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I have an iPhone 6. The compass feature used to show the elevation. For some reason the elevation disappeared and I cannot get it back

How do you get the elevation to show on the compass feature?

iPhone 6s, iOS 13

Posted on Mar 13, 2020 12:56 AM

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Posted on Mar 13, 2020 1:02 AM

Allow Compass to access your location

If Compass doesn’t see your location, make sure you’ve turned on Location Services.

  1. Go to Settings  > Privacy > Location Services, then turn on Location Services.
  2. Tap Compass, then tap While Using the App.


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Apr 17, 2020 1:29 PM in response to 6015Dal1

Like many others I have also had this problem. In order to see elevation you have to reduce the size of text . Go to Settings- General-Accessibility -Larger Text . At bottom of screen drag the text size smaller. This is a very annoying problem that could easily be fixed. I prefer larger text size on my phone but because of this one feature the only way to read elevation is not to read anything else on my phone. ! I don't understand why this feature can't be scrolled down to or paged over to.

I have an iPhone 6. The compass feature used to show the elevation. For some reason the elevation disappeared and I cannot get it back

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