What to Do When Your Yi Home Camera Storage is Full
A "Storage Full" notification from your Yi Home Camera is a critical alert. It means your camera can no longer save new recordings, potentially causing you to miss an important security event. Whether you are using a local microSD card or a cloud subscription, managing your storage is essential for uninterrupted operation.
This guide will walk you through the steps to manage both local and cloud storage for your Yi camera, ensuring it's always ready to record. The most common solution is to enable loop recording for your SD card, which provides a "set it and forget it" approach.
Managing Local Storage (microSD Card)
Most Yi camera users rely on a microSD card inserted directly into the camera for storage. When this card fills up, recording will stop unless you have enabled the loop recording feature.
### Solution 1: Enable Loop Recording
This is the most effective and recommended solution for managing SD card storage. Loop recording automatically deletes the oldest footage to make space for the newest recordings, creating a continuous loop.
- Open the Yi Home or Kami Home app.
- Select your camera from the main screen to view the live feed.
- Tap on the Settings icon (often a gear symbol).
- Scroll down and find Storage or microSD Card Settings.
- Look for a toggle switch labelled Loop Recording (it may be called "Activity Detection Recording" in some versions, ensure it is on).
- Make sure this switch is enabled (toggled on).
With this feature on, you should never have to worry about the card being full again.
### Solution 2: Format the microSD Card
If you want to wipe all the footage from the card and start fresh, formatting is the best option. This can also resolve potential file corruption issues.
- Navigate back to the microSD Card Settings menu as described above.
- Tap on the Format SD Card option.
- Confirm your choice. The app will erase all content on the card. This process can take a few minutes.
Important: Formatting will permanently delete all video clips stored on the card. If you need to save any footage, be sure to download it to your phone first.
### Solution 3: Manually Delete Footage
While less efficient, you can manually delete clips. This is typically done by viewing your playback history, selecting individual clips or days, and looking for a delete or trash can icon. This is not recommended for bulk clearing.
Managing Yi Cloud Storage
If you subscribe to a Yi Cloud plan, your recordings are saved online. This storage is also finite and depends on the subscription tier you have purchased (e.g., based on the number of days or gigabytes).
### Checking Your Cloud Subscription
- In the Yi Home app, navigate to your Account or Profile section.
- Look for a Cloud Subscriptions or Manage Plan menu.
- Here you can see your current usage and the limits of your plan.
### What to Do When Cloud Storage is Full
- Upgrade Your Plan: If you consistently run out of cloud space, the most straightforward solution is to upgrade to a higher-tier plan with more storage capacity or a longer recording history.
- Manually Manage Clips: Yi Cloud often saves alert-based clips. You can typically go through your cloud library in the app, select clips that are no longer needed, and manually delete them to free up space. This is more relevant for plans with a fixed storage amount (GB) rather than a time-based history (e.g., 30 days).
By regularly checking your settings and enabling features like loop recording, you can ensure your Yi camera's storage is managed efficiently, providing you with reliable and continuous security monitoring.