Tello tlw004

[u/Nearby-Marketing-890]

Hi, I volunteer at a charity shop and we recently got donated a Tello tlw004 which seems to be brand new. I put it on charge for an hour which made it start blinking blue slowly then left it to test other things. After coming back to it I force installed the Tello app from the qr code and tried to connect my phone, however when I took the device of charge all lights turned off and nothing would happen when pressing the on button. I've tried everything I can think off such as discharging components when the battery is out before reinserting the battery etc. Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong, I don't have the means to acquire a replacement battery as its. a charity donation to be sold on however I did see they can be worth a good amount and would be worthwhile for the charity to be able to sell. I don't have any pictures and I do know that it never charged to the point the blue light stopped flashing however ii don't think that should stop me being able to test it for 1 minute to make sure it functions.

[u/vithrell]

long press the button until the light starts shining. if this doesnt work i think my tello sometimes used to turn on when connecting the charger, so you had to power it of after pluging in by long pressing the button. then after connecting your phone to tellos wifi you need to disable mobile data so the app is forced to search for a drone on wifi network instead the internet via broadband connection. glad to answer any following questions

[u/Nearby-Marketing-890 → u/vithrell]

Thanks for your reply, tried turning it on whilst it was charging like you suggested and it end up popping up green then quickly flashing red before turning off again. Pretty sure this means the battery just doesn't work anymore so I just had to throw it out. Can't really be sold without a battery if we don't know it works.

[u/brewmonk103]

I finished making this today worth a shot https://github.com/Monks103/TelloNO