DJI Mini Pro 4 (Camera needs calibration)

Questions & Answers
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Hi everyone, hoping someone here might be able to help or recommend somebody who can.

I recently crashed my DJI Mini 4 Pro and decided to have a go at repairing it myself.

After replacing the damaged parts, I was still having problems with the camera. I originally thought it was just the cable, but after trying that I eventually replaced the complete camera unit.

The good news is that the camera now works and I have a live picture on my RC2 controller.

The bad news is that the picture is completely out of focus, and the controller is now telling me that the camera needs calibrating and that I need to contact DJI.

I’ve spoken to DJI and, from what I understand, they want me to send the whole drone to them.

I’m a bit disappointed by this because I’ve managed to repair the physical damage myself and the drone is working. It seems like I’m now stuck because the replacement camera needs something doing to it that DJI doesn’t allow the owner to do themselves.

So before I give up and send it to DJI, I thought I’d ask here.

Has anyone else had this problem after replacing a Mini 4 Pro camera?

Is there anyone in the UK who can calibrate/program the replacement camera for me?

Is there anything I can do myself?

Or is sending it back to DJI genuinely my only option?

I’m not an electronics expert by any means, so apologies if I’ve misunderstood how the calibration works! I’m just trying to find out what my options are before spending more money on it.

If anyone repairs these drones or can recommend somebody who does, I’d really appreciate the help.

Thanks!

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You need special software to calibrate the camera and gimbal

Send it back to DJI they are very reasonable
You should have sent it there in the first place

3

Most people reccomend sending them back to DJI in the first place, their pricing for repairs is very reasonable.

This wont help in this instance, but you may have to bite the bullet.

4

You can do it yourself - here is how to go about it

5

First drone so I didn’t know, I’ve always been a DIY guy but now I know :joy: hard lesson to learn.

6

Yeah even though I agreed to send it back, and pay they still haven’t send me anything to return the drone to them. It stated they would send me something to ship the drone back but I’ve not received anything. But yeah because I’ve fixed it myself they said it wouldn’t be under warranty it would be a charged service.

7

I’ll have a look at this, I have already purchased the mini 5 pro because I was disheartened and believed my 4 just couldn’t be repaired without a very costly resolution.

8

Where did you purchase the replacement camera from?

9

And always purchase care refresh

You will need to raise a ticket via the app, service request it’s called
They will send you a new drone and only charge for the parts and labour
Your new drone will be viable for care refresh

10

I have purchased the mini 5 pro and that’s the first thing I bought haha