Then I got a new one and and within 4 months the GPS screen went black and won’t work at all! Because I had this for a few months Bad Elf says Tough Luck PAL! Offer no help or even any ideas on how it might be fixed.
I bought this Bad Elf and had to return it because of a bad battery. I can’t recommend this product, and I am so disappointed in Bad Elf customer service. I spent over $200 for a defective product that works only intermittently. I also contacted the seller, and they won’t offer a return because it’s past the 30 day return policy. Now Bad Elf customer service won’t return my emails, won’t provide a replacement or repair, and have completely abdicated their responsibility in covering their product. Over the last few weeks I’ve contacted Bad Elf, and at first they were very responsive and suggested various fixes, updates and reboots, which I followed, but it still didn’t fix the problems. None of my coworkers have these type of problems with their Bad Elf’s. There have been times when it will just automatically power off after a few minutes, even though the battery shows 3 out of 4 bars. The other day didn’t work for over 2 hours, then suddenly, for no particular reason, it worked for most of my flight across the Atlantic, then for the last couple hours of the flight it simply would not lock onto any satellites, even though it had them in view. Every time I turn it on I never know what to expect. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn’t. It didn’t matter where in the cockpit I placed it (or even from my hotel room) it couldn’t lock onto satellites. Then for no reason at all it became unreliable. I bought this in December and used it for a couple months without any problems it locked onto satellites quickly and remained reliable throughout a 12 hour flight. Going back to 2.1.43.Īs a 757/767 pilot I rely on the Bad Elf for position accuracy, especially when taxiing at large, busy airports. I tried the BEGPS-2300-v2.1.52b0 firmware and it was good for a while, but on my last extended road trip it stopped tracking after 30 minutes, wasn't in a tunnel or any reason for it to lose track. If anything changes I will post an update. I upgraded to the new BEGPS-2300-v2.1.52b0 firmware and so far so good. The BadElf has worked like a champ using 2.1.43 firmware, no complaints.
It has regained lock right away when driving through tunnels or anywhere the GPS signal would be blocked. I’ve used the BadElf extensively since reverting to the older firmware in October and I can report that it’s worked perfectly every time I’ve powered it on. Posting this in case it helps someone else. I have the no satellites problem with both 44 and 50, but perfect so far with 43.
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If I hold the Bluetooth and gps button in while I power it on, it factory resets back to 2.1.44, even after upgrading to the latest 2.1.50.
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It’s been rock solid ever since, I just ignore the firmware upgrade notice from the bad elf app. My unit came with 2.1.44, so I manually loaded the next older firmware, 2.1.43 via USB. What worked for me was to load an older firmware. With the latest firmware 2.1.50 it would power on out in the open and not find any satellites for an hour or so, and then it would magically pop in. My Pro+ worked perfectly for about a year, and then it would stop tracking after going into tunnels on road trips and not reacquire afterwards.
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