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    Help note 20 ultra won't connect to mavic pro

    I have a Note 20 Ultra and ever since the last Go4 update I'm having issues as well. App crashes 3 to 12 times before it will finally stay up long enough to connect. Sometimes the app stays up but it doesn't connect/don't get the "go fly" button. I know I've read multiple places including DJI's...
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    New mavic pro 2 hacks!?!

    FE-7607 That is the policy amendment form/number for professional/commercial photography coverage on personal articles policies. The personal articles policies are what cover drones, cameras, guns, jewelry, etc. That policy endorsement covers all of my camera gear for an additional $23 a year in...
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    Phone charging when connected to Mavic Mini RC

    I've had the M2Pro since it was released and the Zoom for over a year. There has not ever been that setting on the DJI side and if by some chance there was, it would likely cause issues particularly for Samsung phones so it wouldn't have lasted long and if that is the case it wouldn't make sense...
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    Phone charging when connected to Mavic Mini RC

    You might want to rethink your angst. This is NOT a DJI problem or limitation. It IS an Android/Phone manufacturer issue. While SOME Android phones depending on the exact model and version of Android can be used successfully with a "data only" USB cable, generally it is a very hit or miss...
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    Data Only cable? (Android Charging Issue)

    In all fairness its not a DJI issue. It's an Android issue, happens with Parrot and Autel and others that use your phone with the controller. There isn't anything DJI can do except make their devices only compatible with Apple. You'll find the same complaints and questions on their respective...
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    Pixelated Video

    Pixelated video could be a few things. Are you trying to play back the cached video from the DJI_Record folder on your phone? As that is a low resolution cached copy downloaded over the controller link and will pixelate at times if the connection isn't ideal. If you pulled the MicroSD card and...
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    DJI should release a Mavic Mini 2 in 2020!

    As to #3 on your list. The "under 250 grams" does eliminate the need to register the drone. However it does not allow you to fly it anywhere you want or fly it in NFZ's that larger drones are prohibited from, at least here in the US. The only thing it does is avoid registration here. Here's an...
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    Spare M2Z / RC Disconnects

    Well for what it's worth, I decided to dig in and see if I could find anything wrong. Couldn't find a tear-down video of the Mavic 2 controller but did find several of the original Mavic Pro and that was close enough to get into it. Did not find anything really wrong, and it didn't look like...
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    Spare M2Z / RC Disconnects

    I've had my M2P for a while and like others wanted a cheap(er) solution to getting the Zoom camera to go with my Pro than buying a complete Zoom. While I was comfortable changing the gimbal/camera, I'd thought I'd try to find a body/camera together and just pair as needed with my existing...
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    Phone charging when connected to Mavic Mini RC

    It's ingrained into Android phones, in order to successfully connect via USB the pins in the cable that provide power have to be connected which results in charging of the phone. It's not unique to the Mini or DJI but pretty much any drone that uses the phone via USB. It is possible if you have...
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    HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN A STICKER LIKE THIS

    FWIW we have a Fry's Electronics store here in my town, not that it means much as they are all but out of business, store nearly empty of inventory. But years ago when their business was booming, they had a procedure for returning sold/returned items to the shelf. They would test and if...
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    Flying near hospital with helipad - question

    Something else to consider, many hospitals have helipads that are either no longer in use or so rarely used as to be fairly low risk. More often than not those requiring medivacs are in such dire straights as to be airlifted to the nearest major trauma hospital, for us that is Harborview in...
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    What do you have your return to flight height set for?

    I'm not one to rely on RTH, but I have hit the button a few times, in a safe area, just to make sure I was familiar with it and it did what it was supposed to do. Hopefully never need to rely on it, but better to see it work and try it out than to need it without any familiarity at all, even...
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    Help needed to get State Farm policy

    Paying on the drone, no, haven't had a need to. Them paying on other devices yes. In the last 18 years they paid out once on a laptop after my then toddler spilled a drink on it and a few years later a camera, lens and flash stolen from the trunk of my car. They will cancel/drop your personal...
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    Dear DJI, You've done it for the Mavic Mini now make a bigger battery for the Mavic Air, PLEASE!

    For the few of you that said effectively "DJI could just add another cell to the pack and let it overhang" the cells in the Mavic Air battery are oriented horizontally not vertically, they'd have to redesign the cells inside to lengthen them, not simply add a cell vertically at the end of the...