Google Sky Map shows wrong directions

[viktanwar]

Hi,

I observed that Google Sky Map points in wrong directions.

The behaviour is different in landscape and portrait mode i.e. If the phone is portrait then East and West are interchanged and if landscape then North / South are interchange.

Compass application points to correct directions.

Any guess, Google Sky Map is showing version 1.6.1.

[#2]

htc magic, android 2.2.1

everything works as it should.

[#3]

Flashed my Xperia Mini Pro with CyanogenMod 7.1, compass apps work fine now. 😛

[viktanwar]

It confirms that the problem is software glitch needing some attention. I'll wait till the next update from SE to 2.3.4.

Btw can u confirm having got video call facility over 3g by this mod.

[#5]

Anyone have 2.3.4 yet (mini pro) and can try Google Sky Maps in landscape... seeing if it rotates the right way?

Thanks

[#6]

i have a mini pro and the 2.3.4 Update has not fixed the issue

maybe i have to switch to cyanogen mod

[#7]

Updated my mini pro to 2.3.4. Now Google sky map is working perfectly OK.

[#8]

So basically I have a 50/50 chance of it fixing the problem!! lol

Although I did have the exact issue you described so hopefully it will be all good....

[viktanwar]

Thank You @ Johan-SEAnswers

Update to 2.3.4 just today and the Google Sky Map is correctly pointing.

[#10]

All good here too ... thanks Johan-SEAnswers for passing it on.

[Gamal]

• root the phone and modify the sensors.conf file, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2137075

(in my case, at least)

before:

ak897xmagnetic_axis_map = 0,1,2

ak897xmagnetic_axis_sign = -1,-1,1

after:

ak897xmagnetic_axis_map = 0,1,2

ak897xmagnetic_axis_sign = -1,-1,-1

• (not rooting required, but only works for this app) now that sky map is open source, you could modify PlainSmootherModelAdaptor.java:line 53 at package com.google.android.stardroid.util.smoothers

before:

      // The z direction for the mag magneticField sensor is in the opposite
      // direction to that for accelerometer.
      // TODO(johntaylor): this might not be the best place to reverse this.
      magneticValues.z = -values[2];

after:

     // The z direction for the mag magneticField sensor is in the opposite

      // direction to that for accelerometer.
      // TODO(johntaylor): this might not be the best place to reverse this.
      magneticValues.z = values[2];