I have an iPhone SE (new version).
The magnetometer upon which the iphone's compass app depends behaves erratically and unpredictably. The compass frequently displays a wrong orientation.
I have compass calibration switched on in Settings; if I switch calibration off and on again, the compass will show the right orientation, but if I then move the phone — especially if I rotate it — the compass very often loses its directionality and shows an inaccurate direction, sometimes even wrong by nearly 180 degrees.
If one is finding one's way in the country or in a city, takes one's phone out of one's pocket and opens the compass, there is no way of telling whether it is at that moment telling the truth or lying. Surely one should not have to go through the whole procedure of finding compass calibration in Settings and switching it off and on again before deciding whether to turn left or right to continue one's walk?
I should be very grateful for any suggestions.
The magnetometer upon which the iphone's compass app depends behaves erratically and unpredictably. The compass frequently displays a wrong orientation.
I have compass calibration switched on in Settings; if I switch calibration off and on again, the compass will show the right orientation, but if I then move the phone — especially if I rotate it — the compass very often loses its directionality and shows an inaccurate direction, sometimes even wrong by nearly 180 degrees.
If one is finding one's way in the country or in a city, takes one's phone out of one's pocket and opens the compass, there is no way of telling whether it is at that moment telling the truth or lying. Surely one should not have to go through the whole procedure of finding compass calibration in Settings and switching it off and on again before deciding whether to turn left or right to continue one's walk?
I should be very grateful for any suggestions.
