I purchased a used Mavic Pro 1 from eBay recently and flew a number of Litch waypoint missions without encountering any problems. A couple of days ago I attempted to launch the Mavic Pro but found that the controller was no longer bound, or linked to the drone, despite there having been no crashes or even hard landings to explain such a major anomaly.
In addition to Litchi’s superb waypoint planning capabilities, I also use Litchi exclusively, and NEVER use DJI Go or DJI Go4, because I have absolutely zero interest in downloading any DJI upgrades, given that the drone flies perfectly without such upgrades, and bearing in mind the numerous complaints I have read online from DJI drone owners who encountered major problems after allowing “upgrades” into their drone and controller firmware.
I wrote to the DJI forum about the disconnected linkage between my Mavic Pro and its controller, and their reply was that I carry out all updates and then test the drone again. Now, as I mentioned earlier, I’d rather have my teeth pulled with a pair of rusty pliers than accept an unsolicited update of dubious benefit to me, so I am now seeking a means by which I can restore the connectivity between my Mavic Pro1 and its controller WITHOUT updating anything.
Over a lifetime, I’ve learned to regard with extreme scepticism and deep suspicion any advice that I forcibly comply with some issued instruction simply because it is “for my own good”, and this is why I am desperate to avoid downloading any DJI update that promises “better performance” than the current capabilities of my drone which happen to satisfy me 100%. In short, I am a rabid believer in that old maxim that advises “If it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it”.
After numerous tries to re-link my Mavic Pro to its controller failed using DGI Go4, and then reading that the only advice offered by DJI to address this disabled drone syndrome was that I obey the command to “update” my drone and controller whether I wish to do so or not, I thought I’d better check with Litchi to see if I could side-step DJI’s forcible update command now and forever.
If anyone is aware of a menu item in Litch that enables DJI owners to re-link their drones to the controllers without being forced into carrying out any updates, I would be eternally grateful. Right now my DJI Mavic Pro 1 is dead in the water, even after multiple attempts to re-link it to its controller using the DJI Go 4 platform.