Is it just me or does google navigation not rotate the map with you depending on your direction anymore? I have been on IC since august and I had it working like that up until a week or two ago. I can't remember if it was on 225 sse or a previous version where I last saw it working where it rotated the map. I've been on 255 for about a week and when I use navigation it keeps the map stationary with north always north and I can't figure out how to get it to follow my direction as if its looking forward again on the road...thanks for any help!
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I thought it was the updates to the EVO that caused that. But the compass was clearly fixed, but navigator didn't work. So it's definitely a software thing, and not related to the phone, I think.
I have same problem
until i see compass icon (top right) and click it
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Well the compass does point at the right direction but when I fired up street view and turned on compass mode, (which is pretty sweet btw) no matter how still I hold the phone or even place it flat on a table for that matter, the image keeps quivering. The image just does not stay in one place! Went into test mode and under sensors I checked it out it was the same quivering. Also under settings>display> theres an option for Horizontal calibration, funny thing is even when placed on a absolutely flat surface (I tried at different places), the small ball in the center does not stay still! Why is this so? This issue makes using sky map,street view,layar etc quite unusable because of all the jitter! Any fix for this?
Jumping around happens when you are near a magnetic field such as speaker,computer etc. move away in open area, jumping should reduce.
In the compass settings> noise filter set to strong, sensor rate slowest & buffer display ticket with green check mark.
This should solve your problem, if not then report back.
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Jumping around happens when you are near a magnetic field such as speaker,computer etc. move away in open area, jumping should reduce.
In the compass settings> noise filter set to strong, sensor rate slowest & buffer display ticket with green check mark.
This should solve your problem, if not then report back.
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Which compass settings are you referring to? Where do I find these settings?
Compass is a app which you can download from the market in that you will have those settings, once set you wont face that jumping issue. Mine stay still.
By saying street view are you referring to layar which shows a compass too?
Ok I'll try that out, but will changing those settings in the app apply to the whole system?
The street view I was referring to is from google maps with compass mode on.
I had the same problem as your since i installed compass & set it the right way that problem was never noticed, earlier it use to jump, so my best guess is that those settings are somehow being read by other apps too.
In my case google maps with compass mode remains quite still.
Do report back with the results.
Well I tried your fix and it worked kinda, the twitching has reduced but its still there which is very annoying. In service test under sensors it still keeps jumping around. I've also tried using it in a place free from magnetic signals but still the same. Is it this way for all galaxy s users our could mine be faulty?
Mine stays perfectly still (FW ddkb1) whats your FW?
Compass on google map works only when gps is enabled & locked, if gps is not able to lock then it might have the problem which you are describing.
Are you able to lock on to the gps (icon stops flashing)?
Well I'm on the same firmware as you (kb1). (kies keeps crashing if I try to update to kb2, but that's another issue)
The twitching issue I'm talking about should not be related to gps, on the map itself it does not twitch at all, but when I go to say new york on the map and go to street view, and enable compass mode, even if I hold the phone vedas still the image on the screen still vibrates.
I tried to replicate at my end but i don't have any issues, maps don't vibrate, however they rotate as per compass pointing (locked) to north.
What do you mean by street view, there is no such option in maps at my end, when i go to new york I see a road map only, is there something which i am missing?
Seems some setting we have is different between you & me though we both are on kb1 but cant figure out what.
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I tried to replicate at my end but i don't have any issues, maps don't vibrate, however they rotate as per compass pointing (locked) to north.
What do you mean by street view, there is no such option in maps at my end, when i go to new york I see a road map only, is there something which i am missing?
Seems some setting we have is different between you & me though we both are on kb1 but cant figure out what.
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Ok so i'm guessing you have never tried street view before, ok so just enter 'new york' into the search box and it will take you there, once there you will see a big red arrow pointing downwards to the map with New York written above. Click on the name and select the right most option (a man standing) that will take you to street view, once in there press the menu key and turn on compass mode. Try holding the phone still or even place it flat on a table and see if the image twitches. (Its a pretty cool thing anyways, you'll enjoy it! )
The probelm that I am facing is similar to this
Jumping Compass
Oh I have seen street view on desktop numerous time didn't know its a feature on our phones too. Now I tested street view as per your instruction & it does change its angle 5° approx & flicker but in compass mode it just show me the bottom of the 360° image & no more moves.
The issue could be in street view as its in beta testing.
The jumping compass video is what I was having the problem but after I changed the settings it got stabilized.
We can ask bala who has updated his fw to kb3 to test this if the problem is same or not.
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Oh I have seen street view on desktop numerous time didn't know its a feature on our phones too. Now I tested street view as per your instruction & it does change its angle 5° approx & flicker but in compass mode it just show me the bottom of the 360° image & no more moves.
The issue could be in street view as its in beta testing.
The jumping compass video is what I was having the problem but after I changed the settings it got stabilized.
We can ask bala who has updated his fw to kb3 to test this if the problem is same or not.
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Have you updated your google maps? Its at version 5.3.0 now. It could not be street view's fault because it used to work perfectly fine on my xperia x10 earlier. Come to think of it the x10 had far better gps and compass components (but seriously lacked in other areas).
Changing the settings in compass app worked only in that app itself, its not a general fix for it though.I would like to know if all i9000/i9003 have this problem...
magnetometergate?
I just bought this same phone and I'm experiencing the same jitter. This is a real show stopper since it renders useless apps like those mentioned here, panorama stitching, Google sky map and others. I'm really annoyed and thinking about returning the phone.
The Iphone 3Gs does not suffer this issue, the compass moves smooth and softly.
This seems to be a hardware problem, maybe Samsung can improve the software filter or update the sensor firmware.
Since I am using xxkb3 now I tested again but this compass jumping problem still is the same.
I remember that xxkb3 offers few calibration & tweaking of setting for compass but what these settings do is not known to us hence I have not changed anything, I still feel that this can be addressed by tweaking the settings & not really a hardware issue.
The compass in i9003 is more sensitive to magnetic field disturbance hence the problem.
I'm not sure when it happened - but after the latest update to Maps I noticed that when I use the (Google) Navigation app the arrow direction does not align to my direction of travel but instead maintains a "North is up" alignment.
previously hitting the blue arrow would result in the screen aligning such that the direction of travel would be "up".
to confirm, I used the Google Navigation app on my Dad's Incredible and found that his behaves as mine used to - that is the direction of travel (arrow) becomes "up" by default - or whenever the blue arrow is pressed.
I seem to remember that my Navigation has been like this for a few months now - it *definitely* was *not* like this for the first 9 months or so I used the phone as a navigation device!
I have tried calibrating the compass - but no joy.
this is more than just a small annoyance - since the phone *always* shows the map oriented as North being "up", then even tho the direction displayed is technically correct it is VERY easy to go the wrong way...
for example: just now I told the phone I want to go to an address directly West of my location - as I'm sitting here I have the top of my phone pointing approx due west and it's showing that direction as "North" and displaying an arrow for the direction I want to go - West - as 90° to the right of North... which is correct BUT if you just look at the arrow it LOOKS like it's telling you to turn right - which would take me South!!
does any one know what's going on here?
Note: I am currently running Apex 1.4.1 on Froyo 2.2.1 (kernel 2.6.32.9.**) but had the same exact problem while running Liberty 1.5
I have downloaded several compass apps but none is pointing north. Anyone with same problem?
I am using Catch.com's compass app from the Market and it is pointing North fine.
Does your Google Maps report your location correctly? Also, you may want to turn Wi-Fi Location on as well. (Settings>>Location services>>Google's location service [checked]) Also, make sure GPS satellites is checked there.
Tf700's specifications says it has an electronic compass, so no gps is needed to point north.
I tryed catch.com's compass and guess what... it works, its pointing north.
The other compasses still dont work, so catch.com is the one to use.
Thanks for the tip.
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Tf700's specifications says it has an electronic compass, so no gps is needed to point north.
I tryed catch.com's compass and guess what... it works, its pointing north.
The other compasses still dont work, so catch.com is the one to use.
Thanks for the tip.
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I also have this issue on mine. will give catch.com a try.
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I have downloaded several compass apps but none is pointing north. Anyone with same problem?
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Mine doesn't even work with catch.com's app. I rotate the device slowly a full 360 deg. and it moves the needle about 45 deg.
This makes certain apps like SkySafari, SkyMap etc. virtually useless.
Does anyone know of a technique to re-calibrate or reset the compass to make it work?
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Does anyone know of a technique to re-calibrate or reset the compass to make it work?
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Mine does it too. The sensors can autocalibrate when rotated. Just like I did with my HTC Incredible, I just hold it in roughly the same orientation I'll be using it in then flip it over twice around the X axis, then rotate it sideways twice around the Y axis, then rotate around the Z axis. It usually reads accurately after doing 2 of the 3 axis but I do all 3 anyway because it takes a matter of seconds to do this.
I also have problem with compass. I tried it to calibrate, but none method works. The compass north is always heading +-45deg to screen top in landscape mode. Is there any way to reset the compass calibration (for.ex. delete some files on rooted device) or is this a HW fault? I'm on rooted stock ROM.
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rkalas said:
I also have problem with compass. I tried it to calibrate, but none method works. The compass north is always heading +-45deg to screen top in landscape mode. Is there any way to reset the compass calibration (for.ex. delete some files on rooted device) or is this a HW fault? I'm on rooted stock ROM.
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Count me in on compass problems. I begin to suspect that there's a hardware problem. My compass never points north, and calibrating by rotating the pad does not help. Makes geocaching rather impossible, unless you bring your own compass...
Mine seems to be mostly right using the Smart Tools one. I get a magnetic field reading of around 42.the need jumps around a bit, but not more than +/- 10 degrees.
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Mine seems to be mostly right using the Smart Tools one. I get a magnetic field reading of around 42.the need jumps around a bit, but not more than +/- 10 degrees.
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Ditto, Smart Tools points north more or less accurately. (49 mag) It's off by 15 degrees, and it's 15 degrees off in the opposite direction on my sgs3.
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Hi,
For some reason while holding the phone in portrait mode, the compass (in maps, and other apps) points to the west and not to the north.
If i hold the phone in landscape mode (turn it 90 degrees), it start showing north perfectly (and updates too to reflect changes)
Is there something i can do to fix this?
mine does the same thing. Also it is only with static maps ex no navigating. If you navigate then it will correct itself as it then uses the movement to point the arrow.
Get the GPS Status and Tools ap from the Play Store. One of the tools is a compass calibrator. You basically end up rotating the phone 3 times around each axis and you are done. I've used it for years.
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Get the GPS Status and Tools ap from the Play Store. One of the tools is a compass calibrator. You basically end up rotating the phone 3 times around each axis and you are done. I've used it for years.
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Dont know why i didnt try that. Guess i just figured it should work out of the box. Anyway that worked like a charm. OP check it out.
Hey guys,
While in navigation mode, the maps always show the north at the top, and it won't auto rotate when you take a turn.
I thought it was a Google maps thing, so I was using another GPS software till now.
But today I saw a Galaxy Core, and the maps rotated automatically at every turn!
So, is it a device issue? Any input?
l3ft3r1s said:
Hey guys,
While in navigation mode, the maps always show the north at the top, and it won't auto rotate when you take a turn.
I thought it was a Google maps thing, so I was using another GPS software till now.
But today I saw a Galaxy Core, and the maps rotated automatically at every turn!
So, is it a device issue? Any input?
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I suggest you using Copilot GPS! it's free and support navigation without 3g on...Google maps navigator it's not that good.
Hey. Thanks for the tip, but as already mentioned, I do have a third party GPS software.
Nevertheless, the question is about Google Maps / Navigation.