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nvrhapy
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so my phantom 3 standard is got solid red lights and yellow blinking lights it has an audible double beep and then a pause and the remotes light is red, on the app it says weak signal and theres no camera display. wtf dji !!! ive been working on it for hours i tried binding the remote via button on bottom of drone and by app with no luck unistalled app and reinstalled, tried to downgrade firmware but sayd no sd card inserted ??? someone please help!!!
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stuka75
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Is this a new phantom, and are you new to p3 flying, If not, has the aircraft flown successfully before? What are you using to run dji go app(phone/tablet)? You need at leas2 gigs of ram to run the app. 1.5 will work, but is a bit dodgy.
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Peterx
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The remotes light is red,then the copter was not bound to the remote at all. May be it´s a sender/antenna problem. The RC and AC are able to bind together without mobile and Go app. The Signals are only  monitored by mobile and app.
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stuka75 Posted at 2017-11-7 09:13
Is this a new phantom, and are you new to p3 flying, If not, has the aircraft flown successfully before? What are you using to run dji go app(phone/tablet)? You need at leas2 gigs of ram to run the app. 1.5 will work, but is a bit dodgy.

the phantom is a year old, has flown before, i recently crashed it and broke the yaw arm just replaced it fired everything up and now im having these problems.
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Peterx Posted at 2017-11-7 10:56
The remotes light is red,then the copter was not bound to the remote at all. May be it´s a sender/antenna problem. The RC and AC are able to bind together without mobile and Go app. The Signals are only  monitored by mobile and app.

so when i turn the remote on the lil led on the phantom (binding light) turns green but the rc light is still red. ive tried using my galaxy 7 and my ipad with the same results of aircraft disconnected.
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ALABAMA
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Did you install a new flat ribbon cable?



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ALABAMA Posted at 2017-11-7 16:12
Did you install a new flat ribbon cable?

no the old one did not look torn or damaged
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ALABAMA
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It doesn't take much.  How bad was the crash and does the gimbal work at all?
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ALABAMA Posted at 2017-11-7 16:22
It doesn't take much.  How bad was the crash and does the gimbal work at all?

oh yea the gimbal does the normal dance when you turn the drone on also when i pop the sd card out the lil led indicator on the gimbal blinks red and when i put a sd card in its solid green
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ALABAMA
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Good sign.  Check your large cable at top of gimbal   unplug then replug.
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nvrhapy
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just unpluged and plugged the gray wire back in only thing that was a lil different was i seent he signal on the go app go go to all bars then back down to one red bar
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ALABAMA
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So, you're talking about the wifi antennas?  Black and gray?
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ALABAMA
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The MUST have a solid connection to the pins on board..
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nvrhapy
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no not the wifi wires the big gray wire on the front of gimbal
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ALABAMA
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One of the pins could be damaged then.  That ain't good.
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nvrhapy
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that will prevent my phantom from connecting ? i feel like it might be a firmware issue
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i have another question when i hook up a usb cord to the gimbal and plug it into the computer my computer doesnt detect it  should it
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ALABAMA
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The fact that you momentarily got a good connection when you wiggled the big cables tells me that's where your problem is.  Could be be wrong.  I would send it in for repair.  It's a pain to replace.
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nvrhapy
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how can i be sure ? is there anything else i can try
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nvrhapy
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seems like ive read alot of people have connection issues due to firmware
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ALABAMA
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I'm by no means an expert.   Maybe someone else can help.   Sorry this happened to ya.
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i appreciate all the help im at my wits end right now been on forums and on youtube trying out as much as possible only thing i cant get the drone do is read the firmware off the sd card i tried doing the downgrade from the app but it didnt work
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ok on the app under aircraft status is says gimbal status = Gimbal disconnected... but i do have power to it ? does this mean anything ?
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nvrhapy Posted at 2017-11-7 18:25
seems like ive read alot of people have connection issues due to firmware

Its not a firmware issue!!! Dont mess with firmware or it could compound your problems. Since all this occurred after  crash, thats the cause. If there is any damage/issue with the gimble it will create problems with binding to tx.  
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stuka75
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My understanding is that you cant downgrade the firmware via the sd card anymore.
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nvrhapy Posted at 2017-11-7 17:40
that will prevent my phantom from connecting ? i feel like it might be a firmware issue

What is a phantom,an UAS to control only? .. a flying computer? If in a TV a pin not ok then the TV can do his service without any issue but a computer denies that.....and a phantom too.

Stiuka is right if you don´t have the debug files for downgrades.
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nvrhapy Posted at 2017-11-7 19:40
ok on the app under aircraft status is says gimbal status = Gimbal disconnected... but i do have power to it ? does this mean anything ?

What's the current version of your APP? Could you get the live video in the APP now?
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