This Spark is such a piece of crap! Went out this AM to fly and would'nt connect to camera. Tried with a wire and wi fi nothing! Now its asking me to register again or connect with a phone or controller scan QR code AGAIN and still nothing ! What a piece of garbage! Had a feeling it was going to loose GPS today and fly away ... Guess its better off that it didn't connect. Now I can put it on EBAY today... Bye Bye SPARK CRAP! Good Riddens!
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McCloudSpark
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So what's a box of crap worth to you?
Post an ad here in the Classified section of the Forum.
Pilots are always looking for spare parts.
Post an ad here in the Classified section of the Forum.
Pilots are always looking for spare parts.
nilanjan118
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It doesn't seem you are looking for a solution. So what's the point of posting here? There is the official DJI forum for your grievances.
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With the 10,000+ Sparks in use around the world the total number of "crap" Sparks is really small.
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One of the things I love about the internet is that when you have a problem with something (a drone, a computer, a car, whatever) you can be assured that somebody, somewhere has probably had the same problem and may have a solution. That premise has helped me learn and fix things that would have been near impossible otherwise.
That being said, the sheer number of Spark users at your disposal virtually ensures that you can find the solution to your problem. It may end up with having to send the drone back to DJI if there's something seriously wrong, but most of the time the kind of issues you're having can be corrected. Give a good, accurate description of the problem in a post and the knowledgeable folks here can guide you to the answer. It can be frustrating and too often, DJI's list of most common issues may not be your exact problem, but give it a try. You may be amazed at how good this little drone can be once your problems are ironed out. Btw, a search of these forums will show the QR code thing has never worked from the beginning, but there's another way to register and the answer is a few keystrokes away. Good luck!
That being said, the sheer number of Spark users at your disposal virtually ensures that you can find the solution to your problem. It may end up with having to send the drone back to DJI if there's something seriously wrong, but most of the time the kind of issues you're having can be corrected. Give a good, accurate description of the problem in a post and the knowledgeable folks here can guide you to the answer. It can be frustrating and too often, DJI's list of most common issues may not be your exact problem, but give it a try. You may be amazed at how good this little drone can be once your problems are ironed out. Btw, a search of these forums will show the QR code thing has never worked from the beginning, but there's another way to register and the answer is a few keystrokes away. Good luck!
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I am a long time drone pilot . I know for a fact the QR code doesn't work to activate.. But it kept asking me to scan the QR code... that was one of the things that got me pissed. After flying it on a trip to FL with NO issues then starting it up yesterday for another flight and all this happened.. That's what got me upset.. then my wife took it home and she played around with it for an hour and finally got it to link back up to the camera! She has no idea what she she did ... LOL A product like this from DJI shouldn't be so finicky! When it does work its FUN and cool until it looses its GPS signal and goes into ATTI mode and flies away! So I dont think you can "IRON OUT" the problems I think the SPARK is PROBLEMATIC ! PERIOD .. Sorry about the START of the thread I was ranting with anger..
My wife is my IT person at times, especially with passwords.
Glad to hear you got the problem solved.
I had the same problem with camera.
The fix was simple but not intuitive. Just had to delete the DJI Go App and reinstall it.
I’ve had to do that twice over last 2 years. Both for camera / video feed issues.
The fix was simple but not intuitive. Just had to delete the DJI Go App and reinstall it.
I’ve had to do that twice over last 2 years. Both for camera / video feed issues.
There also was no mention of how long you have had the Spark and how much effort you put into learning how it works. There is so much information on proper procedures in this forum and on YouTube that unless your Spark is indeed defective, then it is just a matter of product education and of course, patience.
Forums are good if not great therapy... we all need to vent now and then... glad calm was returned. I've never had any issues except the QR code thing, and I quickly learned the workaround thanks to the interweb!
My spark has performed admirably. I love my little spark, if yours is giving you such a hard time.. maybe it was made on a Monday. Or maybe it was a Friday drone. Anything made on those two days are the chance of having problems increases as people are not at there best those days.lol
Anyhow dont give up that easy. DJI will give you another drone. If that one sucks too. Well then e-bay it up
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Moral of the story:
When you are very angry (or very happy), do not take any important decision in life (selling your Spark for example).
Quite a rant for a grown adult. Thought I was reading something from a younger person, like teenager age. Glad you did get it figured out. Had issues with my first Spark, DJI replaced it and many many perfect flights since
I too experience some glitches with the Spark, just something some of us have to work around. I've only flew mine about 20 times. It's been sitting for about a month, just yesterday I plugged the charger in to ensure a full battery, and no lights whatsoever. I tried a different charger, same thing. After about 5 minutes of fiddling with it, the charging lights came on. I then took it out to fly and even though the RC light was green (still paired), and using the same phone as always, it decided it wanted to register and link with the drone again. I ignored it, backed out of the app, then re-opened and it connected as usual. Very strange behaviour, and enraging at times, especially when you spend a good amount of time preparing and traveling to a location just to have problems, but it could be worse.
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