Whacked compass!

[turbodave38]

Why would my compass no longer work properly? Not pointing any where near north.

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[kch50428]

Case on the phone with a magnet in it? In a building with metal, lots of electrical noise, or and area of RF interference?

 

[anon(4698833)]

Have you calibrated it in a while (ever)?

 

[turbodave38]

Case on the phone with a magnet in it? In a building with metal, lots of electrical noise, or and area of RF interference?

Nothing has changed as far as all that.


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[turbodave38]

Have you calibrated it in a while (ever)?

It has me calibrate it at almost every start up (rolling the ball around the circle).


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[Ledsteplin]

It has me calibrate it at almost every start up (rolling the ball around the circle).


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Do you have compass calibration toggled on in system services located in location services?

 

[anon(4698833)]

It has me calibrate it at almost every start up (rolling the ball around the circle).


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You gotta turn off calibration after you've calibrated it...that could be causing an issue for you.

 

[turbodave38]

Do you have compass calibration toggled on in system services located in location services?

The only thing in location services is to set location on or off or use while in app. There's no calibration stuff there.


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[turbodave38]

You gotta turn off calibration after you've calibrated it...that could be causing an issue for you.

How?


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[iEd]

The only thing in location services is to set location on or off or use while in app. There's no calibration stuff there.


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Go to Settings>Privacy>Location Services. Then scroll to the bottom to System Services there you will find Compass Calibration toggle.


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[Ledsteplin]

The only thing in location services is to set location on or off or use while in app. There's no calibration stuff there.


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Yes there is. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > scroll down to System Services > Toggle Compass Calibration on.

 

[turbodave38]

Go to Settings>Privacy>Location Services. Then scroll to the bottom to System Services there you will find Compass Calibration toggle.


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Thanks, but all that did was freeze the compass. This sucks. My sky chart relies on the compass working. Now neither are correct.


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[Ledsteplin]

If you're going to use the iPhone compass for navigation, just use true north. Go to Settings > Compass > Toggle "True North" on. This is more accurate than magnetic north.

 

[turbodave38]

It appears that I have my compass working now. Spent a couple hours on the apple care chat and they walked me through how to do a backup and restore in iTunes.


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[Ledsteplin]

It appears that I have my compass working now. Spent a couple hours on the apple care chat and they walked me through how to do a backup and restore in iTunes.


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What do you use the compass for?

 

[turbodave38]

It's needed for my sky view app.


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[jdhooghe]

It appears that I have my compass working now. Spent a couple hours on the apple care chat and they walked me through how to do a backup and restore in iTunes.


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A good firmware reload always works I'm glad you got it running

 

[Ledsteplin]

It's needed for my sky view app.


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The Sky View only uses magnetic north? Or would true north work if it's toggled on?

 

[turbodave38]

The Sky View only uses magnetic north? Or would true north work if it's toggled on?

True north works


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