Compass google maps

[BlackHawkA4]

How do you reset the compass? Google maps its showing me facing north when I'm facing south.

phone its vertical in my hand.

 

[Donmeister85]

Never really used the compass in Google Maps, but wouldn't the phone have to be horizontal for the compass to be accurate? Kind of like a real compass? I don't know.

 

[BlackHawkA4]

I meant the sprint logo is facing forwards.

 

[dragonol2]

If you press the "compass" button in Google Maps, it's actually a toggle for activating the compass mode... try to press it a few times to see if it sets you back in the "right" direction based off of your preference

 

[anon(47596)]

Two methods that I have heard of to calibrate the compass. Try the following with compass mode (or some other compass app) running:

-- Figure Eight: Hold the phone with the screen facing up. Move the phone as to draw a horizontal number 8 a few times. (This seems to work for my Epic.)

-- 3 Axis Rotation: Slowly spin the phone 3 times with the screen facing up, facing toward you, facing to the left or right (3 spins in each direction, 9 total).

HTH