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Mabou2 Posted at 2017-7-21 05:58
Grrr.... I appreciate that people are frustrated by the latest DJI update, I'm frustrated and my P4 is grounded too. Truthfully, DJI screwed up. But when Conspiracy theories start flying around (a.k.a. "DJI is purposely trying to ground us"... or "Update repairs must be a high income maker for their repair center", or "DJI Doesn't care about us", etc.) it gets frustrating to listen to.
Software and firmware updates are extremely complicated... EXTREMELY. So when DJI pops out an update with ubiquitous issues that didn't appear to the beta testers and their own internal testing, it not only takes a while to define the scope of the problem, it takes a while to apply a coding fix and retest.
as a veteran of the software testing world, this is 100% accurate.
I don't recall being given the option to "opt out" of updating the firmware on my new P4P, it just started doing it. The firmware update from the DJI Go 4 app stuck at 99% and I ended up on the chat with support, and had to load DJI Assist and reset everything and update it from there. The GUI for DJI Assist is...well, hard to call it a GUI, more like a "Guess what you're supposed to do" interface.
After updating the drone, had to update the controller. Doesn't "seem" to be any real stability issues, but I have only flown it a couple of times. I had no video link on my phone until I updated the controller firmware.
The Mavic Pro seems to be more stable in flight, though, but I have had more practice with it. We'll see.
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