Dji 4G dongles m3

shb · Jan 8, 2023

AnzacJack said:
It has something to do with how the cellular network allows or disallows the system to call home to China, i believe. I dont think it works on all of our networks. Ill try and purchase a couple of dongles in the new year and do some testing

Why would the cellular system have to contact China? Is China spying? Very strange. But thanks for the info. Maybe I'll contact DJI support. They say they're happy when I ask them questions!

Suren · Jan 8, 2023

Viper2097 said:
I can confirm that the 4G dongle works perfectly in Australia.
Also, I was chatting with you a while back about whether or not I'd need a 4G dongle in my RC Pro or if I'd just need to hotspot it...
Turns out you don't need a 4G dongle in the RC Pro and hot spotting it works just fine but I'm usually just sitting on the couch using my home wifi anyway

The 4G dongle is so much fun!

Wow, that's good if it does not need a 2nd dongle for RC Pro, they should open it for NZ as well- we are just a few hours from Aussie

Suren · Jan 8, 2023

shb said:
One thing we should try to find out, is why it works in some countries, like China and Australia, and not in other countries, like New Zealand.

I tried every network SIM card here and it does not work for us here, even a few other guys bought it from AliExpress and failed to get it to work.

Suren · Jan 8, 2023

shb said:
Why would the cellular system have to contact China? Is China spying? Very strange. But thanks for the info. Maybe I'll contact DJI support. They say they're happy when I ask them questions!

The dongle talks to the Dji servers in China to give the enhanced transmission.

shb · Jan 8, 2023

Suren said:
The dongle talks to the Dji servers in China to give the enhanced transmission.

Have you talked to DJI customer service about this? I will, if it doesn't work for me. Pretty stupid if it has to contact DJI, for the cellular connection to work, IMO.

solidhouse · Jan 8, 2023

I’ve also bought the 4g dongle off AliExpress. I’m is the US. Despite trying everything, it simply will not work here.

shb · Jan 8, 2023

solidhouse said:
I’ve also bought the 4g dongle off AliExpress. I’m is the US. Despite trying everything, it simply will not work here.

Have you contacted DJI?

Suren · Jan 8, 2023

shb said:
Have you talked to DJI customer service about this? I will, if it doesn't work for me. Pretty stupid if it has to contact DJI, for the cellular connection to work, IMO.

Yes I have many times and they say the same thing that it is not meant to work outside of China and they cannot tell me when it will be allowed to work in other countries. I also highlighted that the 4G was one of the big selling features to me and all they did was apologies. Face it, they advertised a feature that they thought would work but maybe due to restrictions it cannot, drone is still amazing without the dongle.

Suren · Jan 8, 2023

So I tried the 4G dongle today again after many moons of having it sit in the RC Pro and I got a 4G connection, was very weak and showing in red but I flew the drone and while flying I turned the rc n1 around and I faced the other way so it drops signal, which it did - complete loss of RC Signal with a line across the signal bar in red and the video transmission was still going and drone still flying perfectly. So it seems that it now works - for how long I don't know. Maybe others should try and post feedback.

Suren · Jan 8, 2023

Check my tests here: 4G Dongle Arrived

shb · Jan 8, 2023

Suren said:
Yes I have many times and they say the same thing that it is not meant to work outside of China and they cannot tell me when it will be allowed to work in other countries. I also highlighted that the 4G was one of the big selling features to me and all they did was apologies. Face it, they advertised a feature that they thought would work but maybe due to restrictions it cannot, drone is still amazing without the dongle.

OK. That's good to know, even if it's bad news. Glad you got some cellular connection today. Hope it lasts, and even gets better.

Suren · Jan 8, 2023

shb said:
OK. That's good to know, even if it's bad news. Glad you got some cellular connection today. Hope it lasts, and even gets better.

Check my thread on this, works 100% on Mavic 3 and Mini 3 Pro

solidhouse · Jan 9, 2023

shb said:
Have you contacted DJI?

No, I had not. I stopped when it said “enhanced transmission not available in your region”.

solidhouse · Jan 9, 2023

Suren said:
Yes I have many times and they say the same thing that it is not meant to work outside of China and they cannot tell me when it will be allowed to work in other countries. I also highlighted that the 4G was one of the big selling features to me and all they did was apologies. Face it, they advertised a feature that they thought would work but maybe due to restrictions it cannot, drone is still amazing without the dongle.

I really do wonder what restrictions there may me on 4G control for the US, for example. Parrot’s AI is a 4G connected drone which seems to work fine in the US.

AnzacJack · Jan 9, 2023

Yes, but isn’t connecting through China servers. I’m not sure it’s a legal thing but more a system/tech thing

shb · Jan 9, 2023

solidhouse said:
No, I had not. I stopped when it said “enhanced transmission not available in your region”.

Yea, I guess they tell you they don't want it to work outside China.

Suren · Jan 9, 2023

solidhouse said:
I really do wonder what restrictions there may me on 4G control for the US, for example. Parrot’s AI is a 4G connected drone which seems to work fine in the US.

Well it seems to be working now for me, read my thread, I posted pictures of it working today after a few tests on Mavic 3 and Mini 3 Pro

GadgetGuy · Jan 9, 2023

Suren said:
Wow, that's good if it does not need a 2nd dongle for RC Pro, they should open it for NZ as well- we are just a few hours from Aussie

Yes, the second dongle for the RC Pro is to replace a phone, so hot spotting to a phone provides the necessary connectivity, obviating the need. With the RC-N1, no second dongle is necessary when using a connected cell phone as the device, so a hotspotted wifi only iPad should work as well.

Glad you got it working in NZ, too!
Maybe U.S. will be next. Not holding my breath!

f13dfx · Jan 16, 2023

This might be illegal in North America, but for testing purposes only, has anyone in the USA or Canada tried using a VPN through a server in China to make this work?

Suren · Jan 16, 2023

f13dfx said:
This might be illegal in North America, but for testing purposes only, has anyone in the USA or Canada tried using a VPN through a server in China to make this work?

That VPN does not work. When I tried it failed for me.