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Apple Watch compass

Hi,


I have an Apple Watch 5 and the compass won’t indicate anything. It just has a red spinning arc on the outer grey circle. I’ve tried turning it off and on but still isn’t working. I’ve just got the watch. Is there something I have to do to get it working?

thanks.

Apple Watch

Posted on Oct 4, 2019 6:23 PM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2019 9:31 AM

I had the exact same thing ... couldn't figure it out until I found a post from 2016 where somebody had the same problem with their iPhone and to my surprise that fix is the same for the watch:

go to settings (on the watch itself) --> Compass --> disable "Use True North"


Your compass should be working again after you disabled it.

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Oct 7, 2019 9:31 AM in response to kevan193

I had the exact same thing ... couldn't figure it out until I found a post from 2016 where somebody had the same problem with their iPhone and to my surprise that fix is the same for the watch:

go to settings (on the watch itself) --> Compass --> disable "Use True North"


Your compass should be working again after you disabled it.

Apple Watch compass

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