New Arrive owner

[eric12341]

Compass seems to work fine for me.

[cyclical]

are you on Mango?

if so could you go into settings->About->More info, and post your details

Mine shows:
OS Version 7.10.7720.68
Firmware revision number: 2305.13.40301.651
Hardware revision number: 0002

Compass is working for me on Mango.

[swinn]

My compass now thinks north is east.

[eric12341]

Originally Posted by cyclical

are you on Mango?

if so could you go into settings->About->More info, and post your details

Mine shows:
OS Version 7.10.7720.68
Firmware revision number: 2305.13.40301.651
Hardware revision number: 0002

my details are the same as urs. I also had both the mango betas and it worked fine for me in each as well.

EDIT:

ok tried it tried it and it loads but doesn't give a direction. There's alternative compass apps on the market that can be used till HTC updates it.

[cyclical]

Originally Posted by swinn

My compass now thinks north is east.

Yeah thats what mine does, it kind of just points east.

[cyclical]

Originally Posted by eric12341

my details are the same as urs. I also had both the mango betas and it worked fine for me in each as well.

EDIT:

ok tried it tried it and it loads but doesn't give a direction. There's alternative compass apps on the market that can be used till HTC updates it.

I have tried a variety of other compass apps that use the compass API, skymaps, compass7, heads up compass, they all just kind of point east.

[luniticlizard]

Compass is not even in the HTC apps anymore. And it seems that when devs release a Mango-ized version of their apps, it points the wrong direction. "Old Compass" just did an update and now it points east for me as well.

[luniticlizard]

By the way, glad you like your WP7. I also considered not purchasing the Arrive and in favor of an Android phone (I had a TP that I was having trouble letting go of), but since getting the Arrive, everyday I am enjoying in more and more.

There are a few things that bug me--USB mass storage and the lack of Google support, but other than that, I don't understand why this phone (and the entire line of phones with this OS for that matter) are not doing better.

[eric12341]

Originally Posted by luniticlizard

By the way, glad you like your WP7. I also considered not purchasing the Arrive and in favor of an Android phone (I had a TP that I was having trouble letting go of), but since getting the Arrive, everyday I am enjoying in more and more.

There are a few things that bug me--USB mass storage and the lack of Google support, but other than that, I don't understand why this phone (and the entire line of phones with this OS for that matter) are not doing better.

@luniticlizard for the google support do this:

email and PIM: goto email accounts, select add new then select google and enter ur credentials.

Google Talk: there's IM+ and GTalk
Google Maps:gMaps.
YouTube: there are many YouTube apps, including one by HTC ,supertube is the only one that supports uploading.

There u go that should work.