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Root Google Sky Maps & Compass Problem

PCNutt3r

PCNutt3r

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I posted this over at the xda forums, but because there are so many posts my post seems to get forgotten about

I'm on LeeDroid 2.3D and did a clean install, both apps were working fine with stock firmware so pretty sure its not a hardware problem.

Here is my post:

Only problem I have found with LeeDroid 2.3D (anyone else have this) is with Google Sky Maps. Installed and let apps2sd+ do its thing, however when I open the application its not rotating properly, some times not at all and when I located the moon it was not correct, it appears to be lost.

Was working fine on stock rom, I have calibrated the G-sensor with no luck, don
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I get the same problem,regardless of which way I look I always seem to see North labelled on the screen.

Compass installed too, but that seems to be working OK.
 
Google sky maps does use mag field. It tends to be off target for me unless I take the phone out of the case (which has a metal clip) and calibrate the compass.

I have compass and sky maps on A2SD, and both work correctly. Anyway, with A2SD+ stuff on ext looks like it's internal to the system, so I'd not expect it to make any difference.
 
Thanks guys.

Two of my mates in work have desires with stock roms so I got them to try sky maps and both of them had problems with it not moving properly so none the wiser lol.

Oh well at least I'm not alone.
 
Recently changed from leedroid 2.3d to GingerVillain 0.8 and the google sky maps problem is now fixed. Something in leedroid or sense ROM's maybe?
 
Thanks for letting me know, I will probably stick with leedroid for the moment as have everything set up now. However I have found that if I load Google sky maps and wave my phone around like a nutter it seems to reset and work.

How you finding GingerVillain? Is that the one where you can't record in hd.
 
I didn't think any of the Gingerbread ROMs did HD video recording yet, but tbh I've never used the video camera anyway (old school SLR man at heart).

Otherwise, it's AOSP, which I prefer to Sense. 2.3 brings a few nice touches, and the black look is nice on an AMOLED handset, but it's not as refined yet as the later 2.2 ROMs (well, DeFroST 6.1 anyway - can't speak for the others). But I find it stable, and everything I use seems to work, so while I'm occasionally tempted to revert to DF I think I'll probably stick with this until CM7 is out (and presumably the DF follow-up).

Though in fairness I did give Oxygen 2.0 a short spin yesterday, and that also seemed like something I could use perfectly well, though I also couldn't see a strong reason to switch.
 
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