QR code in the instructions connected me to looks nothing like the application you've installed.
then maybe you something a little different
Paul, you completely fail to show people that out of the box this must be first screwed into a lamp to charge it.
Or that different ones require different apps to pair it. Mine had a different app written on label so I used that.
Just found out my android didn't work but my wife's iPhone did so looks like it's a iPhone promo
I finally got mine setup. It does not track anything. Returned it.