DJI Fly won't run

[MountainMavicMan]

I just upgraded from Mavic Air to Mavic Air 2 and I can't get any of my Androids to run DJI FLy.
My phone is the one that should be most likely to run it.
It's a Samsung Galaxy S20 G5 running Android 12 with current patches
3.6 of 8GB RAM is in use.
DJI FLy was not presented in the Google Play store. I loaded it from the Galaxy store. Direct download from DJI gave me a parsing error.

When I run DJI FLy, it runs then quits immediately. Sometimes I'll get a message that the app failed and to wait until developer releases a new version.

Does anyone have any great ideas?

TIA

 

[Yaros]

I loaded it from the Galaxy store. Direct download from DJI gave me a parsing error.

You need to load it from DJI directly, the version in Galaxy Store is VERY outdated and will not work.
Please post the error it gives you here.

This video should help you:

 

[Sky Cyclist]

Here is the official download page:

DJI Fly - Download Center - DJI

At the DJI Download Center, learn and downloadDJI Fly

www.dji.com

 

[MountainMavicMan]

Downloaded using the big "Download Android APK" button.
filename is 1645449643615-DJI-v1.5.10-22021.....
Execute using Android Package Installer -
"There was a problem parsing the package"

 

[Sky Cyclist]

Downloaded using the big "Download Android APK" button.
filename is 1645449643615-DJI-v1.5.10-22021.....
Execute using Android Package Installer -
"There was a problem parsing the package"

I am also an Android 12 user and the whole installation process (after download) just took me about 3 seconds.

The file name is the same as mine. The size is about 384MB.

Though I don't have any problem with installation, I find there is plenty of information about the error message "There was a problem parsing the package".

4 main reasons will cause the error:

1.1 The file might have downloaded incompletely

1.2 The application may not be compatible with the hardware or your operating system

1.3 This is because of a security setting

1.4 The APK may be a corrupted file

I find this is a good article for your reference:

[Solved] How to Fix There Was A Problem Parsing the Package

“There was a problem parsing the package” while installing an app. Here we’ve collected some useful tricks to fix this kind of situation. [2024 Updated]

www.fonedog.com

 

[MountainMavicMan]

Fixed.
Chrome, FIrefox, and Filemanager did not have permission to install an APK.
Fixed all 3, but it only installed out of FileManager.
That was the version downloaded from DJI's site.
I got the drone in the air a few minutes ago.

Android could do a much better job of being explicit about a problem.

Thanks for the advice!

 

[KennethH]

Here is the official download page:

DJI Fly - Download Center - DJI

At the DJI Download Center, learn and downloadDJI Fly

www.dji.com

I've had good luck downloading Fly from the DJI site by using a QR code scanner app on my phone AND my Tab A7 Lite tablet. Scanning the QR code puts the APK file on the device, where you can run it to install the Fly (and Mimo) app, and I've been good to go.

 

[gingerbloke]

Fixed.
Chrome, FIrefox, and Filemanager did not have permission to install an APK.
Fixed all 3, but it only installed out of FileManager.
That was the version downloaded from DJI's site.
I got the drone in the air a few minutes ago.

Android could do a much better job of being explicit about a problem.

Thanks for the advice!

Thanks for this, I was stuck with installation from DJI APK via browser on a new phone (was not on Play store). It appeared to install, ask for permissions,etc but crashed whenever I linked up the Mini2 remote. It worked after I removed the app and installed it from File Manager of the phone.