No more GUI with latest firmware & has overlay logo

[EnragedNinja]

Any chance this still has life?

I have multiple icamera2's and I have come across one that has the latest firmware from xfinity. Comcast bought out icontrol back in 2016 and looks like are cleaning up quite a bit and locking down a lot more.

You can enable the UI (supposedly) and get the OK response but when trying to access the UI it displays 404 - Not Found. Things can still be setup manually VIA set_group.

After setting it up at max resolution there is a "Xfinity" logo in the upper right. I havent found a way to remove that but for some reason im left to believe it might have something to do with "map_buffer_id4=3" in the groups H264 and JPEG - im unable to manipulate that with a set_group, says ERROR when I ever try to change the value.

I have downloaded the firmware from another camera but I dont know how to upload it to the non_ui camera. When trying /adm/upgrade.cgi it produces a 404 -Not found, same with /adm/flash_dumper.cgi

[meichthys]

I'm also seeing the same thing with my iCamera2's (Serial 1810AX...)

[CharlesBnf]

Hello there, I'm also having the same problem here. After resetting the camera and entering: (ip_adress)/adm/enable_ui.cgi, the web browser will display the OK signifying the the UI should be unlocked when just entering the camera's ip but the error 404 still shows up.

Does anyone have a fix for this issue? Are those cameras just e-junk now?

[meichthys]

Probably mostly e-junk, although i did discover that the rtsp stream still works even without being able to log in:
rtsp://user:pass@ip_address/img/media.sav
From my testing, it looks like you can leave off the user:pass@ if you are accessing the camera from the local network.

[CharlesBnf]

I’ll give that a try. I appreciate your time 👍

[Pharrcyde]

I believe I've found a solution!
I remembered reading a blog that talked about getting into these cameras and after looking through my bookmarks I found it.
With the help of this I was able to get an iCamera2 with the 404 error working. I'm not sure if there are different steps to make it easier but here is how I was able to do it.

You'll need that Y Cable of course.

Hold the reset button when you plug in power and it should go into recovery mode (Fast blinking green light).
Plug in the ethernet cable to your PC and set your network settings to

IP: 192.168.0.X  (I used 192.168.0.54 but you can set it to whatever you'd like except for 99).
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
ROUTER: 192.168.0.1

You should now be able to access the recovery page at 192.168.0.99
I used the last iCamera2 firmware listed, DAXNHZ-111-300239.bin. If someone finds better firmware to use please let me know, I'd rather use the factory one but I couldn't find it anywhere. The 2 cameras that I've done this successfully on were Cox branded ones so I'm assuming if you have a different brand it should also work with this Comcast firmware.
After it reboots you should be good to go. /adm/enable_ui.cgi now works and no more 404 error!

So far I've noticed there is no Video Analysis in the Event section and I now get an error when setting the audio from LPCM to G.711. I still got audio to work with Blue Iris so no none of this bothers me.

Note: I now have these cameras in their own VLAN with firewall rules to prevent them from phoning home. I recommend you do the same with at least some firewall rules if possible.

[meichthys]

@DarkIllusi0n This works for me! Thanks for following up here to let us know.
A couple notes to help others:

• After the firmware upgrade you still won't be able to access the UI until you enable it by browsing to: 192.168.0.99/adm/enable_ui.cgi (user: administrator pass: ) Note username is case sensitive - do not capitalize the a
• You may need to re-enable the ui after each reboot, but all other settings should be preserved.

[Pharrcyde]

@DarkIllusi0n This works for me! Thanks for following up here to let us know.

A couple notes to help others:

• After the firmware upgrade you still won't be able to access the UI until you enable it by browsing to: 192.168.0.99/adm/enable_ui.cgi (user: administrator pass: ) Note username is case sensitive - do not capitalize the a

• You may need to re-enable the ui after each reboot, but all other settings should be preserved.

Awesome, glad it worked out for you!
Yeah, I forgot to include that in there. My apologies 😅.
Also, I noticed the audio error was only on some cameras. I tried it on a few more and some were already set to G.711 instead of LPCM. The mic works either way so who cares, haha.
Cheers!

[ghligh]

Thank you so much for posting the solution. I am in the process of trying it, but my camera doesn't reboot after FW update. I left it once for about 10 min, second time almost 30 min. Did you guys have any problem with the FW not taking? I tried to enable admin on 192.16.0.99 after, nothing. I also tried to enable it on my network via the assigned 192.168.1.x ip, still same as before. Any ideas?

[meichthys]

@ghligh Do you see the loading bar after you click to update the firmware?
I didn't have any issues once I was able to select the firmware to update. Perhaps you need a different firmware file?
There are a bunch of bin files here: http://itbyfire.blogspot.com/2017/03/hacking-xfinitys-home-security-cameras.html

[ghligh]

No, I never got a loading bar! Thanks for letting me know I should have. Just saw the little circle of death in my browser tab, figured that was gonna happen for 2 minutes. My cameras are Cox cameras, so I was using the same file as DarkIllusi0n above. I can try a couple others and see if that helps. Will report back after that. Thanks for the suggestion and the knowledge of a loading bar.

[ghligh]

I found out why I never saw a status bar. So I was doing this on my windows machine in IE, no bar. I switched to my mac and chrome. Violla! I didn't get a typical loading bar, but I did get a percentage status from the browser. But after about 3 or 4 hours, it was only at 8%. I had nothing to lose, so I allowed it to continue. It took just over 30 hours to update, but it worked and I got into the admin! I wonder why it took so long, but it does work now. Thanks for the info, I would have given up otherwise. :-)

[Pharrcyde]

I found out why I never saw a status bar. So I was doing this on my windows machine in IE, no bar. I switched to my mac and chrome. Violla! I didn't get a typical loading bar, but I did get a percentage status from the browser. But after about 3 or 4 hours, it was only at 8%. I had nothing to lose, so I allowed it to continue. It took just over 30 hours to update, but it worked and I got into the admin! I wonder why it took so long, but it does work now. Thanks for the info, I would have given up otherwise. :-)

Strange that it took that long, haha. I'm glad it worked out in the end, cheers!

[EnragedNinja]

I believe I've found a solution! I remembered reading a blog that talked about getting into these cameras and after looking through my bookmarks I found it. With the help of this I was able to get an iCamera2 with the 404 error working. I'm not sure if there are different steps to make it easier but here is how I was able to do it.

You'll need that Y Cable of course.

Hold the reset button when you plug in power and it should go into recovery mode (Fast blinking green light). Plug in the ethernet cable to your PC and set your network settings to

IP: 192.168.0.X  (I used 192.168.0.54 but you can set it to whatever you'd like except for 99).
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
ROUTER: 192.168.0.1

You should now be able to access the recovery page at 192.168.0.99 I used the last iCamera2 firmware listed, DAXNHZ-111-300239.bin. If someone finds better firmware to use please let me know, I'd rather use the factory one but I couldn't find it anywhere. The 2 cameras that I've done this successfully on were Cox branded ones so I'm assuming if you have a different brand it should also work with this Comcast firmware. After it reboots you should be good to go. /adm/enable_ui.cgi now works and no more 404 error!

So far I've noticed there is no Video Analysis in the Event section and I now get an error when setting the audio from LPCM to G.711. I still got audio to work with Blue Iris so no none of this bothers me.

Note: I now have these cameras in their own VLAN with firewall rules to prevent them from phoning home. I recommend you do the same with at least some firewall rules if possible.

This is amazing - Thanks for the info and i can confirm this is working

Has anyone got the 2way audio to work? Incoming audio works but im unable to figure a way to send it

EDIT: I use BlueIris for these cameras which is nice but i have found from time to time the IR flakes out and dont turn on properly at night. Instead of power cycling it anytime this happens i found this useful command to throw into the 'reboot' under 'PTZ/Control' (* CUSTOM HTTP * drop down) - /adm/reboot.cgi

[djice49202]

Video Link https://youtu.be/iUsk8IVCRFM How to Pair icamera2 Sercomm UI LOCKED to Your WiFi Xfinity, Comcast, COX System