I had same issues. iPhone 7 plus fine. The processor on the mini 2 cannot handle the amount of video being thrown at it. Here's a test: lower the bitrate in your HD settings and see if the problem goes away. Bet it does. But the feed picture is lousy and blocky.
I permanently solved it by getting a mini 4 which has the A8 processor. Works plenty well and haven't had a problem since.
Yes, problem today with iPhone 6s plus too. Even 200 meters away - got green screens, freezes, etc.I have the mini 4 and still have these issues...dam
It's not the os. It's DJI. I was fine on iOS 10 with my mini 4. Then DJI updated their app and overnight AUTO was too much data. Had to switch to manual.
This is exactly why you should never update anything if your craft is flying OK. It's too bad you're way past that opportunity, sorry for your frustration. Everyone thinks with new firmware or app software they are going to get something cool and new for free. That's what DJI hopes you think, sucking you into things that turn out bad. In reality it often ends up with DJI adding more limitations and removing features unannounced, you have to find them yourself. I love DJI hardware, but as a company you have to be careful and smart about how you maintain your craft.I’ve been going thru this for months now. Things have slowly gotten worse: each workaround eventually failing. Sent to DJI. “Oh look it’s your camera! Send us money! Try again I say. Oh look, it’s the transmitter. Send us money. Contact DJI thru of all places Twitter. New drone returned without cost.
Went to fly the other day and
Frozen screens.
CPU warnings
Green screens
Unusable fpv.
I give up
I’ve been going thru this for months now. Things have slowly gotten worse: each workaround eventually failing. Sent to DJI. “Oh look it’s your camera! Send us money! Try again I say. Oh look, it’s the transmitter. Send us money. Contact DJI thru of all places Twitter. New drone returned without cost.
Went to fly the other day and
Frozen screens.
CPU warnings
Green screens
Unusable fpv.
I give up
This is exactly why you should never update anything if your craft is flying OK. It's too bad you're way past that opportunity, sorry for your frustration. Everyone thinks with new firmware or app software they are going to get something cool and new for free. That's what DJI hopes you think, sucking you into things that turn out bad. In reality it often ends up with DJI adding more limitations and removing features unannounced, you have to find them yourself. I love DJI hardware, but as a company you have to be careful and smart about how you maintain your craft.
I find the primary cause of video clarity problems, such as breakups, static, and disconnects are:
1. Heat. The A7 CPU in iPadMini2 and 3 are marginal for performance. They work fine if in temps under 90F, but above that you're at high risk. The graphics decoder overheats and can't keep up with the data-rate coming from the craft. I have a Mini2 and occasionally need to fly from in the car with the air running. My iPad Air2 doesn't exhibit these heat issues, but I'm fortunate, I'm on old firmware and app software.
2. Interference. When I fly near other DJI pilots that are flying their craft, closer than ~50' to the other pilot RC, I get break-ups. Flying on 5.8 when the other is on 2.4Ghz fixes this. It's also possible to get interference from radio towers if you're too close, I mean really close, but I find that doesn't happen very often, pretty rare.
3. Distance. As you get to the outskirts of the limits of the RC, naturally video is going to drop out. This can be mitigated by flying with the lowest bitrate, 4mbps on a custom channel with the least interference. I do this when I'm on long distance flights and the connection integrity is more important than the clarity of the displayed image on my iPad. Trees that hinder your LOS connection do this too. Think of trees like water, they simply don't let signal through. You must fly with LOS with nothing but air between you and the craft. Surprisingly, glass, like car windshields, don't hind the signal much, it works OK to fly from inside the car if the craft is in LOS through the glass.
These are all great point John. However. I have a mini 4, I’m no where near anyone or anything and these are happening 20’ away.
As far as updating is concerned this is counter intuitive to software in general. Why is DJI the exception. Which update is a genuine fix and which one breaks things. Which one is the bad update and then are we hopelessly stuck. To say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it is a misnomer with software. Software is written by humans: there will always be bugs and they will always need updating.
The problem is DJI is opaque and incompetent and silent on all matters of fixes. Basically we bought a product that has bad support and worse software design. And the fact we never get straight answers has led us to have tons of threads with fixes and workarounds that are based on haphazard guessing and voodoo.
My iPad did not change. It’s the same iPad. DJI go changed and so did the quad. Ergo, it’s DJI. But a DJI that has no response.
It has taken the joy of flying from me. And I’ll be damned if I will keep chasing ghosts by buying new tablets to fix their problem. FYI. Both your tablet and mine are in the list of recommended devices. It used to be that ios was the better platform for DJI but is Android now? I have no idea but they BOTH should work.
The problem is DJI is opaque and incompetent and silent on all matters of fixes. Basically we bought a product that has bad support and worse software design. And the fact we never get straight answers has led us to have tons of threads with fixes and workarounds that are based on haphazard guessing and voodoo.
I agree! My hardware did NOT change, the firmware caused my issues. I have written DJI and even left post on their fb page. They refuse to answer any questions
These are all great point John. However. I have a mini 4, I’m no where near anyone or anything and these are happening 20’ away.
As far as updating is concerned this is counter intuitive to software in general. Why is DJI the exception. Which update is a genuine fix and which one breaks things. Which one is the bad update and then are we hopelessly stuck. To say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it is a misnomer with software. Software is written by humans: there will always be bugs and they will always need updating.
The problem is DJI is opaque and incompetent and silent on all matters of fixes. Basically we bought a product that has bad support and worse software design. And the fact we never get straight answers has led us to have tons of threads with fixes and workarounds that are based on haphazard guessing and voodoo.
My iPad did not change. It’s the same iPad. DJI go changed and so did the quad. Ergo, it’s DJI. But a DJI that has no response.
It has taken the joy of flying from me. And I’ll be damned if I will keep chasing ghosts by buying new tablets to fix their problem. FYI. Both your tablet and mine are in the list of recommended devices. It used to be that ios was the better platform for DJI but is Android now? I have no idea but they BOTH should work.