And how to download them, in the first place…

If you have a DJI Neo selfie drone, and you find yourself unable to download videos to your phone (in my case, an iPhone), try turning off Cellular Data. Once I did that, mine worked as expected.

This is my first experience with a DJI product. I was surprised that the app was a bit clunky. I had difficulty trying to figure out how to batch download photos and videos. In case anyone else runs in to this, here are the steps:

1. Connect the DJI Neo connected to the DJI Fly app. (Does yours work? Mine takes multiple attempts, even with the current latest firmware.)
2. Select “Album” from the bottom left of the control screen. (Or, if you worry about accidentally flying the drone, you can exit out of the control screen and back to the connection screen and select it from there.)
3. Select the Checkmark box near the top right. That will enable checkboxes on each thumbnail. You can tap just the ones you want, or…
4. You may have to swipe down on the thumbnails to find it, but you can tap on the text “Batch Select“. That will check all the files.
5. The bottom right will be a “download” icon. Tap that and your videos/photos will be downloaded in to your Photos app. (Does yours work? Mine has, once, but most of the time that icon remains greyed out.)
6. To get out of this mode (so you can exit back to the control screen), you have to tape the checkbox at the top right again to turn off the image selection. It seems awkward that the “exit” goes away when you are in select mode.

This app is clearly not ready for prime time, but the drone itself seems very neat. Actually, what it can do at this size and price point borders on “magic” in my eyes.

More to come…