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I found my iPhone X (256GB, space gray) compass not working, with compass app open I have my correct location with Lat/Long & elevation but the compass itself seems like been frozen and doesn't move at all, It shows the compass rose but the bubble does not move when phone is moved. When you press on the screen the numbers light up & when you press the screen again the numbers go dim but that's all it will do.
I found that shaking my device unfreezes it, but it can be as much as 100 degrees off, which I think you will agree is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. It works for a short time after a hard reset, but becomes frozen again very quickly. Going into settings is only a short term fix. I have several compass apps, one of which, I am developing and it only fails on the iPhone X, works perfectly on the other four iPhones I have!
From one day to another the standard compass app on my iPhone X (iOS 12.14.1) has stopped working. It is frozen with the pointer stuck vertically on North at the top of the screen. I have done restarts, forced restarts and checked that compass calibration is turned on. Everything is set correctly as far as I can see. I even deleted the app and re-installed it from the App Store several times.
Thanks for replying, i_rina! Before I did what you suggested (which is always a pain in the ***!!) I re-loaded the Compass app from the App Store again...and it now works! Perhaps my previous downloads from the App Store were somehow corrupted...it does happen, I think. GPS, compass orientation in Maps and portrait and landscape mode are all working fine, so I think the sensors on my phone are OK. I tried some other compass apps and they all worked fine, but I prefer the standard iOS compass. Just one of those weird things that can happen in iOS and on the Mac! Regards, Ian.
I just bought the Ultra watch. Upon learning on how to use waypoint, I notice that its compass is pointing in the odd direction for North. So, I pulled out my iPhone 14 Pro Max hoping that it would confirm my suspicion, its North is also pointing a different direction. To make matter worse, the Ultra watch's North is not the same as the iPhone 14 Pro Max's North.
As a friend pointed out, the app doesn't tell you exactly where you are, but it helps orient you. No matter how remote the location, it will tell you your bearings, coordinates, and elevation. While in the Chilean desert I was fascinated to learn that, at one point, I was at 13,000 feet. So that's why it was so hard to breathe! As someone who usually lives at sea level, it was cool to get a sense of elevation gain. I checked the compass frequently during a long drive.
Even if you haven't pre-mapped your route, the compass app can still be helpful. If someone gives you vague directions ("It's towards San Cristobal hill" or any big landmark that you know is at the top of the city or a few neighborhoods below you) or if you just have a general idea that your destination is in a certain part of town, this app can make sure you're on the right path.
My iPhone 7 plus has a serious issue with the compass. It will use my current heading as north, or sometimes it will just point in a random direction. This is seriously problematic as I use CarPlay for directions and Maps will not correctly register my location, thus giving wrong directions or constantly rerouting; a potentially dangerous distraction.
Maps does not use the compass it uses the GPS chipset in the iPhone. If it is incorrectly registering your location then something is either interfering with the connection with the satellites or something is wrong with your iPhone. Make a Genius Bar appointment (easiest way is to download and install the new Apple Support app) and have them check your phone.
So you are saying that rather using the global positioning satellites to determine the precise location and direction of travel, Apple engineers instead decide to use the compass just to move the pointer? Why in the world would they do that?
I was given a suggestion to fully erase the phone and see if the problem persists. However at this point 3 geniuses were looking at the phone and interested in the problem. We started playing with the settings listed for location services that relate to compass y geniuses were looking at the phone and interested in the problem. We started playing with the settings listed for location services that relate to compass use
Oh and by the way the compass is used during the mapping, it helps provide accuracy of heading which most of the mapping programs use it in direction tracking and accuracy of location. Sure the GPS is used for the high-level but the tracking data from the Compass is used for heading auxiliary information to the mapping, that's why one of the symptoms when you have a Compass problem is a glitchy map too
I likewise have had the same issue, and followed all of the same directions to correct. I finally got it corrected by tapping the + on the compass and doing many figure 8 motions. Now compass reads correctly.
My wife and I each bought a 7+ on the same day, set them up the same etc. Her compass stopped working. I did all of the usual things and finally a whole system reset on the phone. Mine worked fine. I'm not sure, but this might have been the issue: I bought her a case by a company called Mercury and it had magnets in it to hold it in place. I wonder if the magnets interfered with the compass and other features on her phone because she kept having issues that I didn't have. Just a thought.
3. First, position your phone flat against your palm, with the screen facing upwards. Your iPhone has a built-in magnetic field sensor used by apps like Apple Maps, which you'll be using to calibrate the compass.
Once you've opened the Compass app and calibrated it, you'll see a series of numbers near the bottom of the screen. The first set of numbers the degrees. There are 360 degrees on the compass, 0 being north, 90 being east, 180 being south, and 270 being west.
I was talking to some friends about using the compass to get latitude, longitude, and elevation and discovered that the compass direction was not the same for all four iphones even though they were all pointed in the exact same direction. Two were within 4 degrees but the other two were 15 to 25 degrees in disagreement. All were set to display true north. 3 were using ios 14xxx and mine was ios 13.xxx. Everyone also waved their iphone around in case it was needed for calibration.
Of course the original reason this came up was using the compass because it displayed elevation. For whatever reason only my iphone showed elevation and I saw no way to get it one the other iphones. Any ideas?
None of the iphones had anything magnetic on them. The iphones were arranged top to bottom. There was a 8, XR X, and 12. While I don't know about the location services of two of the iphones mine had location services on for the compass and my wife's had location services on but not for gps. For whatever reason my wife's iphone and mine now agree to the exact same compass reading.
I just got a new iPhone SE 2020, and the compass is terribly inaccurate. I make sure that I am not near anything metal or magnetic while using it. Occasionally it will be reasonably accurate, but 98% of the time, it is way off (sometimes up to 90 degrees). I have location services turned on, and "Use True North" also enabled. I took it back to Best Buy and asked the Geek Squad about the problem, and was quicky informed that there is no calibration procedure available. This is my very first iPhone, and for Four Hundred and Fifty bucks, I am somewhat disappointed, and don't want to take "NO" for an answer. Any ideas?
Congratulations on your new iPhone! We see the compass is not calibrating as expected. We can help with this information. If not already we will want to make sure your iPhone is updated to the latest iOS version.
The compass is automatically calibrated on a regular basis as part of location services. If you go to Settings > Privacy > Location Service > System Services > Compass Calibration, you will see a toggle switch. If it is off, let's turn it on. If it was on, let's turn it off then back on. We also want to check Settings > Compass > Location > Set to, While Using App.
I have bought a couple dedicated electronic compasses and found them lacking. I have only used the iPhone compass for gross directional orientation. In many environments it starts a fresh calibration sequence. Note that the compass settings can number set for magnetic or true north which could account for a significant error, but that should be consistent per the local declination
I usually travel cross country in desert canyon country. The lack of water and inaccurate navigation could be deadly. And, at times, sometimes my map & compass skills get rusty. So there are now yearly practice sessions for me.
With a Brunton compass I used for geology class, there were two pieces of glass (?) that flipped up, with a line on them. You could look through them and align the lines with some geological feature and get the angle pretty accurately
You flip up a mirror with a line on it, and a metal sight like a gun. There are bubble levels to keep the compass level. Rotate the mirror until you can see the feature. Line it up. Look at the compass to see the angle to magnetic noth.
Simple enough, iPhone X has the compass stuck at 0 degrees north. Which flex is responsible for providing compass information?
Edit: What the fuck it was because my volume/wireless charging flex was also damaged. Replacing that with an OEM pull fixed it. Why??
I'm trying to make an app which is similar to a compass, but with notable differences, however, they are not important. What I need to know is: how can I get the iPhone to give me the compass orientation (i.e. 0 degrees for north) regardless of the phone's orientation (i.e. It will give the same reading if it is lying flat on a table or portrait in someone's hand if it is pointing the same way)
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