Recent content by Dave Berg

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    SOLD - Phantom 3 Pro $500 New in the Box

    Kind'a long story but I started with a P3A and shortly thereafter my paranoia forced me to buy a second one as a backup. Eventually had a problem with the first one so it got parked and I went shopping for a new "backup"and picked up a P3P. The backup still works fine then came buying a small...
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    I won't claim to have higher morals than that but the clever folks at Amazon have apparently had others do it. This is what they claim on the website specifically for the P3A: "What you need to know – This product has a serial number that uniquely identifies the item. When your order ships...
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    When I bought the first P3A I had the hardware to edit 4K but TV's to view it were kind of rare. Now I own several Samsung 4K's (with 3D and no HDR so they're obsolete now) so aside from potentially more problems with the P3P it's a wash. When I went back to Amazon to order the P3A had gone up...
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    hunch, the light in the gimbal does absolutely diddly squat. No color at any time under any condition. I dug out the other P3A which is actually a few months older than the one I've been playing with but never used. Put a battery in it as well as the microSD card with FW 1.11.20. Turned it on...
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    Here it is. Only about 20 seconds total from battery on to the never ending yellow flashing. Apparently can't upload .mp4 files directly so here's a link to it on Dropbox. Just click. Dropbox - P3A FW Update.mp4
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    Well, there was no hidden file. I did a low level format (write binary zeros) on the SD card with the San Disk utility on Windows 10. Downloaded and unzipped the 1.11.20 update. Copied P3S_FW_V01.11.0020.bin file to the SD card. Inserted the card and powered on the AC. Lights blink, gimbal...
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    hunch, Window 10 File Explorer says there are no hidden files on the SD, just the bin file. Right now I'm running a third-party program called Recuva that does a deep scan looking for files. It will take another hour or so.
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    Installed V 1.6.0 on the RC. It refuses to speak with the AC at all now. I'm not a young man. From what I've read about DJI tech support I'd be further ahead throwing it in the trash.
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    Yes. Not flying anything at the moment but, yes, the AC is definitely a P3A.
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    OK. 1.6.0 installing (and beeping and beeping). I'll probably get evicted to the garage in a minute....
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    Thanks for the response. It was the same size every time - 61,285 KB. That does seem small as 1.3.20 was over 90,000 KB. But it's what DJI has online. I guess it's possible that it's the wrong file or part of it is missing. File is P3S_FW_V01.11.0020.bin and is what I get when I click on P3...
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    P3A Won't Update Firmware

    A bit of background: I bought this Phantom 3 Advanced about 18 months ago. It has several dozen flights on it, was never crashed or even landed hard, then it was put in a large "trunk" with custom foam cutouts for all the parts for well over a year. Finally have some free time so it was...