P3 Firmware Anyone upgrade to RC firmware 1.8.0 yet?

Kyokushin · Oct 18, 2016

TIP: I did upgrade when i connected through 3G (cellular), not WiFi.

Todd Meidinger · Oct 18, 2016

Upgraded on the 15th. No problems here, did not notice any change in performance... So far. P4 Bird.

sisaacson13 · Oct 20, 2016

is this update for P3 standard as well or no?

rich146 · Oct 22, 2016

Tried the 1.8 rc update. I got camera view but no rc connection. Rolled back to 1.5.8 and had a perfect flight today.

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donniepolly · Oct 23, 2016

rich146 said:
Tried the 1.8 rc update. I got camera view but no rc connection. Rolled back to 1.5.8 and had a perfect flight today.

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I suggest anyone using an Android devise DO NOT do the 1.8 controller update. After doing so the video on my device is full of garble, horrible and unusable. Have been told that DJI is aware of this problem but with this Mavic craze going on it may be some time before we see this bug swatted. donnie

Northern Light · Oct 23, 2016

Hi Rich, I let my Mrs have a go to film a beautiful misty dawn, she said she was having problems, no proper menu screen, no audio telling you everything is fine. So, like a typical male asked her what the hell had she done! I took a look at things and remembered I updated the R/C the last time I used it. Hopefully there will be some explanation before long. regardless of the Mavic craze, to me the Phantom 4 is still a far better quad . At least the Mrs is off the hook. Take notice DJI.

Northern Light · Oct 23, 2016

Sorry Donnie for the confusion with the name. Goes to show, we can all make mistakes

sisaacson13 · Oct 28, 2016

rich146 said:
Tried the 1.8 rc update. I got camera view but no rc connection. Rolled back to 1.5.8 and had a perfect flight today.

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How do you roll back to older firmware? I am using 1.6.8 and having all kinds of weak signal and RC lost issues

rich146 · Oct 28, 2016

sisaacson13 said:
How do you roll back to older firmware? I am using 1.6.8 and having all kinds of weak signal and RC lost issues

Here you go ...

Downgrading RC firmware.
You can revert to previous RC fw versions by means of a special option on the dji go app front page. Keep the the icon top right hand side (see photo) pressed for a few seconds and let go. You will have options to revert to different versions.

http://www.phantompilots.com/index.php?posts/968897/

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Bigfootbuilt · Oct 29, 2016

Just thought I'd give some feedback on the latest RC firmware and GO app. It worked fine on my P3A and Galaxy Tab E tablet today. No issues with range. There was some glitches in the video feed, but only a couple of times during the flight. No big deal. I would suggest to others to go ahead with the update. Seems like the controls were more precise and responsive, but maybe it was just a placebo effect lol. If it screws up your RC, you could always step back to older FW version.

Jester1964 · Mar 12, 2017

donniepolly said:
I suggest anyone using an Android devise DO NOT do the 1.8 controller update. After doing so the video on my device is full of garble, horrible and unusable. Have been told that DJI is aware of this problem but with this Mavic craze going on it may be some time before we see this bug swatted. donnie

Same here, unusable, had to faff about and now on 3.1.3 and RC 1.6. Still not good but at least Litchi is looking ok

rich5464945 · Apr 8, 2017

My phantom 3 pro My nexus my DJI go app keeps telling me my RC needs update 1.8.0 So I updated it. every time I hook the RC up to my tablet it keeps say I need to up date 1.8.0 I look into my firmware it say its been up dated. But it keeps telling me to update. Also try to down grade the firmware on the remote control it did not work. Now Im getting a Error message FPGA what the heck going on.