Looking for P3P help via Skype

[J.Alex]

I inherited my P3P late last year from my step-dad who's passed away. I think I've messed it up with the new firmware. I was looking for someone who would be wiling to connect via Skype to help me get it functional.

I've tried many different steps. Posting in different places is frustrating because you always get thrown off into a different direction

Thanks in advance

 

[msinger]

Did you try following my instructions?

 

[J.Alex]

Yes and now I'm unable to even check want firmware are on the drone and controller - the app just says unknown firmware version.


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[J.Alex]

Should I try reverting back both to ver 1.3.20?


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[J.Alex]

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[msinger]

Should I try reverting back both to ver 1.3.20?

Which versions did you install and/or do you think you have installed? Please post the install log from your memory card.

 

[J.Alex]

Which versions did you install and/or do you think you have installed? Please post the install log from your memory card.

Latest and greatest 1.8.80
https://dl.djicdn.com/downloads/phantom_3/P3X_FW_V01.08.0080.zip

Yes, P3X_FW_V01.08.0080.bin is located in the root director on the SD. I also tried a USB stick on the controller.

 

[J.Alex]

Attached is the log file. Unsure why it has logs back from 2014 in it...?

 

[J.Alex]

FYI - doing the instructions that were given to me (I posted above) fixed everything perfectly and I'm up and running!

 

[Fat Daddy]

Do you mean following the instructions provided by "msinger" fixed everything? I don't see any instructions posted by you and I'm getting the same problem with no versions being listed in the app.

 

[J.Alex]

Do you mean following the instructions provided by "msinger" fixed everything? I don't see any instructions posted by you and I'm getting the same problem with no versions being listed in the app.

Sorry, I was all over the place at the time looking for a fix. Looking back at this post I see that it wasn't here.

Anyways! Go to the HOME page on the app, press the Academy button for 10 seconds (this is the button on the HOME screen of the app not the camera view, it looks like a graduation hat). A black page will appear, it will tell you the version of the RC and below it in red it should say what firmware version you have and an option to download a newer (or older) one. Get it and continue the updates through the app after doing it this way. Don't forget to always reset your controller after each upgrade.

 

[Fat Daddy]

Reset the controller? How do you do that? Just FYI. This is what I get from the graduation hat process.

 

[J.Alex]

Yep, I got the same thing in the beginning. You're doing it correctly, the unfortunate thing is the servers can't handle much. I am located in Norway and I was trying to do it at 21:00 on a Saturday which was early afternoon in North America. I retried for an hour and couldn't get it to work. I tried the next morning at 08:00 which would be around 02:00 in North America and it worked the first time I tried.

To reset the controller all you do is power cycle it. So switch off/on after you do upgrades.

 

[Fat Daddy]

From the photo above, I've tried touching everything and nothing offers for me to download any version of firmware. How did you get a list of firmware to download from this screen?


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[J.Alex]

It will be obvious once it actually works. It'll also list your firmware version.

It's mid afternoon in North America so my guess is the timing isn't good to try. You should try early in the morning.




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[J.Alex]

You have to exit and reload the black screen. There is no way to refresh/reload without going back the pig and holding the button for 10s


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[Fat Daddy]

I did the graduate cap method about 15-20 times this afternoon and always got this:

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[Fat Daddy]

Finally it changed to this:

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[Fat Daddy]

Current version from "unknown" to "1.4.30". After that, I turned on the AC, started the camera view on the app and it prompted me to update my firmware for the controller. 15 minutes later, my bird flew for the first time.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HELP!!!

This forum is much more helpful than DJI support.


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[J.Alex]

Awesome man, glad I share and help