Android Question

moparherb · Jul 13, 2016

I have an iPad Air 2 that I use on my Phantom 4. But I also have a couple of smaller Android tablets that may work as good or better than the bigger iPad. Problem is that both Android tablet have a hard time connecting and functioning correctly with DJI Go. The iPad has version 2.8.4 on it and the Androids have 2.8.2. Now both of the Androids are at least three years old so maybe that is the problem. I think I would like to use one of the smaller tablets if I could get it to behave like the IPad Air2. Any thoughts.

Phantomix · Jul 13, 2016

possibly... the phantom 4 and dji is designed for apple products

Dirty Bird · Jul 13, 2016

I don't know what your specific tablets are but the 2012 & 2013 Nexus 7 tablets both work with Go. The 2012 model isn't as fast but still seems to function fine with Android OS 4.4.

moparherb said:
I have an iPad Air 2 that I use on my Phantom 4. But I also have a couple of smaller Android tablets that may work as good or better than the bigger iPad. Problem is that both Android tablet have a hard time connecting and functioning correctly with DJI Go. The iPad has version 2.8.4 on it and the Androids have 2.8.2. Now both of the Androids are at least three years old so maybe that is the problem. I think I would like to use one of the smaller tablets if I could get it to behave like the IPad Air2. Any thoughts.

tcope · Jul 13, 2016

It's difficult to comment on "hard time connecting and functioning".

How I connect with Android is to turn on the RC. Turn on the Phantom and _then_ plug the device into the RC.

kirk2579 · Jul 13, 2016

moparherb said:
I have an iPad Air 2 that I use on my Phantom 4. But I also have a couple of smaller Android tablets that may work as good or better than the bigger iPad. Problem is that both Android tablet have a hard time connecting and functioning correctly with DJI Go. The iPad has version 2.8.4 on it and the Androids have 2.8.2. Now both of the Androids are at least three years old so maybe that is the problem. I think I would like to use one of the smaller tablets if I could get it to behave like the IPad Air2. Any thoughts.

if they are running android that old they are not going to do well if they work at all.

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kirk2579 · Jul 13, 2016

Phantomix said:
possibly... the phantom 4 and dji is designed for apple products

Not sure about this statement,
have been flying DJI phantoms for couple years now from p1 , p2 vision plus, p3standard, p3 adv, p3 pro....on and never have owned an Apple device

Phantomix · Jul 13, 2016

kirk2579 said:
Not sure about this statement,
have been flying DJI phantoms for couple years now from p1 , p2 vision plus, p3standard, p3 adv, p3 pro....on and never have owned an Apple device

i mean the phantom 4

Vasekp · Jul 14, 2016

Have iphone 6 and ipad air, but mostly fly with galaxy tab 8 due its brighter display - no issues so far

kirk2579 · Jul 14, 2016

Phantomix said:
i mean the phantom 4

The exact same Go app is same for phantom 3 , 4 , Inspire and a couple others.
it simply was sold in apple stores for the first time with P4 intro.......

as far as which is better, it seems some times it is the IOS APP with issues and other times the android app.
sometimes both! been that way a long time now.

Tom Kriplean · Jul 14, 2016

I use Nexus 7 (newer version) tablet and have no issues. I make sure to have tablet plugged into the RC before powering on. That also gives me option then to use Litchi or Go app since I swap between the two depending how/what I'm flying.

Hope that helps.

Larry Robinson · Jul 16, 2016

Don't see any real answers here so far. I'm using brand new Galaxy Tab A SM-T350 with 6.0.1 have terrible time every time getting app to show connected. Phantom 4 is connect fine to rc (shows green dot) have two reboot rc and P4 and open & close app multiple times and can eventually get it to show connected. Works just fine other than that. I'm guessing this is a problem with app. HELP PLEASE. THANKS

Dirty Bird · Jul 16, 2016

I don't have that tablet but try powering things up or connecting tablet to RC in different sequences until you find the one that works most reliably.

Larry Robinson said:
Don't see any real answers here so far. I'm using brand new Galaxy Tab A SM-T350 with 6.0.1 have terrible time every time getting app to show connected. Phantom 4 is connect fine to rc (shows green dot) have two reboot rc and P4 and open & close app multiple times and can eventually get it to show connected. Works just fine other than that. I'm guessing this is a problem with app. HELP PLEASE. THANKS

Larry Robinson · Jul 16, 2016

I have tried that. Nothing so far seems to help. I just uninstalled & reinstalled app. Will see if that helps. If I have to I will buy a IOS device but all my other devices are Windows or Android, so don't really want to. If I do which one works really well in bright conditions. Will only be using it for P4 so don't want to over spend. Thanks

moparherb · Jul 16, 2016

My two Android devices are using 4.2 software and have no upgrades available. I think this is the issue with my Android tablets. I would like a tablet smaller than my IPad Air 2. So either I buy a iPad mini or look for a cheaper Android with newer operating system. One of my Android tablets will not continue past the "How to Connect" screen. The other shows the camera screen but the image is all blotchy. I'm tired of trying to get these to work. They are the correct size but just won't work.

Larry Robinson · Jul 16, 2016

Mine is updated to the very latest Marshmallow software 6.0.1 just like my Galaxy s6 Edge. I like the 8" tablet, really nice. I did uninstall the app and reinstall it and it seems to be working fine now. The other thing I tried the last two times also was to turn RC on first, then the P4 then booted the tablet with it allready plugged in. I think I had tried all that before. I really thing reinstalling the app is what fixed it. I updated the drone with the 7/12/16 software a few days ago and it still had the problem but maybe that is when I should have reinstalled the app. Anyway, thanks for all the advice. I'm new to this, only had my First Drone for about 1 week now. I'm in my mid 40s and very cautious trying to be very careful and learn all I can.

moparherb · Jul 17, 2016

Well I finally got sick of trying to make older model Android tablets to work so I went ahead and ordered an iPad mini 4. Hopefully it will work as well as my iPad Air 2 and have a screen the smaller size. Thanks to all that put in there two cents. This sure pushes the total cost of my Phantom 4 to a new level.