Hubsan Zino - Wifi Channel selection

A rather long winded video to show how to set and recover a lost Wifi channel. The symptoms are no WiFi signal detectable form the quad.
This is also of use if you need to change channels from the default UNII-3 region to UNII-1, if blocked geographically.
A quick summary of the process if you don't want to watch :-)
Create a file in the root of the SD card.
Name it channel.conf
add any valid channel ID ( 36,40,44,48,149,153,157,161 or 165)
save.
Insert card into Zino. Reboot.
Quad will now start wifi on selected channel.

[@tonnyharjanto7324]

it's magic ... I try to another zino that has same problem with this and it's works ! WIFI Signal comes again ... Thanks

[@anibalsoutinho]

Hi, Thanks for the video. Could you tell me the name of the app for find channel graph, that you have your phone. Thanks.

[@jamesfinch2643]

Thanks I was ready to throw it away.I finally today recorded video and pictures.

[@mrk-dr9zx]

Hello. I got problem with connecting controller and phone with drone. My red light flashing slowly. I tried solution with channel but nothing happened. In some channels leds on arms change their flashing. I upgraded everything except camera. Drone doesn't read my sd card. I format it to fat32 and still nothing. Do you have solution for that ?

[@maxnunez3424]

I already tried the file channel.conf, as a text file and its contents 149. And it was not fixed at all. thanks again

[@dronetravel6987]

Thanks for your video. unfortunately it did not work for me. However I tried FORMATTING the SD CARD and now is all connected. I hope this helps other users experiencing the same problem

[@jacintolapenagalindo4839]

Good. Congratulations on your channel. I own a hubsan zino. The problem I have is that I cannot see the photo and video gallery from the app because the Hubsan Wi-Fi network does not appear on my mobile (xiaomi). On the other hand, on other mobile phones and on my computer that network does appear. the problem is with xiaomi phones. Has or has anyone had the same problem???? it is a worldwide problem. It happens to thousands of people

[@PMSFilmNepal]

Im going to give a try lets see🥺

[@maxnunez3424]

Hi friend, well I did what he told me, change the date (20190707) that you gave me and the drone does not work, I test if it has a Wi-Fi signal with the same Wi-Fi Analyzer program and nothing appears, create the channel file .conf and it doesn't work (149), it doesn't send wifi signal, I really don't know what else to do. sorry to bother. just one more question .... if I create a file with all channels ... the channel detection will work, UNII-3 region to UNII-1, the above is for my region (Chile south-america) max nuñez from chile

[@Carlo0465]

THANK YOU! I was one of the unlucky ones that only could connect when using IT_V0.3.4 as camera FW. I already mentioned several times that I did change my WIFI channel while using IT_V0.3.6 and after a new upgrade things went bad. No WIFI connection anymore. The only solution at that time was to use V0.3.4. But it was somehow puzzling. Your solution solved this problem! There will certainly be a lot of ZINO users that will benefit from this. Fantastic. How did you get this info?

[@randoneur]

Glad it helped. It's not that common an issue but as demonstrated it can happen and this fixes it. Config files are commonly used to set interface parameters at start up. All this does is force the correct channel if it has become corrupted. There are many parameters you can change, but they're best left alone unless you know what they are for :-)

[@carlopeters6821]

Sure, and I know that because people shouldn't tamper around with these configuration parameters if they don't know what they are doing, this info is not available in the regular manual. Nevertheless, being a hardware and firmware specialist, I am curious where to find this kind of information concerning the Hubsan Zino. Especially because Hubsan is not very helpful in providing these kind of helpful details.

[@kendagalis]

hi does yhis help and for the distance range ??because i have an issue at the 300m is disconect at tthe open field

[@marksurplice2709]

I have the same issue I’m thinking maybe the firmware update will fix it but did u have any luck solving it

[@kendagalis]

@@marksurplice2709 nope yet i think to upgrade

[@faditalmoudi9205]

I did an upgrade and I still have 300m or 200m Maximum range before it disconnect

[@marksurplice2709]

Fadi Talmoudi when u are flying is it around a lot buildings and power lines I get the same if not worse when I’m flying around buildings and power lines check out a video I just put up from the other week and it’s perfect didn’t disconnect once and video is perfect not glitchy at all there’s was no power lines or anything obstructing the remote and drone I found it was without a doubt the best and most enjoyable experience thus far with my zino if u can try get out somewhere nice and open and as little power lines around see if that will help

[@faditalmoudi9205]

@@marksurplice2709 thank you, i never tried to fly it in a place with no buildings at all ... If i cannot fly it for at least 500m range in places like that while im travelling so what's the point, im thinking of upgrading to the pro version for better signal hopefully

[@francoisBonin-phils]

Thanks for the help , is this Apple or Android phone?

[@randoneur]

Android. 🙂

[@sudomosimanjuntak]

Thanks for the information, but in my condition i cannot connect the remote controller with my mobile device, i had tried to connect to different mobile device but it seems no remote controller. When i klik the camera switch on the RC it works on the air craft and all the lamps was off and when i klik again the camera switch and all the lamps on again. Can you help me how to fix it? What happen with my RC and the aircraft?

[@randoneur]

Phone- controller connections are normally: 1 faulty OTG/USB cable 2 Phone needs USB debugging enabled 3 Phone does not have permissions granted 4 Phone does not support OTG I'd start with 1 and 2 Yes, your controller is connected fine to the quad.

[@sudomosimanjuntak]

randoneur thanks... i will try again

[@Klinikdinginjepara]

@@sudomosimanjuntak gimana gan bisa ga cara ini?

[@sudomosimanjuntak]

agus tiawan sama sekali gak bisa gan... hanya bisa pakai aplikasi hp aja

[@Klinikdinginjepara]

@@sudomosimanjuntak hdech jd ragu beli hubsan 😂

[@noissimdam]

Thanks for your vids , I am new to this and don't as yet have a zino and am attempting to understand their operation before getting one . Yesterday after reading the manual and googling , I came to the conclusion that it's not possible to fly the zino without a device connected to the zino controller but I have now noticed in your earlier vid on controller firmwares that you were flying the quad without a device connected to the controller which has made me wonder if my earlier conclusion was incorrect. Could you please enlighten me ? Ps. I love Johanna I sail also.

[@maxnunez3424]

Hi mister Randoneur, first of all excuse me English, I do it with a translator, look I have a problem with a drone Zino h117s, before Christmas I flew the drone and asked me to update the camera firmware I did it but kept asking to update, then I assumed that the firmware was bad and it occurred to me to load the IT firmware of the hubsan Zino Pro, this caused me to disconnect from the Wi-Fi I made a downgrade to the one I had at the beginning and I realized that the red light did not flash quickly indicating that the batteries were charging files, then I did what you say to change the channel and nothing works. I contacted [e-mail] and they told me that they will update with the latest firmware version that is 0102, a few days ago and the drone really doesn't work. , at the time of loading the files IT_XXXX THE RED LIGHT LEd does not flash fast or flashing as it should, I have updated the 5 friend hubsan that I have for sale and in all it works less in the one that I indicate, well I hope it helps me You are about to send it to China for repair and the truth is very expensive, I hope your answer, the channel used is 149 and this channel is seen in all drones, my name is Max Nunez I am from Santiago de Chile thank you very much friend greetings, i hope yours help

[@randoneur]

To downgrade the firmware you need to modify the md5 file that comes with the firmware file. Edit it in notepad and change the last digits to today's date. Then reload.

[@maxnunez3424]

Thank you very much for your response, just one question: If the md5 file of the last firmware 0102, was dated 20190416, should I change it to 20200106? Max Nuñez R Santiago from Chile thank you very much friend,

[@maxnunez3424]

Thank you very much for your response, just one question: If the md5 file of the last firmware was dated 20190416, should I change it to 20200106? and then I make the channel.conf file with 149 inside the file, right? Max Nuñez R Santiago from Chile thank you very much friend,

[@randoneur]

@@maxnunez3424 That would do but you could change it to 20190707 which should work OK

[@maxnunez3424]

Ok my friend, I will do it with two dates and with the latest firmware 0102. Thank you very much, I tell you how this turns out.

[@oirobil1]

Where is a file?

[@chrislloyd3198]

Hi. I have been having the same connection problems. I can't get to the WiFi channel bit on the Controller. Has there been another software update? Your reply gratefully anticipated. Chris. Sorted - see reply

[@chrislloyd3198]

Sorted. Did the tweezer update (bit reluctant to do it) Downloaded and installed. Now have wifi menu and it works on the channel I select. No more boot problems so thank you

[@cachomachine1728]

@@chrislloyd3198 By tweezer update, are you referring to controller update?

[@chrislloyd3198]

@@cachomachine1728 I was

[@cachomachine1728]

I have a Zino that does not boot (slow flash of the SD card LED) and will not produce any WI-FI, I have tried to had the channel.conf (with 149 inside) to the SD card without any succes.

[@randoneur]

Thanks for trying Cacho. I didn't expect this would work under that scenario as the Zino has not yet fully booted. I suspect that the issue you have is due to a hardware startup error, most likely relating to either the camera, or the wifi module itself. I'd guess it's probably the camera. I'm continuing to work on trying to query the Zino subsystems to establish what and why it fails to startup.

[@Glowac87]

@@randoneur Hello. i Have same issue. Starts after little smash. At the beginning video was unstable and gimbal was making electronic sound. Now i cant find wifi signal of drone but gimbal dosent making noise any more . Tryed to do channel.conf but its seems that drone does not reboot (slow flash of the SD card LED).

[@AzFNiKo]

I have the same issue, sd card flashing and no wifi :( Did one of you find something about it ?

[@tonnyharjanto7324]

@@randoneur I have the same problem now . RED LED is solid but I can't get WIFI signal from Zino.. I already tried to create channel.conf 149 but the problem is still exist . Please let me know how to check WIFI module on the Zino. Is it located in the mainboard ?