Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification

Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification

Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
2025-02-27 06:30:00 - last edited 2 weeks ago
Model: VIGI C440  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 2.0.1 Build 240620 Rel.46060n

The notifications and the recorded videos on the Vigi android app used to show a thumbnail/snapshot of the video that was recorded as shown on the app page on the website, but now the thumbnail is not there. Please check the photos attached. The app and the firmware are all updated.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification-Solution
2 weeks ago - last edited 2 weeks ago

  @Sniperassault20 I think it is a firmware issue. A few weeks after my post, I saw that the Vigi android app was updated, and I got the idea that I could also manually update the firmware for my camera. I manually updated the firmware using a PC by downloading the firmware file and using the Local Update option on the 192.168.***.*** camera page. After that, it started working.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
2025-02-28 01:22:17 - last edited 2025-02-28 03:11:09

Hi @ledebe 

Thanks for posting in our business forum.

What kind of storage do you use?

Micro SD-card? What's your setup like?

 

With a micro-SD card, it should work.

If you are using VMS, and you log in your camera, you gotta check your version. Is it personal or enterprise?

Enterprise does not require a micro-SD. But you are required to use: Admin>System Settings > enable Attach  Alarm Image.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
2025-02-28 04:32:52

  @Clive_A 

I am using a SD-card. The camera is a standalone camera without any NVR or VMS. It is connected via PoE to my router. This has been my setup from ~8 months and it used to show the snapshot but that stopped at some point.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
2 weeks ago

  @ledebe bump. Same problem here. Thumbnail previews also don't show up on mine, including on the live view MicroSD previews itself. I wonder if it's an app issue or a firmware camera issue. My other camera of the same model doesn't have this problem. Camera is VIGI-C340 (4mm) using a Sandisk microSD 256gb

 

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification-Solution
2 weeks ago - last edited 2 weeks ago

  @Sniperassault20 I think it is a firmware issue. A few weeks after my post, I saw that the Vigi android app was updated, and I got the idea that I could also manually update the firmware for my camera. I manually updated the firmware using a PC by downloading the firmware file and using the Local Update option on the 192.168.***.*** camera page. After that, it started working.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
Tuesday - last edited Tuesday

  @ledebe hmm. Did you revert back to an older firmware? I wonder how you did it. I have the latest firmware on my camera and it was by upgrading to the lastest version that this sort of thing happened.

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Tuesday - last edited Tuesday

  @Sniperassault20 Yes, after the update, I first installed the previous firmware version which worked well with the camera. In fact, I was okay with using that firmware since there was no thumbnail issue. But then I thought that I could try to install the new firmware from a file (Local Update) and it worked well after that.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
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  @ledebe does tp-link keep old firmware versions? I need to downgrade fast so those thumbnails show up again.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
Wednesday

  @Sniperassault20 Yes, check the Support page. All releases are there. Since the most recent version is faster for me, try downgrading and then upgrading to the most recent version to see if that fixes the issue.

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
Wednesday

  @ledebe I have tried everything with this. From clearing the cache itself in the app to downloading and manually downgrading every version and even turning it off and on. Nothing has worked. I wonder what the problem could be. I give up on this :(

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Re:Vigi android app does not show a thumbnail for a notification
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  @Sniperassault20 If the previous recordings are not important, I would try to reset and format the camera and SD card, then update to the latest firmware and then restart the camera. If this does not work, then I would give up.

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