iphone 6 gyroscope problem

Have you calibrated the compass in your phone? From the middle of your home page swipe your finger down and this brings up Spotlight Search. Type in Compass and tap it when it is found. Then calibrate the compass. After you've done so, reboot your phone. Press and hold BOTH the home and power buttons at the SAME time until the Apple Logo appears, then let go of both buttons and your phone will restart. See if orientation is more correct after your phone comes back up.

Cannot get the calibration option either. The compass is just stuck, does not move. The level works, but the compass does not move at all. A calibration option has not been offered. Have rebooted, have turned off location services then rebooted then turned location services back on, but the compass remains dead. All these replies assume there is an ability to calibrate. But there does not appear to be any way to initiate a calibration. Is there some way I can myself initiate a calibration?

I have the same problem with my iPhone 6:

A gyroscope which suddenly lost calibration or is malfunctioning for some other reason, resulting in

1) higher energy consumption (my battery is down within 5 hours compared to 24hours before) and

2) pop-up of the "Undo Typing" window every 4-5 seconds as soon as the keyboard is active

I did not find any compass calibration option and also the updating of the iOS (10.1.1.) did not help.

any ideas?

I too am facing same issue since iOS 10.1 upgrade. Compass is stuck and gyroscope is disoriented resulting message screen turning in landscape mode and camera pics too coming in landscape mode. If I lock screen rotate then camera pics are coming upside down. Aside this, even after replacing battery, it drains completely in 6 hours in standby mode. Apple has messed up with iphone with 10.1 upgrade.

Same here.

First I've noticed the battery drainage and thought I should change it. But I see that gyro is dead, calculator is on scientific mode unless I lock screen rotation, the browser, Skype and other apps are in landscape...

Can anyone tell us if it's a hardware or a software problem? And how to solve it?

P.S.

iPhone 6, 64gb, iOS 10.2

I have the exact same issue!

To be honest I'm surprised seeing someone had a same issue... Battery drainage then gyroscope and landscape orientation.

Have you solved the problem? I've tried all I could do (hard restart, full reset) but nothing solved the problem. Perhaps it's hardware issues?

Actually, I did.

I went to a repair shop and they told me that I had some water infiltration. If I did, I was unaware of that, but they said that they cleaned some contacts and stuff like that. In any case, now is working just fine.

I was experiencing the same problem, shake to undo kept trying to erase things, landcape mode activated in apps even when phone was vertical, battery drained from 100% in a matter of four or five hours. Apple store said the compass was malfunctioning, and they said I needed to buy a new phone, that it could not be repaired. Seems like a common problem, wondering whether Apple will offer to replace or repair at some point.

iPhone 6, 128 GB iOs 6.2 and then 6.3

Check if the Compass Calibration is

turned OFF on your phone. If it is, then turn it ON & see if it helps.

Go to Settings>Privacy >Location Service>System Settings>Compass Calibration>ON

I have exactly all the same issues as wyssda after having updated to 13.3.2. At least it seemed to occur after the update.

Any solution? I read below (soulwax74) about water infiltration ... is that really the problem?

Thanks.

Mine is doing the same thing. Compass is just stuck, and other orientation based apps like sky guide aren't working either. I hope someone can help fix this.

I'm not sure why some phones need calibrating and some don't, but this often solves the problem and it's so easy to do.

Glad to have helped!

I am also facing the problem for past two days.

so rebooting solves issue ... good to know

welcome to the real world Apple 😉