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		morshu9001 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away On my past iPhones, the compass always got screwed up over time somehow. Sometimes recalibrating fixed it, but only for a minute.

derriz 31 days ago [–]

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.

joecool1029 31 days ago | [–]

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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