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Just joined Mavic pilots a few days ago. I've had an original Mavic pro since it first came out. Haven't flown it in years.
I joined this group because I needed some software to reset my batteries, which have gone into hibernate mode.
I do not have many flights to my record but the few I did have been great.
Thanks in advance for any help you folks can provide

Terry Kohlman
S.E. Wisconsin
 
Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing from you!
 
Just joined Mavic pilots a few days ago. I've had an original Mavic pro since it first came out. Haven't flown it in years.
I joined this group because I needed some software to reset my batteries, which have gone into hibernate mode.
I do not have many flights to my record but the few I did have been great.
Thanks in advance for any help you folks can provide

Terry Kohlman
S.E. Wisconsin
A big UK welcome to the forum!
 
Hi, Terry. Glad you could join us. Beautiful country, Wisconsin.

Visited Monroe, WI last Sept. for Green County Cheese Days. Rented an Air B&B in New Glarus, and visited the brewery. Fell in love with their Oktoberfest! Spent a wonderful day strolling thru the fair grounds sampling various cheeses, eating curds and drinking Spotted Cow. We all signed up for the "World's Largest Polka Dance". A couple of us took in the Packers/Colts and the Wisconsin/'Bama games. Really enjoyed hanging with local dairy farmers. One family invited us to dinner at their farm and let our girls try their hands at milking a cow! Great, great state filled with great, great people! And OMG the beer!

Planning a repeat trip in 2026, only this time with my Mini 4 Pro. I'm gonna wear a shirt saying, ".....Sweet Dreams are Made of Cheese; Who am I to dis a Brie...."
 
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I've had an original Mavic pro since it first came out. Haven't flown it in years.

Welcome from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, USA. We have a Member's Map in the Upper Right of the Title Bar. Click on "Members" and then Click on "Member's Map…" Check it out and you might find some new flying friends.


I am sorry to say, I do not believe your batteries are in Hibernation Mode. I believe your batteries are Smart Batteries and for the chips to work onboard the batteries, they must have some internal power (as in not completely dead…). The chips cannot use external power to activate the recharge cycle…

If you search the archives, I believe you will get the information you need, but you just might have to buy new batteries to get your bird flying again…

As a Returning Drone Pilot, there are a couple of Legal Things you may need to do…

If you have not already done so, you will need to get your TRUST Certificate. You can get that at the Pilot Institute Web Site (FREE…). Your Drone weighs more than 250-grams (0.55 pounds), and even while you are flying under The Exception for Recreational Flyers, you are required to register your Drone.

Link to the TRUST Certificate at the Pilot Institute Web Site (FREE…)


Link to the FAADroneZone (Optional Registration for Drones under 250-Grams…)


If you are considering acquiring your Part 107 License, here is a link to get you going…


Since you live in Wisconsin, there are specific laws and rules for you to follow, please check the link below for all the Rules and Laws that are in effect in your neck of the woods and it also links you to some of the Best Places to Fly in your area… Also, if you travel on vacation, visit friends, and relatives in other parts of the country, check back here so you do not run afoul of the law.


Even though you have flown Drones before, here is some Good Old Fashion Advice that you might have forgotten…

You paid a lot of money for that Drone, put your phone number on it. If your drone gets lost or stuck in a tree and it finally comes down when you are not around, give the finders an opportunity to contact you so it can be returned.

Now, for the Fun Part, But do not let the excitement of the moment get the best of you. When you are going out to fly, do it slowly and deliberately. Get used to a set procedure and even practice it.

There are so many things I could write but these are the highlights that I feel need mentioning.

Plug in your phone/tablet into your controller; turn on the Controller and DJI Fly App (if it does not start on its own…). On the Drone, open the front legs, then open the back legs, then remove the Gimbal Cover.

The Gimbal is the most delicate item on the Drone and banging or bumping can damage it. I also fastened a short "Remove Before Flight" ribbon to the cover so it's more noticeable and I do not forget to remove it…

Turn on the drone and watch it come to "life." Watching the Gimbal go through its self-check is almost like watching a puppy or kitten opening its eyes for the first time…

Place the drone down (preferably on a Landing Pad) while it finishes its self-test (collecting satellites, etc…).

Check your battery status (Phone, Drone, and Controller), check the Signal Strength, by now the Controller should have reported it updated the Home Point.

Lift off, 6- feet (2-meters) or so, hover a bit, check the controls (move the drone a bit forward, back, left, right, yaw left and right). By now, your Controller will probably report again, Home point Updated.

If you go out in a rush and race thru your start up and take off before the drone has finished it prep, it may update its Home Point over that pond or that old tree you are flying over and in your excitement, you'll fly the drone long past it Low Battery point and when it engages Return to Home and lands in the pond or in a tree; it will be all on you…

Now go have fun, learn to fly the drone by sight before you try to fly it out a distance depending on the video feed, FPV.

I would also advise you to use YouTube and watch a lot of the Videos on flying and setting up the Drone. When it is too dark, too cold, or too wet, you can "fly it vicariously" through YouTube. Also watch some of the Blooper Drone Videos and learn how not to fly your "New Baby."

Below is the link to all of the downloads offered by DJI for the Mavic Pro, including the User Manual.

After you read the Manual, read it again, you will be surprised what you missed the first time and you will be better prepared for that first "scary moment…"


Fly On and Fly Safe…
 
Hi, Terry. Glad you could join us. Beautiful country, Wisconsin.

Visited Monroe, WI last Sept. for Green County Cheese Days. Rented an Air B&B in New Glarus, and visited the brewery. Fell in love with their Oktoberfest! Spent a wonderful day strolling thru the fair grounds sampling various cheeses, eating curds and drinking Spotted Cow. We all signed up for the "World's Largest Polka Dance". A couple of us took in the Packers/Colts and the Wisconsin/'Bama games. Really enjoyed hanging with local dairy farmers. One family invited us to dinner at their farm and let our girls try their hands at milking a cow! Great, great state filled with great, great people! And OMG the beer!

Planning a repeat trip in 2026, only this time with my Mini 4 Pro. I'm gonna wear a shirt saying, ".....Sweet Dreams are Made of Cheese; Who am I to dis a Brie...."
And we keep all the Spotted Cow for ourselves LOL. They have not sold it outside of Wisconsin (as of yet anyways). Just about Every eating place in the state serves spotted cow. It is almost a kind of a joke around here. I'm located 30 miles north of Milwaukee. On your return trip if you get near Milwaukee there is a pretty fun brewery called lakefront with a fun tour and of course samples. We've done that tour many times. We've done the tour at New Glarus a couple of times also. Be sure to try a limburger cheese sandwich on next trip also. It's got a funky smell to it, but I think it tastes good.
 
Welcome from the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, USA. We have a Member's Map in the Upper Right of the Title Bar. Click on "Members" and then Click on "Member's Map…" Check it out and you might find some new flying friends.


I am sorry to say, I do not believe your batteries are in Hibernation Mode. I believe your batteries are Smart Batteries and for the chips to work onboard the batteries, they must have some internal power (as in not completely dead…). The chips cannot use external power to activate the recharge cycle…

If you search the archives, I believe you will get the information you need, but you just might have to buy new batteries to get your bird flying again…

As a Returning Drone Pilot, there are a couple of Legal Things you may need to do…

If you have not already done so, you will need to get your TRUST Certificate. You can get that at the Pilot Institute Web Site (FREE…). Your Drone weighs more than 250-grams (0.55 pounds), and even while you are flying under The Exception for Recreational Flyers, you are required to register your Drone.

Link to the TRUST Certificate at the Pilot Institute Web Site (FREE…)


Link to the FAADroneZone (Optional Registration for Drones under 250-Grams…)


If you are considering acquiring your Part 107 License, here is a link to get you going…


Since you live in Wisconsin, there are specific laws and rules for you to follow, please check the link below for all the Rules and Laws that are in effect in your neck of the woods and it also links you to some of the Best Places to Fly in your area… Also, if you travel on vacation, visit friends, and relatives in other parts of the country, check back here so you do not run afoul of the law.


Even though you have flown Drones before, here is some Good Old Fashion Advice that you might have forgotten…

You paid a lot of money for that Drone, put your phone number on it. If your drone gets lost or stuck in a tree and it finally comes down when you are not around, give the finders an opportunity to contact you so it can be returned.

Now, for the Fun Part, But do not let the excitement of the moment get the best of you. When you are going out to fly, do it slowly and deliberately. Get used to a set procedure and even practice it.

There are so many things I could write but these are the highlights that I feel need mentioning.

Plug in your phone/tablet into your controller; turn on the Controller and DJI Fly App (if it does not start on its own…). On the Drone, open the front legs, then open the back legs, then remove the Gimbal Cover.

The Gimbal is the most delicate item on the Drone and banging or bumping can damage it. I also fastened a short "Remove Before Flight" ribbon to the cover so it's more noticeable and I do not forget to remove it…

Turn on the drone and watch it come to "life." Watching the Gimbal go through its self-check is almost like watching a puppy or kitten opening its eyes for the first time…

Place the drone down (preferably on a Landing Pad) while it finishes its self-test (collecting satellites, etc…).

Check your battery status (Phone, Drone, and Controller), check the Signal Strength, by now the Controller should have reported it updated the Home Point.

Lift off, 6- feet (2-meters) or so, hover a bit, check the controls (move the drone a bit forward, back, left, right, yaw left and right). By now, your Controller will probably report again, Home point Updated.

If you go out in a rush and race thru your start up and take off before the drone has finished it prep, it may update its Home Point over that pond or that old tree you are flying over and in your excitement, you'll fly the drone long past it Low Battery point and when it engages Return to Home and lands in the pond or in a tree; it will be all on you…

Now go have fun, learn to fly the drone by sight before you try to fly it out a distance depending on the video feed, FPV.

I would also advise you to use YouTube and watch a lot of the Videos on flying and setting up the Drone. When it is too dark, too cold, or too wet, you can "fly it vicariously" through YouTube. Also watch some of the Blooper Drone Videos and learn how not to fly your "New Baby."

Below is the link to all of the downloads offered by DJI for the Mavic Pro, including the User Manual.

After you read the Manual, read it again, you will be surprised what you missed the first time and you will be better prepared for that first "scary moment…"


Fly On and Fly Safe…
Thanks for all that info. It's been so long since I've flown it that it is like starting from scratch and that is how I'm approaching it. I'm in no rush to get back into the air, besides it's 19'F outside right now, so I'm not even leaving the house right now. As far as the batteries, I couldn't believe they still has some power and will light one LED but won't charge. I'm going to try resetting the flags with a cp2112 board and see what happens. New batteries are not in my budget right now.
 
Just joined Mavic pilots a few days ago. I've had an original Mavic pro since it first came out. Haven't flown it in years.
I joined this group because I needed some software to reset my batteries, which have gone into hibernate mode.
I do not have many flights to my record but the few I did have been great.
Thanks in advance for any help you folks can provide

Terry Kohlman
S.E. Wisconsin
Welcome,as I live in Wisconsin myself,central part just a few miles from the Lake.
 
It's been so long since I've flown it that it is like starting from scratch and that is how I'm approaching it
As I wrote previously about charging old batteries, but if the batteries still light one light then I would imagine that the smart feature would function. It's beyond me now…

I entered "charging old mavic pro batteries" in to the search function and a lot of old postings came up from members who also might have had your same problem.

As you wrote, it's cold outside and most of the TV networks are only showing re-runs, so it's a good time to get a cup of your favorite beverage (for me it's hot coffee, two sugars, a bit of half & half, and a couple of biscotti [a twice baked cookie/cake that is hard and had chocolate on one side…]) cookies, and read a bunch of the archived postings. You can also check out some YouTube videos on setting up the Fly App again since it has been so long.

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Good Luck and I hope it all works out for you!
 
As I wrote previously about charging old batteries, but if the batteries still light one light then I would imagine that the smart feature would function. It's beyond me now…

I entered "charging old mavic pro batteries" in to the search function and a lot of old postings came up from members who also might have had your same problem.

As you wrote, it's cold outside and most of the TV networks are only showing re-runs, so it's a good time to get a cup of your favorite beverage (for me it's hot coffee, two sugars, a bit of half & half, and a couple of biscotti [a twice baked cookie/cake that is hard and had chocolate on one side…]) cookies, and read a bunch of the archived postings. You can also check out some YouTube videos on setting up the Fly App again since it has been so long.

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Good Luck and I hope it all works out for you!
I'm going to do a lot more research before attempting the battery flag reset. I don't want to burn the house down, That would make for a bad day. I'm also going to get a steel ammo can from wally mart and modify it with a few vent holes, just in case one of them goes nuclear. That is the only thing that scares me right now. If the batteries won't reset then I may just sell off the whole drone and controller to someone who still has working batteries. When it comes to Li-Po's I don't trust anything from Aliexpress and the other vendors like them, and it would appear that DJI no longer sells them (Thanks DJI for that)
 
I'm going to do a lot more research before attempting the battery flag reset. I don't want to burn the house down, That would make for a bad day. I'm also going to get a steel ammo can from wally mart and modify it with a few vent holes, just in case one of them goes nuclear. That is the only thing that scares me right now. If the batteries won't reset then I may just sell off the whole drone and controller to someone who still has working batteries. When it comes to Li-Po's I don't trust anything from Aliexpress and the other vendors like them, and it would appear that DJI no longer sells them (Thanks DJI for that)
A steel ammo can is a good plan. Make sure to take out the rubber seal first or you will not be happy if the battery fires off.
Another (more expensive) possibility is a Batt Safe. BAT SAFE LLC | battery safety | Carrollton, TX, USA
Good luck. I hope you revive the battery. I have the same issue with an M2Pro battery. Still massaging it. 😬
 

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