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).
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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
