Yes, Richard, I knew that the headphone on the iPhone 5 had been moved to the bottom, but since I have a 4S it escaped me, thanks for mentioning it.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 9:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square note, that if you have an iPhone five, the earphone is at the same end as the charging port. So, in Sieghard's excellent description, replace power button with earphone jack and it makes perfect sense. Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Aug 5, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hello Penny, Krister and List, > > OK, so I just did some experimenting with the compass and how you can > hold your phone to get the correct reading. If I want directions I > actually use an app called Voice Compass rather than the stock Compass > app. Voice Compass has it's own male voice which is of very good > quality, actually I'd say it's a human voice which plays wave files or > whatever since all it has to say is North, East, South, West and the > ones in between like Northwest, Southeast etc. That's only 8 pieces of > information so it would be easy to do. The app does also display the > actual degrees on the screen so if you want more accuracy than North > or Northeast than you can check the screen. If anybody wants to check out Voice Compass, here is the link, it is 99 Cents: > > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a+-voice-compass/id320952364?mt=8 > > Anyhow, back to directions and how to hold the phone. I know my living > room window points due east, so here it goes: > > If I hold my iPhone flat in my hand with the top edge where the > headphone jack is against the window, Voice Compass correctly says "East". > If I flip the iPhone around and hold the bottom edge with the charging > port against the window I do, not surprisingly, get the announcement "West". > > Now, if I hold the iPhone vertically, but still with the top edge > against the window, I still get "East". > It doesn't matter if the touch screen is facing to the left (9 > o'clock) or to the right (3 o'clock) as long as the phone's top is > pointing the right way. > Once again, if I hold the phone vertically but flip it so the bottom > edge is against the window, I get the "West" announcement. > > Now, holding the phone vertically in front of me which means I am > holding the entire back of the phone where the camera lens is flat > against the window with the phone right side up (home button on the > bottom), the compass still works as it should and announces "East". > > If I flip the phone upside down so that the back of the phone is > against the window, but the home button is pointing up and the > headphone jack is pointing down, the compass now reverses and announces "West". > > Now, for the last 2 positions. I am once again holding the phone right > side up (headphone jack pointing straight up, home button on the > bottom), but I am now holding the phone with the touch screen facing > away from me and flat against the window. Voice Compass now tells me "West". > > Lastly, I once again flip the phone upside down, I am still holding > the touch screen away from me and pressed against the window, but now > the headphone jack is again down and the home button and connector port is up. > Voice Compass once again tells me "East". > > The conclusion is the for the compass to work correctly, the phone can > be held flat or on edge as long as the top of the phone where the > headphone jack is points in the direction you want to know you are > facing. This means you could have the phone on a belt clip holster, > but for compass directions to work, you must be able to turn the belt > clip so the phone is held in landscape position and the headphone jack > has to point in the direction you are walking with the home button towards your back. > > What I found out with this test and hadn't realized as much before is > that you could also have your phone in a chest pocket in either one of > 2 > orientations: > 1. With the touchscreen against your chest and right side up 2. With > the back of the phone against your chest and the touch screen pointing > in the direction you are going and upside down. > > The same would apply if you had a neck holder like this one: > http://www.iphone-lanyard.com/Site/iPhone_Holder.html > Here it would make sense to have the phone in the holder upside down > and hanging with the back of the phone against your chest or stomach > (depending on how long you adjust the neck strap). This would give you > accurate compass direction and it would give you easy access to the touch screen as well. > > I hope I didn't confuse people with this and that it might help some > in deciding how to best carry their phone. > > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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