Listen to the latest Today in iOs Podcast, Rob covers this issue and apparently it is a 3 degree difference and Rob was told to just wait for an update to fix this. The article indicated that this maybe hardware related and not a software issue, but it almost sounds like it might just be a software issue.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 7:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The iPhone 5S Motion Sensors Are Totally Screwed Up - gizmodo.com Just out of curiousity I tried using the level with my wife's 5 and my 5s which was received the Tuesday after they went on sale. Their is a difference of about 3 degrees between the two phones with hers showing 0 and mine -3 which is about a/4 inch off the table. I tried it on a couple of different surfaces in case one wasn't flat and got the same results. I did not try the compass part because I don't think the difference is as important. Although I hope Apple some how fixes this I don't think it will have too much effect since I don't use the phone for woodworking. On 10/14/13, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh for sure, many navigation apps use the compass. I just meant that > in my experience usually navigation apps don't rely on it exclusively > because there's lots of information like your heading that can be derived from GPS. > > Please post tomorrow after you've taken your shiny new phone out of > the box and let us know whether your sensors seem to work properly. I > agree with you, everyone has at least one year of warranty (more if > you buy Apple Care > Plus) so I don't think I'll sweat it too much at this point especially > considering that the majority of phones seem to exhibit this > behaviour. Or rather, the majority of people who have posted about > this issue around the internet can replicate it. > > Grant > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: October 14, 2013 3:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: The iPhone 5S Motion Sensors Are Totally Screwed Up - > gizmodo.com > > Hi Grant, > > Some apps do use the compass (Blindsquare is one) but I am not sure if > the variance described is enough to make a real difference. I am > getting my 5S tomorrow (HaHaHa, beat you) and I certainly appreciated > Cara posting this because at least one has a chance to specifically > test for these issues. I am a woodworker and I do build things and do > my own renovations/modifications to my home to a large degree, but > it's not like I'd ever use my iPhone as my authorative level, it's > much to short to be really precise. I have a dedicated audio level and > even that is only 12 inches and there is a reason why framers use 4 > foot long levels. I can see how this might affect hard-core gamers > which I am not and I suspect it will be an academic problem for me, > certainly not enough to scare me off like Pablo who cancelled his > order, but if I wasn't in a big hurry and my iPhone wasn't due to > arrive tomorrow I might consider that. Anyhow, I have 1 year of > warranty and I bought Apple Care so I am quite convinced that if I > could replicate this issue and it was quite serious I could get a > replacement in a couple of month when Apple has made the appropriate modifications. > > On a general note, I think it must be a real nightmare to discover all > of these bugs and get them fixed. There are so many functions and > features some of which are very specific. I know it's easy to say "How > can Apple release a phone which has such obvious bugs" or "How can > they release iOS 7 when it has such obvious bugs". But it's always > easier to play Monday morning Quarterback and to draw on what tens of > millions users report in the first few weeks of using a new iiOS or a > new device. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > 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 [email protected]. > 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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