How to ACTIVATE DJI Pocket 3 camera (pair WITH DJI MIMO APP)

How do you ACTIVATE a DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera and pair it with the DJI Mimo App? When you buy a Pocket 3, you have to activate the camera with DJI using their app, which also needs a DJI account. I setup my DJI Pocket 3 in real time so you can see the different steps to get my vlogging camera going! I walk you through the entire pairing process, from initial activation and Bluetooth connection to essential firmware updates and troubleshooting common issues. Learn how to successfully set up your Pocket 3, activate your device, and get it ready for recording, even covering the unexpected microphone disconnection hiccup. 

How to ACTIVATE DJI Pocket 3 camera (pair WITH DJI MIMO APP)



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So, I don't know how this is going to go, but I'm going to try and set up and pair the Osmo Pocket 3 with the DJI Mimo app. Is it Mimo app? Tell me in the comments how you pronounce it. I'm going to turn on the camera, the Pocket 3, by pressing down the red button. I'm going to hit English. I've got the microphone connected. Now, we need to do this to activate the camera, and a lot of people have returned it to Amazon, I think because of this. I'm going to hit the camera button, and it says, "Mimo would like to access mobile device's storage." I'll hit "Okay." Right, it says, "Enable Bluetooth on your mobile device." I'll turn Bluetooth on. I'll see if I'll not try and help it. I've just turned on Bluetooth. It says, "Searching." Oh, it's done it! Oh my goodness, it did find it! Look at that. It has just found it right there. So, I'm going to hit "Connect." I tapped the screen by accident. Oh, right. So, oh, I've read about this. So, it can't connect if it's connected to the... to the microphone. So, I've got to turn the microphone off. This is ridiculous. Hopefully, it'll have changed by the time you get to your Pocket 3. I'm going to turn off the microphone. So, it says, "Transmitter One disconnected." So, I'll put that down there for now. So, I've disconnected the mic. I'm going to try again. Hit "Okay," and then hit "Connect." I now need to check the verification code. That's correct. So, I'll hit "Accept." And then we've got some terms and conditions. Oh my goodness, look at that. Let's read all of those, and then hit "Agree." Oh, I've signed everything away, haven't I? And it says, "Activate Osmo Pocket 3 to receive warranty." And hit "Next." Oh, it's making me turn on things that might not be good for me. "Activate after login." I now need to re-log in to my DJI account. So, I was logged in. Hang on, I'll do this off camera so I won't show you my email address, but I've logged into my DJI account. I'm going to hit "Activate," and it's now activating. Is the... is the camera still on? Camera is still on. There we go. Now it's offering me all kinds of add-ons. I'll skip that. "Activation successful. You can now enjoy full service and support." So, I'll hit "Get started." "Enjoy live view in DJI Mimo. I can send files to my mobile device. Some tutorials." I've not looked at those. That sounds good. And I can update the firmware. So, I hit "Done," and now it is downloading firmware. So, you're watching this in the future. Obviously, your firmware will be different. This is just updating this camera to have the very latest software that controls it. I can speed up this rising percentage. So, we've hit 50%, and I can now hit "Install." Oh, what? Hang on. "Connect." I don't know why it disconnected. So, this is the Pocket 3. I'll hit "Connect," and then I'll hit "Connect." Now I can hit the "Install" button. Oh, tell you what, if this... if you're new to this, it's really hard. This is really hard. I've done this a couple of times with DJI cameras, and it has not worked. So, I... I feel a bit more confident with this one. It seems a lot easier now, but this is really fiddly if you're doing this for the first time. I hope this helps. It's frustrating for a number of reasons. If you've just bought the camera, you just want it to work. You just want to hit record and start recording. You don't want to be doing all of this registering and updating. Completely get it. And the other bad thing is obviously handing over all your data to a company. Any company, it doesn't feel good. And now I've got a blue tick. "Update success." Oh, it's restarting the... the camera. So, it's restarted the camera. I've enabled the checkbox. It tells you what the latest firmware does. Again, you're watching this in the future, so it'll be different. Oh, look, it's doing all kinds. It says, "Updated" on the camera. Very exciting. And I think that's all done. So, if I hit "Done," it's now activated. So, the camera will just work now, and I won't need to open the app in future. It... this camera will just work, but I can update this camera using this app. If I hit the camera icon, it's telling me there's no SD card in the camera. That's for another video. I can now use the app to control the camera. That's another benefit of using... using the app, and there's some tips on screen now. I don't know if you can see that, but now I'll be able to control... control it. How do I do it? Oh, oh my goodness, look at that! So, now I can use the... hey, there I am! I can use the controls on the app to control the camera, which is very exciting. And there's even a zoom on this side. I can't try and do this while I'm holding both items. I can zoom in and zoom out, and that's a live feed from this camera over here. So, I hope this helps you to connect your Pocket 3 to your DJI Mimo app or Mimo app. If you've reached this point of the video, thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button. It really helps me to keep this channel going. Do appreciate it. Thank you. And right here is what YouTube knows you want to be watching next. If you've reached this point in the video, thanks for... for sticking with it. I hope this helps you to get your camera going. In the description, I've got links to all my other Pocket 3 videos, and up here is a playlist for those DJI Pocket 3 videos. Thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button. It really helps me to keep this channel going. Do appreciate it. And good luck with your Pocket 3.

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