iPhone 6S Plus app compass/compass issues

My compass was frozen also. I had been using google maps before it froze so I went back to Apple maps and used it to see if it was working correctly. It took a little longer than usual but it fixed the compass issue.

I'm also having this issue. Compass stuck at 359 degrees. The compass was functional when I first tried it last weekend. I've upgraded the os since then.

Iphone 6S, iOS 9.0.2

I am on iOS 9.0.2 with my iPhone 6s. The compass seems to point in random directions. It may be correct, then I'll dismiss the app, go to it again, and it will be pointing in a totally different direction. This is despite turning on/off, hard resetting and resetting all settings (as advised by Apple Support). Naturally enough, this affects apps that depend on knowing the direction eg. direction I'm facing in Google maps, Apple maps, Starwalk, and other augmented reality apps. I have a Genius appointment this week. I suspect there may be an iOS related problem here.

An online chat with Apple pointed me in the right direction. I had to go to Settings, General, Reset, Reset All Sertings. That fixed the compass problem. Then I had to laboriously recreate all of my nondefault settings.

Apple online chat support suggested "Reset all Settings" as well. It seemed to work, but if I turned off the phone and turned it back on again, problem came back exactly as before. When location services were turned back on, same problem. If I turned location services off, the compass didn't move at all. I checked out about 15 different iphone 6s and 6s+ in the Apple Store and various telcos. All THEIR compass apps worked normally with location services off EXCEPT ONE PHONE. The genius at the Apple Store looked at it, but couldn't work it out. On his phone, the compass calibrated with the rolling ball. This has NEVER happened on mine, which he thought was strange. They said they would give me a new phone. Such a pain, as I rely on the compass on offline maps when overseas and it worked perfectly on my iPhone 5s.

iPhone 6s iOS 9.0.2

Suddenly had a Eureka moment. I took the phone out of its leather case for about a minute. Suddenly the compass and associated apps worked properly. When I put it back in the case, it stopped working again. Seems the case it was in had a stronger than usual or strangely placed magnetic closure which stopped the iPhone compass calibrating. Armed with this knowledge, I bought a new case with only a very weak and tiny magnetic flap. I havent had a problem since. When I put the old case near the phone, the compass goes haywire. I'm so glad it wasn't the iPhone after all. Be careful with magnetic flaps on cases. Take the phone out of the case for a few minutes so that any residual effects can dissipate before testing whether it was the case or not. Hope this helps.

Spot on. New iPhone 6s. took it out of the case with a magnetic catch. rebooted phone - all good. now I know why I

am in Aberdeen when i wanted to be in Birmingham!! I now have to reset all my apps on the screen as i followed the wrong advice and reset the phone. shame your post wan't the first on the page!

I have version 10.0.2 and now the compass needle does nothing on the initial screen except sit stuck @ "N". The needle used to move but does nothing now. There is a faint gray circle with a "+" in the middle. It moves around a little inside the compass target. Tap and it puts "359" at "N" where "0" is, tap again it shows just "0" up there again. Slide over and a black background is displayed with a black circle with a "-1" in the center as you lay it down on a surface. Two white circles are behind it. Pick it up and start to tilt the phone, those white circles go all over the place and the numbers start changing and are all negative... Flipping the phone face down and tilting changes numbers to positive values and the black background is now white with 2 black circles.. This is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen..

Turn off 'use true north' in settings.

It worked. Thanks