# DJI “Find My Drone” malfunction **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Answers\ **Tags:** mini-2\ **Created:** [1 February 2023 20:15 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763 "2023-02-01T20:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 20:51 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/21 "2023-02-02T20:51:51Z")
That option doesn’t show on my display. Is it excluded from the free edition? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/sparky/32/241788_2.png) [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 20:54 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/22 "2023-02-02T20:54:24Z")
> [@ahardie](#): > > Is it excluded from the free edition? I use the free edition ![image](https://d1q8cepst0v8xp.cloudfront.net/original/3X/e/b/ebedf2bf996b048c1c48ced925ff0b0b04e48563.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/milkmanchris/32/237713_2.png) [@milkmanchris](https://greyarro.ws/u/milkmanchris)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 20:57 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/23 "2023-02-02T20:57:50Z")
> [@ahardie](#): > > That option doesn’t show on my display. Is it excluded from the free edition? What are you using (phone pc etc) ? ---
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 21:34 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/24 "2023-02-02T21:34:13Z")
@Sparky Got it. Thanks to you I’ve learned learned how to operate Airdata at last. Now I need to learn how not to need it. The Mini is easier to fly except it doesn’t have you to control the pilot. Thanks for your patience. ---
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 21:36 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/25 "2023-02-02T21:36:46Z")
@milkmanchris I started with the phone but Sparky pointed me to the PC ---
**Author:** ![Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/sparky/32/241788_2.png) [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 21:38 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/26 "2023-02-02T21:38:35Z")
> [@ahardie](#): > > The Mini is easier to fly except it doesn’t have you to control the pilot. Also when it’s going wrong RTH isn’t always the answer 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 21:49 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/27 "2023-02-02T21:49:19Z")
@PitchFader Sparkywys has opened up the wonders of Airdata for me . Watching a 3d flight from field to tree to the ground has a peculiar fascination. ---
**Author:** ![PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pitchfader/32/241850_2.png) [@PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/u/PitchFader)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 21:51 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/28 "2023-02-02T21:51:21Z")
> [@ahardie](#): > > peculiar fascination. 😂 , _just try not too have too do it too often !_ ---
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 21:55 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/29 "2023-02-02T21:55:06Z")
@Sparky Funnily enough it was the first time I’d used RTH in earnest. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/sparky/32/241788_2.png) [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 21:56 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/30 "2023-02-02T21:56:53Z")
> [@ahardie](#): > > Funnily enough it was the first time I’d used RTH in earnest. Do you have Care refresh? ---
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [2 February 2023 22:27 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/31 "2023-02-02T22:27:28Z")
@Sparky Afraid not ---
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2023 15:33 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/32 "2023-02-03T15:33:23Z")
Would loss of GPS being upside down account for the odd “Find My Drone” behavior? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/sparky/32/241788_2.png) [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)\ **Post date:** [3 February 2023 17:18 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/33 "2023-02-03T17:18:32Z")
> [@ahardie](#): > > Would loss of GPS being upside down account for the odd “Find My Drone” behavior? Yes if you look at the airdata it’s fine, but that stops recording when the props stop, and that would have been when the drone hit the tree and then it flipped upside down You had 23 Sats whilst flying and 9 when its upside down ---
**Author:** ![ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@ahardie](https://greyarro.ws/u/ahardie)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2023 11:41 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/34 "2023-02-05T11:41:55Z")
@Sparky Thanks. That’s worth considering. There’s a good chance that ‘find my drone’ will be no use after an incident so the flight log will be the first item I’ll use in any future search. I had a job finding the log tucked away in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pitchfader/32/241850_2.png) [@PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/u/PitchFader)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2023 12:31 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/35 "2023-02-05T12:31:21Z")
> [@ahardie](#): > > There’s a good chance that ‘find my drone’ will be no use after an incident Not necessarily, if you still have power in the battery & the drones still on ( _your still at the scene_ ) & you then turn on flashing & beeping, you might find it / hear it before you have had chance to look at the Airdata, depending on how high or low your battery percentage is, it’s a race against time before the battery goes flat, then if no joy then go to the airdata, I’m only giving my opinion not saying I’m right or wrong, sorry for jumping in on your convo. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/sparky/32/241788_2.png) [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2023 13:09 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/36 "2023-02-05T13:09:16Z")
> [@PitchFader](#): > > & the drones still on ( _your still at the scene_ ) But like he said he didn’t know where the drone was, so followed find my drone that took him to the wrong location The drone was upside down so giving incorrect GPS readings Find my drone is not always reliable ---
**Author:** ![PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pitchfader/32/241850_2.png) [@PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/u/PitchFader)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2023 13:30 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/37 "2023-02-05T13:30:03Z")
> [@Sparky](#): > > Find my drone is not always reliable I know as i experienced that, what I said in an earlier post, ☝🏻 using the find my drone with the google maps is rubbish **but** when I followed the straight line _which was it’s last recorded location before it loses its gps_ or what it has saved so to speak within the fly app, that took me straight too the drone is what I was saying & worked for me & worked well, as the drone was screaming it’s beep the closer I got, me not like you guys _in understanding Airdata_, if that’s how or is easier to locate the drone whilst on the scene, then for those who know how to use it, that is probably a better option, When mine had crashed, it was the last saved location that took me too it, not live gps, as it had already saved it …. I know that sounds confusing I know what I mean, sorry it’s hard to explain 😬😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/sparky/32/241788_2.png) [@Sparky](https://greyarro.ws/u/Sparky)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2023 13:48 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/38 "2023-02-05T13:48:37Z")
> [@PitchFader](#): > > google maps is rubbish Google maps are used every day by billions, there is nothing wrong with it it reports the data it receives 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/user_avatar/greyarro.ws/pitchfader/32/241850_2.png) [@PitchFader](https://greyarro.ws/u/PitchFader)\ **Post date:** [5 February 2023 13:59 UTC](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763/39 "2023-02-05T13:59:24Z")
It’s crap if you have no gps is what I meant, hence why that option of use within the fly app I was saying is rubbish / not accurate, without going around in circles the other method **last saved** location is not using live gps or misleading is what I meant …… So before the drone losses it’s gps, I worked with what it had saved ( last location ) which took me too the drone, which is not using gps live but google maps does, when the map keeps updating through gps which it does, it sends you off course, hence why easier to follow the line in mine or that instance, also why **he may** have struggled to find it where the gps keeps changing / updating, I’m not saying it’s better than Airdata, or arguing the toss …… [Previous page](https://greyarro.ws/t/dji-find-my-drone-malfunction/58763.md?page=1)