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Confirming that this is an issue for me as well. I just traded in my iPad mini 4th edition for the 6th edition and I'm disappointed to find that it doesn't work with my Phantom 4 (non-pro version).
I'm a software developer, so I did some additional testing using the DJI SDK and it looks to me like Todd's correct that the controller firmware is what needs an update. Using the default starter project and running it on my iPhone (12 Pro, lightning) I could see debugging messages when the controller was connected and disconnected. The same app running on the iPad mini 6 (usb-c) didn't show anything when connecting/disconnecting. I also tried from a samsung galaxy s10 (usb-c), which worked fine.
It looks like this problem started with iOS 14 (a year ago) and it's still there with iOS 15. If DJI hasn't fixed it on their end by now, I don't imagine that they ever will. Thanks to those on the forum for confirming that the v2 controller works at least. It seems like the old controller either needs a different chip/hardware or that DJI just has no interest in releasing any more firmware for it.
I hate to admit it, but I went ahead and bought a P4P v2, which is probably just what they want I am looking forward to the camera upgrade though and think it will make a big difference in my photogrammetry scans. It's annoying that DJI hasn't acknowledged this issue and doesn't seem to have any plans to fix it, but I ended up sticking with them because I'm impressed with their SDK now that I got to learn about it. |
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