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In contrast, manufacturers like AKASO and SJCAM maintain more consumer-friendly approaches, allowing their cameras to operate without app activation. Their apps provide remote control and advanced features but remain optional enhancements rather than mandatory requirements.
In contrast, manufacturers like AKASO and SJCAM maintain more consumer-friendly approaches, allowing their cameras to operate without app activation. Their apps provide remote control and advanced features but remain optional enhancements rather than mandatory requirements.
Please check if the activation via the Insta360 APP can be bypassed via manual firmware update, as supposedly this is the case with GoPro cameras. For  manual firmware updates for your camera,  please check the Insta360 manual.
===Locked Features===
Some of advertised features of the [[Insta360 X5]] cannot be used outside of the mobile app.
For example the Starlapse mode, which is available on-camera. In this mode the camera does indeed shoot a timelapse with long exposure frames as expected, but the actual starlapse with star trails as advertised on the official page cannot be created outside of the mobile app. Even in the desktop official insta360 app, the starlapse is not available at all. If the user wants to create a starlapse, then they must keep all the photos on the microSD card and use the mobile app to frame and export the video. If at a later date the user wants to export another angle of view from the same timelapse, then they must copy all the individual frames back to the microSD card, insert it into the camera and use the mobile app once again.


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*A compatible smartphone (iOS or Android)
*A compatible smartphone (iOS or Android)
*Account creation with Insta360
*Account creation with Insta360
*Agreement to data collection policies <ref>{{Cite web |title=Insta360+ (U.S.) Privacy Policy |url=https://www.insta360.com/support/supportcourse?post_id=20791 |url-status=live |website=Insta360}}</ref>
*Agreement to data collection policies<ref>{{Cite web |title=Insta360+ (U.S.) Privacy Policy |url=https://www.insta360.com/support/supportcourse?post_id=20791 |url-status=live |website=Insta360}}</ref>


Without completing this activation process, cameras costing hundreds of dollars are non-functional for their primary purpose of recording video or taking photos. No desktop activation alternative exists at the time of writing, leaving users with incompatible smartphones or those in areas without reliable internet unable to use their purchased devices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ONE R won't work without activation |url=https://forums.insta360.com/section/14/post/6990/ |url-status=live |website=Insta360 Community Forum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How to activate Insta360 One R without App? |url=https://forums.insta360.com/section/14/post/7916/ |url-status=live |website=Insta360 Community Forum}}</ref>
Without completing this activation process, cameras costing hundreds of dollars are non-functional for their primary purpose of recording video or taking photos. No desktop activation alternative exists at the time of writing, leaving users with incompatible smartphones or those in areas without reliable internet unable to use their purchased devices.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ONE R won't work without activation |url=https://forums.insta360.com/section/14/post/6990/ |url-status=live |website=Insta360 Community Forum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How to activate Insta360 One R without App? |url=https://forums.insta360.com/section/14/post/7916/ |url-status=live |website=Insta360 Community Forum}}</ref>
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*Insta360 GO 3S
*Insta360 GO 3S
*Insta360 Flow 2 Pro
*Insta360 Flow 2 Pro
*[[Insta360 Evo]]


==References==
==References==