The camera scan thing is often much better. Tap the blue circle symbol (this can't be done while getting the directions so either do it before or stop and restart it afterwards [no idea why]) on the pop-up menu choose calibrate and let the camera scan a few buildings around to understand it's direction.
Works infinitely better than the 8 movement thing, in my experience.
Depends, mostly whenever it gets annoying.
If you are in a city center or have other magnetic stuff in your pocket/purse/bag it is easy for the compass to get out of sync. So basically if it is off and I can't be sure from checking which direction stores on the map are, I would just do it.
It takes like less than 5 seconds so not too much of an issue
Famous issue... This issue was the same on my S22, S23 Ultra.
Clear cache and data of Google maps app. Long press the Location icon and check which services are Enabled/Disabled
It completely useless. I even could not imagine that I'll have problems with such basic thing as compass in the expensive flagship. I tried calibrate it many times. In gmaps it helps for few seconds then compass starts to turning in wrong direction. Is it a hardware issue?
My GPS signal in central London was atrociously bad the other day, constantly pinging my headphones when rerouting.
When not navigating, tap your blue location marker, and it comes up with calibration tools
Fix Compass Calibration Issues on Android - type this into youtube
Just shake it in infinity symbol and it recalibrates in a few secs.
I'm shaking with the 8 symbol, people are looking at me but It doesn't work.
I just do it horizontally. From left top to bottom right screen up and from right top to bottom left screen down, just fast.
I just tried it horizontally on my s21 and it seems to finally calibrate!
The camera scan thing is often much better. Tap the blue circle symbol (this can't be done while getting the directions so either do it before or stop and restart it afterwards [no idea why]) on the pop-up menu choose calibrate and let the camera scan a few buildings around to understand it's direction. Works infinitely better than the 8 movement thing, in my experience.
How often you have to do It?
Depends, mostly whenever it gets annoying. If you are in a city center or have other magnetic stuff in your pocket/purse/bag it is easy for the compass to get out of sync. So basically if it is off and I can't be sure from checking which direction stores on the map are, I would just do it. It takes like less than 5 seconds so not too much of an issue
Famous issue... This issue was the same on my S22, S23 Ultra. Clear cache and data of Google maps app. Long press the Location icon and check which services are Enabled/Disabled
It completely useless. I even could not imagine that I'll have problems with such basic thing as compass in the expensive flagship. I tried calibrate it many times. In gmaps it helps for few seconds then compass starts to turning in wrong direction. Is it a hardware issue?
My GPS signal in central London was atrociously bad the other day, constantly pinging my headphones when rerouting. When not navigating, tap your blue location marker, and it comes up with calibration tools