calibrate compass

[hallcp1019]

am i crazy or does this go on forever or whats up lol it says rotate device till image turns green but theres never like a verification to say calibrated and flipped and spun my phone for like 10 mins just to see if i was doing it wrong just wondering?

[Faafil]

After you press calibrate do you get the circle with NSEW?? It took me a couple of minutes for the circle to turn green, but it finally worked...

[hallcp1019]

never got the compass to turn green lol is that phone thing before just a demo and im that slow?

[Cody21]

As I recall, it can take a long time to get it calibrated. best done when you're outdoors with no obstructions.  But it does eventually turn green - CALIBRATED.

[B33]

Cody i've done that an the Compass that you have to cailibrate it shows true an green like you said but it Does't  Help the App Compasses as i've got GPS Test From chartcross an the other Compass app an East  West is Reversed Now North an South are Tru an i mention in a different post my incredible was never really on True. But Google is going to have to fix this one as so many rely on maps an GPS.

Hallcop you have to go outside dood so the X gets a good view of the satellites an when you start . spin the X in every Direction, Holding the X top to bottom spin it 3 to 4 times, side to side same amout of Times,  holding it  up right again turn it around an around same amount of times an on every axcess Do this about 2 to 3 min. an see if you have green if so your Done hit the home button.

[Faafil]

Yes, the picture of the phone rotating is just a demo - press calibrate and you'll get the compass...then rotate the phone.

As the other poster mentioned, the east/west pointer on Google Maps are reversed... so far no fix for it that I've found... hope they do an update quick! We're going to be traveling southeast for vacation and I don't want to end up in Canada!

[Wildman]

Ha Ha I just noticed that my device is suffering from this little bug, I just used my Navigation and noticed that the map reported to me that the building I wanted was on the wrong side of the street (Said it was on the right when it was in fact on the left side), this isnt a big issue but I can see where this could be a little confusing...

The one thing about this is that users are blaming the update when this clearly appears to be a Google Maps bug, the developer simply input the data for directions in incorrectly....   I opened the compass calibration software is reading all directions correctly so this is a software bug not a update issue.   I am sure Google will get a fix as soon as possible to resolve this but at this time my GPS still have got me to every address I inputted without issues so the app isnt unusable..

Hope this puts users at ease about this little bug because its not a major issue....

[B33]

Wildman it make you feel wich way do i go to find my(Butt)around this way or around that way LOL

[Wildman]

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DincX110 wrote:

Wildman it make you feel wich way do i go to find my Butt around this way or around that way LOL

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OOOKKKK??? , Thats a colorful way to view things but I guess you are right...   By the way have anyone tried any 3rd party GPS and see if the issue is also on that app as will because I believe it may not have the same issue..

[B33]

Wildman we got to have a alittle humor it makes the World go around an thats all that counts Right