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RicardoGray Posted at 2017-4-17 09:24
I am curious about your statement regarding DJI and firmware upgrades. I personally have an Advanced that was purchased from a hobby store. Authentic mind you, but since day one I have never given DJI a serial number or anything. Yes, I created an account on the DJI website with just an email, but what does DJI have to do regarding firmware upgrades. I have upgraded every time one has been released, for the last 1 1/2 years and have never been asked to confirm my aircraft. I often wondered in the first year that if I had a warranty issue (which I did not) how would DJI even know what aircraft I had. I did of course have my receipt. I'm just asking to better understand, not trying to make anything wrong out of your statement. Thanks.
Aloha Ricardo,
No tell anybody, eh! My first firmware upgrade was a P3A firmware on a P3P. What a babooze I was! I could kick myself around the block for that. It took me almost a month to straighten it out, but, I did. They told me to send it in, but I never. I just kept hammering it in until it finally took. I did not realize that there were differences way back then (as in years ago). So now, I pay attention to possible mistakes and look in advance for possible problems.
The current issue is to swap cameras, which is possible, but you need to make sure you are updating to the proper firmware when it comes out. The camera has one set of firmware and the flight controller has another set of firmware. DJI has each operator recorded as having a specific Phantom. Now, DJI has no real issue with an operator voiding their warranty and swapping out cameras, etc. But, as an operator, we need to be sure that we are doing the right firmware updates. Upon occasion, DJI has done forced updates. This is normally not a problem unless you have a mix and matched Phantom. Just saying here. I have never seen it present as a problem. Plus, there are some team members that are curious about how far us consumers can stretch the envelope.
It also does not help that I have never had a compliant device to fly with. But everything works and I like to give a heads-up to newbies when I see a potential problem. It also does not hurt to error on the side of caution.
Finally, I had no end of problems trying to activate my P4. I had to go to China to reconcile my problem. I refused to fly it until it was activated because of the warning, but there appeared to be a serious bug in the activation process. I did everything short of actually taking off. In the end, it was revealed to be a non-issue, but I did not fly my flight capable P4 for a month or two. Now, that was some serious self restraint!
DJI does not put out a lot of information since their technology is so cutting edge. Print something one week and it may change in another week or two. They really do depend on us to help get messages across.
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