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G’zGEAR®
• Tap How To Use, then the name of the tool to display how to us e
it.
Earth Compass
The Earth Compass tool a llows you to view the direction me asured with
the built-in electronic com pass.
NOTES
• When using the electroni c compass, orient the phon e so it is
horizontal. The compas s becomes less accura te when the phone
is tilted.
• Any of the following actions can cre ate accuracy issues with the
electronic compass. If a ny of these occur, recalibrate the ele ctronic
compass as soon as possible.
- When the phone i s used near a strong magnet.
- When the phone i s left for a long time in an area w ith extreme
temperature change.
- When the phone i s magnetized.
• Calibrate Compass automati cally starts the first t ime
using Earth Compass. Fo r manually calibratio n, use
Settings > CALIBRATE COMPASS. Next, hold th e
phone as shown in the figure to the r ight and wave the
phone in the shape of a large f igure eight, making sure
that each of the six sides of the ph one face down
toward the ground by rolling your wrist s (as illustrated in
the figure below) for about 5 s econds.