re: Got a drone awhile back. Just wanted to learn with it.

It might be geolocation locked. The DJI app will lock you out of flying the drone all the way up to not allowing any control at all if you are in an area DJI has marked restricted. It should be visible in the DJI flight app on the map, but if not, there are other drone info sites you can look up drone restricted areas. Airports, prisons and military bases are the main culprits for geo-lock out.

Otherwise yo shite might just be broke.