i am planning on selling my p3 advanced so i can buy a mavic. my question is, can i do a factory reset or totally erase all the log from the drone's internal harddrive?
You cannot delete the internal recorded data.Delete flight logs by connecting the drone to PC and entering "flight logs" mode.
You cannot delete the internal recorded data.
But there's no need to.
The internal data recorder only stores the last 4 flights and they are constantly being recorded over by newer flights.
They contain no personal data and if investigated only show where you flew for the last few times, how you pushed the joysticks etc.
The internal data recorded does not store any images or video.meta4 if it only shows the last 4 flights, just curious, will it show videos of it too? is there anyway for the new person to retrieve it?
if someone really wanted to look at the data from the internal recorder, they could (but the data is encoded and they'd have to be pretty smart to make anything of it.
Even then, they wouldn't learn much of any value.
The logs are useless for anyone wanting to discover personal information.That is a very bold statement. I'm pretty sure DJI wouldn't include useless functionality. It provides insight into the drone inner workings, and is crucial for many people developing tweaks/hacks and repairing the drones.
The logs may be useless, but only for people with no technical background.
The logs are useless for anyone wanting to discover personal information.
if I lost my drone in another country and I want to get the replacement, i.e. wipe ALL flight data/GPS records, how would I do that? is that data still in the drone controller? I deleted everything from phone, and the app on the phone....thanksI think this needs demystifying:
1. Looking at the data is as easy as connecting the drone to PC via micro-usb cable. Then you can either look at the current log real-time or enter flight log mode and access flight recorder sd-card directly.
2. The data is encoded - actually every digital data is encoded, otherwise we have only random ones and zeroes - but not everyone here is an engineer so let's leave that. The logs are additionally encrypted, but with a very simple algorithm. It can be easily decoded by DatCon or Wireshark Dissector available at GitHub. These tools also provide ways of reading and analyzing the data - Wireshark Dissector shows them directly as they are in DAT file, DatCon allows exporting them into easier form.
That is a very bold statement. I'm pretty sure DJI wouldn't include useless functionality. It provides insight into the drone inner workings, and is crucial for many people developing tweaks/hacks and repairing the drones.
The logs may be useless, but only for people with no technical background.