Google Nest Camera with Floodlight is not working with t-mobile

VinnyBoombatz
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I've seen similar posts to mine where my google nest camera with floodlight does not work with  my t-mobile internet service but couldn't find a solution.

Does anyone have any solutions? I've tried switching to 2.4ghz, I've tried using a hotspot from my phone with the same ssid as my home network. I know my network is fine. My Google doorbell camera works fine. My password is good.

Nothing works. Google tech support has been no help. Please help.

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VinnyBoombatz
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For anyone who's interested, I bought a 5G router that cost about $50, and now the Nest Camera with Floodlight connects to that router SSID and is working. I saw someone elses post that said they used a non t-mobile router to install the Camera, and complete an automatic update after which they were able to use it with the t-mobile router. I'm all out of patience with the amount of time I've spent on this so for now, I'm just leaving it as is. 

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VinnyBoombatz
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Ok, so the cheap-o router that I bought cut out or got flaky, and the camera stopped working. So I removed the Nest Camera Floodlight from the devices in Google Home.  I could not connect to the camera with the android home app after scanning the QR code. I had to do a hard reset by pressing the little tiny button on the back of the camera. After that I was able to connect to my t-mobile router SSID, and it is now currently working with my t-mobile router. It appears the solution has something to do with the update that the app does with the camera when the camera connects to a non-t-mobile router, and after that you can use your t-mobile router. Fingers crossed this keeps working.

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VinnyBoombatz
Community Member

For anyone who's interested, I bought a 5G router that cost about $50, and now the Nest Camera with Floodlight connects to that router SSID and is working. I saw someone elses post that said they used a non t-mobile router to install the Camera, and complete an automatic update after which they were able to use it with the t-mobile router. I'm all out of patience with the amount of time I've spent on this so for now, I'm just leaving it as is. 

VinnyBoombatz
Community Member

Ok, so the cheap-o router that I bought cut out or got flaky, and the camera stopped working. So I removed the Nest Camera Floodlight from the devices in Google Home.  I could not connect to the camera with the android home app after scanning the QR code. I had to do a hard reset by pressing the little tiny button on the back of the camera. After that I was able to connect to my t-mobile router SSID, and it is now currently working with my t-mobile router. It appears the solution has something to do with the update that the app does with the camera when the camera connects to a non-t-mobile router, and after that you can use your t-mobile router. Fingers crossed this keeps working.

VinnyBoombatz
Community Member

Update:

I was able to confirm that doing the update using the non-tmobile router solved the connectivity problem. After the update to the camera software, which was automatic, I proceeded to "forget" the camera in the Home software, then reinstall it using my t-mobile router. It worked fine for one day. Now it's spotty. Sometimes I can't get live view, so I don't know if it's missing detections like people or animals. At this point I don't know if I'm going to return it. It's not reliable, and it's been such a headache.  I'm not sure at this point if I'm going to try a Euphy camera.