Now What !!!

Knight48 · May 27, 2020

I buy $1000 drone and now I need a tablet or something because my iPhone 7 Plus screen went dark on me a couple of times. I guess the CPU isn’t strong enough.
Question is, do you think the iPad mini 5 will do the trick or ?
OR just send this back and get the Mavic two, after all I’m going to be close to the same price anyway.
What a ( Mod Removed)calamity man...

gottahavit · May 27, 2020

The apps keep updating and the device requirements go up with them, if you buy a drone that runs on your current phone your'e going to be upgrading your phone in the near future anyway. So if you spend the 5-700 on mavic 2 plan to buy a new phone or tablet soon regardless. I don't use apple but everything I've read says the Ipad mini 5 works fine. I'm running the Fly app on a 4+ year old android tablet, but don't expect it work forever.

Knight48 · May 27, 2020

Yeh I hear ya ..
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gottahavit · May 27, 2020

used phones and tablets are pretty cheap especially if you don't mind B grade since it's for flying and is going to get tossed around anyway.

skipperbrown · May 27, 2020

I am running a 6 plus and I'm not having any issues with my phone and my air2. I did have some issues with cpu overload but that was fixed by turning off caching.

Knight48 · May 27, 2020

And no screen getting Dark on you !

RockRZR · May 27, 2020

I run 6s plus with zero issues.

Knight48 · May 28, 2020

Rock, Skipper,
Have you flown in 85-90 degree temps yet ?
I’m in Fla so maybe the black phone just got to hot’. I don’t know at this point .

ven · May 28, 2020

I have been using an iPhone 6s Plus(daughters old phone) without issue on the air 2. I originally used my pro max but don’t fancy it sat on there in case I drop it! I would maybe try reloading the app and do updates again (if not already).

ven · May 28, 2020

Too add if heat is an issue, maybe a sunscreen would help there. The iPhone 6s does get warm, that I did notice(not hot). But I am sure it use to anyway being an older battery etc.

boblui · May 28, 2020

very dim or completely black ? if it's the former, heat is the cause. It has happened to my iphone 11 pro.

If it's the latter, there may be some software problem. Try killing all other apps or turning off cache like suggested above.

InvisibleName · May 28, 2020

Knight48 said:
I buy $1000 drone and now I need a tablet or something because my iPhone 7 Plus screen went dark on me a couple of times. I guess the CPU isn’t strong enough.
Question is, do you think the iPad mini 5 will do the trick or ?
OR just send this back and get the Mavic two, after all I’m going to be close to the same price anyway.
What a ( Mod Removed)calamity man...

Have you tried deleting & reinstalling the Fly app?

gb160 · May 28, 2020

App works perfectly on my iPhone 7 Plus.

Wild Wayne · May 28, 2020

gb160 said:
App works perfectly on my iPhone 7 Plus.

Same...

StubbornSwiss · May 28, 2020

Just to add my voice......

I've been flying the MA2 so far with just my 6s Plus. Only issue I've noticed so far is it does tend to get warmer/hotter than usual (I understand this could be due to filming in 4k 60fps. I don't know).

As an aside, I do have an iPad Mini 5 arriving tomorrow, and we'll see how that works.

Laborous · May 28, 2020

I use a Mini 5 with a sunshade for my MM and MA2 and it works great!

skipperbrown · May 28, 2020

Knight48 said:
Rock, Skipper,
Have you flown in 85-90 degree temps yet ?
I’m in Fla so maybe the black phone just got to hot’. I don’t know at this point .

85 for sure. I'm in the FL panhandle.

heisnuts · May 28, 2020

With all of these posts about devices having problems, I wonder if switching over to DJI's Smart Controller is the answer.... Once the update comes that allows this that is.....

GlenM · May 28, 2020

Knight48 said:
I buy $1000 drone and now I need a tablet or something because my iPhone 7 Plus screen went dark on me a couple of times. I guess the CPU isn’t strong enough.
Question is, do you think the iPad mini 5 will do the trick or ?
OR just send this back and get the Mavic two, after all I’m going to be close to the same price anyway.
What a ( Mod Removed)calamity man...

I have a 6s Plus, no sim, that works great on all DJI drones....

snapdog · May 28, 2020

Started with my iPhone 11 Pro, but wanted a better view. Fly with an iPad Mini 5. Amazing clarity, and the DJI Fly app screen now provides the important data (battery level, etc.) in the black above the flight view. Typically cost $399, not cheap, but a huge jump in clarity.