I heard the One V does not have a compass in built. How does this affect turn-by-turn navigation with Google Maps and the like? Can anyone confirm it still works reliably?
If you use Navigator in car there are no problems, but if you intend to use it to walk, the lack of compass is annoying because sometimes is not able to understand in which direction you're going.
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everything works fine, the Poin where am i always move as i move.
As it's mentioned already that it often annoys when we dont know which direction are we going, this can be solved by HTC Location. Somehow....
With HTCLocation, you can download maps so you can use offlinely. It also have a lot of point interest or places on the map. They can help you to get to know which direction are you in, wtihout compass.
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I have seen several threads reporting compass issues in this forum. I posted one a few weeks ago as well. I have done some troubleshooting and I have now realized that my compass works fine unless I am in my car. This is very strange because I have had this car for several years and I have gone through several phones and have never had this problem. It's like my car is some kind of Faraday cage!
The symptoms are especially visible in google maps. Apparently they use the compass heading instead of the gps course to determine which way to turn the map. The arrow in the center almost always shows me driving sideways down a road. Also if I use the famous GPS Status app, the compass arrow in the middle never comes close to the actual GPS heading. Specifically, my compass always like to point somewhere to the west. If I am travelling to the east (090), my compass will point somewhere to the west (perhaps 270). But if I am travelling due south (180), the compass may point to something like south west. And if I am travelling to the west, there is a good chance the compass will be in agreement and also show me travelling to the west. Maybe I should alter my driving habits to only drive to the west.
But all of these symptoms go away if I am out of my car. If I go for a walk, the compass is fine. It is so obvious that I can stand outside of my car and get a heading, and then take the phone in my car and get a completely, wildly different heading.
I have tried the compass calibration in the GPS Status app, but that has made no difference.
Are there any engineering key codes that can test the compass, or perhaps change the sensitivity on it or something? Is there anything else I can do other than the compass calibration? Anyone have any idea what in my car might be throwing off the compass in the first place?
I have the VS985 Verizon version of the G3. The internal compass does not work correctly. I have tried compass apps and Google maps and the compass shows me heading in the wrong direction no matter where or how I try it or calibrate it.
I know that I have read somewhere about others noticing this. I'm wondering if the other versions of the G3 have a compass issue or if it is limited to the U.S. or even Verizon specific. GPS is quick and accurate.
I had this old issue on my ancient SGS1.
You should be able to recalibrate using an app like Bubble Level https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.androgames.level&hl=en
If it's severe enough try an upside-down calibration (seriously) and see if that fixes it.
Thank you DroidApprentice. I did as you suggested and the compass and maps are much improved.
I had the Note II and I always had trouble with the compass in gmaps. Specifically, if you are just looking at the map without having a destination entered (perhaps to review traffic), the compass would never work. The heading marker pretty much had a mind of its own. Well, I upgraded to the Note III, thinking that the problem must be fixed. Nope! Wrong! Nada! Same problem.
Well, I am probably getting close to upgrading again, and I was wonder what I can expect with the Note 4. Has it been fixed?
i have never had an issue with my note 2 or 3 or even 4 now!
MrGibbage said:
I had the Note II and I always had trouble with the compass in gmaps. Specifically, if you are just looking at the map without having a destination entered (perhaps to review traffic), the compass would never work. The heading marker pretty much had a mind of its own. Well, I upgraded to the Note III, thinking that the problem must be fixed. Nope! Wrong! Nada! Same problem.
Well, I am probably getting close to upgrading again, and I was wonder what I can expect with the Note 4. Has it been fixed?
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Hmmm... on my phone the compass in Google Maps is there to show which way is north on the map. Not which way I'm facing although now that you mention it I do seem to vaguely remember there used to be a mode in Google Maps which would use the compass to change what was shown on the screen based on which way the phone was pointing.
I believe that got removed from Google Maps a couple years ago. At least I haven't seen it for a long time.
If I'm right, it's a "feature" of the app rather than a limitation of the phone(s).
I'm not talking about the red and white compass in the upper left corner. I am talking about the blue arrow in the middle of the screen that represents your heading. When I drive down a street, that arrow should also point "down the street" on the map. The arrow on my screen points in pretty much any direction other than the correct one.
Here's a thread that I started a couple of years ago that still gets posted to occasionally by other people that have the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44662834#post44662834
Additionally, google sky map is pretty much impossible to use for the same reason. The google apps have no idea what direction the phone is pointing.
*#0*# Calibration can help, but it usually reverts back to the broken state after a few minutes or after a reboot.
it shows me walking or driving the right way and google sky map works perfect as well and i dont even have GPS on high accuracy. i used sky map to see what a bright star was a couple nights ago and maps today and both are fine
MrGibbage said:
I'm not talking about the red and white compass in the upper left corner. I am talking about the blue arrow in the middle of the screen that represents your heading. When I drive down a street, that arrow should also point "down the street" on the map. The arrow on my screen points in pretty much any direction other than the correct one.
Here's a thread that I started a couple of years ago that still gets posted to occasionally by other people that have the same problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44662834#post44662834
Additionally, google sky map is pretty much impossible to use for the same reason. The google apps have no idea what direction the phone is pointing.
*#0*# Calibration can help, but it usually reverts back to the broken state after a few minutes or after a reboot.
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It is not based on which direction the phone is pointing, it is based on which way the phone is moving. Has to be moving for the arrow to move. GPS in maps measures movement
I believe this is an inherent issue with the magnetometer/compass in all cellphones. All you have to do is shake the phone around (or swirl the phone around in a figure 8 pattern) to calibrate the magnetometer with the maps app open. You'll find that it is accurate afterwards.
Hello,
I am having problems with maps and navigation in my watch.
It is useless as the map is pointing wrong directions. Compass calibration does not help. Other apps user compass well but maps not
Any tip or idea?
Thank you
The Huawei Watch does not have a compass built in so it would be your phone's compass calibration that's off.
Usually when I start maps on my phone I have to do that figure 8 motion to get the compass to work properly. Maybe that's what is happening in your case? You haven't calibrated the phone yet and it is giving you the wrong direction. Or your phone might just be set up to be wrong. The OnePlus One has that problem where the compass points the opposite direction and you have to modify a file to fix it.
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to see if anyone else has noticed that when viewing Google Maps on the watch, the map rotates in the opposite (incorrect) direction as you rotate? For example, if you are looking "North" and you turn left, the map should rotate clockwise to point you "West". What I'm seeing is the exact opposite. Another test I performed was to install an app called Bearing and of course it showed the same behavior as Maps. If I was looking "North" and started rotating left, the compass would spin counter-clockwise and "East" would come up. I know that the exact direction will not be correct due to a lack of a magnetometer but rotation should still be correct. Anyone else see this?
Thanks!
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MuF123 said:
I think this is wrong assumption and that you can't really get what you want without compass.
Any app that relies on magnetic coordinates should not move at all on hwatch...
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Well, they do move smoothly and relatively accurately just in the opposite direction so they must allow for gyro/accelerometer input. Either that or I have a magic watch. Also, after reporting it, Huawei is looking into the issue. I'm just curious if others can try it on their watches and report direction of spin....
Thanks!
Same here, i think it's a bug of map due to the lack of compas.
suitengu said:
Same here, i think it's a bug of map due to the lack of compas.
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Thanks for checking, suitengu! I agree with your theory. Some software locks position or refuses to install, as it should, due to the lack of a compass. Apparently not Maps or Bearing.
I've investigated a little more. At launch maps take the phone's compass as reference, after it uses watch's gyro to turns the map.
The gyro are inverced in Gmaps, don't know if it's google of huawei fault.
Interesting to see more people notice this issue, as I already reported it in January.
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It may well be that the Maps app uses mainly magnetic compass for the rotation and the gyros are used to filter/smoothen the rotation of the map. Not having the compass inputs messes up the algorithm...
Would like to know if other AW watches that do have compass experience different behaviour.
OnnoJ said:
Interesting to see more people notice this issue, as I already reported it in January.
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It may well be that the Maps app uses mainly magnetic compass for the rotation and the gyros are used to filter/smoothen the rotation of the map. Not having the compass inputs messes up the algorithm...
Would like to know if other AW watches that do have compass experience different behaviour.
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On the LG G Watch R it's perfectly fine. Map rotating in the right direction only with the gyro sensor of the watch. I think we need to wait till Huawei fixes this.