Recent content by Gordie_Z

TruckeeSnowblower - I ran across an account of an engineer with the problem I had. My Mavic 2 Pro would randomly turn on but in my case the battery or batteries involved would charge back up. So, note that his and my cases are different than yours in that yours doesn't re-charge. The engineer...

Thanks Dave, I did go the other route... OK, thanks for everyone's help. Some maintained only a battery can turn a Mavic 2 on but most that replied to this thread or a similar one I asked in another MavicPilots forum felt without knowing if the aircraft OR the battery was initiating the random...

OK, thanks for all your help. Some maintained only a battery can turn a Mavic 2 on but it seemed most that replied to this thread or a similar one I asked in another MavicPilots forum felt that without knowing if the aircraft OR the battery was initiating the random start-ups an exchange for a...

Electrically, can a Mavic flight controller, sensors, etc. initiate boot-up and cause the fuselage AND the battery to all start up??? Or, can booting only ever be initiated by the battery??? This is a revisit of "Another Drone (Mavic 2) Turning Itself On." As per...

Yeah, looks like a return might be the best bet. Maybe DJI will get back to me by tomorrow noon and let me know without a doubt if it's the aircraft or one or both batteries. Until then I might ask in the mod forum if they can definitively rule out the aircraft (some of them mod the batteries...

BigAl07 - I have the one that shipped with the drone and an extra I bought. Your suggestion is what I've been doing. But at one random turn-on a week I won't be able to make a determination by Friday (the post I just posted either above or below this one explains this so I won't repeat it here).

Thanks Thomas B and Drone Master. OK, taking into account posts and thumbs up it looks like Slup, RadioFlyerMan, and Thomas B are (mostly) on board with Slup's initial comment... "the only thing that can power on the battery (without pushing the button) is a malfunction in the battery."...

After searching around these forums, there's certainly ample evidence my random turn-on problem might be the battery. I am hoping a few more people might chime in to agree with Slup that no non-battery component of the drone could start it up. That way I could definitively eliminate the drone...

I "liked" your reply as a thank you. I was not meaning to say I liked that you have a goofy battery!

Thanks Slup. I'm hoping others chime in as I'm looking for consensus. My Mavic 2 turns itself on when the RC is not on... 1x/week for the last three weeks, sitting on a desk where nothing could push its button. Yes I will be removing batteries for storage but right now am trying to figure...

Electrically, can a Mavic flight controller, motors, etc. initiate boot up and cause the fuselage etc. AND the battery to all start up? Or, can boot up only ever be initiated by the battery? If the model makes a difference, this is a revisit of "Another Drone (Mavic 2) Turning Itself On." Thanks.

#13 LOGs inside the SD card - I WANT TO KNOW seems to only apply to the removable SD card. Unfortunately this is a brand new Mavic 2, my impression had been the removable SD card was for photography and videography not system files, I was going to get used to flying before getting serious about...

GOOD TIMES - IT HAPPENED AGAIN! I've been trying to replicate the behavior and vaguely thought each of the two times it had happened previously the battery had been low. So, yesterday I let it get low just fiddling around on the desk with it then shut it down. I removed the battery when I...

Tiger64 -thanks! No, the random turn-ons are not through a cable. In neither of the two incidents above was a cable connected to the drone. In the second incident, the PC and Go 4 photos were connected via DropBox/the internet but there were no cables attached to the drone. Also the...

I uploaded TXT files to Air Data via a two-step process... I uploaded them to the DJI cloud by Go 4/clicking the compass-looking icon that takes you to the "review past flights" screen/clicked the cloud icon with the circular arrows in it. This synced files to the DJI cloud. I'm not sure how...