So, I got a P3S for a Christmas gift from my wife as she's noticed my being enamored by aerial photography and videos posted here and YouTube.
I was super shocked, but more excited than anything.
I've been doing tons of research on them, and was excited to dive into the owners manual as I plugged it in.
Last night just before sunset I put it up in the yard, back and forth, making passes getting comfortable with the controls.
I woke up super stoked and wanted to check out some video of my neighborhood, making passes up and down the street as far as beginner mode allowed.
I changed to a 64 GB card, and took it out front, calibrated the compass and was doing a solid preflight checklist, when DJI go advised me I needed a firmware update. So I trekked back in as it was a little nippy out, put it on the coffee table and let it do its thing, it hung up at 48% and all of a sudden, the two center green lights lit solid and the gimbal began to make the more horrendous trill. My phone quickly notified me the update failed and I needed to reset everything.
Upon doing so I tried for a solid 3 hours to update it again, resetting the RC and the copter several times to no avail. No matter what I did the battery would not turn off. The two center green lights stayed lit.
I even went as far as changing the device I was using the app on.
Nothing.
Then it struck me, all I had changed between the evening prior and this morning, besides a charge, was the SD card.
I uninstalled the app, and reinstalled it again, and placed the 8 GB card back in the camera.
Upon reconnecting everything, the gimbals tone changed but still screeched the entire time it updated to be accompanied with an occasional tone from the drone itself.
That being said. If you've made it this far, congratulations, I'm sure it was nearly unbearable.
Nevertheless, what about this card would cause such a failure, or was it coincidence?
I may add, after the firmware updated I went out and made a 6 or 7 minute flight, with absolutely no issues.
Thanks in advance for any input you may offer.
I was super shocked, but more excited than anything.
I've been doing tons of research on them, and was excited to dive into the owners manual as I plugged it in.
Last night just before sunset I put it up in the yard, back and forth, making passes getting comfortable with the controls.
I woke up super stoked and wanted to check out some video of my neighborhood, making passes up and down the street as far as beginner mode allowed.
I changed to a 64 GB card, and took it out front, calibrated the compass and was doing a solid preflight checklist, when DJI go advised me I needed a firmware update. So I trekked back in as it was a little nippy out, put it on the coffee table and let it do its thing, it hung up at 48% and all of a sudden, the two center green lights lit solid and the gimbal began to make the more horrendous trill. My phone quickly notified me the update failed and I needed to reset everything.
Upon doing so I tried for a solid 3 hours to update it again, resetting the RC and the copter several times to no avail. No matter what I did the battery would not turn off. The two center green lights stayed lit.
I even went as far as changing the device I was using the app on.
Nothing.
Then it struck me, all I had changed between the evening prior and this morning, besides a charge, was the SD card.
I uninstalled the app, and reinstalled it again, and placed the 8 GB card back in the camera.
Upon reconnecting everything, the gimbals tone changed but still screeched the entire time it updated to be accompanied with an occasional tone from the drone itself.
That being said. If you've made it this far, congratulations, I'm sure it was nearly unbearable.
Nevertheless, what about this card would cause such a failure, or was it coincidence?
I may add, after the firmware updated I went out and made a 6 or 7 minute flight, with absolutely no issues.
Thanks in advance for any input you may offer.
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