Used to have great video range with a DBS antenna. I could go out 3000ft in a semi congested area. Updated at the end of May and it's a joke ever since. On the same course I now go up 200ft and out 200ft and lose video. Transmitter control of the bird still works when video loss occurs.
I have three devices I have tried. I have a Nexus 7 2013 model running Android 4.4.4, and its DJI GO version says 2.8.1 while the firmware says 1.6.80. Then I have a Nexus 10 running 4.4.4 and the DJI GO app version says 2.8.1 with firmware 1.6.80. Finally, I have a new Samsung S7 Edge running 6.0.1 with the DJI GO app saying 2.8.1 and the firmware says 1.5.7+. SO what does all that mean?!! I guess that different versions of Android might use different app versions, but that's really weird. The video range with each device is the same ridiculously short distance, and much different than I had for months previously.
Over on the DJI forum, there are several posts popping up about Phantom 3's of all types damaged by the upgrade, but P3S' are hurt the most in the video range. I was telling my experience on every post over there in hopes of adding to the obvious for DJI to admit/announce that they recognize a problem. They must have gotten tired of the story because myself and at least three others I have followed have blocked from that forum site! No profanity; no threats or anything abusive. They just censored it to limit the complaints. It was unbelievable. The moderator's replies to the description of the problems are to do the obvious with reloading the app and relinking the quad to the controller. Then they ask for your log, and finally say that you'll have to send in your quad for repair. Right now there are two posts about how guys did just that and got them back still unfixed. The moderators are better at spinning the truth than a white house press secretary....
I hope somebody finds a solution soon, because with my range, I'm getting tired of basically doing circle hover/POI type video.