Geert said:
I see your point and I also appreciate your work making these sticky's.
But we should not need any "sticky" to upgrade.
I didn't read the sticky's as many many others also did not.
Now I have the impression if I don't read your sticky's I take a risk.
Sorry , but that is not the way it is. Maybe it is a good idea these sticky's for people who get in trouble.
But please do keep in mind that there are thousands of people outside and they don't read your sticky at all. They maybe will only start browsing the internet for information when they encounter serious problems.
Actually I was one of them.
Geert.
The original firmware Sticky was written to help new Vision owners stumbling across the forum to avert loss of their Phantom due to the invalid battery issue. It was directed at the newcomer who never having flown an RC before would be saved from the tragedy of flying 100ft off the ground a few hundred feet out when suddenly he loses control over his new Vision. I had hoped that would be the end of it, until reports of fly-away's started coming in, followed by more firmware fixes, tribal compass dances, mandatory simultaneous P2V & TX upgrades "or else", lack of RC Assistant, and finally bricked camera issues w/o explanation or remedy.
I agree Geert, in a perfect world with a perfect manufacturer you'd just download, copy to any card, stick it in, and wa-lah... All is good. "Should" being the operative word here. Works as advertised. Yet it isn't and doesn't and DJI is a far cry from perfect, never publicly acknowledging there was a problem, never admitting their cameras were failing as a result of their sloppy code, nor ever providing us with a heads-up via email or website (they do have everyone's email address don't they?)
Traditionally stickies are there for those who read & seek information about whatever it is they love and want to know everything about it before and after purchase. Clearly its not for the lazy or illiterate, nor for disbelievers who find it difficult to accept a company like DJI could be so careless, detached, unsupportive, & non-responsive.
In a perfect world there should be no stickies about imperfections & problematic issues, no questions about invalid batteries, loss of control, fly-away's, disoriented compass, and conflicted GPS. In a perfect world you'd buy a ready-to-fly drone and its ready to fly, period.
Oh well.
iDrone :roll: