Android 15 beta 1

travelmate

Android 15 beta 1 is out and DJI fly is DEAD as usual, nothing new, the same every year. 152 apps working, only DJI fly crashes like a boss

DAFlys

It's deliberate so that a beta OS cannot cause issues with a flight.

travelmate

DAFlys Posted at 4-12 01:40
It's deliberate so that a beta OS cannot cause issues with a flight.

I can tell you the reality behind this, but DJI rep want like it. I've seen it already with another Chinese manufacturer

DJI Paladin

Hi there. Thank you for reaching out. The DJI Fly app may not be compatible with any Beta system version as we cannot guarantee the stability of the said version when using the DJI Fly app, and also for flight safety. We suggest using a recommended mobile device and system version to avoid any issues. We appreciate your understanding.

Maxters

That does not sound good. I'm hoping for when I can fly but not "go get a different device". It's not safe to be switching devices to temporarily fly until DJI fixes their issues. -grounded. I'd rather know when DJI will catch up, fixing the problem. As others have stated, other developers have kept up with OS Development in iOS and Android.

DJI Tony

Maxters Posted at 4-20 13:07
That does not sound good. I'm hoping for when I can fly but not "go get a different device". It's not safe to be switching devices to temporarily fly until DJI fixes their issues. -grounded. I'd rather know when DJI will catch up, fixing the problem. As others have stated, other developers have kept up with OS Development in iOS and Android.

We apologize for the inconvenience. We will continue submitting your feedback to the related team for awareness. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

travelmate

Maxters Posted at 4-20 13:07
That does not sound good. I'm hoping for when I can fly but not "go get a different device". It's not safe to be switching devices to temporarily fly until DJI fixes their issues. -grounded. I'd rather know when DJI will catch up, fixing the problem. As others have stated, other developers have kept up with OS Development in iOS and Android.

Forget it. DJI fly will be compatible end of September, beginning of October, although after release candidate is out OS is fully stable and functional around june-july

Maxters

Crazy, paid a ton for my pixel to replace a Samsung A05 that wasn't compatible. Now this is not.

travelmate

Maxters Posted at 4-21 12:07
Crazy, paid a ton for my pixel to replace a Samsung A05 that wasn't compatible. Now this is not.

Either change the drone brand in the future or buy a cheap chineese phone only as drone display. I'd rather switch the drone brand, than the PIxel

ximen

DJI Paladin Posted at 4-12 21:41
Hi there. Thank you for reaching out. The DJI Fly app may not be compatible with any Beta system version as we cannot guarantee the stability of the said version when using the DJI Fly app, and also for flight safety. We suggest using a recommended mobile device and system version to avoid any issues. We appreciate your understanding.

Hi,
I have been using with all pixel android 14 betas with no issues (moved from a14 qpr 3 beta 2.1 that works perfect to a15).
Also have a ton of apps and all of them work flawlessly with a15. It is just DJI Fly app....
Definitely is on dji side

djiuser_goGIwErxZL00

ximen Posted at 4-24 02:43
Hi,
I have been using with all pixel android 14 betas with no issues (moved from a14 qpr 3 beta 2.1 that works perfect to a15).
Also have a ton of apps and all of them work flawlessly with a15. It is just DJI Fly app....

Same here, recently updated to a15 , all apps works fine except DJI fly, so I can't fly until a new app update .....

DJI Paladin

ximen Posted at 4-24 02:43
Hi,
I have been using with all pixel android 14 betas with no issues (moved from a14 qpr 3 beta 2.1 that works perfect to a15).
Also have a ton of apps and all of them work flawlessly with a15. It is just DJI Fly app....

Hi there. Thank you for reaching out. This issue is caused by the incompatibility of the app. Kindly use an existing compatible Android system version to avoid this issue. Rest assured that we will coordinate this with our relevant team for attention. We appreciate your understanding.

DJI Paladin

djiuser_goGIwErxZL00 Posted at 4-24 05:50
Same here, recently updated to a15 , all apps works fine except DJI fly, so I can't fly until a new app update .....

Hi there. We do apologize for the inconvenience caused. Kindly use an existing compatible Android system to use the app without any issues. Rest assured that we are doing our best to comply with every update of the Android system. I appreciate your understanding.

WazaBe

I am curious. What kind of company hires developers and user experience teams that make an app crashes every year without any user feedback (popup, warning message,...)

This is really concerning...

Mobilehomer

Why do people complain when the BETA causes problems? It ain't DJI, it's a BETA!!!

travelmate

Mobilehomer Posted at 5-1 03:45
Why do people complain when the BETA causes problems? It ain't DJI, it's a BETA!!!

Cause only DJI app is making problems and it should be compatible till now, developer 's preview ismout since January, now is the Betta for users to test it, till now all apps should be compatible and they are, except DJI FLY

darkaegis

Just dropping in in hopes that DJI takes notice as more people show up. I've got around 300 apps on my phone and DJI is the only one that doesn't work. I know it's critical that the new beta doesn't mess anything up, but the primary systems - GPS and others - shouldn't be changed enough to cause any sort of critical failure.

Currently stuck using my wife's phone to fly my newly-purchased DJI FPV because I accidentally forgot to back out of the beta program after the Android 14 Public Release Candidate. Don't want to have to wipe and go back for something that should, by all means, work on the new version, so I hope we see a quick fix.

travelmate

darkaegis Posted at 5-10 08:46
Just dropping in in hopes that DJI takes notice as more people show up. I've got around 300 apps on my phone and DJI is the only one that doesn't work. I know it's critical that the new beta doesn't mess anything up, but the primary systems - GPS and others - shouldn't be changed enough to cause any sort of critical failure.

Currently stuck using my wife's phone to fly my newly-purchased DJI FPV because I accidentally forgot to back out of the beta program after the Android 14 Public Release Candidate. Don't want to have to wipe and go back for something that should, by all means, work on the new version, so I hope we see a quick fix.

You won't see a fix... It happens every year the same... Next time consider different drone manufacturer

rubenfjs

Mobilehomer Posted at 5-1 03:45
Why do people complain when the BETA causes problems? It ain't DJI, it's a BETA!!!

No, it's really DJI. I wish they would do like they once did. They released a version just for the beta. Not anymore

And since they also don't have the app on the Play Store I can't install it on my work phone

XdekHckr

travelmate Posted at 5-11 01:06
You won't see a fix... It happens every year the same... Next time consider different drone manufacturer

I think that I will also choose another manufacturer next time. I joined android beta on my Pixel fold for a reason and dji developer team behaviour is just pathetic. Thanks God at least I bought controller with screen... This shouldn't ever happened!

Drone.Hunter

Anyone want to fly a real plane with beta software on it? Or drive a car with artificial intelligence in test mode?
If someone doesn't understand programming, that's your problem. If the software runs correctly on the beta version, this does not mean that there will be no malfunctions due to the OS. The OS may crash, the phone cannot start, and your remote control will be bricked. And the drone will land on someone's head.
I'm on DJI's side.

Drone.Hunter

The beta version is for testing, not operation. Those who don’t understand this, stay at home and don’t go out anywhere, so that other people don’t suffer because of you.

travelmate

Drone.Hunter Posted at 6-4 19:14
The beta version is for testing, not operation. Those who don’t understand this, stay at home and don’t go out anywhere, so that other people don’t suffer because of you.

But this was till February, since February the core os features are fully functional and reliable and we are week or two away from the stable release. FYI if you remote(phone) got bricked, the drone is not falling from the sky, it hoovers, I've tested it myself

Drone.Hunter

travelmate Posted at 6-4 20:01
But this was till February, since February the core os features are fully functional and reliable and we are week or two away from the stable release. FYI if you remote(phone) got bricked, the drone is not falling from the sky, it hoovers, I've tested it myself

When there is a release, then we will demand this from DJI.
And the fact that everything is fine with you is not an indicator.

travelmate

Drone.Hunter Posted at 6-4 20:48
When there is a release, then we will demand this from DJI.
And the fact that everything is fine with you is not an indicator.

Fact is, that every other app is working, except DJI fly

Drone.Hunter

travelmate Posted at 6-4 21:14
Fact is, that every other app is working, except DJI fly

What is the relationship between different applications? They have different code, use different features, etc. Why do you think that they are identical inside?
Are you a programmer? Have you created applications for Windows, Linux, Android, IOS?

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Maxters Posted at 4-21 12:07
Crazy, paid a ton for my pixel to replace a Samsung A05 that wasn't compatible. Now this is not.

Same here.. It's so stupid

darkaegis

Drone.Hunter Posted at 6-4 21:22
What is the relationship between different applications? They have different code, use different features, etc. Why do you think that they are identical inside?
Are you a programmer? Have you created applications for Windows, Linux, Android, IOS?

Don't know why you're going to bat so hard for DJI. Despite the fact that apps are, in fact, different, they're all built on the same framework using the same functionality and on the same OS, so one out of literal hundreds being broken for the duration of a wide-scale and mostly-stable beta is a problem. Out of, literally, 326 apps on my phone, including stock apps, password vaults, bank apps, NFC, camera transfer apps, navigation apps, and others, DJI Fly is the only that is crashing on me.

Unless Google changed something intrinsic with GPS and other navigation systems, which it demonstrably didn't considering all of my other hiking and navigating apps are working perfectly, or if they changed something with the way wifi works, which they didn't since my GoPro app is still working, there's really no excuse for an app from any large company to fail to boot *at all* in a Beta, much less without a warning message to the user.

The problem, and this is also the reason we don't see Fly on the Google Play Store, is that DJI is using some non-standard practices to develop their software on Android, and because of that, it breaks when even minor changes are made. Unfortunately, beta users don't represent a huge portion of their users, so they aren't going to devote any time, however little, to getting the app up and working for us until it impacts their bottom line.

My problem in particular has nothing to do with control of a drone. I need my phone connected to my goggles when I fly the DJI FPV to comply with remote ID laws - it does *nothing else*, but I also can't take off without it.

It should also be noted that for the last Beta (14), some people unpacked, modified, and repacked the apk and it worked just fine, so it really does likely have absolutely nothing to do with basic functionality or safety.

Drone.Hunter

darkaegis Posted at 6-8 12:45
Don't know why you're going to bat so hard for DJI. Despite the fact that apps are, in fact, different, they're all built on the same framework using the same functionality and on the same OS, so one out of literal hundreds being broken for the duration of a wide-scale and mostly-stable beta is a problem. Out of, literally, 326 apps on my phone, including stock apps, password vaults, bank apps, NFC, camera transfer apps, navigation apps, and others, DJI Fly is the only that is crashing on me.

Unless Google changed something intrinsic with GPS and other navigation systems, which it demonstrably didn't considering all of my other hiking and navigating apps are working perfectly, or if they changed something with the way wifi works, which they didn't since my GoPro app is still working, there's really no excuse for an app from any large company to fail to boot *at all* in a Beta, much less without a warning message to the user.

I don't fight for them. I am a developer and programmer myself.
A beta version of a program or OS, this means that there may be errors in the code, that the code itself may be changed, etc.
I have my application for a very old version of Android, where I accidentally found one feature of the code that allowed me to listen to music on BT headphones that were not designed for this.
I also have a program for Windows that could work for months and not turn off. But this year problems began with it: it only needs to work for 5 minutes and be closed, and after that, a little later, the blue screen of death appears. I can assume that some new OS update affected it; it cannot be fixed yet, since the reasons are unknown.

HatemRT

Drone.Hunter Posted at 6-4 21:22
What is the relationship between different applications? They have different code, use different features, etc. Why do you think that they are identical inside?
Are you a programmer? Have you created applications for Windows, Linux, Android, IOS?

Litchi works flawlessly.

ximen

Been using android 15 beta for several weeks and every single app works flawlessly.... except dji ones (mimo and fly). So it is a dji decision not support betas.

Those working apps include parrot drone app and insta360 cameras, which I also do have

hubert52

DAFlys Posted at 4-12 01:40
It's deliberate so that a beta OS cannot cause issues with a flight.

Dji fly works fine with my iPhone iOS 18 BETA. So DJI limits beta OS only for Android, which is unfair. Please correct this

DAFlys

hubert52 Posted at 6-15 23:44
Dji fly works fine with my iPhone iOS 18 BETA. So DJI limits beta OS only for Android, which is unfair. Please correct this

Sorry Im in no position to fix it.

Maxters

Had to change fly apps, but DJI should just have is checkbox liability waiver then let it run.

darkaegis

Android 15 Beta 3 has reached platform stability - no big changes from here to release, so hopefully DJI starts working on the fix soon.

It's still the only app of hundreds on my phone that isn't working.

travelmate

darkaegis Posted at 6-19 19:49
Android 15 Beta 3 has reached platform stability - no big changes from here to release, so hopefully DJI starts working on the fix soon.

It's still the only app of hundreds on my phone that isn't working.

Actually Light Cut is also not working anymore

ximen

I would not expect any dji app to work in android 15 till november (as usual).

" it would be crazy to fly a drone with beta software......." meanwhile in ios 18 beta... oh wait

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Maxters Posted at 4-21 12:07
Crazy, paid a ton for my pixel to replace a Samsung A05 that wasn't compatible. Now this is not.

Did the same thing...

travelmate

djiuser_naMXNOJAPhqc Posted at 6-25 06:10
Did the same thing...

Change the drone make, DJI do not learn

Hazyview

WazaBe Posted at 5-1 03:36
I am curious. What kind of company hires developers and user experience teams that make an app crashes every year without any user feedback (popup, warning message,...)

This is really concerning...

Agree, very bad DJI!!!!!