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HTC Desire compass problem

  • 14-05-2010 12:16pm
    #1
    AAAAAAAHHH
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    Anyone else having trouble with the compass on their HTC Desire? It worked fine for the first few days, but now it doesn't work in any apps. I downloaded a compass app but it says there's an abnormal magnetic field detected. When I calibrate it it works for a minute or so (but it's a lot jerkier than it was when I first got it) then it goes again. I've tried it in a few different places.


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  • #2
    BigAl81
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    Mines fine after 2 weeks, used it a fair few times, no problems.


  • #3
    thegom145
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    What compass app did you use? I'll try it on mine.


  • #4
    jimmycrackcorm
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    I absolutely don't trust the compass on the desire. I keep having to calibrate it and depending on whether you do that vertically or horizontally it will vary. Sometimes it won't evrn move as you adjust the phone direction.


  • #5
    detonator12345
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    Same here it seems like this problem just occurred recently and I'm guessing this is a cause of the software of the desire. I was also able to use the feature before but now it started malfunctioning and everytime I use it I have to calibrated and after couple of minutes the problem still occurs. I also uploaded a video of the problem and hopes HTC deals with this problem seriously and fixes it with future updates


  • #6
    BigAl81
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    thegom145 wrote: »
    What compass app did you use? I'll try it on mine.

    Hey, i got mine from the android market, it's called 'compass' and its by snaptic. Not sure how accurate it is, but i point it to dublin and it says east, i point it to Galway and it says west so seems to work for me.

    Go team!


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  • #7
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    thegom145 wrote: »
    What compass app did you use? I'll try it on mine.

    I'm not sure, I think it's just called compass. It started happening with layar before I even installed the compass app though so that's not the problem. I only really installed the compass app so I could use it to calibrate it.


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