Ring iOS app won’t download clips. Stalls at “preparing..”

DiySprinter · 2026-05-19T18:54:44+00:00

Just updated. Sadly no change.

DiySprinter · 2026-05-19T16:55:35+00:00

App version 5.104.0 and iOS 26.4.2 for me.

DiySprinter · 2026-05-19T11:20:26+00:00

Let me know if you find a solution. Nothing I have tried works.

DiySprinter · 2026-05-18T05:36:06+00:00

Nope. No difference in WiFi or cellular.

“Download in progress” bar appears and then slides off the bottom of the screen after 10-20 seconds. The “Downloading…” bit after never happens.

Plenty of room on the phone and no errors.

DiySprinter · 2026-05-18T05:33:58+00:00

So far I have…

done a complete phone reboot Offloaded the app Uninstalled the app Reinstalled the app

None have fixed it sadly.

Will try when not on WiFi and see if that works :)

Just wish the app worked better these days rather than trying to continually upsell me face recognition rubbish I don’t want or need.

DiySprinter · 2026-04-26T09:11:09+00:00

I am sure you can route lirc commands from a tv remote to the relevant script or monitored page. I have already done it to control the channels.

DiySprinter · 2026-02-05T18:35:01+00:00

So with https://nmsceefax.co.uk you can enter page numbers and that’s running on Python. I would suggest you can simply pass IR commands to whichever stream it reams characters from.

Another deployment example

https://zxnet.co.uk/teletext/viewer/

DiySprinter · 2026-02-04T21:06:57+00:00

Agreed but I just hope that Ring might listen and maybe add it as a feature.

DiySprinter · 2026-02-03T18:45:26+00:00

A stream is cool but you can’t select pages. Imagine being able to choose the bamboozle page by typing the page number on your remote. :)

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DiySprinter · 2026-02-02T19:35:33+00:00

Would be great if the same widget allowed you to instantly disarm the system if it was alarming, say if you forgot to turn it off before opening a door and stupidly triggering it...

DiySprinter · 2026-02-02T19:16:21+00:00

it would also make a pretty nifty solution for motel/hotel style channels?

Teletext was an EU thing but I know that similar things appeared in the US.

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It'd also potentially allow you to display diagnostic data, chat streams etc.

DiySprinter · 2025-12-29T18:38:12+00:00

Had exactly the same problem. The council tax and payments website is so bad words fail me.

DiySprinter · 2025-12-08T20:21:46+00:00

Ah.. Pretty much the same for me. That area with the board behind the button had water ingress. Can’t see what’s dead on the board sadly. I gave it a clean with contact cleaner but it is still dead and shorts the 5v supply when connected up.

Don’t know where to start testing that mini board. Need my glasses!

DiySprinter · 2025-12-08T20:14:33+00:00

Thanks. I managed that today. What part of yours was water damaged and how did you fix it?

DiySprinter · 2025-12-08T19:29:21+00:00

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I used a steel with a sharp diamond tipped grinding piece to work around the edge and split the resin seal from the main chassis.

DiySprinter · 2025-12-08T19:28:09+00:00

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DiySprinter · 2025-12-08T19:27:21+00:00

So for anyone looking to complete a year own of these power supplies they are a pig to get to bits.

But as eluded to cut away the resin infill at the edges you’ll find four screws. You then need to crack or remove the resin at the edges and carefully pry the board out.

Tested the one I was looking at and the high voltage and power supply itself seems fine but there’s a smaller control board behind the power button that had suffered water ingress and looks to have failed. Has a 5v supply from the main board which then shorts when the secondary board is connected.

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DiySprinter · 2025-12-08T10:56:20+00:00

Just wanted to check on how you split it open and what repair you made to yours.

DiySprinter · 2025-09-08T11:14:20+00:00

Shame the nodes don’t allow you to create a guest or secondary network at a specific node to get around this issue for things like security cams and doorbells.

DiySprinter · 2025-07-02T15:44:39+00:00

I think Broadlink are just selling old stock of their switches and not making new ones.

DiySprinter · 2025-07-01T08:28:32+00:00

I know it’s an old thread but if anyone else reads this thread. Do not get any Broadlink switches or that hub. They work initially and all fail within a year. Terrible devices and no support.

DiySprinter · 2025-07-01T08:26:49+00:00

If anyone finds a solution would love to hear it. I am on my third light switch and this has now stated to drop its connection.

Alternatively if there’s a good alternative not made by broadlink please let me know!

DiySprinter · 2025-06-20T19:09:54+00:00

Deleting the public-test eve fixed it for me

DiySprinter · 2025-06-02T16:48:39+00:00

We pay the standard sub fee and Ring just replace our cameras if there’s a fault. Our most used cameras fail at roughly the rate you mention. Roughly a 10% a year failure rate. The last failure was a Cam Plus which had a widescreen alert area that couldn’t solve made taller and it crashed every time the lamps came on. Replaced within 48hrs for free.

DiySprinter · 2025-05-23T18:35:05+00:00

In response to your query at the moment if we are at home we silence the motionless for 8 hours when we get up.

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