Help w/ Weird Acting Flysky GT5

[JimInMiami]

Hey Gang, was wondering if anyone else has had this happen. My (up to now) trusty Flysky GT5 has twice now over the last couple of months done an UNCOMMANDED factory reset and wiped clean all the model settings. I'm pretty sure it wasn't me cause the procedure to do a factory reset is pretty arcane and not something you'd do by accident, see page 8 of this manual:
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Any ideas anyone? Is it time to trash this one and git another?

[OSRC]

A friend of mine had the exact same thing happen... just randomly while on he shelf. He picked it up, turned it on and poof - everything was gone. Was working fine when he put it away. We never did figure out why, and it hasn't done it since. I'd love to know myself what causes it since I end up doing all the reprogramming for him!

[JimInMiami]

Originally Posted by OSRC

A friend of mine had the exact same thing happen... just randomly while on he shelf. He picked it up, turned it on and poof - everything was gone. Was working fine when he put it away. We never did figure out why, and it hasn't done it since. I'd love to know myself what causes it since I end up doing all the reprogramming for him!

Thanks OSRC, very strange indeed. I think I’ll reserve this radio for simple 2 channel rigs where a lot of programming is not required.