Here is the thing that happened to me looking for somebody to throw some light on it. I bought a battery about 2 weeks ago and the battery show on the app. that haven't been charged ever , so I presumed is new. I had used the battery for about 4 flights with not problem, now yesterday I was using that battery and flying at a distance 6000ft and 125ft hight when I get a message about battery error , I decided to bring the bird home immediately and I barely made it. Note that before the warning the battery was 70%. When the bird landed it was showing 60% still with the battery error on the screen. Today I charged the batería again and show fully charged , put it back on the phantom and show 0% charged and all the cell show 0%. Any help with this?
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I would contact the seller straight away and would not fly with it again. It could just be a defective battery - it happens, even on oem dji sometimes.
Like Nigel said, you could do some tests if you have a multimeter and measure the voltage across the terminals and see what you get. You might just be running on 3 cells
Like Nigel said, you could do some tests if you have a multimeter and measure the voltage across the terminals and see what you get. You might just be running on 3 cells
Contact Seller ....
If no joy - then hit the Resolution Centre of Ebay and Paypal ...........
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Something similar happened to me but from Amazon. I bought it thinking I was getting an original DJI battery... I got a fake one. I contacted the seller and quickly I returned it. I got my money back, bought it again, but this time it was Amazon itself the seller. I got the real deal and works well.
Amazon is no g'tee of genuine article at all .....
Amazon will sell anything they can get hands on ... B6 chargers are good example ...
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Amazon will sell anything they can get hands on ... B6 chargers are good example ...
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True but you have to make sure that the handle business is Amazon itself... I have better deals when Amazon do it instead of an unknown seller.
I wouldn't buy a battery from anywhere other than DJI itself just because the battery is the only thing keeping the bird in the sky. If something is wrong with it then the bird isn't going to be in the sky anymore. You know?
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Well, you will pay DJI premium... Just same when you buy from Apple directly... Paying double the price. In Amazon you save a lot of money and it's the same original DJI battery.
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I never have any issues at all... bought an iPad mini 3 from Amazon and I saved a lot of money.... same with the DJI battery... same original one, works great.
This is the age-old argument of buy via Brand name or another ...
Its same as buying for example a part for your car in the dealers or buying same article via 3rd party ... exact same article, same production line, but guess who's price reflects better.
If anyone wants to argue the safety aspect of the DJI Phantom .... I suggest that the car has greater potential for disaster than your P3 ....
For your BMW ... Volvo ... Ford ... Chevy ... do you always buy THEIR brake pads ? Or do you buy such as FERODO or similar from another source ? Do you think BMW etc. produce the brake pads ? Do you think DJI produce the battery packs ?
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Its same as buying for example a part for your car in the dealers or buying same article via 3rd party ... exact same article, same production line, but guess who's price reflects better.
If anyone wants to argue the safety aspect of the DJI Phantom .... I suggest that the car has greater potential for disaster than your P3 ....
For your BMW ... Volvo ... Ford ... Chevy ... do you always buy THEIR brake pads ? Or do you buy such as FERODO or similar from another source ? Do you think BMW etc. produce the brake pads ? Do you think DJI produce the battery packs ?
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True............... someone else may be producing the dji batteries................... the problem is find out whom it is so you don't get landed with some dodgy fake one.
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Very easy to recognize the fake one... Does not come in a DJI box and does not have the info layout as the battery that came with the phantom. Even the fake one battery's color is different... It is really very easy to detect it.
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Just looked at Newegg. The batteries selling for $99 are made by Lumsing. They also have real deal DJI batteries for, amazingly, $149!
They also have P3S refurbished for $314 for the next four days! Heck of a deal for anyone needing or wanting one right now
Lumsing as I was told on another forum are the Contract producers of DJI batterys, I never argued despite that fact that my original DJI battery states clearly :
Dongguan Amperex Technology Limited
As to detecting fake batterys ... not always so easy ... I have one genuine and two 3rd party. Plastic case is identical on all ... colour, LED light holes, even the cell wrapping inside seen in the gaps ... but writing is not same. That is ONLY indicator of fake ...
How do they perform ? No different than the DJI.
Dongguan Amperex Technology Limited
As to detecting fake batterys ... not always so easy ... I have one genuine and two 3rd party. Plastic case is identical on all ... colour, LED light holes, even the cell wrapping inside seen in the gaps ... but writing is not same. That is ONLY indicator of fake ...
How do they perform ? No different than the DJI.
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