{"id":20115,"date":"2020-09-19T08:34:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T13:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/?p=20115"},"modified":"2020-09-19T10:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T15:53:36","slug":"yi-error-code-3006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/yi-error-code-3006\/","title":{"rendered":"YI error code 3006 (solved)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">You may experience the <strong>YI camera<\/strong> trying to load the live feed but it gets a frozen image instead. After a while you can see the message with the <strong>error code 3006<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The YI error code 3006 is related to a communication problem between the camera and the server located on the Internet. Let&#8217;s see how to solve this problem.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">What causes the error code 3006<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The camera communicates with the YI server by sending constant heartbeats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">A heartbeat is a technique used by some devices on the Internet to continually send data packets that inform its status as alive on the network.<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"YI camera error 3006 - heartbeat communication\" data-id=\"20124\" width=\"719\" data-init-width=\"934\" height=\"251\" data-init-height=\"326\" title=\"YI camera error 3006 - heartbeat communication\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/YI-camera-heartbeat-communication.jpg\" data-width=\"719\" data-height=\"251\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>YI camera heartbeat (click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">After 5 minutes without receiveing a hearbeat, the server declares the camera as down and displays the<strong> error 3006<\/strong> to the user that is trying to connect.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">How to fix the error code 3006<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">You need to check your network to make sure your camera has access to the Internet to reestablish communication with the YI server.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Here are the steps to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure your Wi-Fi router is connected to the Internet;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Make sure the USB cable is connected to the camera;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Check if the camera is connected to the Internet (LED is blue );<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Connect your smartphone to the local router;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Open the YI Home app to connect to the camera.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The picture below shows the YI Home camera connected to the Internet.<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yi Home camera with blue LED\" data-id=\"20129\" width=\"350\" data-init-width=\"350\" height=\"438\" data-init-height=\"438\" title=\"Yi Home camera with blue LED\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Yi-Home-Camera-with-blue-light.jpg\" data-width=\"350\" data-height=\"438\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">If the camera LED is not steady blue, consider reset it and set up from scratch.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The error is not related to the smartphone<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">When you use the YI Home app to watch live video from your camera, the communication occurs between the smartphone and the server to authenticate and connect to the camera video stream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">If you see the error 3006, that means the server can communicate with your smartphone, but it can&#8217;t communicate with the camera, so the server just informs you that the camera is not reachable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">This is how you know the smartphone is not the problem.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Related articles<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Here&#8217;s a list with related articles that may help you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/how-to-reset-yi-camera\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to reset YI camera<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/yi-home-camera-review\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;YI Home camera review<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/yi-home-camera-review\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to connect YI camera to Alexa<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learncctv.com\/yi-camera-on-google-home\/\" style=\"outline: none; cursor: text;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to set up YI camera on Google Home<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">The <strong>YI <\/strong><strong>error code 3006 <\/strong>shows up only when the camera can&#8217;t communicate with the server for more than 5 minutes. Check your network to solve the problem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">You find more information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.yitechnology.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YI website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; cursor: text;\">I hope this article can help you; please share it with your friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may experience the YI camera trying to load the live feed but it gets a frozen image instead. After a while you can see the message with the error code 3006. The YI error code 3006 is related to a communication problem between the camera and the server located on the Internet. 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