Updating firmware for the Action

Prmath · May 21, 2019

does it have to be done via a Micro SD card? Instructions lead you to believe it is also possible via just WI-FI .....

ff22 · May 21, 2019

Prmath said:
does it have to be done via a Micro SD card? Instructions lead you to believe it is also possible via just WI-FI .....

Wifi worked for me (unless it is bluetooth - they ask for BT pairing). But it will ask for an sd-card if one is not already inserted. After the fact, I found the xxxx.bin file on the sd-card. So it downloads to the card and goes from there.

Prmath · May 21, 2019

Prmath said:
does it have to be done via a Micro SD card? Instructions lead you to believe it is also possible via just WI-FI .....

Ok, I need a micro SD card and a rather fast one to do the firmware upgrade

Prmath · May 21, 2019

ff22 said:
Wifi worked for me (unless it is bluetooth - they ask for BT pairing). But it will ask for an sd-card if one is not already inserted. After the fact, I found the xxxx.bin file on the sd-card. So it downloads to the card and goes from there.

Thanks for the help

ff22 · May 21, 2019

Prmath said:
Ok, I need a micro SD card and a rather fast one to do the firmware upgrade

Well, since the camera does not appear to have any internal storage, you will need a FAST sd-card to record any video in any event.

Just got a reply on the DJI forum. His comment was that BT does not have the bandwidth to download upgrade files and so it uses wifi. But now that I think about it, I don't recall it asking for my wifi password????? Interesting.