Question about RID on my Mini 5 Pro

guzewski · Wednesday at 7:36 PM

I'm planning to fly my Mini 5 Pro in the UK this summer, so I went and got the required Flyer ID and Operator ID from the CAA website. On my CAA account there's some info about my remote ID number. Well and good.

However, in spite of having aircraft and controller FW updated, there is no Remote ID in the drone settings. Many places refer to a setting under Safety, but my Mini 5 Pro does not have that. It's just not there.

This is a screen cap from a YouTube video showing the Remote ID setting, which is missing on my drone.

So what do other Mini 5 Pro owners do about this? I'd love to know.

mavic3usa · Wednesday at 7:43 PM

In the US, the RID is the drone's serial number which begins with something like 1581F9DEC....

Droning on and on... · Wednesday at 9:22 PM

The RID is the aircraft serial no.

guzewski · Wednesday at 9:38 PM

mavic3usa said:
In the US, the RID is the drone's serial number which begins with something like 1581F9DEC....

OK... so does my Mini 5 Pro broadcast this automatically? And if so, what is the purpose of the Remote ID setting on the drone? (the setting that I don't have)

mavic3usa · Wednesday at 10:42 PM

guzewski said:
OK... so does my Mini 5 Pro broadcast this automatically? And if so, what is the purpose of the Remote ID setting on the drone? (the setting that I don't have)

I'm not the experts on M5P RID but perhaps you can start here and decide if any of it applies to non-US locations:

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Mini 5 Pro is Broadcasting RID with ALL Batteries, Including the Mini 5 Pro Standard Battery

Oct 12, 2025

Mini 5 Pro is Broadcasting RID with ALL Batteries in the U.S., Including the Mini 5 Pro Standard Battery

DJI is claiming they know nothing about this, and claims that any Mini 5 Pro that is broadcasting RID with the Standard battery in the U.S. must be defective!

Yet, we know, from everyone that knows how to properly test for RID, that it is still broadcasting RID with the standard battery in the U.S..

Is there anyone who owns a Mini 5 Pro in the U.S., who has both Plus and Standard batteries, who can detect RID with the Plus battery but not with the...

GadgetGuy · Wednesday at 11:58 PM

guzewski said:
OK... so does my Mini 5 Pro broadcast this automatically? And if so, what is the purpose of the Remote ID setting on the drone? (the setting that I don't have)

Exceptions: Drones purchased before 1 January 2026 are generally exempt until 2028, allowing a transition period in the UK.

Canada does not mandate RID which is why the field is blank for you.
The UK started requiring RID January 1, 2026 with a phased in approach.
The Mini 5 Pro is fully capable of broadcasting RID and does broadcast it in the U.S. no matter which battery is used.

It is still unclear whether the Mini 5 Pro now broadcasts RID worldwide, regardless of whether it is required in the country in which it is being flown, or whether it only selectively broadcasts in countries that require it, based off GPS, and local requirements. I strongly suspect the latter.

In any event, your drone purchased prior to this year is exempt from the requirement to broadcast RID in the UK, but might still broadcast it anyway, as the height limit has been reduced to 120m and speed limits have been imposed by a Trojan Horse that was embedded in a prior FW update with an effective date of January 1, 2026, even without an internet connection in the UK.

There is no user controlled RID setting. It is either displayed or not, based off the GPS location. Yours is not displayed because you are in Canada now. When you are in the UK, it will most likely be displayed, and probably broadcast, but is not yet legally required.

BossBob · Thursday at 3:11 AM

RID on a mini 5 pro in the UK won’t be needed until it becomes mandatory for all UAV’s in 2028. DJI will enable the software by using their notorious back door methods and gps location.

GadgetGuy · Thursday at 3:54 AM

BossBob said:
RID on a mini 5 pro in the UK won’t be needed until it becomes mandatory for all UAV’s in 2028. DJI will enable the software by using their notorious back door methods and gps location.

It won't be needed on an already purchased Mini 5 Pro from 2025, but DJI has likely already activated RID in the UK on the Mini 5 Pro, regardless of whether the drone was purchased before January 1, 2026 because RID is now required of all Mini 5 Pro's purchased after January 1, 2026, and they needed to update the FW to enable it.

Droning on and on... · Thursday at 11:48 AM

GadgetGuy said:
...but might still broadcast it anyway, [...] speed limits have been imposed by a Trojan Horse that was embedded in a prior FW update

Whazzat?!? Do tell, haven't heard about this.

Droning on and on... · Thursday at 11:49 AM

BossBob said:
RID on a mini 5 pro in the UK won’t be needed until it becomes mandatory for all UAV’s in 2028. DJI will enable the software by using their notorious back door methods and gps location.

The code to do it may (probably) already be there, simply waiting on the date.

BossBob · Thursday at 12:06 PM

Droning on and on... said:
The code to do it may (probably) already be there, simply waiting on the date.

That is what I think too.

GadgetGuy · 2026-01-24T00:45:32-0500

Droning on and on... said:
Whazzat?!? Do tell, haven't heard about this.

GadgetGuy · 2026-01-24T00:49:59-0500

BossBob said:
That is what I think too.

It most certainly was date triggered, which is alarming, because who knows what other Trojan Horses are already in existing FW, waiting to be triggered at a future date!

BossBob · 2026-01-24T03:13:11-0500

GadgetGuy said:
It most certainly was date triggered, which is alarming, because who knows what other Trojan Horses are already in existing FW, waiting to be triggered at a future date!

DJI, just the same now as they were in 2017. And they wonder why big government doesn’t trust them.

GadgetGuy · 2026-01-24T23:17:07-0500

BossBob said:
DJI, just the same now as they were in 2017. And they wonder why big government doesn’t trust them.

Indeed. And why we shouldn’t trust them either. Like when GEO was secretly and suddenly converted from always optional to mandatory, by simply removing the toggle to disable GEO in the app in a FW update, but they deliberately did not disclose it in the release notes.

DJI still makes the best drones and cameras, but beware of all FW updates. They are often Trojan Horses with undisclosed payloads, potentially as bad as the Hezbollah pagers!

Felix le Chat · 2026-01-25T03:33:07-0500

Droning on and on... said:
The RID is the aircraft serial no.

The UK RID identification is not the drone serial number. It is the users CAA registration code with a user-unique alpha-numeric suffix.

i.e: GBRRTTYDFGHQALE8-s2r (not a real GBR-OP... example only).

Drones manufactured before Jan. 2026 have until Dec 31st 2027 before they're mandated to broadcast RID.

GadgetGuy · 2026-01-25T04:46:11-0500

Felix le Chat said:
The UK RID identification is not the drone serial number. It is the users CAA registration code with a user-unique alpha-numeric suffix.

i.e: GBRRTTYDFGHQALE8-s2r (not a real GBR-OP... example only).

Drones manufactured before Jan. 2026 have until Dec 31st 2027 before they're mandated to broadcast RID.

Manufactured, or purchased before January 1, 2026?
Big difference.
Which is it?
If it is phrased as "manufactured before", if it complies, it can still be purchased any time after January 1, 2026 but before Dec 31, 2027 and not broadcast until Dec 31, 2027.
However, if it is phrased as "purchased" before January 1, 2026, regardless of manufacturing date, it must broadcast RID now, if purchased after January 1, 2026.

Felix le Chat · 2026-01-25T06:07:31-0500

From Jan 1st '26, all new mini drones sold in the UK have to show the 'UK0' mark (larger drones: UK1, 2, etc.)

Anything without the UK code is classed as 'legacy' and has to be flown in accordance with A3 rules... apparently irrespective of MTOM.

It's even unclear whether currently available EU C class marked drones will be given equal status, or lumped into the legacy drone category as well.

So far, the CAA is refusing to give straight answers to straight questions.

Felix le Chat · 2026-01-25T06:20:27-0500

GadgetGuy said:
It most certainly was date triggered, which is alarming, because who knows what other Trojan Horses are already in existing FW, waiting to be triggered at a future date!

Thinking about this comment - I'm wondering if this alteration was funnelled into the FLY app via the auto updates: there are two - one for "auto-update firmware" and another separate one listed as "update model" that adds a code packet to the app. Both are turned off on all screen devices I use, maybe that's why the upper figure on my mini 3's alt. slider still reads "500"

GadgetGuy · 2026-01-25T06:31:37-0500

Felix le Chat said:
Thinking about this comment - I'm wondering if this alteration was funnelled into the FLY app via the auto updates: there are two - one for "auto-update firmware" and another separate one listed as "update model" that adds a code packet to the app. Both are turned off on all screen devices I use, maybe that's why the upper figure on my mini's alt. slider still reads "500"

Enabling auto updates is definitely a bad idea, and could explain a change if the default was on, but this was reported to have taken place without any FW update, including any auto updates, which would have been apparent had the FW version number changed.

My guess is that your FW version is the one before the Trojan Horse version that had the date trigger in it.

The update model is definitely another possibility, which should also be kept off. Maybe that is the hidden way of making RC changes that then are written to the aircraft model, especially because no one is keeping track of that version number, as it is a new little understood auto updates option.

What version numbers do you have installed for the FW and Update Model?