Mini 3 Pro "Sphere" stops at 25%

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Picked up the Mini 3 Pro [RC Pro] yesterday and all the latest updates/firmware were downloaded and installed.

Yet I’ve had a couple of issues so far.

  1. [Solved] Map and flight path wasn’t being displayed. I played with the Android settings, connected it to my phone’s hotspot, and finally it started working. That was yesterday, and all seems well again this morning.
  2. Pano > Sphere is not working. Each time I try, it stops at 25%. The screen has not frozen, as I am able to press the stop button at any time. I have tried waiting a minute, but no joy. There are no errors on the screen, e.g. Gimbal Stuck. The RC gallery and SD card have not saved any of the 25% of photos either (not that they would be much use).

I see no physical issue with the gimbal. All non-pano photos and videos are level with a straight horizon. 180 panos work fine. I have restarted the device and tried a different battery. But still have the same issue. I have searched the forum and online, but cannot find anyone else experiencing the same, nor have I witnessed anything like it on my previous drones.

Has any other Mini 3 Pro user @group-mini-3-pro experienced this Sphere issue?

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Have you tried a ‘normal’ controller ? (Rule out the drone)

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No, not yet. Good call. Process of elimination, and all that :+1:

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If you touch anything on the controller or any form of wind, the sphere stops. I have had mine stop a couple of times due to the wind effect.

Try doing a sphere 3m off the floor and see what happens.

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The first time it happened, that is exactly what I thought happened … me accidentally pressing one of the buttons on the back. But the next time I tried it, I put the controller on the table - but exact same issue.

It was very calm this morning, only 8 mph.

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Will do, I’ll let you know … cheers Steve.

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Is your sd card fast enough? Could be not writing to the card quickly enough to keep up with the camera

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Yes, should be fine, as I only use Sandisk Extreme Pro. But a good shout :+1:

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have done many - but only had the issue where I incorrectly stopped it by moving the sticks.

So I wonder whether it is the controller detecting a movement of the sticks

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Even more random - that ATTI patch - still in place? Worth removing?

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Cheers Ian. I also tried with the controller on the table, and had the same issue.

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however if the sticks are still moving somehow.

Do you get any message when it stops?

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Yes. And I did think of that. But can’t see how changing tripod/cine mode to atti … especially when I was in normal mode would affect it :thinking:

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Maybe it’s still shaking in fear that you may try the 100mph+ speed run, so it can’t concentrate. :rofl:

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Half tempted to mark this as the solution :joy:

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done :joy: :joy:

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“Cause”, not a “solutions”. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Time to re-flash all firmware. My downward sensors stopped working (resulting in a heavy landing :fearful:) and re-flashing the MP fixed it.

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It’s not even a day old and you have broken It :joy:

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Just swapped batteries and restarted the rc and drone. I even had my Mini 2 N1 controller ready with my phone, as per @milkmanchris’ suggestion.

Took it up to about 100 feet (close to 3m :joy:) … and it worked :fearful:

So what was that about? Same drone, rc, sd card, different altitude (400’ vs 100’) and different battery :thinking:

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Does Airdata give any clues?

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