iPhone 6(S)/Plus Compass Problems ?

[Robert4]

Hi,

Have a several year old phone.
Think it's a 6R or maybe a 6S.

Irrespective of what compass APP I try, and I have tried a bunch, none
show North anywhere near where it should be. This includes Apple's compass too.

Anyone else experiencing these problems; a glitch in the Apple
magnetic sensors perhaps ?

What's even more interesting, some of the newer APPs imply they are deriving
the compass heading they show via GPS data (solely).
These are also wrong; all of them.

Have tried rotating the phone, etc.
Case has a flap that is held magneticly at its edge, but this does not seem
to influence anything. But maybe. Would be a big hassle to remove phone from case.
Moving the flap to its extremes has no effect on what Heading is displayed.

Any thoughts on would be appreciated.

Regards,
Bob

 

[StumpyBloke]

Have you not even tried to take the phone out of the case? Surely that’s the first thing to try? And it’s a 6S, not a 6R, no such thing

 

[now i see it]

It's the magnetic flap in your case causing mayhem

 

[akash.nu]

It's the magnetic flap in your case causing mayhem

This!

 

[Robert4]

Hi,
Thanks for reply.
Phone is Very tight in case, so my reluctance to
try and remove it.

But- if any APP uses GPS data for heading, any extraneous magnetic fields should have absoluely no effect on any reading (as contrasted to a magnetic sensor/compass).

Right ?

Bob