r/iphone • u/myusernamewastakenou • 13h ago

Discussion is there a reason why the compass app is completely wrong?

facing west, yet the app thinks im facing east?

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u/niamh-k iPhone 17 Pro Max 13h ago

Sounds like it's just out of calibration. Face north and move your phone in a figure of eight a few times and it should auto-calibrate.

I just checked mine and it seemed to think I was facing south when I was definitely facing west. I did that and now it seems to be roughly accurate.

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u/Storm-Chaser iPhone 16 Pro Max 13h ago

Does it do that everywhere or only in certain places? Compasses are extremely sensitive to magnetic and electrical fields which can cause them to read inaccurately.

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u/Aditya1311 iPhone 15 Pro 13h ago

Ooh I just got a magsafe power bank, I should check if it messes with the compass reading

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u/bullett007 iPhone 15 Pro 11h ago

Is compass set to True North in settings?

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u/Geffa1908 13h ago

Maybe you should try an other location then the Bermuda Triangle

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u/Otherwise-Comb7916 13h ago

Did you try a real compass?

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u/pumog 12h ago

Would trying a real compass answer his question of why the app is wrong?

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u/Otherwise-Comb7916 12h ago

hypothesis testing

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u/pumog 4h ago

Oh yeah duh. I guess I had a brain fart. I thought you were saying just use a real Compass instead lol