Sony Xperia XA2 magnetic compass? [released]
asked 2019-08-12 13:13:07 +0200
I have long used my Sailfish phones for geocaching, and c:geo works very well in this environment, you can even get the Finnish national survey maps into it offline as a large binary blob.
My former AquaFish had no magnetic compass (which could be helpful, if not essential) although Sailfish seemed to indicate to c:geo there was one. I've now switched over to a Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra and am happy with the results. Unfortunately, c:geo still doesn't understand the Ultra's magnetic compass: it is also indicated as present but doesn't seem to give any useful readings.
What is the situation, doesn't Sailfish know how to use the XA2 magnetometer chip or what?
Don't know about XA2 but have you tested compass with CSD tool and with a compass app?
Pohli ( 2019-08-13 12:42:16 +0200 )editTesting the compass using the csd tool gives me a fail on the compass sensor test: repeated attempts of waving the device around in a figure-eight does not seem to calibrate the sensor (messages are "Pass calibration level: 1 / Current calibration level: 0.333333 / Fail"). Trying Jussi Vuorisalmi's Orienteering Compass 1.0.1 from the Jolla store also gives the maximum calibration 33% (as he warns) but does not point north with any reliability. What now?
ExTechOp ( 2019-08-17 11:11:23 +0200 )editon my xa2, 3.1, compass calibrates, but wanders all over (eg 60 degrees) so is useless.
bongo ( 2019-11-01 16:13:00 +0200 )edit