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Nest Doorbell went offline, won't reset

chisfordave
Community Member

Hello,

My Nest Doorbell(wireless) suddenly went offline a week ago, while I was on vacation. The device had about 80% charge when this occured. It’s just under 1 year old and had been working fine before suddenly going offline.

 

 When plugged in, it doesn't light up at all. It stays offline(in the Home app) and doesn’t make the usual sounds when I plug it in and doesn’t show in the app that it’s charging.

 

 I’ve tried restarting it via the small hole in the back (used a paper clip for 5 seconds, then 10 seconds, then 60 seconds) and with this I get a white light, but it doesn’t get any further than this and never comes online in the app, the light turns off after a few seconds. Then the small light under the cam illuminates solid green and the "ring" light around the large button illuminates solid white. These lights remain lit for about a minute, then go off. Then the green light comes back on for about 5 seconds and is followed by the white "ring" light. This cycle repeats until I unplug the device.

 

 No wifi changes, all other devices work fine, the doorbell itself has never had any connectivity problems. I have also brought it inside to charge and troubleshoot and it still is offline. In an attempt to fix it from the Home app, I removed the device from my home and tried adding it again, but it is not discoverable by the app in it's current state.

Any assistance that you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

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MplsCustomer
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@chisfordave 

It seems this is happening to other customers as well. See this post from today:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Cameras-and-Doorbells/I-cannot-perform-factory-reset-on-nest-...

You could try contacting Support:

1. Go to https://support.google.com/googlenest/gethelp.
2. Select a category/product family, and type in a brief description of the issue, then click "Next".
3. Click "Other", then click "Next step".
4. Under "Resources", just click "Next step". (Clicking one of the listed links will bring up a Help page page.)
5. Under "Contact options", choose to get a phone call or chat with the team, depending on availability in your country.

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MplsCustomer
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@chisfordave 

It seems this is happening to other customers as well. See this post from today:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Cameras-and-Doorbells/I-cannot-perform-factory-reset-on-nest-...

You could try contacting Support:

1. Go to https://support.google.com/googlenest/gethelp.
2. Select a category/product family, and type in a brief description of the issue, then click "Next".
3. Click "Other", then click "Next step".
4. Under "Resources", just click "Next step". (Clicking one of the listed links will bring up a Help page page.)
5. Under "Contact options", choose to get a phone call or chat with the team, depending on availability in your country.

I will do that. Thanks for the input.

Jovian2k
Community Member

I have the same exact issue (link above posted by MplsCustomer). I contacted customer support, they had me uninstall/reinstall home app which didn't work, try reset button on back for >60 sec which didn't work, reset internet, nothing worked. My device is 1.2 years old and I was told warranty is one year. He recommended I wait until battery discharges and that may reset device so I will try that. I wish there were a solution I don't want it to become a paperweight!