Pressure sensor in S5?

[whichphone]

I've gotten conflicting information as to whether the Galaxy S5 has a pressure sensor. I do a lot of hill climbing and would like to be able to use barometric altimeter apps on whatever new smart phone I decide to buy, since GPS altimetry has very low precision. I talked to Samsung chat which seemed a bit like talking to a brick wall,

I?m told that the S5 ?don?t support Pressure sensor?, yet ?you can use barometric altimeter apps?

If the S5 has no pressure sensor how can it support barometric apps, unless it gets the pressure data from some online source, which is of no use in determining barometric pressure at my exact location. (I?m not interested in measuring the pressure in my tires here.)

 

[puremeerkat]

I just downloaded a sensor testing app and the phone does have a pressure sensor built in. So a data connection isn't used.

Posted via Android Central App

 

[PolarBear8]

I just downloaded a sensor testing app and the phone does have a pressure sensor built in. So a data connection isn't used.

What was the app ?

 

[U4icLab]

Barometer but no hygrometer or thermometer like its predecessors.

Posted via Android Central App

 

[ziva2006]

When did Galaxy's have a hygrometer?

Sent from my Galaxy S5 using Tapatalk

 

[puremeerkat]

Here's the link to an app that shows all of your sensors in your device.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...id=com.microjects.smartsensors&token=BIajL7Mi

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[winnersmw]

If you look at this article on Android Central's homepage right now, you'll see that there IS a barometer built in:

 

[IMANUT46]

The article states pressing *#0*# opens the menu. It does not work on my S5. Help.