Delurium
lvl.2
Norway
Offline
|
So today I bought my first drone ever, a P4, and really happy to start using it. I downloaded the DJI app and started charging the controller and my batteries to try it out in my backyard. I had been wanting a drone for a long time but it is hard to afford such an expensive item but my wish have long been to fly one and film when I walk in the mountains of Norway and share the beautiful view and nature with others.
After setting everything up I was ready for my first try outside. My brother was with me to see how it worked, even if it was very dark outside.
I got it to lift off and land a few times without much trouble, but the second I tried to do any form of recording; boom my Samsung s7 edge restarted. I panicked but managed to get it down as I was only in beginner mode and barely flew a few meters over ground.
I thought I might have had the power-button touching the side and that caused it to restart, but I changed position and it kept restarting, sometimes when I had just taken off, sometimes I had not even gotten that far! I didnt try to record, i only lifted off and still it would not stop restarting. some times it restarted 3 times in a row even when I did not even enter the app after the first restart and sometimes it was mid-air before it restarted.
I am somewhat happy that I see several others have the same issue as me and somewhat furious that the most expensive piece of hardware I have bought in god knows how long doesnt even manage to function correctly. I had to power up my shitty Asus zen something something tablet that I do not even use and try to install the software on it to see if this works tomorrow.
I do not have the other software people talk about here on my phone and I have never ever had any restart problems with my s7 edge before this application was installed. i was happy i actually remembered my pin-code.
This honestly needs a fix ASAP but seeing as this is an issue that several of you have had for months I am not holding my breath.
After reading this thread I find it laughable that some people suggest using older firmware versions or reload older software. That is like putting a bandaid on a broken leg. what DJI should have done from day 1 was to find where their application encounters error with the OS/platform they are saying they are compatible with and develop a fix & release it while at the same time contact Samsung and have a dialogue about the existence of such a problem and why they cause a crash for the user. This is why 3rd party developers produce bug fixes when the OS/platform change. And even worse; suggesting buying another device to connect it with.
I expect a correction on this soon enough from whatever part of the problem, be it samsung or dji, i havent spent this amount of money on a drone that demands the use of a phone/tablet, having the latest of a supposedly supported phone and still have this major bug happen making the entire product completely useless. |
|