I found some info that sticker on top of Phantom 4 Pro has metalic bottom and if it removed Sattelite signal will be better ..
I need clear response from DJI .. If I remove that sticker/logo , Is it going to improve Satellite signal or not ??

Your thought is, maybe DJI produced all these stickers and put them on the Phantom 4 Pro, but then found out after the fact they actually cause GPS interference.  Instead of telling everyone to remove the sticker, they are covering it up?  They'd rather have the Phantoms drop GPS, annoy everyone, endanger drones and people, rather than to put out an email that just says "remove this sticker"?  

Makes sense to me.  Remove the sticker!!!!

Are you having problems getting GPS satellites?

Mine doesn't have any tin foil cap on it. Maybe I should complain...

Labroides Posted at 2017-5-1 06:46
Are you having problems getting GPS satellites?

It is not Stable .. It jumps from 8-17 satellites .. When my friend removed That sticker signal gets better in same location 20-21

Put the sticker on the toaster !!!   You will get better GPS reception and more flight time

UKIEMAN Posted at 2017-5-1 07:01
It is not Stable .. It jumps from 8-17 satellites .. When my friend removed That sticker signal gets better in same location 20-21

That's very interesting. Is it consistently better since removing the sticker?

theGrindLab.com Posted at 2017-5-1 09:57
That's very interesting. Is it consistently better since removing the sticker?

My P4P usually has unstable  8-17 satellite and on my first test after removing a sticker it went to the 20-21 satellites on the same location and hight .. . That sticker Changes the antenna pattern of GPS
I will not do more tests because I am not shure  why they put that Metalic sticker
, I want to get response from DJI engineer about that and  will see

UKIEMAN Posted at 2017-5-1 07:01
It is not Stable .. It jumps from 8-17 satellites .. When my friend removed That sticker signal gets better in same location 20-21

I generally get about 10-12 on the ground, then up to 17 or 18 when the Phantom gains a bit of altitude and has better view of the satellites. The sticker will likely have no affect on the reception.

UKIEMAN Posted at 2017-5-1 10:21
My P4P usually has unstable  8-17 satellite and on my first test after removing a sticker it went to the 20-21 satellites on the same location and hight .. . That sticker Changes the antenna pattern of GPS
I will not do more tests because I am not shure  why they put that Metalic sticker
, I want to get response from DJI engineer about that and  will see

You may want to look inside of the drone itself!  There are many other metallic things in there that may also be causing interference!

Interesting insights! The sticker, despite its small size, is large enough for the GPS antenna itself. My PH3 logs HP 2 times faster than PH4 Why ???

DJI SUPPORT , can you answer my question ??

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Hey UKIEMAN, how did you remove the sticker/logo? I'm having a hard time trying to get it off.

method007 Posted at 2017-5-1 06:44
Your thought is, maybe DJI produced all these stickers and put them on the Phantom 4 Pro, but then found out after the fact they actually cause GPS interference.  Instead of telling everyone to remove the sticker, they are covering it up?  They'd rather have the Phantoms drop GPS, annoy everyone, endanger drones and people, rather than to put out an email that just says "remove this sticker"?  

Makes sense to me.  Remove the sticker!!!!

This.


I heard also that the lights on the undersides of the arms cause GPS interference. You should probably remove those too.

Luke Skyflyer Posted at 4-22 14:52
Hey UKIEMAN, how did you remove the sticker/logo? I'm having a hard time trying to get it off.

Leave it on, no reason to take it off...... if your bird says its ready to fly, green across the top, then theres nowt wrong with it

I am inclined to leave the sticker on.  DJI may not the worlds best communicators,  but I don't think they are silly !
Having said that,  it would be very nice to hear something conclusive from DJI Techs.  If their response is in line with a few other queries that have been logged on the forum - don't hold you breath waiting !

I found some info that sticker on top of Phantom 4 Pro has metalic bottom.
Nice rumour .. but it's completely wrong.
The sticker is not metallic.

WOW so much sarcasm………...

Luke Skyflyer Posted at 4-22 14:52
Hey UKIEMAN, how did you remove the sticker/logo? I'm having a hard time trying to get it off.

With a flat screwdriver or something smaller , just carefully pick it up so there’s  no scratch left

Labroides Posted at 4-24 02:43
I found some info that sticker on top of Phantom 4 Pro has metalic bottom.
Nice rumour .. but it's completely wrong.
The sticker is not metallic.

Yeah, you probably doesn't even know what you are talking about

and for those who post spams about it.. I have tried and for me it works better without sticker and its a DJI fault

UKIEMAN Posted at 5-11 06:18
Yeah, you probably doesn't even know what you are talking about

Yeah genius ... your GPS antenna works just fine under a 3mm polystyrene shell (and will work just fine under an inch of fibreglass too) but adding o.1mm of plastic sticker is a problem.
And the problem only affects you.
Unless your sticker was metallic, it had no effect at all - and DJI don't put metallic stickers on top of the GPS antenna.

Labroides Posted at 5-11 16:19
Yeah genius ... your GPS antenna works just fine under a 3mm polystyrene shell (and will work just fine under an inch of fibreglass too) but adding o.1mm of plastic sticker is a problem.
And the problem only affects you.
Unless your sticker was metallic, it had no effect at all - and DJI don't put metallic stickers on top of the GPS antenna.

Just go away from here

Labroides Posted at 5-11 16:19
Yeah genius ... your GPS antenna works just fine under a 3mm polystyrene shell (and will work just fine under an inch of fibreglass too) but adding o.1mm of plastic sticker is a problem.
And the problem only affects you.
Unless your sticker was metallic, it had no effect at all - and DJI don't put metallic stickers on top of the GPS antenna.

Just go away from here

Labroides Posted at 5-11 16:19
Yeah genius ... your GPS antenna works just fine under a 3mm polystyrene shell (and will work just fine under an inch of fibreglass too) but adding o.1mm of plastic sticker is a problem.
And the problem only affects you.
Unless your sticker was metallic, it had no effect at all - and DJI don't put metallic stickers on top of the GPS antenna.

Just go away from here

Labroides Posted at 5-11 16:19
Yeah genius ... your GPS antenna works just fine under a 3mm polystyrene shell (and will work just fine under an inch of fibreglass too) but adding o.1mm of plastic sticker is a problem.
And the problem only affects you.
Unless your sticker was metallic, it had no effect at all - and DJI don't put metallic stickers on top of the GPS antenna.

Just go away from here

Labroides Posted at 5-11 16:19
Yeah genius ... your GPS antenna works just fine under a 3mm polystyrene shell (and will work just fine under an inch of fibreglass too) but adding o.1mm of plastic sticker is a problem.
And the problem only affects you.
Unless your sticker was metallic, it had no effect at all - and DJI don't put metallic stickers on top of the GPS antenna.

Just go away from here ,  nothing to say about your smarty thoughts

Labroides Posted at 5-11 16:19
Yeah genius ... your GPS antenna works just fine under a 3mm polystyrene shell (and will work just fine under an inch of fibreglass too) but adding o.1mm of plastic sticker is a problem.
And the problem only affects you.
Unless your sticker was metallic, it had no effect at all - and DJI don't put metallic stickers on top of the GPS antenna.

Just go away from here ,  nothing to say about your smarty thoughts