Everything is normal. The drones flys fine, all telemetry is present, just no video record and no gimbal position indication. Reloaded the apps, both Litchi and DJI GO.
DJI must have a considerable amount of repair work going on with all the drones they have produced. To me, it makes sense that they would have a limited diagnostics program available. This would enable the owner to first make sure they have a problem worth sending the unit in for repair. The Phantom 3 standard is now their bottom of the line drone yet very little is known about it from a technical standpoint. No schematics, nothing. I haven’t even seen a good block diagram.
It makes no sense to send a gimbal/camera assy to them, or worse, the whole drone, for repair if you simply have a cable problem going from the assembly to the body of the drone.