one2gr82c
lvl.1
Flight distance : 962087 ft
United States
Offline
|
I've just started having a consistent issue with trying to fly my drone. I had not flown it in awhile and when I booted it all up and tried to take off I was greated with a warning in red saying, "Account not logged in." When I select it I'm further told, "Account not logged in. Flight and altitude and distance restricted to 30 m and 50 m. Check and log in (Code:30000003). So fine, I figure I need to update firmware and other "fly safe" stuff and grumble as I pack it all up. (Because at this point I'm using an old cell phone to control the drone and it is NOT connected to a cellular network.) ((And yes, I considered downloading the DJI Fly app to my actual cell phone but we were in a remote part of the island with NO cell phone service.))
After returning to our lodging, I connected my drone up and connected to wifi with my old phone and logged into my account, download the updates, installed them and thought I was good to go. Boy was I WRONG! We drove out on another adventure to a remote area, I pulled out my drone, went through all the set up steps and once again was met with the RED warning that my account was not logged in. And once again, no cell service, so I couldn't use my other phone if I wanted to. Now I'm really steamed and fit to be tied and all the other colorful words that describe someone not able to use a device they paid good money for in the location they want to use it.
Finally we get to a place with cell service and I download the Fly app on my cell phone, install, it blah, blah, blah. I hook up to the drone and now I'm able to fly again but ONLY with the cell phone connected to the cellular network. This is no longer about having the correct firmare or location data for avoiding restricted flight zones, this is SEEMS to be about data collection and RESTRICTION. The places I love to fly my drone the most are the ones that are literally off the grid. What good is a drone like this if you can only fly it when you can login to your account over wifi or cellular network??
I hope I'm wrong and that I can make some simple change and be able to once again fly using my disconnected phone in places where there isn't any cellular coverage.
ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
|
|