A member of my team at work had an incident last week. 3 people tried to steal his car (mx5)

However most of the street have ring doorbell instead of cctv and all of them didnt work during the incident.

This isnt the first time ive suspected jamming but is this on the rise?

2 hours ago, james.wilson said:

A member of my team at work had an incident last week. 3 people tried to steal his car (mx5)

However most of the street have ring doorbell instead of cctv and all of them didnt work during the incident.

This isnt the first time ive suspected jamming but is this on the rise?

They are incredibly easy to jam I found out  one of my sites had a microwave on the other side of the wall which caused the doorbell to not work 

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You can get ones that do all the common bands so it blocks any tracker in the vehicle too.

2.4G/5GWifi, GPS, 2/3/4/5G cells, lojack. Sold as "8 band jammer".

When the doorbell first came out I tried one and they are nothing like the advert would have you believe, they didnt even work that well locally. Since then I tried cheapo Chinese doorbell 7 out of 10, Hik 4 out 10, Daha 6 out of 10., Ring I could only give 4 out of 10. 

When people ask me why I always quote hardwired if I can, my usual answer is additional annual fees due to batteries, but I will be adding you cant jam hard wired

2 hours ago, PeterJames said:

When the doorbell first came out I tried one and they are nothing like the advert would have you believe, they didnt even work that well locally. Since then I tried cheapo Chinese doorbell 7 out of 10, Hik 4 out 10, Daha 6 out of 10., Ring I could only give 4 out of 10. 

When people ask me why I always quote hardwired if I can, my usual answer is additional annual fees due to batteries, but I will be adding you cant jam hard wired

The one I had the best luck with was the Google nest one

On 30/08/2022 at 04:07, Imnotshankled said:

 

The one I had the best luck with was the Google nest one

 

On 30/08/2022 at 04:07, Imnotshankled said:

 

 

I saw this post on Google and I'm absolutely furious. The Ring doorbell camera I bought on Amazon was jammed by someone using a signal blocker yesterday—there’s a 20-minute gap in the footage and I didn't even get an alert on my phone!

 

I can't believe such an expensive Ring camera is so vulnerable. I'm planning to spend a small amount of money to install a wired camera instead, but I have a question: when an intruder approaches, will the footage be uploaded to the cloud in advance?

 

If so, would I need to pay for a cloud subscription? I really don't want to set up a dedicated camera server to receive the video.

 

Bear in mind ring is a diy product not a professional one. But any wifi device can be jammed.

You always want to have on site recording and ideally cabled. Some people reley on edge recording (sd card in the device) but if the device is removed the footage is gone too. 

25 minutes ago, Megan Johnson said:

I can't believe such an expensive Ring camera is so vulnerable.

 

I've been told I'm better looking whilst wearing my balaclava... (no face no case)

 

I'd guess I could walk up to lots of houses & either disable their internet by cutting the external wire or turn off their electric by pulling the fuse in the meter cupboard.

 

The plastic doorbell may have an SD card, but will easily fall into my pocket when hit with a claw hammer ?

 

However if I was investing in wifi jammer I'm probably coming for a car ?

 

Does your ring door cost more or less than a tyre ?

 

On 05/04/2026 at 15:05, Megan Johnson said:

 

I saw this post on Google and I'm absolutely furious. The Ring doorbell camera I bought on Amazon was jammed by someone using a signal blocker yesterday—there’s a 20-minute gap in the footage and I didn't even get an alert on my phone!

 

I can't believe such an expensive Ring camera is so vulnerable. I'm planning to spend a small amount of money to install a wired camera instead, but I have a question: when an intruder approaches, will the footage be uploaded to the cloud in advance?

 

If so, would I need to pay for a cloud subscription? I really don't want to set up a dedicated camera server to receive the video.

 

There are several hard wired systems that provide free software with notifications. Bear in mind though none of them including Ring are 100% reliable. My doorbell occasionally forgets to let my phone know there is someone at the door even when Im on the same WiFi, it activates my home assistant everytime though