sbtwilmington
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Hi Brad....I've also posted in the Samsung Community on this. My issue is exactly the same. I use compass related apps daily for my business and it worked perfectly up until the Pie update (AT&T phone carrier).
Does this not have an impact on driving apps, like Google Maps?
I don’t use the compass ever, but I think most of use use these GPS apps which must have some connection to the compass? Or is direction always based on moves relative to the satellites?
R
funny part is, not everyone has this bug. The compass bug is pestering me. But my biggest complaint is that pie DIDN'T bring back the individual personalized text message tones. LOL. I been hollering about that since day one.
I contacted Samsung Customer Support and filed a Support Ticket on the Compass Issue and here is what I received for a reply - I cut off the erly part of the message as it was the bureaucratic part of the message that no one needed to read:
"These feedbacks are the base of any development that comes along. I certainly see you are disappointed with the changes that happened with the update.
I’m extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused due to the update. Though the changes cannot be reverted, however i’ll take it as a priority feedback I hope in future the updates that might release for your model will appease you.
I’ve shared troubleshooting to curb the issue. It might be helpful to sort out the issue. Else repair is the option we have.
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Reset app preferences:
NOTE: This would reset all the applications preferences to their defaults but will not delete any data.
Navigate to Apps > Settings > Application Manager > More > Reset App Preferences.
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If the issue still persist you can ship the device for repair . I’ve provided link below to contact us for the repair.
https://www.samsung.com/us/support/service/"
I am not about to do this as it would reset too many App Defaults and have me going totally bonkers for a single compass problem - I DON'T CONSIDER THIS A SOLUTION!
I pu this up the other day and I'm going to post it again. Go here:
https://us.community.samsung.com/t5...mpass-error-after-Pie-update/m-p/456626#M9337
This is the samsung support site for the US. The moderators are the ones that report to R&D about stuff that isn't working. What they are collecting is the:
Model number of the phone
Baseband Version
The Carrier.
The exact model number and baseband version can be found under Settings>about Phone>Software information. Everyone so far that seems to be having problem with the compass has baseband version that ends in CSAA. At least, all that have been reported ended in that combination.
I know these people are reading from a prepared script, but they consider it A FEATURE to update a sensor used to calculate direction to be off by 90°?
I found another way to calibrate your compass.
Go to Google maps and press on your location blue dot , at the bottom press button to calibrate your compass
Done.. didn't work. I'll add that to the list of failed attempts. It's not the app that's off center. It's the sensor itself. That, or the programming for that sensor. That sensor feeds all the compass, GPS and mapping apps and all are off by the same amount. Thanks for the attempt though
Done.. didn't work. I'll add that to the list of failed attempts. It's not the app that's off center. It's the sensor itself. That, or the programming for that sensor. That sensor feeds all the compass, GPS and mapping apps and all are off by the same amount. Thanks for the attempt though
Mustang is your compass working?Just in case you missed you have to do the figure 8 3 times