When using Google sky map or street view I notice that the compass bearing is out by at least 10 degrees
Can't find any way to sort it out... anyone got any ideas?
hold it upright, dont hold it paralell to the ground.
Who would have thought to try that! You must be a genius!
Seriously though, it doesn't make a difference which horizontal plane I hold the phone on, the compass bearing is out either way.
If I use street view in compass mode with the phone pointing towards my house from the street... it will display the view on the phone of 10 degrees or so to the east.
With Sky Map, the stars are approximately 10 degrees out also.
most digital compasses have a compensation for where you are in the world, because magnetic north is not the same as geometric north, you are bound to be off by a few degrees.
thats probably why its off, since the android compass app doesnt have a compensation for that.
my compass varies by 15 degrees when placed flat.
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I have a few apps that rely on an accurate compass (Geocaching, etc.). Not only is my Epic clueless as to the true heading, but it doesn't rotate as I do. In other words, if I'm facing east and turn around, the phone still reads east.
I know there are issues with the GPS, but I wonder if I have something else going on.
There is a separate magnetometer sensor, so the main compass functions that way. And most apps that show compass bearing use that.
Some apps may not align automatically by the compass bearing.
Make sure your magnetic compass is calibrated.
"Wave your phone around in a figure 8 pattern 4-5 times"
Thanks. I'm a dummy. I've never did the figure eight dance long enough. I figured you did it for a while and then hit OK. I continued until the prompt disappeared and it appears to be better.
Hi,
is there a way to make the compass callibration permanent?
When I start any app, the compass points to south instead of to north. The calibration using 8-figure works, but as soon as I exit the app and start it anew, the compass points again in the opposite direction.
Is there a sollution?
this might sounds weird but do you live on the top half of the world (america europe asia) or the bottom half (afrika south amerika australia)
and i really don't know if this is true but if you're on the botton side of the world then is could probably be working good but is it calibrated for the top half of the world.
maybe this is not true but if you do navigation with like a spoon (sounds stupid but i've seen it) then it works the same way
I just noticed that the direction indicator in Maps always points the same direction when my phone is upright, but when I orient it horizontally (lay it down), it works as it should. I used the Ulysse Gizmos to check the compass operation, and it is showing that the magnetic sensor is working when the phone is upright. I can't find a setting in Maps to do anything with the compass. It's not a function-breaking issue, but it's a little weird and annoying to look at.
**FIXED IT**
Needed calibration.
Hi,
Tried to use Google Sky Map, and found it very jerky and also inaccurate. So downloaded some compass app, and noticed that it has no idea of real north and I can turn phone (while flat on table) to make compass say true south would be north.
Anyone else seeing similar behavior? I've tried calibrating compass by turning phone but it doesn't help. In Sky Map it seems to behave better when holding phone portrait, while horizontally it behaves like compass and doesn't really detect change when turning around.
jpalo said:
Hi,
Tried to use Google Sky Map, and found it very jerky and also inaccurate. So downloaded some compass app, and noticed that it has no idea of real north and I can turn phone (while flat on table) to make compass say true south would be north.
Anyone else seeing similar behavior? I've tried calibrating compass by turning phone but it doesn't help. In Sky Map it seems to behave better when holding phone portrait, while horizontally it behaves like compass and doesn't really detect change when turning around.
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I just tried my compass and it was like you said so I did a quick calibration (moving phone in figure eights) and it behaved correctly
the compass I used was smart compass by smart tools. Give it try and see if it helps? I also tried google sky maps and it was also jerky, but I didn't try it before so don't know if that's normal or not.
There is a thread on the Google Help Forums about this. It still isn't clear if that is permanently fixable.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/SK7gbrV5MhU
Just like the title says literally 99% of the time i go into Google maps the little blue marker is pointed in the wrong direction and I have to do the compass calibration where you tilt it front back side side then twist it. About 50% of the time Google maps tells me to do that.
Is there anyway to have the compass calibration stick?
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Just like the title says literally 99% of the time i go into Google maps the little blue marker is pointed in the wrong direction and I have to do the compass calibration where you tilt it front back side side then twist it. About 50% of the time Google maps tells me to do that.
Is there anyway to have the compass calibration stick?
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not as far as i know this happens to me too it also happened on my nexus 6 to pretty sure this is a google problem it also happens on the 5x https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/SK7gbrV5MhU so yeah best advice is to try moving phone quickly when calibrating if its off restart and try try again
My problem is the damn Gyroscope! (not the accelerometer nor the magnetometer)
the compass works perfectly fine but it rotates to the left constantly due to the gyro having the wrong calibration at 0.6, 0, 0.1 rads/sec(X Y Z, yaw roll pitch respectively)
which causes the phone to constantly think its rotating to the left(when on landscape) whenever i press the compass button in street view it shows the exact direction as reality but as soon as i stay static it rotates constantly. and whenever i press the compass button it shows the real direction.
This is a gyro problem in my case that renders google maps unusable for heading readings...
easily fixable by software but there is no recalibrate button(ota doesnt do the trick still like this in andorid 7)
I'll try a factory reset tomorrow.