My P3A came with 1.1.9 when I bought it a few months ago, and have kept it on that FW as I witnessed the 1.2.6 / 1.2.8 debacle unfold. Now that 1.3.2 has been out for 2 weeks and the dust has startled to settle, it seems that this is a worthy FW upgrade. Is there a reason to stay on 1.1.9? I'm not experiencing issues with my current bird, but it would be nice to finally get rid of the pesky "firmware out of date" message. Plus, 1.3.2 may have under the hood tweaks that are beneficial.
Should I stay on 1.1.9?
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Disconnection and few Compass errors reported after FW 1.3.2
But its vague, if its really fw issue....
I am staying at 1.1.9
But its vague, if its really fw issue....
I am staying at 1.1.9
Me too... 1.1.9 works perfectly, no need for upgrade for me now. I wait the POI to come, then I will definitely go for it.
I am staying on 1.1.9 for now, works perfect for me, will upgrade where there are some new features.
I am definitely staying on 1.1.9 for now - no reason to upgrade until more features are added and fewer problems are reported. I am still flying with the old 1.0.10 Pilot app on Android so no pesky errors either. With Google Play Services etc downgraded, everything works, completely crashless and lagless.
1.1.9 works great for me, I'm only upgrading when forced too/ when the new features come out follow me etc
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The current firmware is working fine on my P3P. It seems most P3A owners are having a good experience too. Keep in mind that you can always go back to 1.1.9 if you install the current firmware and do not like it for some reason.
I've been on 1.1.9 firmware since I got my P3P and works perfect. I did however finally do the jump yesterday to the new 1.3.2 firmware and it works just as flawlessly thus far in my initial tests running three batteries through it. I also am using the latest DJI app. I say go for the upgrade you won't regret it
Yup I first tested the day prior using the latest go app on 1.1.9 firmware and it worked without a hitch. No freezes no crashes, my full 32 channels with the channel mod. And following day after confirming the new app worked properly I updated firmware to 1.3.2 and all is perfect, all 32 channels still. If anything the only strange thing is that ir would alternate between saying there was still a firmware update available. Tho it hadn't said that the last several power cycles.
Still on 1.1.9 as well.
I look at it how I look at my systems operations responsibilities.
You don't update "prod" (production) just to have the latest version. You update if there's a vulnerability that needs patching.
If you want to test out the new shiny whatever, thats what "dev" (development) is for. If you have two birds, feel free to use one as the Guinea pig, otherwise, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Personally I have a P2V+ late-v3 that I use for mods, testing, fun, etc... And my P3 stays on known "good" firmware so that when I know I need to get a specific shot, I'm ready to go without big unanswered questions.
I look at it how I look at my systems operations responsibilities.
You don't update "prod" (production) just to have the latest version. You update if there's a vulnerability that needs patching.
If you want to test out the new shiny whatever, thats what "dev" (development) is for. If you have two birds, feel free to use one as the Guinea pig, otherwise, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Personally I have a P2V+ late-v3 that I use for mods, testing, fun, etc... And my P3 stays on known "good" firmware so that when I know I need to get a specific shot, I'm ready to go without big unanswered questions.
I don't know if the random problems I've been experiencing have anything to do with the firmware update, but I know that I never had *any* issues on the 1.1.9 firmware. Wish I had waited for something more exciting before upgrading.
Also guys because we are still on 1.1.9 we are not restricted from NFZ radius 
Don't recommend this to anyone, I don't do it and make sure you fly safe.
Off topic - had a seagull keep coming close to my P3 today, stupid thing kept annoying me, kept flying round and close to the P3 and I mean really, really close. Guessing it was curious, I was only about 15meters above and it kept annoying me so I landed the P3 lol
Don't recommend this to anyone, I don't do it and make sure you fly safe.
Off topic - had a seagull keep coming close to my P3 today, stupid thing kept annoying me, kept flying round and close to the P3 and I mean really, really close. Guessing it was curious, I was only about 15meters above and it kept annoying me so I landed the P3 lol
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Until I hear 1-2 weeks of no bad firmware reviews I'm happy to stay on 1.1.9
Better be safe then story lol
Good to hear your P3 is flying good
It's been 17 days since it released.... if you wait for 2 weeks of no complaining you're going to be waiting forever (I am sure there are people complaining about 1.1.9 as we speak
Not trying to change your mind... just giving you a different perspective is all.
Also guys because we are still on 1.1.9 we are not restricted from NFZ radius
Don't recommend this to anyone, I don't do it and make sure you fly safe.
Off topic - had a seagull keep coming close to my P3 today, stupid thing kept annoying me, kept flying round and close to the P3 and I mean really, really close. Guessing it was curious, I was only about 15meters above and it kept annoying me so I landed the P3 lol
I have had several curious birds scares... I land too.... I just don't want to watch my P3P plummet out of the sky....
Also guys because we are still on 1.1.9 we are not restricted from NFZ radius
Don't recommend this to anyone, I don't do it and make sure you fly safe.
Off topic - had a seagull keep coming close to my P3 today, stupid thing kept annoying me, kept flying round and close to the P3 and I mean really, really close. Guessing it was curious, I was only about 15meters above and it kept annoying me so I landed the P3 lol
There's a difference in No Fly Zone enforcement in 1.1.9? As in new NFZs are missing? Or enforcement is different?
Thanks!
I would stay on 1.9 I made the jump from 1.9 to 1.3 and I have had no signal issues on start up a few times and had to take the memory card out the gimbal and put it back in a few times. This could be a old problem I heard about months ago tho with gimbal/memory card issues and them connecting properly I don't know. I only upgraded the firmware because I was having other issues which did go with the latest firmware but sadly got replaced with this latest issue. Either way I wouldn't update unless you have a reason to do so.
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