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Re:Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away by derriz on Sunday December 14, 2025 @11:10AM (#46264074)
The most annoying thing about iPhone Maps for me is the inaccuracy of the direction indicator. I've googled and it doesn't seem to be a universal complaint even though I've experienced this on multiple devices over the years even after following instructions to re-calibrate multiple times. Maybe I've just been unlucky.

It intensely frustrating to use maps for direction finding while walking or cycling when the app is telling you are facing one direction when in fact you are facing another.

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Re:Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away by morshu9001 on Sunday December 14, 2025 @11:17AM (#46264128)
On my past iPhones, the compass always got screwed up over time somehow. Sometimes recalibrating fixed it, but only for a minute.
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Re:Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away by derriz on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:21PM (#46264784)
Yep - exactly what I’ve experienced. Calibrate the compass and at least it’s within a right angle of being correct. But the problem returns.
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Re:Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away by joecool1029 on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:30PM (#46264876)
Was it serviced? In some models they used to have a non-ferrous screw put next to the compass, if a tech puts the wrong one in it will not calibrate.
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Re:Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away by mertd on Sunday December 14, 2025 @11:17AM (#46264127)
That's a phone compass problem no? Perhaps the specific way you're holding the phone is confusing for the algorithm?
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Re:Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away by cenamus on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:21PM (#46264783)
You're holding it wrong part 2?
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Re:Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away by pashky on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:26PM (#46264829)
Settings - privacy - location services - system services - compass calibration. Make sure it’s enabled. In a bout of paranoia I disabled location for everything I didn’t recognize as necessary and then it took me many months to find out why compass cone behaves funny in mapping apps.
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