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The phones with the best / most accurate compass sensor

I came here from the future (2023) to tell you all that what Android calls a "compass" is really only a simulator these days. Unless you pay for a top of the line android phone - your "compass" is software, using WiFi signals and other data to simulate your location. The hardware version of a "compass" is called a magnetometer and it took me two hours of searching to figure out that my Galaxy A13 does not have one. I am disappointed because I can't contribute to CrowdMag when I only have a "simulator" on my phone. It also points to a larger looming problem with smartphones getting too smart for basic efficiency and people believing they can do things they, in fact, cannot.

Horseshoes... Yes Horseshoes

Horseshoes has the same basic motion as tossing a bag of beans / corn or whatever they stuff the bags with. I've only tossed a corn bag once. It was set up outside an upscale burger establishment. The party I was with each took a turn for fun before entering the eatery. I lucked my toss directly into the hole. I know there is a lot more to the game than making that shot. Everyone took another shot after eating except me. Why prove my first shot was pure luck. :)

Back when my son was still playing baseball, a common time killer between games was to play washers. The game reminds me of cornhole and horseshoes in that you toss an object a given distance at a target. Cheap entertainment, much like horseshoes, has had a following around my area all of my life.

Beautiful Widget time not updating?

Also, as posted earlier earlier, both Task Killers and Home Replacement Apps can cause the time to not update.

For the Task Killer, put BW in the EXCLUDE list.

I have had issues in the past with the BW time not updating when using the Sweeter Home 2 home replacement app, but I have not had any issues as of late with it.
I know this is a very old post, however I've been using the beautiful widget clock app ever since it came out and it was wonderful. After the new update everything works except the display of the clock. I'm not using either of the two apps that you mentioned above. Do you have any suggestions. I've also written to the developer in the app store with no reply

Which IDE?

Do not be sad, there is several other IDEs which you can use for Android Development e.g. CodeGearRAD studio - Delphi(pascal) or BuilderC++, Qt/C++ for Android, Lazarus for Android in pascal, MS VS 2022 VisualBasic Xamarin, MS VS 2022 C# MAUI Xamarin for Android, TizenDevelopmentStudio C/C++ for mobile phones + tablets + TV ... and many others. So, you can choose anything...

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