On that description alone I subscribed and hit the bell, no repeating the obvious, no waffling about irrelevant stuff and you showed it being tested. Thank you.
I tried this today on my Phantom 4 Pro controller which hasn't taken a full charge in over a year. I took the board out as suggested and used a charger to test the light pattern to indicate charging or the lack of it. I used a reflow station hot air wand to heat the little chip just to the right of the lights. I started out at 450 degrees and tried that several times without any visible change in the chip's solder or in the charging lights. I turned up the heat and tried again for about 30 seconds, still with no results. Tried again for a little longer and then when I plugged it back in the light sequence hit all 4 lights! It worked! Put it all back together and flew a couple of miles and had no issue. Litchi showed the controller at 100 percent charge. Thanks!
I didnt have a heat gun so tried heating with a regular lighter, held the flame on both sides of that resistor by the 4 lights for about a minute each and it now works, all lights came on! Thanks for doing this video!
I pulled out the phantom 4 out of storage, probably haven’t used it in year, noticed the GL300c Controller wouldn’t hold a charge figured the battery was dead. Ordered a replacement, still wouldn’t charge, thought maybe I had defective battery, went down the rabbit hole, found your video, took out my heat gun and made the same tinfoil attachment. At first I didn’t head the power chip long enough, got frustrated and said well, if I ruin it I’ll find another motherboard. I heated up until the 4th light got a little to hot, let cool off and it worked. Now I have a slightly discolored 4th led, but it worked, thank you. Saved me a lot of money, also I’m going to fly it once a week so I don’t have to go through this again, DJI should be offering free replacement boards with the poor chip IMO, especially since you can’t find motherboards only from Alibaba. All in all it worked and thank you!!!
I knew your channel when I had to disasemble my gimbal for cleaning and found a video of yours. Now I was looking for the solution for the charging problem, I reminded of you and came here and ta-da, you're showing us the solution. Salute from Brazil! I really appreciate your way to share knowledge and experience. Don't stop doing that! :)
Thank you for the compliment. I enjoy returning these drones to service and creating videos to provide help to others, after all, it was TH-cam videos from other creators that provided much of the information to help me in my repairs. I will keep up the work. Please watch for an upcoming video on replacing an arm on a Air 2s.
I stumbled across this video while looking for a video on how to replace the battery, because I assumed my problem was my battery, and so far after doing this procedure, my controller appears fixed, I'm charging it now, but it's actually acting as it's supposed to now so far! I don't know how you figured this out, but thank you so much for posting this video!
ive watched the video entirely, and it is very useful. My problem solved for my controller wont charge. after the heating booom. it worked... . thank you very much.
I found solder to melt readily at 500 degrees Fahrenheit. 5-6 seconds at 500 degrees on the spot should take care of the problem spot. Don’t give up . Using cooler temperatures didn’t seem to work. I used a rework air station from Amazon and an alligator clip stand over a flameproof silicone mat.
Hi I used a propper solder float gun with an 8 mm nozzle for 30 seconds at 460 deg. with aluminium foil around the other components. Worked perfectly now fully charges
@@DaltonDroneZone thanks for your response,i just removed the flex cable from the con board,my P4 antenna transmission works great again upon changing new stock dji p4 antennas
Thank you very much for sharing this video, I have one question, I have inspire 1 with GL658 controller . Recently, when I push the power button, all the LEDs turn on (white) and after few seconds (3-4) everything dies. I opened the controller and check the battery voltage, it shows 8.5 volts. Do you think your method will fix the problem? I really appreciate your reply and help.
Did you ever fix your issue ? Mine suddenly started to do the same thing. Press ON button in normal sequence, LED’s light up but controller doesn’t boot up or stay on.
Thank you for sharing this video. I have a question. It has been a long time since I have used my drone and the controller stopped charging. I did disconnect the battery internally and let it sit for a little to reboot, and it still has not allowed it to take much of any charge. Do you think it is better to buy a new battery and replace it or do what you did in this video? Thanks. hope to hear from you soon. take care
Sorry. With my schedule, i don't have time to offer repair services to the public. It might be more cost effective to search for a used controller in good condition on Ebay.
Thanks for making this tutorial. I recently found stress cracks in my P4PV1 so I bought a V2 while they are (were) still available. After using it twice I've noticed that if I leave the controller with a partial charge it does not hold that charge. My V1 would hold whatever charge it was left with but the V2 is discharging itself 😞 Now I'm not sure if it's fully charging either. I'll have to check that in the morning before I go out. I wanted to send the V1 in for repair but I guess it'll be the V2 that goes back to DJI before the V1. Another thing I noticed is that even though I set all the expos, sensitivity and gimbal pitch the same as the V1 the V2 doesn't feel the same, and it's not better. I'm pretty disappointed...
Your welcome. The P4 V2 has the same camera as the V1. The only meaningful difference is ocusync is used for transmission with the V2 which means you can use the goggles.
@@DaltonDroneZone The occusync connection is noticeably stronger than Lightbridge was and like you said the camera works the same but the Drone doesn't fly the same. I'm suspicious that DJI might have tweaked the baseline settings which would explain why it's flying differently, even though I have set everything the same in the app.
Hey there, I am in the process of doing this now… I reflowed the solder and tried to plug it in and I ended up getting three lights blinking thank god.. but now I went to try again and it’s back to only one light.. should I do it again to re flow again?
Mine started doing the same thing. Then......I left the modem on.....and plugged it in to charge it. After a while it started beeping. Unplugged it.......and turned in off...... turned it on again.....and off.... Then plugged it in again to charge it. It worked so far !
I have a Phantom 4 Pro + controller with the built in screen doing exactly as this one did before repair , it will charge to approx 78 % then does the quick led flash but never charges further , do you think it will be the same problem ?
@@fearlessleader1436 A year later I just noticed your reply , sorry lol , anyway thanks for the info , my remote is still the same I never did try to fix it, I just flew as it was with less charge for the last 2 years , it has not got any worse and still lasts long enough to fly through a few drone batteries 🙂
Hello, I wanted to please consult with you if it is possible. I did the warm-up, but the remote didn't charge beyond 93%, and the second time 82%, it's very strange. Is there any solution to this? Thanks
had the same issue with my phantom 4 drone all i use to do is put the remote control in the sun for some time, then it will start charging normally and working fine.
@@DaltonDroneZone Is it still charging fine after all this time? Mine worked fine for like 6 months and then needed to reflow it and only lasted for like a couple of flights =( Now charges up to the second led and battery lasts too little
@@kuamhea I don’t fly the P4 much any more. Last time I used it, it charged fine. The chip maybe defective in yours. It’s probably time to shop for a replacement remote,
I went through this process as I was only getting two LEDs, I kept the heat on for about 45-60 seconds, I checked it and I had four LEDs :D fully charged it and put it away, about two months later it was back to two LEDs... WTF? frightened to try again in case it shits itself :O
If reflowing the solder doesn’t work than the chip itself is defective. It’s probably time to replace the remote. The reflow process is always worth a try though,
On that description alone I subscribed and hit the bell, no repeating the obvious, no waffling about irrelevant stuff and you showed it being tested.
Thank you.
I tried this today on my Phantom 4 Pro controller which hasn't taken a full charge in over a year. I took the board out as suggested and used a charger to test the light pattern to indicate charging or the lack of it. I used a reflow station hot air wand to heat the little chip just to the right of the lights. I started out at 450 degrees and tried that several times without any visible change in the chip's solder or in the charging lights. I turned up the heat and tried again for about 30 seconds, still with no results. Tried again for a little longer and then when I plugged it back in the light sequence hit all 4 lights! It worked! Put it all back together and flew a couple of miles and had no issue. Litchi showed the controller at 100 percent charge. Thanks!
I didnt have a heat gun so tried heating with a regular lighter, held the flame on both sides of that resistor by the 4 lights for about a minute each and it now works, all lights came on! Thanks for doing this video!
Glad it worked for you.
I pulled out the phantom 4 out of storage, probably haven’t used it in year, noticed the GL300c Controller wouldn’t hold a charge figured the battery was dead. Ordered a replacement, still wouldn’t charge, thought maybe I had defective battery, went down the rabbit hole, found your video, took out my heat gun and made the same tinfoil attachment. At first I didn’t head the power chip long enough, got frustrated and said well, if I ruin it I’ll find another motherboard. I heated up until the 4th light got a little to hot, let cool off and it worked. Now I have a slightly discolored 4th led, but it worked, thank you. Saved me a lot of money, also I’m going to fly it once a week so I don’t have to go through this again, DJI should be offering free replacement boards with the poor chip IMO, especially since you can’t find motherboards only from Alibaba. All in all it worked and thank you!!!
I knew your channel when I had to disasemble my gimbal for cleaning and found a video of yours. Now I was looking for the solution for the charging problem, I reminded of you and came here and ta-da, you're showing us the solution. Salute from Brazil! I really appreciate your way to share knowledge and experience. Don't stop doing that! :)
Thank you for the compliment. I enjoy returning these drones to service and creating videos to provide help to others, after all, it was TH-cam videos from other creators that provided much of the information to help me in my repairs. I will keep up the work. Please watch for an upcoming video on replacing an arm on a Air 2s.
I stumbled across this video while looking for a video on how to replace the battery, because I assumed my problem was my battery, and so far after doing this procedure, my controller appears fixed, I'm charging it now, but it's actually acting as it's supposed to now so far! I don't know how you figured this out, but thank you so much for posting this video!
Your welcome. I’m glad it worked.
This is a great fix. I have done it twice to my phantom four. Thanks so much.
ive watched the video entirely, and it is very useful. My problem solved for my controller wont charge. after the heating booom. it worked...
. thank you very much.
I found solder to melt readily at 500 degrees Fahrenheit. 5-6 seconds at 500 degrees on the spot should take care of the problem spot. Don’t give up . Using cooler temperatures didn’t seem to work. I used a rework air station from Amazon and an alligator clip stand over a flameproof silicone mat.
Hi I used a propper solder float gun with an 8 mm nozzle for 30 seconds at 460 deg. with aluminium foil around the other components. Worked perfectly now fully charges
Any idea of the part number of the suspect?
Worked perfectly - many thanks. Had to heat it a couple of times on high power to get it to work.
Thanks followed your procure of resolver flow it worked used butane solder Iron
Thanks, I'm going to try this tonight and see if it works for me.
Thanks for sharing this very informative video, how do you remove the con board ribbon?
Flip up the piece of plastic clamping down on the ribbon. You can then pull the ribbon cable out.
@@DaltonDroneZone thanks for your response,i just removed the flex cable from the con board,my P4 antenna transmission works great again upon changing new stock dji p4 antennas
Thank you for the excellent video, I'll give this a try with my PH 4 Pro Plus Remote.
Thank you very much for sharing this video,
I have one question, I have inspire 1 with GL658 controller . Recently, when I push the power button, all the LEDs turn on (white) and after few seconds (3-4) everything dies. I opened the controller and check the battery voltage, it shows 8.5 volts.
Do you think your method will fix the problem?
I really appreciate your reply and help.
It sounds like it might be a different problem.
Did you ever fix your issue ? Mine suddenly started to do the same thing. Press ON button in normal sequence, LED’s light up but controller doesn’t boot up or stay on.
Thank you for sharing this video. I have a question. It has been a long time since I have used my drone and the controller stopped charging. I did disconnect the battery internally and let it sit for a little to reboot, and it still has not allowed it to take much of any charge. Do you think it is better to buy a new battery and replace it or do what you did in this video? Thanks. hope to hear from you soon. take care
Try what I did in this video. It's been my experience that the batteries rarely go bad in these controllers and many of them get replaced to no avail.
Would you replace the battery in my controller? Phantom 4 GL300c
Sorry. With my schedule, i don't have time to offer repair services to the public. It might be more cost effective to search for a used controller in good condition on Ebay.
Very well done! Not much elbow room in there.
Thanks for making this tutorial.
I recently found stress cracks in my P4PV1 so I bought a V2 while they are (were) still available. After using it twice I've noticed that if I leave the controller with a partial charge it does not hold that charge. My V1 would hold whatever charge it was left with but the V2 is discharging itself 😞
Now I'm not sure if it's fully charging either. I'll have to check that in the morning before I go out.
I wanted to send the V1 in for repair but I guess it'll be the V2 that goes back to DJI before the V1.
Another thing I noticed is that even though I set all the expos, sensitivity and gimbal pitch the same as the V1 the V2 doesn't feel the same, and it's not better. I'm pretty disappointed...
Your welcome. The P4 V2 has the same camera as the V1. The only meaningful difference is ocusync is used for transmission with the V2 which means you can use the goggles.
@@DaltonDroneZone
The occusync connection is noticeably stronger than Lightbridge was and like you said the camera works the same but the Drone doesn't fly the same. I'm suspicious that DJI might have tweaked the baseline settings which would explain why it's flying differently, even though I have set everything the same in the app.
Hey there, I am in the process of doing this now… I reflowed the solder and tried to plug it in and I ended up getting three lights blinking thank god.. but now I went to try again and it’s back to only one light.. should I do it again to re flow again?
Mine started doing the same thing. Then......I left the modem on.....and plugged it in to charge it. After a while it started beeping. Unplugged it.......and turned in off...... turned it on again.....and off.... Then plugged it in again to charge it. It worked so far !
I have a Phantom 4 Pro + controller with the built in screen doing exactly as this one did before repair , it will charge to approx 78 % then does the quick led flash but never charges further , do you think it will be the same problem ?
Hey, my 2 cents. Sounds like the same problem. I fixed mine with an air rework station. You can see my reply on the main page of this post.
@@fearlessleader1436 A year later I just noticed your reply , sorry lol , anyway thanks for the info , my remote is still the same I never did try to fix it, I just flew as it was with less charge for the last 2 years , it has not got any worse and still lasts long enough to fly through a few drone batteries 🙂
Hello, I wanted to please consult with you if it is possible. I did the warm-up, but the remote didn't charge beyond 93%, and the second time 82%, it's very strange. Is there any solution to this? Thanks
Unfortunately the success rate isn't 100%. If the chip itself is bad, it would need to be replaced.
@@DaltonDroneZone Can you tell me the model of the chip that I need to replace ? Thanks
Sorry. I don't remember. There was a company replacing these chips at one time but I'm not sure it's still in existence@@YL-mc9oz
@@DaltonDroneZone Thank you, appreciate it
Thanks, this was great👍 it was the fix👍👍
Your welcome. I’m it helped.
had the same issue with my phantom 4 drone all i use to do is put the remote control in the sun for some time, then it will start charging normally and working fine.
Really???
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!
Does this solution last?
I don't see why it wouldn't. You're basically reflowing the solder. The remote in this video has been charging just fine now.
@@DaltonDroneZone Is it still charging fine after all this time? Mine worked fine for like 6 months and then needed to reflow it and only lasted for like a couple of flights =( Now charges up to the second led and battery lasts too little
@@kuamhea I don’t fly the P4 much any more. Last time I used it, it charged fine. The chip maybe defective in yours. It’s probably time to shop for a replacement remote,
Thank you
hello good job , interesting 👍
I have tried few times but didn’t work for me
Sorry to hear. The chip must be defective in your controller.
I went through this process as I was only getting two LEDs, I kept the heat on for about 45-60 seconds, I checked it and I had four LEDs :D fully charged it and put it away, about two months later it was back to two LEDs... WTF? frightened to try again in case it shits itself :O
If reflowing the solder doesn’t work than the chip itself is defective. It’s probably time to replace the remote. The reflow process is always worth a try though,
@@DaltonDroneZone thx for the reply
This works , but only temporarily. The fix doesn’t last and you’ll need redo it every so often. Very annoying defect by DJI
Nice job, like 3
15:20 edited clip
Only time edit happens and just happens at the moment of test. Fishy
There are other TH-cam videos on how to do this to restore a controller to working condition. It's where I got the info to create this video.
Thank you