r/VivintSmartHome • • Mar 10 '26

[MEGATHREAD] Cancellation questions (please post here)

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We’ve noticed that a lot of conversations about cancellation have come up in this sub. We’ve also noticed that sometimes those conversations can include inaccurate or misleading information that can sometimes make the process longer and more complicated. 

So, we’ve created this pinned MEGATHREAD for all cancellation-related discussions and questions. This way, everyone can access the correct information and ask additional questions in one updated, transparent, and easy to find place. 

Please use this thread for questions about cancelling your Vivint monitoring service, early termination or other fees related to your service agreement, equipment financing that might be handled through a third-party provider, or anything else related. Posts on these topics outside of this thread may be removed so we can keep the discussion centralized. If your post gets taken down, please repost your question here so the discussion stays organized and easier for everyone to find.

 

HOW TO CANCEL VIVINT SERVICES:

Customers wishing to cancel their Vivint services should call the Vivint Customer Service Team at 1-800-678-2635 for assistance. 

Requests through any other outreach channel, including any contacts provided by AI-generated or other third-party search results, may delay processing of the request as we attempt to route the request to the Customer Service team for review. 

You can learn more about Vivint’s cancellation policies at this link: https://support.vivint.com/article/Policy-Cancellation

 

Vivint Cancellation FAQ’s: 

Q: How Do I Cancel My Vivint Service?

A: Customers wishing to cancel their Vivint services should call the Vivint Customer Service Team at 1-800-678-2635 for assistance. The Vivint Customer Service Team is the only team that can receive and process service cancellation requests. 

 

Q: When Can I Cancel My Vivint Service?

A: You can cancel your Vivint service at any time. If you decide to cancel before your contracted subscription period ends, there may be early termination or other fees assessed depending on your individual service agreement. 

 

Q: Where Can I Find My Vivint Contract or Service Agreement? 

A: You can review your Vivint Service Agreement in the Documents section of your Vivint Customer Account Center.

 

Q: Does Canceling My Vivint Service Also Cancel My Third-Party Financing Agreement? 

A: You may have separate financing agreements for your equipment through a third-party company. These financing agreements are independent of the Vivint service contract. If you cancel your Vivint service, your loan does not go away, and you may still be held responsible for honoring the terms and remaining balance of that third-party agreement. 

 

Q: Does Vivint Provide Support for Extenuating Circumstances?

A: If your situation involves a death, bankruptcy, transition to assisted living, active-duty military service, or other similar extenuating circumstances, it’s helpful to mention that during the call. Those situations may follow a different process and could need more documentation.


r/VivintSmartHome • • Mar 02 '26

Introducing u/QuinnFromVivint, your resident expert on everything Vivint!

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Hi everyone,

We want to introduce another way that we are going to start replying, assisting, and engaging on r/VivintSmartHome and other subreddits. 

Vivint customers have been talking about their systems on Reddit for years. You’ve been asking questions, troubleshooting issues, and sharing honest feedback. In the past, there were unofficial interactions with employees here, but now we’re showing up for those conversations more directly and consistently than ever before.

You may have seen official posts and comments here from u/Vivint, but we’d also like to introduce you to u/QuinnFromVivint, who's ready to answer your questions and give support wherever it’s needed.

What this space is: a place to ask questions, get clarity, and share feedback (good or bad!) directly with us. We’ll jump in where we can to help, explain, or point you in the right direction.

What this space isn’t: a replacement for official support channels, a place to discuss unrelated products, or a sales or marketing feed. Not every question can be answered publicly, but we’ll always be transparent about what we can and can’t help with here.

This is meant to be a constructive, respectful space, and we’re here to listen first. If you have questions, ideas, or feedback about your Vivint experience, we’re glad you’re here and we’re looking forward to the conversation.

We’re excited to step into this new chapter with you!

- The Vivint team


r/VivintSmartHome • • 5h ago

Anyone running into an issue using the Vivint App on Cellular but no issues when connected to your home wifi?

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This is happening across two cellphones in two separate locations. Cant connect. I’ve tried to reboot the hub at home but my wife can’t access the hub from work


r/VivintSmartHome • • 20h ago

Shortcuts

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I have an Android running the latest version of app and the latest OS 9.0 how do I delete shortcuts. I've spent more than enough time on the phone with it support with no success


r/VivintSmartHome • • 1d ago

Poor cell signal

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What problems will my system have with poor cell signal?


r/VivintSmartHome • • 1d ago

Vivint complete protection plan

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I’m just curious, I recently made a post regarding my playback function not working, and Vivint determined that my smart drive had failed. They sent out a new smart drive at no cost to me. I just have to return the old one and pay the $10 shipping fee for the new one. Now every representative I spoke to on the phone tried to upsell me the complete protection plan for $11.99 a month, which covers equipment repair or replacement and various other things. I’m just curious, what would be the purpose of purchasing that if Vivint gave me the replacement smart Drive for free? Is the smart Drive something that’s covered under a lifetime warranty that the cameras and other equipment aren’t, at which the complete protection plan would be beneficial? I mean, maybe I’m missing something but why would I pay $11.99 a month for equipment coverage if I’m getting the product for free anyway?


r/VivintSmartHome • • 2d ago

Doorbell does not ring when someone is near

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I recently got new modem and it caused me to get a new WiFi network. My camera didn’t want to connect at first but I got it working now but I now it does not want to sound when someone is near. It sounds when someone rings the doorbell but it does not sound when someone is near. Before I got the new modem, there was sound when someone was near. When I look on the Vivint website, it tells me to do stuff on my app but those settings are not on my app despite it being up to date. Anyone know how to fix the no sound when someone is near?


r/VivintSmartHome • • 3d ago

Found this while in my smart hubs updates settings in installer toolbox

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Anyone have a login for it


r/VivintSmartHome • • 3d ago

Horrible Servive

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I have had four years with Vivint and the same complaint. I never know when a package is delivered; the doorbell never rings through my phone, and when the lawn guy came, my cameras never notified me. They told me it was my phone, but I have upgraded my phone twice with the same issues; I stood outside ringing my doorbell, and nothing came through my phone. My cousin has Ring, and it tells her everything that is going on. I can't wait to be over with Vivint if I thought someone would buy all the equipment I would sale it all. Vivint is the worse!!!!


r/VivintSmartHome • • 4d ago

Vivint’s AI Detection Keeps Getting It Wrong, and There’s No Feedback Option

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Vivint, can we please do something about these false AI detections? I can see on my firewall that your system is constantly communicating with your AI domain (vivint.ai), yet the app doesn’t even give us a way to report false positives. If you’re going to rely on AI for detection, at least give customers a way to flag when it gets things wrong. Thankfully, my contract ends in April. I’m definitely looking forward to having more control over my security system.


r/VivintSmartHome • • 4d ago

Need help rebooting my camera

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So we got a new WiFi router and it caused us to use a different WiFi network and so my doorbell and my chime had to be reconnected. I got my chime to work but my doorbell does not. I press the button on the doorbell and it turns green. I hold it down for a couple seconds and it says rebooting. However, the instructions say that it should turn white then stay green. Green never came. It’s just on white. Every now and again I check the color and it turns green but back to white. Is that normal? When I use my phone to connect to the camera, it finds the camera but doesn’t connect to it. Just says troubleshoot. Any suggestions?


r/VivintSmartHome • • 4d ago

Try to drop the service,After paying Them for over 10 years! They literally make you STOP PAYMENT AT YOUR BANK. They will not let you Stop the service by calling,emailing. Sending a letter!!!!! TOTALLY BULLSHIT!

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r/VivintSmartHome • • 4d ago

What can I expect from customer service in this situation?

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Called customer service earlier today because I’m having a playback issue that’s affecting all four of my cameras. The issue has been for 2 days. I’ve already tried rebooting the cameras. Rebooting the hub. Power cycling the smart drive. Power cycling my modem. Deleting the app and reinstalling it. None of that have corrected anything.
Customer service wanted me to be home tonight to perform some diagnostics in the house. Short of what I’ve already done, what can I expect them to have me do to try and correct this issue? I suspect that they want to do the same stuff that I’ve already done but I could be wrong.


r/VivintSmartHome • • 5d ago

Purchased home with vivint security system.

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Hey all! My wife and I recently purchased our first home which came with an already installed and paid off (supposedly) security system from Vivint. When I called to remove the previous owner as admin and change the account into our names I was informed I needed the verbal passcode. Well, I obviously don’t know that and have never met the previous owners and can’t contact them. Has anyone else run into this issue? If so what are my options? Thanks for any help provided!


r/VivintSmartHome • • 6d ago

Vivint's Newest System and Our Cameras Are Constantly Offline

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We've had our Vivint system for about two months, and we're already extremely frustrated. Our cameras keep going offline, and we've contacted Vivint 8–10 times by phone, text, and email trying to get this resolved.

We were away for three of those weeks, so we haven't even been home for the full two months to use the system. We purchased the newest model expecting it to work properly, but we're already dealing with ongoing problems.

It's incredibly frustrating to spend this kind of money on a home security system only to have cameras that can't reliably stay online. Isn't the whole point of having a security system to have peace of mind? Instead, we're constantly dealing with issues and trying to get someone to help.

Has anyone here filed a complaint against Vivint with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) or their state's Attorney General's office? If so, I'd like to hear about your experience and whether filing a complaint helped get the company's attention. At this point, we're wondering what steps we need to take to get this resolved.


r/VivintSmartHome • • 6d ago

Side Gate Sensor

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Hey everyone, so I recently saw a friend of mine install a Ring system with a sensor for his side gate. Looks like a regular door sensor but a bit bigger. Is this something that Vivint offers?


r/VivintSmartHome • • 7d ago

Playback Never Works!

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Hi! I’ve had Vivint for a few years now. I’ve paid the equipment off and now just pay for the service. My playback never works. It did not work in my previous home, when I moved I thought maybe it would finally work. When I try to playback I usually get a circle or it freezes. Even when I open it to see who might be ringing my doorbell it freezes. The tech told me it’s because I have T-Mobile WiFi? I never receive notifications like if a package was delivered. My dog sitter left my front door open by mistake and again received no notification. I have the settings correctly set to receive notifications. I just don’t understand. It’s really frustrating. Has anyone else had this experience?


r/VivintSmartHome • • 10d ago

Saw a guy at my Local Costco selling Vivint, so I signed up because I’m looking for a security system. Anyone have any good comments or recommendations?

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r/VivintSmartHome • • 10d ago

Camera offline

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Does anyone have any tips for getting this camera back up before I attempt to contact the god awful Vivint support? It has just gone offline today and I have tried rebooting the panel, the WiFi, and unplugging the WiFi bridge that the camera is connected to and nothing has worked. The bridge shows it has connected to the internet but it still shows red under camera.


r/VivintSmartHome • • 12d ago

impatiently waiting for the halloween doorbell chimes

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hint hint

👀 🎃


r/VivintSmartHome • • 13d ago

Vivint Alexa Skill Gone

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So there's been a Vivint Alexa skill that you could use to arm your system. It seems to have disappeared from the Alexa+ store. It was a small convenience, but I appreciated it on the nights when I got into bed and realized I hadn't armed the security system (and my phone was already put away).


r/VivintSmartHome • • 13d ago

Schedule Deter Mode

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Is there currently support to enable and disable deter mode on my cameras based on a schedule? For example, after 9 PM, I’d like my cameras to go into deter mode. Then, after 7 AM, I’d like them to turn off deter.


r/VivintSmartHome • • 15d ago

New (to us) home

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We just moved into a home with a Vivint doorbell camera. I don't care to sign up for this particular service, but I still want a doorbell to chime inside my house until we find a suitable replacement. How can I set this up to do so? Do I need to call in?


r/VivintSmartHome • • 15d ago

STOPS RECORDING VIDEO AFTER A 2 WEEKS AND THERE IS NO WAY TO CHANGE IT?!

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r/VivintSmartHome • • 16d ago

Gen 3 Camera Firmware

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Hello,

Can someone confirm if this is the latest firmware version for the gen 3 cameras?

Having a pixelation issue I’m troubleshooting and was wondering if there is a newer firmware out there newer then this version 2.20.0.126.rc