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Unable to calibrate compass on Mavic Mini
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Popsmith
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I just received my Mavic Mini last week and this week i keep trying to calibrate the compass but it s not showing up in front of my remote on the meter. I have tried this 15x's, Help!!!
2020-4-6
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Ice_2k
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If you mean the orientation thingy in the bottom center of the app, that doesn’t use the drone’s compass (except to show the orientation of the little arrow). The drone’s position in relation to you uses the drone's gps, the phone’s gps and the phone’s compass. And it doesn’t work too good as some phones have their compass messed up by being very close to the remote. If you really want that, you should calibrate your phone’s compass after installing it in the remote.
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Popsmith
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Ice_2k Posted at 4-6 09:50
If you mean the orientation thingy in the bottom center of the app, that doesn’t use the drone’s compass (except to show the orientation of the little arrow). The drone’s position in relation to you uses the drone's gps, the phone’s gps and the phone’s compass. And it doesn’t work too good as some phones have their compass messed up by being very close to the remote. If you really want that, you should calibrate your phone’s compass after installing it in the remote.

Thank you , I will try that.
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fans1cafe718
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On my Samsung S6, if the position indicator doesn't work (showing red), rebooting Fly-app fixes it 90% of time...but yeah, very inconsistent.
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BobWinNV
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The position indicator on the front screen of DJI Fly also uses the compass in your phone.  If it is red the it is not receiving information from your phone.
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Popsmith
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Ice_2k Posted at 4-6 09:50
If you mean the orientation thingy in the bottom center of the app, that doesn’t use the drone’s compass (except to show the orientation of the little arrow). The drone’s position in relation to you uses the drone's gps, the phone’s gps and the phone’s compass. And it doesn’t work too good as some phones have their compass messed up by being very close to the remote. If you really want that, you should calibrate your phone’s compass after installing it in the remote.

i also found this. This is what works unfortunately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1F7LWmql0Y
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fans1cafe718 Posted at 4-6 10:05
On my Samsung S6, if the position indicator doesn't work (showing red), rebooting Fly-app fixes it 90% of time...but yeah, very inconsistent.

It works, just shows that the drone is behind me when actually it is in front of me.
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Ice_2k
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Popsmith Posted at 4-6 11:53
i also found this. This is what works unfortunately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1F7LWmql0Y

Did you try calibrating the compass while the phone is connected to the RC in the normal position?

P.S. Part of what that guy is saying. Incorrect phone compass calibration cannot cause a flyaway and cannot show incorrect drone location if you lose your drone.
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m80116
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It takes less to do than to explain. After you've attached the Remote to the Smartphone use the figure of 8 motion or rotate the assembly every which way.
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=210102

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m80116 Posted at 4-6 14:25
It takes less to do than to explain. After you've attached the Remote to the Smartphone use the figure of 8 motion or rotate the assembly every which way.
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=210102
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Thanks. I will try that.
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Popsmith
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Look like I resolved the issue. I basically leave space in between the controller and the phone. When I push the home phone all the way up to the top of the controller I guess whatever aligns the compass in the phones will be thrown off if pushed too close to controller. This is a big plus.
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