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I just purchased a brand new A21s. I particularly wanted a phone with a compass as I had with my iphone and this is advertised as having one. I can't find it anywhere on the phone. Various posts talk about going to settings - display - edge to allow you to swipe in some functionality from the edge of the phone (edge tools?) but there is no such display on my phone. Can anyone help please?

@chippy901: Sadly the compass feature is only accessible via the Edge Panel, which isn't available on the the A21s. What I'd suggest is checking the Google Play Store or Galaxy Store for a suitable third party compass app, making sure to use download figures and user reviews to help you make an informed choice. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you.

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Thanks Andrew for a very prompt reply. I purchased this phone because Samsung advertise it with a compass in the specification. Not a very good start for my first encounter with a Samsung product but thanks again.

So, I have an S20 FE 5G and it is impossible the samsung camera app to write compass bearing (direction) metadata in the exif tags of photos. I have the same problem with Geo Tracker app which does not keep any direction data in the gpx files it produces...

I hae already calibrated the compass which seems to work properly (also in GPS Test app).

So my photos contain only geographical coordinates about the location they have been taken but not the direction they have been taken. By the way only by using the Timestamp Camea Free app the jpgs made by my phone contain also compass (direction) info/tag.

Any ideas? Is my phone faulty?

Like it is in the aforementioned "Timestamp Camea Free" app. Thank you very much for your helpful reply, since you are sure that native camera app does not support this function.

Now I start looking a gps tracker app to make gpx files and take the compass bearing data from there with lightroom and attach the in photos exif data. However the -really very convenient and full of features- Geo Tracker app logs only the gps info and not the compass one

Compass Steel 3D is a full-featured compass app that features the ability to display either true (map) north or magnetic north. The app can be customized with colors and themes, will show the direction of the sun and the moon is self-calibrating and has no advertisements.

The magnetic compass in your phone can become uncalibrated for any number of reasons. Generally, your compass app will inform you that the magnetic compass is uncalibrated; some apps (like Compass Steel 3D) will auto-calibrate the compass when it is being used. In any event, recalibrating your compass is simple.

Sooooo, the new Samsung Galaxy Watch4 DOES have a Geomagnetic sensor, and when you download a compass app from the Play Store, the compass app will work fine. However, the {scr} and {sct} calls from WatchMaker return zip, nada. Bug or what's up?

In this case, I found that I after upgrading to the latest kernel and ROM, then applying the tweak in this answer, and then also applying the compass patch I had used before, I finally got all my features working. Note it was important to go in that order.

That seems MADNESS . I would guess most people use the compass most of the time. I certainly do. I rarely use the map, except maybe in very built up cities, but I rarely cache in such a place. A map isn't as good where there are no roads and paths.

Which app are you talking about? A friend (sitting right next to me, who uses his phone a lot) still has a compass and it has recently been updated. It's an Android based phone and uses the geocaching app for Android.

Yeah, they seem to have linked access to the "compass" screen to the device having a magnetic sensor "compass". They aren't the same thing though, and Groundspeak's app was apparently working fine displaying the "compass" screen to those who did not have a magnetic sensor "compass".

Some Android phones don't have a compass sensor (like the Moto G4) so any compass related apps won't rotate. Google is migrating their internal sensor software to more advanced versions to be more accurate with less battery usage. As apps update to use this newer internal Android software that's dependent on a compass sensor they may no longer function as before. It's really not the app's fault as they are dependent on Google/Android so must adapt as Android changes. The blame really goes to the hardware manufacturers who chose not to include important sensors to save money.

The problem with losing this screen, for me, is that it also displays my current lat/long and the cache's lat/long, side by side. These values are not dependent on having a compass sensor, but for some reason the app now denies me the ability to see them because my phone lacks unrelated hardware.

I've just been directed to this topic thread by one of our New Zealand retired reviewers. I too feel a bit paralysed in both my searching and my hiding. I hadn't updated the app in a while, so only lost my compass about 6 weeks ago. If I'd known I wouldn't have updated. I used that view quite often. Looks like I'll have to buy a new phone.

Just bought a tablet. For geocaching this summer . Then loaded geocaching program but they changed to needing magnetic sensors , compass not working. Being retired can not afford the EXPENSIVE tablets with magnetic sensors.none of my other devices have the magnetic sensors either. They are going to eliminate a lot of people from the hobby, unless someone know's another third party program or work around to use GPS sats to use compass. Longtime member. Help appreciated always used compass especially to zero in.

I have never used the compass on my GPS's, I always look at the map. I guess the arrow will point to the cache when you're moving so you could always use the compass that way. There are other apps you could use if the GS app doesn't do what you want.

They are going to eliminate a lot of people from the hobby, unless someone know's... a work around to use GPS sats to use compass. Longtime member. Help appreciated always used compass especially to zero in.

Look at Locus Maps, which can use GPS for compass direction if the magnetic sensor is not available. It has Geocaching features to load caches and Pocket Queries. There are also GPS Sat compass Apps, but I wouldn't recommend one that requires loading cache coordinates from other Apps.

The GPS compass is of course not affected by the magnetic interference of a car or whatever, and doesn't need to be calibrated. That's cool. The uncool thing is that you must be moving in a consistent direction and at enough speed for the device to calculate the compass needle. But if you were fine with that previously, an App that has a "GPS compass" feature is the way to go.

I have an Etrex20x and almost always use the compass. I also have a Motorola G4 with official app and on the rare occasion I've used it I have it on the map because I never thought to set it to compass. So today, after reading through the previous posts, I fired it up and found there is a compass button on the map screen I had never noticed before. So, I pressed the compass button and I saw this message "This device does not have a compass Use the map to navigate to geocaches". Now I feel like I'm missing out on something that I had previously never missed. Dadgum it.?

My phone does have a magnetometer; however, I wonder if many of the COs where I cache have their GPSrs set to True North when determining placement coordinates. (I do, because (unless otherwise instructed), required projections (around here) seem to be based on True North.) Perhaps this is why I have rarely found my phone compass to be of much use, except in getting to the general area?

I wonder if many of the COs where I cache have their GPSrs set to True North when determining placement coordinates. (I do, because (unless otherwise instructed), required projections (around here) seem to be based on True North.) Perhaps this is why I have rarely found my phone compass to be of much use, except in getting to the general area?

I just installed the android Groundspeak caching app. I'm using an old HTC Desire 626 phone. The specs on GSM Arena says i have Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass. I get the same "compass not available" message. Looked through all the settings including developer options.No mention of an option to turn the compass off. ff782bc1db