He said we can put the battery in the drone and attach the drone to the computer. I have to figure that out too because I don't know if it is possible.
How are you supposed to update the firmware with a battery that is dead??? I have 2 Mavic Air batteries that are dead, the third in my fly more combo is working fine... I hear similar stories all over - almost sounds as though it were by design... DJI wants you to buy a NEW drone every year or two, just like Apple wants you to buy new iPhone every year or two
Exactly the same, two of my three combo batteries are dead. DJI's answer to me... buy new ones! No chance, if they're so fragile, especially at the insane price they charge.
@@BashaarO.Tarabay I actually reached out to DJI - and after a chat online and some proof of purchase- the created a case and offered to build 2 batteries for me for $170 - no shipping, no tax. They just arrived today. Factory fresh and on the charger. I suggest anyone wanting some new batteries reach out to DJI ASAP.
Sadly DJI no longers makes batteries for the mavic AIR. Any recommendations for reputable sellers of these batteries? Given their lifespan of 2-3 years getting a used, legacy or refurbished battery at nearly the cost of a new mavic mini seems questionable. Sucks that DJI Mavic Air 1 batteries are both proprietary and discontinued. I've had this paperweight drone for over a year just sitting. Can't stomach buying another from DJI after being left out in the cold.
Kind of surprised that you didn't mention battery hibernation, with is the number one reason that batteries won't charge. DJI batteries will go into a hibernation state if they are left uncharged for a long period of time. This is to protect the battery from total discharge. While the issues you mentioned might be a reason, they are probably not the reason if your batteries have been stored for a long time and now won't charge. Also, there's no way to update battery firmware if you can't turn on your drone.
Hey Jeff, thanks for the info. My drone (phantom 3 pro) was stored in a case for a few years. During that time, it may have been subjected to temps from 95F to 15F. They will not charge. No lights or anything. The voltage checked directly from the battery terminals is .003vdc, and the continuity is good. The charger is putting out 17vdc. If my battery is in "hibernation mode", how do I get it out of hibernation mode? Thanks
I had the same issue "To get the battery out of hibernation, you have to charge it directly via the drone for a few hours to reactivate the battery.@@raybone3
Do your batteries seem to be tight when inserting them into your drone? Mine are. They seem to be a little bit "puffy". Mine were also subjected to low temps (around 15F).
Puffy batteries are not a good sign. They might have swollen and could actually start leaking over time. They also can not be revived if they are in this state.
Is this you Andy???😮 I follow your research tips channel and bought your materials, thanks so much for all your insights on writing research papers. I'm trying to fix my drone battery and here you are on my screen.. initially thought UA-cam had a glitch.😂
This is why I am here, waist of time. These are good points but in no use of an actual dead, un chargeable battery. mine was charged when stored and 1 of 3. The other 2 were fine. I have seen where people say that is has discharged too low and all they need is a jump from a separate non smart battery. This has worked before for me but it didn't work this time so I was here looking for a new tip. well off to another video..
Thank you very much I recently got my fpv about 4 months ago and my one battery is only charging 75% or three of the dots so I will look on the health of it and see what I can do now do you have any other suggestions be great again thank you for the time and making this thing so educational
Major screw up on my part. I just got a brand new drone and reading up on instructions on how to use, and first thing it guided me to do was to plug in my batteries to charge them. Well, wouldn't you know it, my cell phone type c charging cable was laying right there so I plugged it in to new drone battery charger and pluged the brand new battery intobit. shortly thereafter I read instructions which urged to use the cable that came with the Drone. unfortunately I could only get flashing lights from that point on.
What this guy doesn't mention is what if the battery is completely dead, even if you connect the drone to the computer if the drone wont power on because of the dead battery you CAN'T update any firmware 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
Thanks for the info. I didn't realise the short life span and the need to avoid leaving batteries uncharged for months so my two batteries (DJI Spark) are dead, I managed to buy a second hand one but DJI no longer sell the Spark battery! (MB1). So the Spark is useless given limited life of batteries and DJI's failure to keep selling replacements.
I have 6 battery for two dji mavic pro platinum. All battery just blinking 1 of light and shut of again when charging. The battery never charge since I bought it about one and half year ago brand new in the box. Cause I use another dji mavic pro for play and learn. Just a week ago I opened the new drones but the battery would not charging. How do I fix it? Thanks.
you cannot update any firmware at all with the battery dead not ony that the firmware already updated with the working battery so with the other 2x batteries that dont work wont work as you know your drone needs to be powered on it wont work at all
Hey guys... I just got my E99 and I ran into a problem. I can't get my lithium batteries to charge. I'm using the li po usb cables it came with. When I plug it in, the red light comes on for less than a minute. And when I leave it to charge for an hour or two, the battery is still not charged when plugged into the drone, whose lights are blinking with low battery signal. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your input...
Thanks heaps for uploading such a useful video. I’ve just got my first drone and I’ve tried to charge the battery for a couple of days. tech support from the company didn’t happen : ( Thanks to you my battery is now charging.
Just got my Spark. the Go4 app says it indeed does need an update. However, my drone was shipped with such a low battery the unit will not power on long enough to connect for the duration of an update. If that's what it needs, how can I nurse it to enough power to update?? thanks, Kevin
thanks for this brief explanation sir. but how do you fix the charging problem after updating firm ware. i have two Mavic pro batteries but only one is not charging.
i just got some "new" batterys from the store, however one of them already was broken, all 4 lights is blinking when i try to charge it up, and acording to the manual fro dji mini2 this is doe to the charger detecting that the battery are damaged. when inspecting the battery i descoverd its production year for all 3 batterys I have gotten with my new drone is 2018!!! meaning they are allready 3-4years old! acording to what you say about age, should I then take all 3 batterys to the store and make them give me 3 new batteryes even thou the charger only say that one of them is dammage? the drone has never been used, as I got it for about one month ago and the first time i tryed to charge i had to give it back to the store as 2 of the batterys had the same problem, they gave me 2 new once ofter a monthe and apparently its the same problem with one of them now.
Ok nice..but as your text say..my battery dont charge..When i put battery in charger, red lamp turn on..the 4 green indicator lights dont light up, only if i have the battery on charger they get on..but few seconds later they turn off..Help, what to do..can i reset battery ?
Unfortunately, at least for the Mini 3 Pro, you cannot update the firmware when you want to, as they have removed the ability to roll back to an older one. So the only way is just sit and wait and hope for a new firmware update to even be able to try that fix.. /:
So lets say I have a dead battery that is not charging, you say put it in the drone.. so I put it in the drone.. It's dead, what does this accomplish, It's not like the drone can hold 2 batteries.
Man, I have been searching far and wide for some good info on these issues, and besides the obvious so-called fixes that rarely work on truly bad batteries there is 0 info. So just for anyone that cannot fix their batteries with the usual tries shown here, the problems with any dead or not charging batteries are 2-fold. First one of the batteries has gone dead and is triggering the lights to flash or do whatever they do to not allow the batteries to get a charge, second thing is the controller on the electronic board has gone the way of the dinosaurs and stopped CONTROLLING. This mostly gives a complete battery. These batteries get hot when charging or using, they are sandwiched together in a 4 pack or so and they transfer heat from one to the other. The batteries are not smart it's the electronic board that is smart until it is not. So, if you have skills open them up and test for shorts on the board, also test each cell for charging, at 4V plus for the Phantoms. The others should be similar. Peace.
I have a dji mini 2 . The controller was fully charged and when i went to go fly it the controller won't power up . Can't charge it . Tried everything cord I have . Ideas ?
Hi, I dropped my drone in a river, the baterry now won't charge, when I put it in the charging hub the LED lights flash. I have a DJI Mini 2. Any ideas what I can do?
Possible new fix for drone battery not charging. I have a Magic 2 Zoom. This worked for me 100%. The battery would not charge at all. Here is the fix. Take a fully charged battery and rub the flat surface to the flat surface of the battery that won’t charge. I did this in a circular motion for about 10 seconds snd when I hit the button on top of the dead battery a light came on. I was then able to connect the dead battery to the charger and it’s now charging.
Rub the flat surface of what to the flat surface of the battery that won't charge? My battery has 4 flat surfaces by the way.. yours don't? Please elaborate in more detail
I bought the combo, which have three batteries, and I went overseas to study, after half a year when I was back, two of my batteries were dead, and both out of warranty... the last battery now is bloating ...... these batteries are freaking expensive, never known that when I bought the mavic air... Should have been more cautious about it that time... I am warning all my friends whoever wants to buy a dji drone to be aware of it's batteries
same here - but it seems DJI doesn't care -- they want you to buy a new drone every year, just like Apple wants you to buy a new phone every year... I've enjoyed it as a hobby, but I'm moving to racing quads since the batteries are plentiful, and UNIVERSAL!
🚨 My Mini 2 batteries sat for about six months, and they totally drained, and now only three out of five will except a charge. I was hoping that you were going to talk about that
Bro my mavic air bettery show 100% charge and i fly my drone soo mid air bettery level is dropping 0% and aircraft are forced land to same sport RTH not working how to fix?
1 of my mavic air 2 batteries had 1 percent left I plugged all 3 in and only 2 charged up and 1 of the 3 is completely dreaded I tried charging it by its self and nothing only has around 24 charges on it help.
Hey Andy, big thank you for your web site and being on youtube. I finnally found tips and good informations on how a drone's camera works and how to manage it. This make me feel not alone with the jugger effect and choppy footage. I am now more relaxed lol, and will for shure, practice and practice, just like I did when I started in photography years ago.... Thank's again i will keep on touch to watch your new stuff! Eric Gagnon
Autel sucks! I have a X Star Premium that has never been out of the case. Battery dead and Autel no longer sup[ports this $850 drone from Best Buy! Surfed online but cannot locate a new battery!
IMHO DJI batteries are Chinese junk. All three of mine are dead as a Dodo. 2 were dead out of the box brand new.I didn't use the 3rd one for a few months, guess what as dead as dead. Absolute junk.
How do you update firmware, when a battery wont charge. It won't turn on, hence it can't power anything to allow updating.
Im on same boat 3 bat all dead, how can I get some charge to at least be able to update the bullshit firmware?
yea was about to ask same question
He said we can put the battery in the drone and attach the drone to the computer. I have to figure that out too because I don't know if it is possible.
@@martinhornos2034 all 3 batteries won't charge on my mavic mini. bs, because it's not that old and i haven't flown it much.
I am having the same problem
How are you supposed to update the firmware with a battery that is dead??? I have 2 Mavic Air batteries that are dead, the third in my fly more combo is working fine... I hear similar stories all over - almost sounds as though it were by design... DJI wants you to buy a NEW drone every year or two, just like Apple wants you to buy new iPhone every year or two
Exactly the same, two of my three combo batteries are dead. DJI's answer to me... buy new ones! No chance, if they're so fragile, especially at the insane price they charge.
Exactly, I know he means to help but the truth is, this wasn't much help
@@BashaarO.Tarabay I actually reached out to DJI - and after a chat online and some proof of purchase- the created a case and offered to build 2 batteries for me for $170 - no shipping, no tax. They just arrived today. Factory fresh and on the charger. I suggest anyone wanting some new batteries reach out to DJI ASAP.
@@ttattx awesome info thanks 🙏🏽
i was thinking the same
Thank you very much! I am new to drones and wasn't aware of not using a higher amp charger. This was a big help.
Sadly DJI no longers makes batteries for the mavic AIR. Any recommendations for reputable sellers of these batteries? Given their lifespan of 2-3 years getting a used, legacy or refurbished battery at nearly the cost of a new mavic mini seems questionable. Sucks that DJI Mavic Air 1 batteries are both proprietary and discontinued. I've had this paperweight drone for over a year just sitting. Can't stomach buying another from DJI after being left out in the cold.
They just restocked on DJI go now!
Kind of surprised that you didn't mention battery hibernation, with is the number one reason that batteries won't charge. DJI batteries will go into a hibernation state if they are left uncharged for a long period of time. This is to protect the battery from total discharge. While the issues you mentioned might be a reason, they are probably not the reason if your batteries have been stored for a long time and now won't charge. Also, there's no way to update battery firmware if you can't turn on your drone.
Hey Jeff, thanks for the info. My drone (phantom 3 pro) was stored in a case for a few years. During that time, it may have been subjected to temps from 95F to 15F. They will not charge. No lights or anything. The voltage checked directly from the battery terminals is .003vdc, and the continuity is good. The charger is putting out 17vdc. If my battery is in "hibernation mode", how do I get it out of hibernation mode? Thanks
I had the same issue "To get the battery out of hibernation, you have to charge it directly via the drone for a few hours to reactivate the battery.@@raybone3
I have the same behavior here, what is the solution for battery hibernation?
Do your batteries seem to be tight when inserting them into your drone? Mine are. They seem to be a little bit "puffy". Mine were also subjected to low temps (around 15F).
Puffy batteries are not a good sign. They might have swollen and could actually start leaking over time. They also can not be revived if they are in this state.
Is this you Andy???😮 I follow your research tips channel and bought your materials, thanks so much for all your insights on writing research papers. I'm trying to fix my drone battery and here you are on my screen.. initially thought UA-cam had a glitch.😂
Hi, i could not update the firmware of a battery as it is completely off (no light). Is there a clever way to bypass it?
This is why I am here, waist of time. These are good points but in no use of an actual dead, un chargeable battery. mine was charged when stored and 1 of 3. The other 2 were fine. I have seen where people say that is has discharged too low and all they need is a jump from a separate non smart battery. This has worked before for me but it didn't work this time so I was here looking for a new tip. well off to another video..
@@indykurtdid you find anything out?
@@Cl-1993 no, it was a lost cause, sorry
Thank you very much I recently got my fpv about 4 months ago and my one battery is only charging 75% or three of the dots so I will look on the health of it and see what I can do now do you have any other suggestions be great again thank you for the time and making this thing so educational
Major screw up on my part. I just got a brand new drone and reading up on instructions on how to use, and first thing it guided me to do was to plug in my batteries to charge them. Well, wouldn't you know it, my cell phone type c charging cable was laying right there so I plugged it in to new drone battery charger and pluged the brand new battery intobit. shortly thereafter I read instructions which urged to use the cable that came with the Drone. unfortunately I could only get flashing lights from that point on.
What this guy doesn't mention is what if the battery is completely dead, even if you connect the drone to the computer if the drone wont power on because of the dead battery you CAN'T update any firmware 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
Thanks for the info. I didn't realise the short life span and the need to avoid leaving batteries uncharged for months so my two batteries (DJI Spark) are dead, I managed to buy a second hand one but DJI no longer sell the Spark battery! (MB1). So the Spark is useless given limited life of batteries and DJI's failure to keep selling replacements.
I have 6 battery for two dji mavic pro platinum. All battery just blinking 1 of light and shut of again when charging. The battery never charge since I bought it about one and half year ago brand new in the box. Cause I use another dji mavic pro for play and learn. Just a week ago I opened the new drones but the battery would not charging. How do I fix it? Thanks.
you cannot update any firmware at all with the battery dead not ony that the firmware already updated with the working battery so with the other 2x batteries that dont work wont work as you know your drone needs to be powered on it wont work at all
Hey guys... I just got my E99 and I ran into a problem. I can't get my lithium batteries to charge. I'm using the li po usb cables it came with. When I plug it in, the red light comes on for less than a minute. And when I leave it to charge for an hour or two, the battery is still not charged when plugged into the drone, whose lights are blinking with low battery signal. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your input...
Thanks heaps for uploading such a useful video. I’ve just got my first drone and I’ve tried to charge the battery for a couple of days. tech support from the company didn’t happen : (
Thanks to you my battery is now charging.
What type of drone do you have? I recently bought a spare EXO battery. Nothing will light up on it nor will it take a charge.
Ok so if the battery won't turn on how can you update it?
Pls help
Just got my Spark. the Go4 app says it indeed does need an update. However, my drone was shipped with such a low battery the unit will not power on long enough to connect for the duration of an update. If that's what it needs, how can I nurse it to enough power to update?? thanks,
Kevin
thanks for this brief explanation sir. but how do you fix the charging problem after updating firm ware. i have two Mavic pro batteries but only one is not charging.
Just a faulty battery..
@@DashDrones Thanks for your brilliant insight, Sherlock
i just got some "new" batterys from the store, however one of them already was broken, all 4 lights is blinking when i try to charge it up, and acording to the manual fro dji mini2 this is doe to the charger detecting that the battery are damaged. when inspecting the battery i descoverd its production year for all 3 batterys I have gotten with my new drone is 2018!!! meaning they are allready 3-4years old! acording to what you say about age, should I then take all 3 batterys to the store and make them give me 3 new batteryes even thou the charger only say that one of them is dammage?
the drone has never been used, as I got it for about one month ago and the first time i tryed to charge i had to give it back to the store as 2 of the batterys had the same problem, they gave me 2 new once ofter a monthe and apparently its the same problem with one of them now.
my battery was one night outside in cold , now dosnt work , you think can i fix it ?
But how can I check the battery health, if the battery doesn't charge in the first place?
Ok nice..but as your text say..my battery dont charge..When i put battery in charger, red lamp turn on..the 4 green indicator lights dont light up, only if i have the battery on charger they get on..but few seconds later they turn off..Help, what to do..can i reset battery ?
Unfortunately, at least for the Mini 3 Pro, you cannot update the firmware when you want to, as they have removed the ability to roll back to an older one. So the only way is just sit and wait and hope for a new firmware update to even be able to try that fix.. /:
So lets say I have a dead battery that is not charging, you say put it in the drone.. so I put it in the drone.. It's dead, what does this accomplish, It's not like the drone can hold 2 batteries.
Man, I have been searching far and wide for some good info on these issues, and besides the obvious so-called fixes that rarely work on truly bad batteries there is 0 info. So just for anyone that cannot fix their batteries with the usual tries shown here, the problems with any dead or not charging batteries are 2-fold. First one of the batteries has gone dead and is triggering the lights to flash or do whatever they do to not allow the batteries to get a charge, second thing is the controller on the electronic board has gone the way of the dinosaurs and stopped CONTROLLING. This mostly gives a complete battery. These batteries get hot when charging or using, they are sandwiched together in a 4 pack or so and they transfer heat from one to the other. The batteries are not smart it's the electronic board that is smart until it is not. So, if you have skills open them up and test for shorts on the board, also test each cell for charging, at 4V plus for the Phantoms. The others should be similar. Peace.
Will a 5V 2.4Amp battery charging block ruin the life of a battery that is supposed to be charged at 5V 2Amp? (HS720g)
I have a dji mini 2 . The controller was fully charged and when i went to go fly it the controller won't power up . Can't charge it . Tried everything cord I have . Ideas ?
Hey can you please help me how can I make a DC_014 charger from Start ,,, the Battery requires 7.4 Volts
Hi, I dropped my drone in a river, the baterry now won't charge, when I put it in the charging hub the LED lights flash. I have a DJI Mini 2.
Any ideas what I can do?
Possible new fix for drone battery not charging. I have a Magic 2 Zoom. This worked for me 100%. The battery would not charge at all. Here is the fix. Take a fully charged battery and rub the flat surface to the flat surface of the battery that won’t charge. I did this in a circular motion for about 10 seconds snd when I hit the button on top of the dead battery a light came on. I was then able to connect the dead battery to the charger and it’s now charging.
Rub the flat surface of what to the flat surface of the battery that won't charge? My battery has 4 flat surfaces by the way.. yours don't? Please elaborate in more detail
Thanks it does work my battery is now blinking like it is charging
Excellent!
BUT IF THE BATTERY IS FLAT, YOU CANNOT TURN THE DRONE ON, TSO CANNOT UPDATE THE FIRMWARE.
Have you tried to get a Mavic Air 1 battery? This means after a couple of years if you have dead batteries you can no longer use it.
I bought the combo, which have three batteries, and I went overseas to study, after half a year when I was back, two of my batteries were dead, and both out of warranty... the last battery now is bloating ...... these batteries are freaking expensive, never known that when I bought the mavic air... Should have been more cautious about it that time... I am warning all my friends whoever wants to buy a dji drone to be aware of it's batteries
@@chingqh sadly i experience the same thing. 2 batteries were dead. I didn't notice it since i bought
same here - but it seems DJI doesn't care -- they want you to buy a new drone every year, just like Apple wants you to buy a new phone every year... I've enjoyed it as a hobby, but I'm moving to racing quads since the batteries are plentiful, and UNIVERSAL!
This was a waste of time.
🚨 My Mini 2 batteries sat for about six months, and they totally drained, and now only three out of five will except a charge.
I was hoping that you were going to talk about that
How do i charge the voltage without a balance charger
Hey, I have a f11 RUKO drone today was my first time using it, the battery doesn’t charge and it hace one light one.
Mine has 8 little pins where the battery connects to the drone but 2 are missing what do I do?
I have a Yuneec Q500 My charger keeps saying with new batteries that they are damaged
This guy needs more credit
He needs WAY less credit.
i m not agreed pls tell me or send me charger link
My drone is blinking blue. For more than 2 hours. But nothing happens. Connection to a laptop is not working.
Thank you very much for the battery fixes 🥳🥳🥳
my drone is not charging if i plug it in my MacBook Pro
What he is not telling you: They are so "smart" they will die on purpose.
100% Spot on. Smart batteries are fucking dumb.
Thanks
Bro my mavic air bettery show 100% charge and i fly my drone soo mid air bettery level is dropping 0% and aircraft are forced land to same sport RTH not working how to fix?
Didn't work for my mavic air battery 😭
1 of my mavic air 2 batteries had 1 percent left I plugged all 3 in and only 2 charged up and 1 of the 3 is completely dreaded I tried charging it by its self and nothing only has around 24 charges on it help.
click bait
whow, thats was a waste of time. listen to yourself
yeah... i'll have to agree
These aren't solutions. Just tips to keep them healthy
Hey Andy, big thank you for your web site and being on youtube. I finnally found tips and good informations on how a drone's camera works and how to manage it. This make me feel not alone with the jugger effect and choppy footage. I am now more relaxed lol, and will for shure, practice and practice, just like I did when I started in photography years ago.... Thank's again i will keep on touch to watch your new stuff!
Eric Gagnon
Awesome, thank you!
Long winded . Just need to list the 5 ways not pad it out
mine charges, wont let me fly????????????????????????? help meeeeeeeee
buen video gracias good video thanks for explaining well
Autel sucks! I have a X Star Premium that has never been out of the case. Battery dead and Autel no longer sup[ports this $850 drone from Best Buy! Surfed online but cannot locate a new battery!
A dynamite beard.
I'm so sorry but your solutions are not to the point. Please fix...
My battery for my mavic air won’t charge or even come on, only one works so I know the charger is good and DJI stop selling these batteries UGH!!
What have you done that the battery works?
When will drones have AI?
a long video w/o any solutions....
What is THIS man doing here? I watch his videos on PhDs, too.
I thought he would give usable solutions 🤔
Me too😂
all the tech down to drain once it starts BLOATING!
Everything is made by robots ,ask a ATM for solutions,easy as bro.
Total rubbish way to much talking and no proper information on how to fix the problem
A LOAD OF WAFFLE VERT LITTLE INFO .....TIME WASTER
thanks for wasting my time
CON MAN
Thanx for nothing POINTdexter
IMHO DJI batteries are Chinese junk. All three of mine are dead as a Dodo. 2 were dead out of the box brand new.I didn't use the 3rd one for a few months, guess what as dead as dead. Absolute junk.