Recent content by Mobilegroomer

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    HAND LAUNCH OR CATCH YOU BE THE JUDGE! LOL NOT REALLY

    So, even though I often hover my drone and walk up to pluck it out of the air, why do I/we do this if there is a risk? It's easy enough to land it on the ground. I'm only a couple months into flying, but I think I'll start doing that every time.
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    Flying drone in National Park?

    We're certainly not all brats and the hordes I know respect the grounds they ride on. But I see your point…
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    Just bought a Phanton 4. Observations and a few questions.

    I just changed my Facebook status to "Never stand under a tree if there is a cow perched in it."
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    P3 Firmware Phantom 3 Update FAIL

    That's EXACTLY the problem I'm having (see "Three drones, three failures" thread above). Same indicators you're getting. Is happening on three drones. Keep returning them and keep having the same problem. Think I'm just going to return it and buy some whiskey. Very disappointed…
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    I think I tried to reformat the card with the last drone. I will try that again tomorrow. Just to make sure I formatted it correctly (fat32 or exFat).
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    Yes, it's the new card that came with the drone.
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    No, I get none of the indicators I'm supposed to get. No beeping and the light on the front stays green.
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    I'm totally stumped too. I'm downloading the .bin file someone tcope sent me, but it appears as if it won't work either. I'll leave it in for awhile and see what happens...
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    It's my third sd card though. Three different drones = three different cards. Plus, I tried one of my own cards.
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    Thanks, great idea! I've included a screen shot of what you sent me (the file on top) and the one I downloaded from DJI (the second one). As you see, they are the same! So at least you know I'm not crazy. I WILL try to move yours over to my sd card though just to see what happens.
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    I've tried but haven't found anyone. I even went to a computer store and had them download the file onto my sd card with a Windows PC (was only $10). Same problem...
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    Agreed. But other than moving the .bin file over to the drone's sd card, there is not further "unzipping" required. It's kind of automatic (which is what I think rockydog meant. Right…??
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    It is automatically unzipped (shows up as the .bin file) after I click "Zip" on the DJI page. I've searched and there is no option for me to unzip or decompress the .bin file (actually, the .bin file, which I DO get, is unzipped if I understand it correctly). I believe I'm doing it correctly...
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    Best answer (but I appreciate the others as well). That's EXACTLY what I've been doing for 3 months!! I'm moving the .bin file to the root directory (not DCIM) and it acts like I've done absolutely nothing! Maybe this company is selling returned drones!
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    P3 Firmware Three drones, three failures

    Well, from what I understand (keeping in mind I don't mess too much with zipped/unzipped files) this is done automatically. If I have to uncompress/unzip it (which may very well be the problem), I don't know how to do that. Also, thanks for the Autel suggestion. If this doesn't work, I may...