CRKus
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I decided to try to exchange my original Mavic for another. I know there were users who tried this multiple times and still ended up in the same spot of trouble. In my case though, I was able to activate the exchanged Mavic.
I work for Apple, and ordered my original Mavic through the company portal as part of a promotion, and had it shipped to me. Today, I boxed that Mavic up and took it down to my local Apple store and asked for an exchange. After I got the new Mavic, I attempted activation in-store, and succeeded. To absolutely sure, I took it outside to make sure the props started, which they did. Since the original unit was shipped to me, and the exchanged unit was from a local store, there was no way the two of them were from the same batch.
Between my last failed attempt to activate my original Mavic, and the exchanged one, I changed nothing. I did not remove the DJI GO app, didn't change my email address, nothing. Activation occurred using the in-store wifi, on the same iPhone 7 plus I'd been trying on before.
The exchanged unit is running firmware 01.03.0400, and the original one was 01.03.0700. I seemed to recall a thread on this problem where someone floated the theory that a Mavic having the 0700 firmware installed prior to activation might be the cause of the issue. This seems to line up here, but it's pure theory.
In my case, an exchange worked. Although others have tried it too, maybe a different store with a different batch of Mavics may yield success. Otherwise, DJI's prompting to get the affected units sent to a repair center may be the way to go. |
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