Recent content by bdemarco

I'll take one!

I have a Telestial sim that I will try tonight or tomorrow. It has allowed me to get data and voice service in the US previously on unlocked Verizon world phones. More soon....

reporting N/S reversal to Verizon There's no official way to report this. If you want to help, call about the problem, and ask to speak to a tier-2 technician. If they don't already know about it, then ask them to try out Maps on one of their units. Then, once they observe it themselves, ask...

GPS lock Most of the time GPS lock is fast for me; sometimes it is a bit slower than the original Inc. I did verify that issue as a "known problem" with the 2nd tier Verizon tech.

no workaround... Just got off the phone with Verizon. They do not yet have it logged in their system as a known issue. But, I was able to convince a second-level tier tech to grab a test unit. That unit has the same problem, and the tech went off to report to HTC. So, I think Sashazur is...

Does Google Sky actually get north right on your Inc 2? There have been multiple reports of Maps and Sky switching N/S when using the magnetometer. I'd like to know if it's a device specific problem, or a problem with all Inc 2s. One person has claimed that Verizon acknowledged it as a Inc 2...

It's not that. I've recalibrated several times, and moved away from any ferrous objects. And, the Compass app works fine.

I've found three reports of this problem, which seems to affect my Inc 2. When using Google Maps, the compass (based on the magnetometer) reverses N/S. Amusingly, E/W is correct. If I move around enough, such that Maps can determine my orientation using velocity-based GPS, then the problem is...