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If you do not have the password, just flash the firmware onto the camera so that you can activate it as a new camera. Use this: 1. 2. download the FW from Hikvision

The only good thing about Reolink is that you can return it to Amazon.

You need to download these things: 1. Hikvision tftp updater. Here is a link for the download and also instructions: Hikvision TFTP update software 2. A hikvision firmware for your camera.

I was able to flash my firmware. That let me make a new password so I can use the camera.

There is nothing good about Reolink. I have one of their 4mp cameras. Nightvission is horrible when it comes to FPS. I would only consider Reolink if you don't need an night vision.

Sometimes SADPtool does not cooperate with the code. But it works in ivms-4200

Yes these are all hikvision. DS-2CD2232-I5 I'll be working on them this evening. It would be nice to revive them. On another note, 2 of the cameras were not bricked. They just needed their passwords reset. And since they were all on FW 5.2, it was easy to reset the passwords. One of those...

I just got a handful of cameras for free from a leftover yardsale. I believe they are all bricked, but I am trying to see if I can unbrick them. They all power up through POE, and the IR LEDs activate, but the cameras do not appear on SADPtool. Is this normal for a bricked camera?

Yes! now we have the power!

Ok thanks. If I disable upnp from the NVR, does that disable access to the cameras even if the cameras have upnp activated?

Are cameras behind a hikvision NVR also vulnerable to the same backdoor?

Anyone know where I can download CHinese firmwares? Looking for 5.3. Thank you.

Try turning off DHCP on the camera (if it has that feature) and make sure the IP address on each camera matches the IP address that the NVR is assigning to the cameras. Make sure the default gateway address is also matching.

I just setup these camera yesterday. It was easy for me. You have to screw in the adjustment knobs with a small flathead screwdriver to make them tight.

It was already shared here a few days ago, but someone deleted the post.