Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Tapo H200 1.6.1 firmware upgrade bricks cameras

I upgraded the firmware on an h200 hub, and suddenly both my c420's no longer worked, and the hub does not recognise a known good sd card.

Reset, removed, added, rebooted many times but the cameras remained unusable.

A C425 works via WiFi and is fine. It is normally a user of the hubs sd storage.

Firmware version is 1.6.1 Build 20251230 Rel 64168

The initial solution was to take the sd card out of the hub, after which the cameras went back online. 

After that, I formatted the sd card in a C425, put back in the hub and everything started working again. I can't find any release notes that indicate this might be an issue with the upgrade.

H200 firmware update release notes here: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-h200/#Firmware-Release-Notes

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