So I know this has been discussed before, but I just recently got my Mavic and, in my few test flights, was pretty shocked by the [lack of] stability in the Android app. I think I had 3 or 4 app crashes in one single flight. It's not too big of a deal, I can relaunch the app and be back in the camera in probably less than 20 seconds, but still concerning. I also noticed that if you enter an intelligent flight mode and then the app crashes while you're still in it, the app is no longer able to cancel the mode (you can hit the red x all you want, nothing happens). I had to manually flip the sport mode switch on and back off to get it to get out of the mode.
I have a Moto Z Play on 7.0 Nougat. I know it's not on the "supported" list, but if they support nexus devices, they support moto devices (Motorola uses stock Android with VERY minor additions). latest firmware and app.
So yea, we all know this, complaining isn't getting me anywhere. I guess I have a couple questions (and before you go and recommend the ipad mini 4, I'm not gonna buy Apple).
1. Has anyone used a Moto Z phone on Marshmallow? Sounds like instability is more due to nougat than phone model. I would strongly prefer not to roll back to Marshmallow but...
2. My alternative is a Nexus 6P I have from work. I don't mind rolling that back to marshmallow at all, however, the whole reason I ended up buying a Moto Z Play instead of sticking with the 6P is that the battery has become atrocious and unreliable on the 6P (shutting off at over 25% remaining? c'mon). If Moto Z on marshmallow still has issues, but 6P on marshmallow doesn't, maybe I'll give that a try. I can always fall back to using the crashy nougat if the 6P dies in the field
3. I've considered buying Litchi, but if anything were to go wrong during the flight, doesn't that essentially void the warranty? i.e. They could just blame Litchi for anything that might have happened inflight? I ask because I just had a particularly unpleasant dealing with the customer service over a flyaway P3P (using DJI Go), and should anything happen with the Mavic, I don't want to be immediately dismissed by support. It took everything I had to even give DJI more money, but there's just nothing on the market to compete with Mavic.
Thanks in advance for any input!
I have a Moto Z Play on 7.0 Nougat. I know it's not on the "supported" list, but if they support nexus devices, they support moto devices (Motorola uses stock Android with VERY minor additions). latest firmware and app.
So yea, we all know this, complaining isn't getting me anywhere. I guess I have a couple questions (and before you go and recommend the ipad mini 4, I'm not gonna buy Apple).
1. Has anyone used a Moto Z phone on Marshmallow? Sounds like instability is more due to nougat than phone model. I would strongly prefer not to roll back to Marshmallow but...
2. My alternative is a Nexus 6P I have from work. I don't mind rolling that back to marshmallow at all, however, the whole reason I ended up buying a Moto Z Play instead of sticking with the 6P is that the battery has become atrocious and unreliable on the 6P (shutting off at over 25% remaining? c'mon). If Moto Z on marshmallow still has issues, but 6P on marshmallow doesn't, maybe I'll give that a try. I can always fall back to using the crashy nougat if the 6P dies in the field
3. I've considered buying Litchi, but if anything were to go wrong during the flight, doesn't that essentially void the warranty? i.e. They could just blame Litchi for anything that might have happened inflight? I ask because I just had a particularly unpleasant dealing with the customer service over a flyaway P3P (using DJI Go), and should anything happen with the Mavic, I don't want to be immediately dismissed by support. It took everything I had to even give DJI more money, but there's just nothing on the market to compete with Mavic.
Thanks in advance for any input!