Same here! I'm as PO'd as you are! I not only thought it, but also completely relied upon the veracity of the DJI Mini 5 Pro online User Manual published on September 15, 2025 which explicitly stated,That was main reason I bought this was because I thought standard M5P battery would not need RID or reg!Don't need bad actors trying to beam it out of the sky by using drone tracker app because RID is on.
"The aircraft using the Intelligent Flight Battery does not activate Remote ID system."
After I confronted DJI Support about this contradiction, the User Manual was conveniently and quietly updated this last Monday, October 13, 2025, to simply delete this statement, while still not explicitly stating "The aircraft activates RID no matter which battery is used," to prevent anyone else from still falsely assuming that using the standard battery would prevent RID broadcasting. They have now still deliberately left it ambiguous!
DJI's response, "We're sorry."
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