On Nov 5, 4:29 am, mitush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the process of writing an app for my G1 I think I got stuck with
> similar problem. Running Orienteer application (from the Market)
> confirms that; turning my G1 by 360 degrees while holding it flat, the
> reading on the Orienteer compass goes between 0 and 90 degrees only.
> The same thing happens when using compass view with the maps/street
> view, here I could only get about 90 degrees view angle as well (in
> other words I cannot see other side of the street and other direction
> of the street).
>
hi mitush
I has the same problem with you.When use compass in street-view ,only
0/90 angle view show.
It is worse than iphone's 3-axis accelerometer,right?
> The funny thing is that, in my G1 app I was listening and logging
> SensorManager.SENSOR_ORIENTATION_RAW values and earlier today the
> returned values had the range of 360 degrees, and I have the log file
> to prove it was not a dream :) When I run the same app now, it shows
> limited range values only, consistent with Orienteer . As if something
> got broken between now and few hours ago. I also recall that when I
> tried compass/map/streetview few days ago, I was able to rotate my
> view without any constraints.
>
> There is not much metal around, I tried changing my location as well.
> For a second, I though it could be the car, which my wife parked
> outside the house an hour ago, but Orienteer shows the same problem
> even 120 ft away in the backyard. I did not drop G1 or did anything of
> that sort.
>
> On Nov 4, 4:01 am, bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I've been trying to
> figure out the cause of acompassrelated error
> > for a while. After debugging and standing out in the rain slowly
> > spinning in circles for a while, I finally found out that my device is
> > reporting back yaw values inconsistently.
>
> > For example, the range of offset from magnetic north is +/- 46
> > degrees. The average offset is just under 20 degrees. Depending on how
> > I orient my G1, the error can go to 46 degrees off of magnetic north.
> > Has anyone here experienced similar results when reading yaw from the
> > sensor? I've gotten a number of reports from others complaining about
> > inaccuracy withcompasstype results and am wondering if this is a per
> > phone error or if all of the G1s have poor yaw/orientation sensors.
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