Do not buy Holsters with Magnet Latches!!!

[tpkoons]

First off there isn't a compass in a traditional sense in this thing. It is a combination of gps/cell tower location and an accelerometer, no compass. Magnets I suppose could mess with the accelerometer but I don't know the mechanics of it so I can't say but I doubt it. I have an HTC case with magnetc latches and I have zero issues.

[tread]

Sorry to sound newbish but how do u access the compass mode, cuz I haven't noticed anything not working properly...

when in street view, hit the menu button, and compass mode will be the right edge option when in landscape mode, aka the screen is slid up

[insight spinner]

Well, thank you for bringing this up. A friend made a similar observation when I shared my plans. I've made a case for my G1 (that hangs around the neck or for when I am walking, etc. and was going to use a magnetic clasp but will do velcro instead (tacky - but practical).

[simms22]

hit maps ... hit menu button .... hit street view ....select your location ..... hit the adress or photo that pops up .....wait for the picture .... hit menu botton again .....hit compass mode mine was set to it default .

[DesignDawg]

First off there isn't a compass in a traditional sense in this thing. It is a combination of gps/cell tower location and an accelerometer, no compass.

Dead wrong.

DEAD

WRONG.

There is a compass in the phone. There is also GPS, if you're interested.

[tread]

First off there isn't a compass in a traditional sense in this thing. It is a combination of gps/cell tower location and an accelerometer, no compass. Magnets I suppose could mess with the accelerometer but I don't know the mechanics of it so I can't say but I doubt it. I have an HTC case with magnetc latches and I have zero issues.

mind quoting your source for that information? not to question you, but i really have no clue how it works and would like to educate myself

[tread]

Dead wrong.

DEAD

WRONG.

There is a compass in the phone. There is also GPS, if you're interested.

thats what i was thinking... it doesn't make sense, computing your direction via cell phone tower triangulation and using the accelerometer sounds feasible, but not practical

[Fare]

Dead wrong.

DEAD

WRONG.

There is a compass in the phone. There is also GPS, if you're interested.

dead wrong? do you have sources to back that up?

::EDIT:: I myself don't know exactly how the inner compass works and would like to concretely know as well...

[DesignDawg]

mind quoting your source for that information? not to question you, but i really have no clue how it works and would like to educate myself

He doesn't have a source. He's wrong. The G1 does have a compass. This is a very well-established fact, has been for months and months. It's in all the print literature, and on every website, and it is just plain and simply a fact.

HTC Specs for the G1

Special Features Digital Compass, Motion Sensor

[pinaytoy]

my compass stopped working properly after i stuck it in my mda case . the case has a magnetic clasp . it only went up and down . i thought it was broken . but i was willing to overlook it because i love the phone soooooo much . anyways , i read somewhere i the tmobile forum of a person who was having the same problem . they wrot that they opened the keyboard turned the phone face down and smacked it a couple of times on the back of the phone . they wrote that it fixed the problem and the compass worked perfectly since . so i thought what the heck and i tried it . that was four days ago . it worked ! and has been exact ever since :^) apperently the actual compass is mechanical and can get stuck . i hope this helps . now i love my phone even more :^)

^^^^^^believe it or not mine didnt work either and i turnd it over and knocked on the back of the phone in the middle and on the chin. now it freaking works!!!! i did it with the keypad exposed and hidden. thanks for the tip.