Video How To: Calibrate Nokia N97 Compass in Seconds

July 20th, 2009 • Mark Guim • Filed Under •

Compass calibration on the Nokia N97 is a lot faster now. When I first got the Nokia N97, I complained about how long it takes the Nokia N97 to calibrate the compass. A video from Symbian World showed they did it in 3 seconds, but I was unable to reproduce the same result just by flicking my wrist. The trick was to turn off the auto-rotate sensor too. Watch how I did it.

You can also watch this video in HD on YouTube.

In this video, the Nokia N97 is sporting the Nokia Maps version 3.1 which showed up in Sofware Update on July 15th, 2009 at select regions.

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  • compass otaku
    I think below movie is the best calibration method.
    Try it!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3d00Hr14o
  • misha_scg
    it worked perfectly without turning any sensors off! great!:)
  • ollifl
    700.00 bucks, I shouldn't need to do any flickering, jmo....
  • Hi Mark,
    Never had an issue with the compass....always did the "wave a flag" method...only just using my wrist and not the entire arm.
    Hint: Open maps, lock the keypad, do the wrist movement, unlock keylock and presto! compass callibrated!
    no need to turn off autorotate......
  • just tried the keylock. Works! Thanks for the tip
  • srjones
    Hmm, it works for me just fine with auto-rotate left switched on (I always have it on and I'm not going to bother switching it off every time I use maps). I flicked the phone just like in the video and it worked straight away.

    Thanks for this video anyway, I spent ages trying to get my compass to calibrate before this; the instructions in the user guide are terrible!
  • fishermanalex
    thx so for that very useful info
  • ur welcome!
  • Jakub Kocinski
    this is way faster :)
  • jajqo
    great blog! I am glad that I visited him
  • julian22
    But then your phone won't auto-rotate if you turn off the setting?

    That's not worth it then if you ask me. I like using my phone in landscape mode.
  • It's not that bad. Just slide it open for landscape view.
  • Facebook User
    wow, that is one hell of a lag for rotation.
  • RT Video How To: Calibrate Nokia N97 Compass in Seconds http://bit.ly/Uxlxj
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