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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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