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Apple Users

Lionel Mandrake

(4,154 posts) Thu Aug 18, 2016, 12:18 PM Aug 2016

WTF - compass for ipad doesn't work. [View all]

I searched the Apple store for "compass" and found "free compass for ipad". I downloaded and installed it. It gives me a choice between "magnetic north" and "true north", but neither of these choices works properly. As I rotate the iPad, the arrow doesn't stay pointed even approximately north. Why?

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WTF - compass for ipad doesn't work. [View all] Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 OP

Did you calibrate it? Old and In the Way Aug 2016 #1

I tried that several times. Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 #2

I think it is a gps sensor, not a magnetic sensor. Nt Old and In the Way Aug 2016 #3

I think you're right. Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 #4

Here's what worked for me... Kablooie Aug 2016 #5

I tried that. Lionel Mandrake Aug 2016 #6