Will my Samsung s7 work with the mavic pro?

gixxerbill · Dec 27, 2016

My mavic is on the way and I have been stressing from reading threads about the s7 rebooting while the mavic is flying. Does Samsung have that fixed yet? If now can I use an old s4 that does not have service through sprint?

Charles · Dec 27, 2016

Mine works great with both DJI Go 4 and Litche

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Kilrah · Dec 27, 2016

Some have issues, some don't. I usually don't fly with mine as I have a dedicated device but the couple of times I did I had no issues.

S4 would probably be a bit too slow to run the app smoothly.

james_mav · Dec 27, 2016

gixxerbill said:
My mavic is on the way and I have been stressing from reading threads about the s7 rebooting while the mavic is flying. Does Samsung have that fixed yet? If now can I use an old s4 that does not have service through sprint?

As time goes on the platform gets more stable. I think most of the problems you see are those trying to use devices with limited power so I'd go with the s7.

HeliFreak · Dec 27, 2016

I beleive it's the S7 EDGE that has issues. Regular S7's should work fine.

gixxerbill · Dec 27, 2016

thanks guys! just stick it in airplane mode right?

Robert Mitchell · Dec 27, 2016

I use a Galaxy S4 with no issues whatsoever.

Flurginator · Dec 27, 2016

I have a S7 Edge and have used it with no problems. Turn off fast charging is something I have read to stop crashing the app.

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mcashatt01 · Jan 12, 2017

Something that no one mentions is what carrier their S7 is on. I wonder if this could be the reason for the inconsistent reports. For the record I'm on Verizon. Just ordered the Mavic 2 days ago so I'll have to wait and see. Strongly considering getting an iPad mini 2 on ebay just in case I'm one of the unlucky ones.

kydroneman · Jan 12, 2017

gixxerbill said:
My mavic is on the way and I have been stressing from reading threads about the s7 rebooting while the mavic is flying. Does Samsung have that fixed yet? If now can I use an old s4 that does not have service through sprint?

I use an s7 from sprint and so far no problems but I have heard of cases where people with the s7 edge are having some issues. a lot of times it is carrier dependent because some phones are more rootable than others and that might be part of it. I never root my phone anymore.

kydroneman · Jan 12, 2017

gixxerbill said:
My mavic is on the way and I have been stressing from reading threads about the s7 rebooting while the mavic is flying. Does Samsung have that fixed yet? If now can I use an old s4 that does not have service through sprint?

turn off bluetooth and wi-fi also.

lotek · Jan 12, 2017

HeliFreak said:
I beleive it's the S7 EDGE that has issues. Regular S7's should work fine.

FWIW I use an S7 edge. Only issue is hitting that little X in the upper right corner if I snap it in too close to the controller.

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OCsurfer411 · Jan 12, 2017

I use a S7. No problems.

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Andart · Jan 14, 2017

I'm a bit OCD and love things too be neat , so I used to get my s7edge as close to RC as possible , but then could not touch the settings tab once connected . So now I have to leave say about 5mm away .
Now personally I have had zero problems with using the s7edge except my phone drawing power from the RC .
I'm in uk so the only difference is the bands used for g4 conection so maybe that might be an issue .
Now what about some advise , like I said I have no problem but I see the commonsense in turning off Bluetooth but what dose airplane mode actually do , also some one suggested turning off wifi but dosnt the app use wifi for maps .
The best thing I like is I connect phone then the moment I turn on RC the app opens on its own so I don't need to access the buttons on the phone .wish you all the best . Happy flying

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Flamefist · Jan 14, 2017

Here is S7 Edge and i have bluetooth and network allways on, never airplane mode. Problems: 0.

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gingercookie · Jan 14, 2017

I fly with my s7e + DJI Go 4. No issue

Robert Granata · Jan 14, 2017

I have an S7 and an 8" Tab 4 from ATT and use both about equally. I don't turn anything off (bluetooth, wifi, etc), but I do force all apps to close before connecting. I have 89 flights since I got it (2 weeks ago) and the only software crash was once with Litchi. Fortunately it was near the end of a waypoint mission and the bird just finished it up and came home. Of course the controller kept working, so there was never any real problem and by the time it was coming home I had the app restarted and connected. I use GO4 probably twice as much as Litchi and GO4 has never crashed on me. I uninstalled GO because I never use it.

Sjez · Feb 28, 2017

This is encouraging news. There are many reports indicating problems.
I'm curious as to whether the S7 issues affect the US model rather than the European/ Australian build.

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