Haven't updated, and don't plan to, unless there's some new feature that I cannot do without. I also have my old P2 which doesn't connect with an App to fly, if I need to or decide to update.
August 7 Month long DJI firmware failure.
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I upgraded my P4 and have no problems except the IMU calibration error while warming up
thats all
I upgraded when the new firmware first came out. I have not been able to fly my drone since without it hitting the brakes wobbling sputtering. I have called dji six times and drone nerds three. They say they have no idea what's going on. It flew perfectly before the new firmware. The last thing I was told is to be patient because DJI is working on a solution to fix the bugs. One month later, drone still grounded. Epic fail...
I want an official rollback option or a buyback plan. Almost $2k invested in aircraft and 6 weeks gone by with no resolution!
I live in the Rocky Mountains and in fifty horizontal meters I can go from 50 meters AGL to 120 meters+... It may not be your concern but it is a concern for other users... And yes the scenes are incredible.
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Chevrolet has been getting away with it for years, so why not? (Sorry, i had to)
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That's easy: It's failing for a large number, even if it's a minority. That's a disaster in tech.
This happens because of insufficient Quality Assurance testing. This problem is almost certainly due to hardware revision variations in the installed base, on various boards, components, etc. in the aircraft. At a bare minimum, a modern, professional QA dept would have a complete matrix of hardware revisions, and actual test units covering that matrix that a written test plan is executed against, and results documented so that failures can be investigated and fixed.
There's enough failing units in the field that this should be easy to duplicate, and would have shown up in QA testing IF they had followed the sorts of procedures I'm talking about above. I'd bet real money that they were behind, under pressure from the Chinese govt, so someone higher up made the decision to cut testing short (because it was working on shipping units), ship it, and hope for the best.
They gambled and lost. So now, with the release out there, the govt pressure is off (they don't care if a bunch of older drones are grounded -- that's good!), and they're exhaustively testing the fixes. I can easily see that taking a month or two with all the models and revision variations.
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My point was, the failure ratio is quite low. Apple, microsoft, android etc.. have had many of the same failure rates in the past (personal experience) for some yet the majority have positive results. Difference being the forementioned companies have been through their growing pains and learned from their past mistakes (somewhat) DJI has yet to achieve that.
8 Weeks today, Nothing from DJI except fraud and deception!
Like to see a Recall/Buyback so I could be done with DJI!!
Like to see a Recall/Buyback so I could be done with DJI!!
2 months of nothing from DJi, Then I get an email that says...."INTRODUCING THE DJI MAVIC PRO PLATINUM AND PHANTOM 4 PRO OSIDIAN" Oh good, I'm so glad they have had the last two months to introduce more aircraft. Why anyone would consider buying a DJI product is beyond me. THANKS DJI FOR NOTHING!!!!!!!! I would love to see a class action lawsuit for the ongoing firmware Fustercluck!
