Compass not working on Meizu Pro 5

Bug #1588748 reported by Timo Jyrinki
32
This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical System Image
Confirmed
Medium
Thomas Voß
platform-api (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
qtubuntu-sensors (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

On my turbo the compass is not working. This shows in:

- uNav navigation is always pointing north, even when moving in other directions (in navigation mode however I believe this is workarounded with app code)
- Compass app (https://github.com/andrejcampa/compass) only gives "-1" always

Not filing under location-service since it probably doesn't deal with hardware specific problems.

Related branches

description: updated
Revision history for this message
Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) wrote :

Reportedly Thomas has a related silo.

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
assignee: nobody → Thomas Voß (thomas-voss)
Revision history for this message
Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) wrote :

Maybe this https://requests.ci-train.ubuntu.com/#/ticket/1099 - not sure though if it fixes the turbo specific issue of not showing compass data even with that unconstrained Compass app or not, but surely related.

Revision history for this message
Lorn Potter (lorn-potter) wrote :

I know there was a change to add magnetometer. I am not sure of its landing.

https://code.launchpad.net/~gerboland/qtubuntu-sensors/add-gyro-magnet-sensors/+merge/282033
https://code.launchpad.net/~gerboland/platform-api/add-magnetic-gyro-sensors/+merge/270389

Compass uses a magnetometer and sometimes of sensors to come up with azimuth.

Revision history for this message
Lorn Potter (lorn-potter) wrote :

Correction to last comment, compass sometimes uses other sensors (low level)

Changed in canonical-devices-system-image:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in platform-api (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in qtubuntu-sensors (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
description: updated
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.