Exactly, it is the compass that is used to determine direction. The compass knows which way it is facing, not which you are facing. Some apps will take advantage of the GPS to determine direction of movement but clearly you need to be moving for this to work. I am not sure if Blind Square will use the GPS data for this.
Garth On 10/07/2012, at 7:22 AM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > Hi, I believe for the compass of the phone to work properly it has to be > horizontal. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. --Rodney Dangerfield > Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 > > > On 7/9/2012 4:35 PM, Mark Furness wrote: >> Unless I hold my iPhone 4 horizontally with the home button toward my >> stomach and facing upwards, >> it tells me locations are behind me, when they are in front, >> 3 oclock when they are 9 oclock. >> >> In short opposite from where they really are. >> >> I did have the phone in my front pocket wright side up and upside down. No >> difference. >> my screen is locked into portrait mode.. >> What do I need to do, that will allow me to carry my phone in any way except >> horizontally? >> >> Mark >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
