DJI Go 4 update - 4.2.4 update on both IOS and Android

craig Dixon · Jan 27, 2018

Ok had a flight tonight guys OTG connected in to ipad mini 2 latest app and everything worked as it should BUT BIG BUT... The Telemetery was out at times ...ie the height said i was about 10m then 1.2m at what i would say 30 meters high.....
A bit worrying to me....
What would it do on RTH...

Back to wifi for me ..Did not see that on wifi the night before

Concorde · Jan 27, 2018

bath1968 said:
Yes I can confirm that lastest ios update seems to have fixed the low quality video signal issue with OTG connected

This was a problem that I had with the OTG cable and iPhone SE before the update... but no more issue now! Yay!

Oyibo VFX · Jan 27, 2018

OTG cable always worked.
It was just not compatible with some (Autopilot) apps
But this is an iPhone issue

nhoover · Jan 27, 2018

Echoblue said:
Guess I’ll be buying a used ipad mini for it. DJI has ios locked up pretty tight. Oh well

I bought a used iPad mini 4 back in Sept just for flying. Works great with Mavic and Spark (except 4.1.22 OTG). Glad to hear that's fixed now. Planning on some Spark flights this weekend. I don't like paying the Apple tax but in this case it was worth it.

T. Seymour · Jan 27, 2018

Landondale704 said:
So iOS has 4.2.4 out. People on the DJI forum says that OTG is back working with that version. Haven’t tried it myself yet.

Can confirm (fomeatleastthatth

Landondale704 said:
So iOS has 4.2.4 out. People on the DJI forum says that OTG is back working with that version. Haven’t tried it myself yet.

Tried it out yesterday. No problems with OTG on an iPhone X. Like it was before. Very happy.

nhoover · Jan 27, 2018

Just tried it out and all the problems of 4.1.22 seem to be gone. OTG works no warning and my range is back to what it used to be. Flying from my house 2600' now vs 1200-1500' on 4.1.22. Everything seemed fine.

While I'm really glad they finally fixed it, DJI really sucks at software. Especially for iOS, how can they do so poorly?

sinaus · Jan 27, 2018

Guys connecting via OTG will be out of luck. No telemetry supported. Come on DJI

nhoover · Jan 27, 2018

All telemetry works perfectly on iOS 11.2.5 with Go 4.2.4 using OTG for me. iPad Mini 4 cellular in airplane mode.

eddie258 · Jan 27, 2018

msinger said:
You might need to pull down from the top of the screen to get the App Store to show you the updates.

I did the update on my pad mini and the OTG is working, if you go threw the correct procedure. But I thought with the OTG cable connected that the signal between the RC and the Spark would change to 2.4 ghz and that was what the deal was about the farther distance????

eddie258 · Jan 27, 2018

sinaus said:
Guys connecting via OTG will be out of luck. No telemetry supported. Come on DJI

I have all the telemetry with the new update. It is all there. Using ipad mini 2.

dji_lando · Jan 27, 2018

FatherXmas said:
Finally got to where I could go test it, been a long couple of days. BTW - great-grandson Charlie finally made his entrance around 4PM yesterday, 6# 11oz 20 inches long. He and my granddaughter are doing great.
Back to my testing, latest DJI Go 4 app on an iPad mini 4 running the latest iOS version. The OTG cable worked flawlessly. I completely shut down everything (AC, RC & iPad) between flights. All of the settings including the button assignments were retained. All of the telemetry was there and working. Probably because the last time I flew it outdoors there were leaves on the trees, it went out 950 feet 100 feet altitude vs. around 800 feet out at 100 feet altitude.

Congrats

sinaus · Jan 27, 2018

eddie258 said:
I have all the telemetry with the new update. It is all there. Using ipad mini 2.

Sorry it was on Android that did not work.

eddie258 · Jan 27, 2018

I did the update on my pad mini and the OTG is working, if you go threw the correct procedure. But I thought with the OTG cable connected that the signal between the RC and the Spark would change to 2.4 ghz and that was what the deal was about the farther distance????

zerocool1028 · Jan 27, 2018

sinaus said:
Sorry it was on Android that did not work.

Yeah android users get the shaft for some point. Still trying to sort out what app to use for otg on my galaxy s8+.

fart00fart000 · Jan 27, 2018

When is DJI going to support android with the OTG cable so no wifi drop outs??

craig Dixon · Jan 27, 2018

Ok had a flight tonight guys OTG connected in to ipad mini 2 latest app and everything worked as it should BUT BIG BUT... The Telemetery was out at times ...ie the height said i was about 10m then 1.2m at what i would say 30 meters high.....
A bit worrying to me....
What would it do on RTH...

Back to wifi for me ..Did not see that on wifi the night before

LOOK AT YOUR HEIGHT AND DISTANCE GUYS ..TELL ME IF THEY LOOK WRONG .....THEY WORK AND SHOW UP BUT 3 TIMES THEY HAVE SHOWN WRONG INFO...[emoji20] [emoji20] [emoji20]

CaryTheLabelGuy · Jan 27, 2018

A little off-topic, but I decided to sell my Spark and get a Mavic Air to compliment my Mavic Pro Platinum.

Sorry guys, it was fun, but I really don’t trust the Spark enough to fly it the way I do my Mavic Pro Platinum and will the Mavic Air. The OTG issue along with the non-redundancy just pushed the Spark out of my comfort range and therefore it just isn’t for me.

The Spark is still a great little drone and it will be missed.

Beario · Jan 28, 2018

craig Dixon said:
Ok had a flight tonight guys OTG connected in to ipad mini 2 latest app and everything worked as it should BUT BIG BUT... The Telemetery was out at times ...ie the height said i was about 10m then 1.2m at what i would say 30 meters high.....
A bit worrying to me....
What would it do on RTH...

Back to wifi for me ..Did not see that on wifi the night before

LOOK AT YOUR HEIGHT AND DISTANCE GUYS ..TELL ME IF THEY LOOK WRONG .....THEY WORK AND SHOW UP BUT 3 TIMES THEY HAVE SHOWN WRONG INFO...[emoji20] [emoji20] [emoji20]

I have flown 3 times so far on the new DJI Go Software with IOS firmware 11.2.5 with no issues so far. I used both an iPad 2017 and an iPhone 6s Plus thats actually running BETA IOS 11.3. Both worked flawless no issues at all. On the phone I did not even turn off Bluetooth or use airplane mode because it was connected by cable and I still have not seen any issues.

If you set your homepoint at launch, it should go right back to where it started. How many satellites did you have? Definitely think you might want to connect the assistant software and check on everything just in case.

craig Dixon · Jan 28, 2018

Beario said:
I have flown 3 times so far on the new DJI Go Software with IOS firmware 11.2.5 with no issues so far. I used both an iPad 2017 and an iPhone 6s Plus thats actually running BETA IOS 11.3. Both worked flawless no issues at all. On the phone I did not even turn off Bluetooth or use airplane mode because it was connected by cable and I still have not seen any issues.

If you set your homepoint at launch, it should go right back to where it started. How many satellites did you have? Definitely think you might want to connect the assistant software and check on everything just in case.

Thanks mate ..yeah im on ios 11.2.2 ...new dji go software...
I did 3 batterys ...the first 2 i did setting my home point then taking off from my case,then changing to gesture and palm landing ...reading my flight records all telemtry looked sweet as...
3rd Battery i did not set home point and started by the double tap on the battery for gesture control ,played around a bit then picked up the remote and flew around (i noticed i had fluctuating height readings all the time) came back and palm landed as i always do...

Video signal was great
All this was done with OTG...

To narrow the results im wondering if launching from gesture first could of given me an incorrect height readings ...

Give me your thoughts and wheather you prefer OTG VS WIFI

Cheers
Craigus

rufftop · Jan 28, 2018

Hey guys, does the iPad mini 2 fit the slot on the spark RC? I am thinking of getting one just for the spark as using go4 hasn't been very good on android. Thanks.