Hello all! Just had my first scary experience with the P3. Cliffnotes will be provided at the bottom.
On another thread I was wondering how to do the screen captures so that I could get the info (height, distance, battery life, etc) on the screen, and someone advised me to download a screen capture app.
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4, so I went on the google play store and downloaded "recordable free" and decided to test it. At the same time, I also decided I wanted to do a range test. Which now that I think about it, adding 2 new variables (screen recording and range testing) at the same time wasn't a great idea.
So I get everything setup, and I take her off flying about 120m up and going for distance. I get about 2000m out (double my previous record!) and my DJI app closes. First time that's ever happened. No big deal, I just reboot it and we're good.
Then I continue flying back, and get about 400m away and my phone shuts off. No warning, just off. Mind you, its plugged into my P3 controller and charging, so its not a battery issue.
This is when I start to get nervous, I've been out flying and probably have around 30% battery, 120m up, 400m away and can't see it at all.
I quickly try to reboot the phone and can't do it, so I just push the P3 forward and hope it eventually comes back into sight.
After what seemed like forever, I could finally hear the phantom buzzing again, and was able to bring her home.
TLDR;
-Download "recordable free" app to screen capture
-Go for range test
-2000m out, DJI app fails. Reboot it and continue
-400m out, phone shuts off and won't turn back on.
-Bring bird back in by sheer luck.
-Hypothesize that running both the recordable app and DJI app overpowered my phone?
-Glad nothing seriously bad happened.
My recordable free app file corrupted when the phone shut off, so I don't have that video, but I do have the video from the P3. It looks normal, with 2 points in which the bird just stops in the air for 1-2 minutes while I reboot stuff.
I have no idea why the DJI app turned off when it did, but I hypothesize that the phone shut off due to overusage. I had the DJI app opened, the "recordable free" app open, and was also screen mirroring to my FPV goggles.
On another thread I was wondering how to do the screen captures so that I could get the info (height, distance, battery life, etc) on the screen, and someone advised me to download a screen capture app.
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4, so I went on the google play store and downloaded "recordable free" and decided to test it. At the same time, I also decided I wanted to do a range test. Which now that I think about it, adding 2 new variables (screen recording and range testing) at the same time wasn't a great idea.
So I get everything setup, and I take her off flying about 120m up and going for distance. I get about 2000m out (double my previous record!) and my DJI app closes. First time that's ever happened. No big deal, I just reboot it and we're good.
Then I continue flying back, and get about 400m away and my phone shuts off. No warning, just off. Mind you, its plugged into my P3 controller and charging, so its not a battery issue.
This is when I start to get nervous, I've been out flying and probably have around 30% battery, 120m up, 400m away and can't see it at all.
I quickly try to reboot the phone and can't do it, so I just push the P3 forward and hope it eventually comes back into sight.
After what seemed like forever, I could finally hear the phantom buzzing again, and was able to bring her home.
TLDR;
-Download "recordable free" app to screen capture
-Go for range test
-2000m out, DJI app fails. Reboot it and continue
-400m out, phone shuts off and won't turn back on.
-Bring bird back in by sheer luck.
-Hypothesize that running both the recordable app and DJI app overpowered my phone?
-Glad nothing seriously bad happened.
My recordable free app file corrupted when the phone shut off, so I don't have that video, but I do have the video from the P3. It looks normal, with 2 points in which the bird just stops in the air for 1-2 minutes while I reboot stuff.
I have no idea why the DJI app turned off when it did, but I hypothesize that the phone shut off due to overusage. I had the DJI app opened, the "recordable free" app open, and was also screen mirroring to my FPV goggles.
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