ive tried refreshing the firmware through the app twice more, did the whole power cycle thing, even tried it on a different phone. same result every time. the motors sound fine when they spin up so i dont think its a hardware issue but who knows at this point

checked the dji forums and saw a few people with similar issues after this specific update but no actual solutions posted yet. has anyone dealt with this or know if dji has a way to do a full firmware rollback because i cant find that anywhere on their site

like yeah the mission hub on the browser is nice and the conditional actions thing is cool but the interface feels clunky to me compared to litchi which i can just knock out a mission on my phone pretty fast. also noticed dronelink was eating my battery on my phone noticeably faster during the mission which is annoying when youre already managing a bunch of things

anyone else switch over and actually feel like it was worth the learning curve? or am i just not using it right. genuinely asking because i dont want to write it off if theres something im missing

the controller connects fine and shows up in the app but the drone itself just isnt being recognized. did the update through the app which i know some people say is asking for trouble but ive done it that way like 6 times before with no problems so i didnt think much of it

anyone seen this before, is there a way to force a firmware refresh without it being recognized? or am i looking at sending it in

main thing i care about is waypoint missions with consistent altitude holding over uneven terrain, litchi does the follow terrain thing but honestly it feels like it calculates it kind of weirdly sometimes, had a mission last fall where it wanted to drop altitude into a hillside which was fun to catch before i hit start

also curious if dronelink handles the mavic 3 better, litchi support for it felt like it took forever to come through and some features still feel half baked. not complaining just... wondering if the grass is greener. anyone actually use both?

at first i thought maybe i was doing something wrong in post but ive been grading D-Log M footage for like 8 months so i know what it should look like going into resolve. pulled up some old clips and yeah, the new stuff looks completely different even before i touch anything. tried resetting camera settings, didnt help. anyone else seeing this or is it just me

also unrelated but does anyone know if there's a way to roll back firmware on the RC2 specifically, i know you can sometimes do it with older controllers but the RC2 seems locked down

litchi has been mostly solid but there was this one firmware update a few months back (i think it was around the mini 4 pro rollout) where everything just broke for like 2 weeks and i couldnt fly a single automated mission. had to postpone a job. that kind of thing makes me nervous about being locked into one platform.

does dronelink handle DJI's sdk restrictions any better or is it the same situation where whenever DJI pushes something out you're just sitting there hoping the devs catch up fast enough

ive tried holding the power button for 15 seconds, tried the power + return to home button combo i found on some reddit post, nothing. the screen just sits there. it was on the most recent update before this one and everything was working perfectly.

anyone else hit this? im supposed to fly this weekend for a gig and im kind of freaking out a bit. already submitted a ticket to DJI but we all know how that goes. wondering if theres a manual reflash option somewhere that i dont know about

been hearing good things about dronelink but honestly the interface looks intimidating from the youtube videos ive seen. is the learning curve actually that bad or does it click after a few hours? mainly fly a mini 3 pro and an older mavic 2 pro, doing mostly survey-adjacent stuff for a nonprofit i volunteer with ? nothing super precise but we need reliable repeated flight paths.

also wondering if anyone uses the cloud sync features or if thats mostly for people with bigger operations

tried holding the power button combos i found online, tried the force restart thing where you hold power for like 9 seconds, nothing. DJI fly on my phone doesnt even recognize it when i plug it in via usb-c. i have a shoot tomorrow afternoon which is looking increasingly sketchy right now lol. anyone dealt with this or know if theres a way to flash it manually without going through the app

the thing that actually has me considering switching is litchi hasnt had a meaningful update in forever and i genuinely dont know if its still being actively developed or if the devs just kind of abandoned it. the app still works but you get that feeling you know? like when software stops getting updates and you start wondering how long before something breaks after a firmware update.

has anyone actually switched from one to the other and noticed a real difference in the mission output? not looking for the feature comparison chart stuff i can google that, more like actual day to day experience with both

ive tried re-pairing the RC2, cleared the cache on the fly app, even did a full refresh of the firmware through DJI assistant 2 on my laptop. still doing it. hasnt caused any actual incidents yet but i came pretty close to a tree yesterday because i just assumed the settings stuck and they didnt

anyone else seeing this or am i just doing something wrong with the settings save process? genuinely cant tell if this is a firmware bug or something with my specific unit

my main use case is long linear surveys, power lines and roads mostly, so i need reliable waypoint following and decent gimbal control along the path. Litchi handles this ok but the mission hub interface feels kinda dated and ive had it glitch out on me a couple times mid-import which is annoying when youre trying to prep in the field

not really looking to spend another subscription fee if dronelink doesnt actually offer much more but if the mission editor is meaningfully better id consider it. running a mini 3 pro btw if that matters for compatibility

i have it set to 80 because of the trees around my usual spot and 30 would absolutely put it into a pine tree on the way home. caught it before takeoff obviously but still. checked all my other settings and a few other things got reset too, obstacle avoidance sensitivity was back to default and i think my video format flipped back to mp4 from mov

is this a known thing with this update or did something just go weird with my specific install? kind of annoyed because i always double check before flying but this is the kind of thing that could actually cause a crash if you dont notice

i mostly do mapping passes and some orbit shots for real estate stuff, nothing crazy. litchi has been rock solid for me on my mini 3 pro but i did have that one time it just dumped the mission halfway through and i lost like 20 minutes of flight time re-doing the grid. not sure if that was litchi or just a connection blip honestly

anyone who's actually used both for a while have an opinion? not looking for the youtube comparison videos, those all feel like sponsored garbage

havent found a clear answer on whether theres a recovery mode for the rc2 specifically. the stuff i found on reddit is all about older controllers. anyone dealt with this or know if dji support is actually useful here or just gonna tell me to send it in

main thing i care about is being able to plan missions on desktop, push them to the aircraft reliably, and have some decent camera control during the mission. also fly a mix of mini 3 pro and mavic 3 classic so compatibility matters. anyone actually made the switch or use both? is dronelink actually that much better or is it just the newer shiny thing

ive tried rolling back my LUTs and grading from scratch in Resolve and still seeing it. also tried a different editing machine thinking it was a display calibration thing but nope, export it and its still there. its not terrible but its the kind of thing you notice once you see it and then you cant unsee it.

has anyone else seen this or am i just going crazy. wondering if i should roll back firmware but i cant remember if the Air 3 even lets you do that easily

main thing i do is survey work on farms, nothing crazy, just orthomosaic stuff mostly. does Dronelink handle terrain following better than Litchi? i feel like Litchi's terrain mode is okay but sometimes on rolling fields it feels like it just kinda guesses. also not sure if the DJI SDK limitations changed anything recently with the newer firmware on the Mini 3

any experience comparing the two would be genuinely useful, especially if youve used both for actual work not just messing around

also and this might be unrelated but my controller connection seems flaky now, getting occasional signal drops in situations where i never had them before. same flying spot i always use.

tried restarting everything multiple times, refreshed the firmware on the RC2 as well. not sure if i should just wait and see if DJI patches it or if theres something i should actually be doing. kinda nervous to fly a real job with it acting like this.

my main gripe with Litchi lately is the waypoint altitude behavior when the terrain changes ? it just doesnt handle slope transitions as smoothly as id like and ive had a couple shots that were basically unusable because the bird was too low coming over a ridge. terrain following is supposed to work but i feel like it lags or something.

anyway curious if anyone has actually made the switch or uses both. is Dronelink worth the subscription cost on top of everything else we're already paying for. also does it work offline because some of the fields i fly are basically dead zones for data.

the thing that pushed me toward resolve was the color page obviously but i keep running into issues with the noise reduction being really slow on my machine (ryzen 7, rx 6700 xt) even with GPU acceleration turned on. premiere feels snappier but the lumetri color stuff just doesnt feel as good for d-log grading, like i always feel like im fighting it a bit. anyone settled on one or the other for drone footage specifically or is this just one of those forever debates

the thing that bugs me about litchi is the waypoint altitude stuff when you're flying in terrain that changes a lot ? like i do a lot of work around hillsides and sometimes the follow terrain option does weird things near ridgelines. does dronelink handle that better or is it the same kind of issue. also curious if anyone's had problems with either app after the DJI firmware updates last fall because litchi had that weird period where focus track was basically broken.

checked the app settings and everything still shows 50m. flew three times since the update and each time it just feels like its going higher than it should before turning back. could be placebo but i dont think so, my buddy who was watching said the same thing without me saying anything first.

anyone else notice anything with RTH after this update or am i losing my mind here

main thing i do is automated waypoints for mapping, sometimes photogrammetry stuff for small construction sites, nothing crazy. i fly a Mini 3 Pro mostly and occasionally borrow a Mavic 3 Classic. Litchi works fine but the UI feels pretty dated at this point and the waypoint interpolation sometimes does weird things on tighter turns.

has anyone actually used both and made a switch either direction? curious if Dronelink handles curved segments better or if its just a lateral move with a different UI coat of paint

rolled back using the DJI assistant 2 on my laptop and it seemed to apply but the fly app keeps prompting me to update again and im not sure if the rollback actually worked or if it just thinks its on old firmware. anyone else seeing this after.0700 or is my unit just cursed. really dont want to send it in right now