Issue 67: Error text about compass still on screen when mixare is closed
Reported by lepore....@gmail.com, Dec 11, 2010
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. have a phone with some compass sensor problems
2. launch mixare
3. close mixare

What is the expected output?
expected a single error message

What do you see instead?
error text about compass still on screen and reloads itself forever, also when mixare il closed.
it needs a phone reboot.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
latest mixare, acer liquid android 2.2

Dec 13, 2010
Project Member #1 mixare.org
Hi ale,

can you please provide a log (or some more context information) please? I am not able to reproduce this... In fact I have yet to see the OS fire that compass error!

Daniele
Labels: -Priority-Medium Priority-High Version-AndroidRelease0.6
Dec 19, 2010
#2 lepore....@gmail.com
report was from a friend.. his compass sensor is broken, so this problem may not very important.
but may be useful to known that with odd compass data there's a infinite loop somewhere...
Jan 18, 2011
#3 lepore....@gmail.com
ok, i also had this problem on my device (acer liquid), and my compass works fine,
at first start after a reinstallation mixare gave a toast message with "compass data unreliable. please calibrate etc etc." and continue forever, until i stop the app from the android application manager.
now seems to work without problems.

Jan 18, 2011
#4 lepore....@gmail.com
this patch works for me
display the message only twice.
compassError.patch
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Jan 25, 2011
Project Member #5 mixare.org
I'd like to hear some feedback from the people that are experiencing the issue (I cannot reproduce it on the phone I have at disposal :-( ). 

I think that the patch works great for hiding the message, but I am not sure whether the compass sensor is released afterwards or if mixare keeps requesting the updates (hence using a lot of battery and requiring a force close).

If someone could confirm this is not the case I'll close this issue!