follow me is borked 4.3.0(231) Android

Martin Reading Dronelink Expert

Edited December 06, 2022 17:11
12 comments

So this afternoon I went down my local field to put together a video on setting up follow mode, so that you can control the drone with the sticks during follow mode, only to find that follow mode no longer works so i created a short video demonstrating the problems that were occurring, which can be watched here

I also took several screen shots to show the drones coordinates

start position

Position drone flew to as soon as I hit the "Play" button

After the second screenshot I hit "pause" and this is where it ended up after i hit "Play" again, so seeing I'd got a low battery i called it a day.

Also as mentioned in the video while in follow mode I had no gimbal control using the controller, tried that in Dronie and could set it no problem

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12 comments

Jim McAndrew Dronelink Staff
- December 07, 2022 12:16
It sounds like it doesn’t have location permissions anymore. We just tested it and it works fine.

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- December 07, 2022 12:32
I checked permissions as that had crossed my mind, all looks good, I'll do an uninstall/reinstall, try again and report back

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- December 07, 2022 17:14
Ok so I have some very mixed results to report:
1. Having reinstalled on my Galaxy Tab 7FE which fixed the distance from Device problem I Set it all up, hit the play button and it didn't go shooting off into the distance like yesterday so i thought all was good and started walking expecting the drone to follow me but it just sat still in the sky, a video showing me setting it all up and no response from the drone can be downloaded here https://www.dropbox.com/s/as7eh0jlqvi8as7/2022-12-07%2014.32.55.mp4?dl=0
2. Having changed the battery and rebooting the drone I tried once more with the tab 7fe and still no Go so landed the drone and changed device to my LG V50, set it up exactly the same and lo and behold it followed me, so I thought great, however I then tried using the sticks, left stick was fine, push forward and up the drone would go, pull it back and down the drone would come, left and it would yaw anti clock, right and it would yaw clockwise, so all good however everything on the right hand stick is in reverse as can be see around the 1:20 mark on this short youtube video https://youtu.be/66NEkJFSOE4 when flying manually using dronelink all is good, this just seems to happen in follow mode
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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- Edited December 08, 2022 12:40
Ok I've got a copy of the 228 build downloaded from Dronelink the other month, so I'm going to install that on the Tab 7FE and check that runs ok, then if all good I'll update it to 231 and see what happens then, probably wont be till Monday as got work between now and then

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Mike (Arizona Wyldwest) Dronelink Expert
- December 08, 2022 17:15
I don’t like when things get Borked either. Lol…. 🤪

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- December 08, 2022 22:41
I thought I'd get technical Mike...............lol

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Mike (Arizona Wyldwest) Dronelink Expert
- Edited December 09, 2022 00:53
Hey Martin. Flew a follow mode with my iPhone 8 Plus and my MA2. Followed without any issues and I was able to use both sticks.

The Distance reference needs to be set to the Device which is what it follows since it has GPS. Need to figure out why the distance isn’t registering from your device. Something in the devices GPS settings or the DL app settings which is not allowing access to the devices GPS so it’s indicating nothing which is why it can’t follow the device.

If distance reference is set to Home as the first video shows that’s why it took off automatically back to home point. Home point is a static location. Hope this helps Martin.

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- December 09, 2022 08:01
Hi Mike, I got the distance reference working, by reinstalling, I've got several devices, that I can test with, so hopefully get out on Monday if the weather allows, cheers as ever for you input

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Mike (Arizona Wyldwest) Dronelink Expert
- Edited December 09, 2022 19:43
🤙🏼 I’m sure you will get it figured out. Also it should not matter but I was using Beta 4.3.0 (231)

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- December 09, 2022 20:24
Also it should not matter but I was using Beta 4.3.0 (231)

Yeah that's what I was using as well< I know it was working fine on the LG v50 on 4.2.0(228) as I used it on that at the end of last month

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Mike (Arizona Wyldwest) Dronelink Expert
- December 10, 2022 00:49
As long as it is indicating the distance to device it should work. Since the video I watched had no distance registering I’m sure that’s why.

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Martin Reading Dronelink Expert
- Edited January 02, 2023 15:11
Finally got out with the Drone again using 232 and all is good

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