But i can not watch a vid.
Ring doorbell live view not activating.
Try the rapid ring app for a faster live view connection to your ring devices.
In the case of a ring doorbell live view not activating it is similar to troubleshooting most ring issues.
Rsi is fine and has good connection with the device however every time i try live view a black screen with activating device comes up and nothing will happen.
You will be automatically brought to live view.
I also have no live view on one iphone ios 13 3 the other one works fine.
When i ring or motion is detected a message appears on my phone.
If you have continued questions please post them in the ring app community board.
You can power your ring doorbell unit either using the internal battery or wire it up to your existing doorbell s wiring which turns the internal battery into a backup in case of a power outage.
But as others have mentioned i would prefer live view worked so i can see in real time.
Funny that although activating device pops up and the blue ring spins it is recording.
Why is live view not working on ring doorbell.
There are several ways to access live view.
Accessing live view from your dashboard.
When i go back to history all attempts to activate live view have been recorded.
Check the possible issues one by one from the internet connection to the device itself applying each fix until you find the right one.
Registration with the ring app works so far the wizard runs it asks for the wifi password and the device is displayed in the app.
I ve tried resetting it multiple times to no avail.
Hello i resetted and re registered my ring door view cam several times.
However what many people miss is that live view mode doesn t work if your ring doorbell is running on battery power.
It s been months since the live view worked on my ring doorbell.
Just purchased the ring doorbell 2 on the firt day of issue and aside from 1 2 days of it working it continually fails to activate on live view.
Any app that uses data in these locations will not work until you move out of the zone or connect to wifi.