Re: [Hampshire] OT: Magnetic Fields

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Author: Samuel Penn
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] OT: Magnetic Fields
On Saturday 18 September 2010 13:48:01 alan c wrote:
> On 18/09/10 13:23, Samuel Penn wrote:
> > At some point I need to get a real compass to check things,
> > but in the mean time, does anyone have any ideas what might
> > be causing the issue?
>
> not really however when I use my android compass app I also have the
> 3G data and GPS turned on so that the display is very much more that
> just magnetic


The Sky App uses the magnetic field to work out which way the
phone is pointing, so even with GPS switched on, it doesn't
help.

I've tried recalibrating everything (several times), but it
has no effect.

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