How to Tell if a Firmware Upgrade was Successful
Hi everyone! In this post, I will show you how to judge whether or not a firmware upgrade was successful or is being applied successfully. The instructions here apply to the P3 and Inspire series.
Method 1: Listen to the Sounds Coming from the Aircraft. (Reliability: ★★★) D = One Beep Upgrading: ‘DDDD-DDDD-DDDD…’ Upgrade succeeded: ‘D-DD, D-DD, D-DD…’ Upgrade failed: ‘DDD-DDD-DDD…’
Method 2: Watch the Gimbal Indicator. (Reliability: ★★★★)
If the indicator flashes quickly (0.2s off, 0.1s on), the aircraft is warming up. If the indicator flashes green once every 0.9 seconds (0.5s off, 0.4s on), it’s taking a single picture. If the indicator flashes green three times quickly (0.3s off, 0.1s on), it’s taking a 3 or 5 photo multi-shot. If the indicator flashes red slowly, (1.6s on, 0.8s off), it’s recording video. If the indicator flashes red quickly (0.5s off, 0.2s on), there’s an SD card error. If the indicator double blinks red (0.1s on, o.1s off, 0.1s on, 0.1s off), the camera is overheated. If indicator is solid red, there’s a system error. If the indicator flashes red and green alternatively (0.8s green on, 0.8s red on…), the firmware is upgrading.
Method 3: Check the Text File on the SD Card. (Reliability: ★★★★★) After upgrading the aircraft, a text file titled ‘result.txt’ file will be generated on the SD card. Open the text file and you can see five possible “results."
1. Successful 2. Aborted 3. Corrupted 4. Failed 5. Upgrading If it the result line says “Upgrading,” the process was interrupted. The aircraft needs at least 30 minutes to finish upgrading.
In cases 1 and 2, the upgrade was applied successfully. In case two, there should be another sentence notifying you that the firmware of your aircraft is already the latest version, and it is unnecessary to upgrade.
In Case 3, the upgrade file is damaged or there is a problem with your SD card. It is recommended to format the SD card or replace it with another one, re-download the upgrade file, and try to upgrade again.
In Case 4, there may have been some the extra files on the SD card other than the upgrade file. If the problem remains with only the one bin file on the SD card, please contact with the DJI customer service.
In Case 5, it is because the upgrading process was interrupted accidently. Please try to upgrade the firmware again. If there is no result file on the SD card, you may have one of the following issues. 1. The format or the name of the file was incorrect. The format has to be .bin, and do not change the name of the file or else the aircraft won’t be able to recognize it. 2. The file was stored in wrong location. Place the file in the root directory of the SD card. 3. Wrong upgrade file was on the card. For example, you may have downloaded firmware for the Phantom 3 Advanced when trying to upgrade your Professional. 4. You upgraded straight to the latest firmware without first upgrading to a previous one. For an example: the original firmware version is 1.18 and the newest version is 1.6. To upgrade from 1.18, you need to upgrade the firmware to first 1.3.20 before upgrading to 1.6. 5. The SD card is damaged and the aircraft is unable to recognize it. Please try to replace it with another card. 6. The gimbal has failed to read the card. If upgrading fails repeatedly, contact customer service to repair your gimbal.
Hope this helps you with upgrading!
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