New DJI Air deletes saved waypoint flights

[hedbonker]

Just as a heads up - After I updated to the new version of DJI Fly (1.17) yesterday it deleted my saved waypoint flights. I am sure it's related to the cloud save for the waypoint flights that is not available in the US yet (if ever).

 

[GFields]

That's not good. I have saved several waypoint missions for several construction sites. That would really make my blood boil.

 

[hedbonker]

Tell me about it - I got to my construction site this AM and had to rebuild my progress mission from scratch. I was not pleased. According to my research there is no way to back up the waypoint missions at this time.

 

[GFields]

Tell me about it - I got to my construction site this AM and had to rebuild my progress mission from scratch. I was not pleased. According to my research there is no way to back up the waypoint missions at this time.

Going to try backing mine up.

I watched this but haven't tried it yet

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[hedbonker]

In case it helps anyone, I took a log file from a previous run of my way point mission and converted it to a GPX file and took that into Google Earth Pro. Then I went to the Fly app and loaded up my re-created version of the deleted way point mission and set the map to the main display and set the satellite layer active and then adjusted my way points in the plan to match the old log file's version so it should be very close to the original.

Going to try backing mine up.

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That guy covers Android - not that it matters. Restoring the way point mission will be the real trick. DJI's system uses SQLLite to manage all of it's data. If you take the way point files and just copy them back, they will not show up in the application. You will have to create records in the SQLLite DB that is stored on your mobile device running Fly so that the app has a reference to the files. Good luck with that

 

[Yaros]

You will have to create records in the SQLLite DB that is stored on your mobile device running Fly so that the app has a reference to the files.

Any idea where that is stored exactly, is it accessible without root from USB? Would love to mess with it to integrate into my DJI mapper software!

 

[mobychien]

Yes, after updating the latest firmware all our waypoint flight plans are not accessible! However, if you look into the RC2 internal storage folders at:

This PC\DJI RC 2\Internal shared storage\Android\data\dji.go.v5\files\waypoint

All the waypoint folders are there but are not visible via the RC2 waypoint function.
Here is what I found out: DJI changes one of the namespace
from xmlns:wpml="http://www.dji.com/wpmz/1.0.2 to xmlns:wpml="UAV.com - Your source for the latest news on uninhabited aerial vehicles.
in the latest waypoint wayline markup language -wpml without updating the spec in its Cloud api.
Not sure this is the culprit but,
So far the only way to get back my old waypoint flight plan is to recreate a dummy one, copy and rename the old kmz file over.
This is the only way at this point until DJI gets its act together!

 

[hedbonker]

Any idea where that is stored exactly, is it accessible without root from USB? Would love to mess with it to integrate into my DJI mapper software!

A while back I wanted to transfer a waypoint mission from the iPad to my Phone and there is a thread where I talk about how to do that and where the files are located:

Post in thread 'xfer from iPad to iPhone possible?'

Oct 20, 2024

OK they are indeed using SQLLite. You can get a free browser for it here:

Version 3.13.1 released - DB Browser for SQLite

sqlitebrowser.org

Use that to open the wpmz.sqlite3 in the mission DB folder. Then click on browse data. Using that tool you can insert a new row for a mission you want to add. Very slick! Now I can create missions on the iPad and transfer them to the phone and have it add to the collection of missions I already have stored on the phone by updating the DB and adding the new mission.

• hedbonker

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[hedbonker]

Yes, after updating the latest firmware all our waypoint flight plans are not accessible! However, if you look into the RC2 internal storage folders at:

This PC\DJI RC 2\Internal shared storage\Android\data\dji.go.v5\files\waypoint

All the waypoint folders are there but are not visible via the RC2 waypoint function.
Here is what I found out: DJI changes one of the namespace
from xmlns:wpml="http://www.dji.com/wpmz/1.0.2 to xmlns:wpml="UAV.com - Your source for the latest news on uninhabited aerial vehicles.
in the latest waypoint wayline markup language -wpml without updating the spec in its Cloud api.
Not sure this is the culprit but,
So far the only way to get back my old waypoint flight plan is to recreate a dummy one, copy and rename the old kmz file over.
This is the only way at this point until DJI gets its act together!

Changing that namespace to uav.com seems more like some user level data. Is that a site you frequent? If so, that is probably more related to the xmlns difference than the waypoint missions - but I am just guessing here...

 

[mobychien]

A while back I wanted to transfer a waypoint mission from the iPad to my Phone and there is a thread where I talk about how to do that and where the files are located:

Post in thread 'xfer from iPad to iPhone possible?'

Oct 20, 2024

OK they are indeed using SQLLite. You can get a free browser for it here:

Version 3.13.1 released - DB Browser for SQLite

sqlitebrowser.org

Use that to open the wpmz.sqlite3 in the mission DB folder. Then click on browse data. Using that tool you can insert a new row for a mission you want to add. Very slick! Now I can create missions on the iPad and transfer them to the phone and have it add to the collection of missions I already have stored on the phone by updating the DB and adding the new mission.

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There is no such mission DB folder on the RC2. Am I right?

 

[mobychien]

Changing that namespace to uav.com seems more like some user level data. Is that a site you frequent? If so, that is probably more related to the xmlns difference than the waypoint missions - but I am just guessing here...

I am talking about the waylines.wpml content.
Here is the old wayline.wpml sample lines:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:wpml="http://www.dji.com/wpmz/1.0.2">
<Document>
<wpml:missionConfig>
<wpml:flyToWaylineMode>safely</wpml:flyToWaylineMode>.................................

Now the new waylines.wpml looks like this:

?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:ns1="http://www.uav.com/wpmz/1.0.2">
<Document>
<ns1:missionConfig>
<ns1:flyToWaylineMode>safely</ns1:flyToWaylineMode>
<ns1:finishAction>goHome</ns1:finishAction>..............................................

 

[hedbonker]

There is no such mission DB folder on the RC2. Am I right?

I suspect you are right. The RC2 is an Android based device so that youtube video that GFields referenced might provide some insight for that.

 

[hedbonker]

I am talking about the waylines.wpml content.
Here is the old wayline.wpml sample lines:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:wpml="http://www.dji.com/wpmz/1.0.2">
<Document>
<wpml:missionConfig>
<wpml:flyToWaylineMode>safely</wpml:flyToWaylineMode>.................................

Now the new waylines.wpml looks like this:

?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:ns1="http://www.uav.com/wpmz/1.0.2">
<Document>
<ns1:missionConfig>
<ns1:flyToWaylineMode>safely</ns1:flyToWaylineMode>
<ns1:finishAction>goHome</ns1:finishAction>..............................................

Ahhh ok that makes sense

 

[mobychien]

I suspect you are right. The RC2 is an Android based device so that youtube video that GFields referenced might provide some insight for that.

Please provide the link to this YouTube video.

 

[Mrktn]

1.17.1 is now out for DJI Fly.
Maybe that fixes this issue? I don’t know as I don’t have any waypoints saved.

 

[stevemagg]

Just as a heads up - After I updated to the new version of DJI Fly (1.17) yesterday it deleted my saved waypoint flights. I am sure it's related to the cloud save for the waypoint flights that is not available in the US yet (if ever).

log out of your account in the dji fly app. stay logged out. the app will then repoint to your local waypoints. theres a method for being logged in and seeing waypoints local for us US folks but haven’t done that yet. next dji fly version will have this fixed.

 

[mobychien]

The latest RC2 firmware update 1.17.1 does fix the waypoint flight plan disappearing issue.

 

[hedbonker]

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[stevemagg]

log out of your account in the dji fly app. stay logged out. the app will then repoint to your local waypoints. theres a method for being logged in and seeing waypoints local for us US folks but haven’t done that yet. next dji fly version will have this fixed.

latest 1.17.1 update fixed this for me. RC Pro / Mavic 3

 

[akdrone]

I was excited to get the ability to do even the "baby" waypoints that can be done on my Mav3 but having run into this problem previously, I now have no further interest in even bothering with waypoints as my use was for repeat flights over time. Eventually they just get wiped out. Very disappointing.