I recently bought a 2nd. hand 64gb SE. IOS 14.4
Bought a case for it.
Compass stopped working = the pointer stayed immobile on North.
Scoured the internet but found no working solutions but was surprised at how many people there were
with the same ' Compass locked / not working problem
At last I removed it from the CASE I had bought for it on amazon.or.jp ( I live in Japan ).
I gingerly removed the soft plastic inner phone holder which exposed TWO thin but STRONG
magnets which are aligned behind the SE top ( 1 cm space ) to bottom. used to hold the case closed.
I removed the two magnets, shut down the SE iPhone - restarted . . .
I will contrive another, simple method to keep the case closed . .
it's a well made, quite attractive and cheap case.
Hope this helps anyone with the same ' Compass locked / not working problem '
😇
Bought a case for it.
Compass stopped working = the pointer stayed immobile on North.
Scoured the internet but found no working solutions but was surprised at how many people there were
with the same ' Compass locked / not working problem
At last I removed it from the CASE I had bought for it on amazon.or.jp ( I live in Japan ).
I gingerly removed the soft plastic inner phone holder which exposed TWO thin but STRONG
magnets which are aligned behind the SE top ( 1 cm space ) to bottom. used to hold the case closed.
I removed the two magnets, shut down the SE iPhone - restarted . . .
Volia ! Compass works again now.
I will contrive another, simple method to keep the case closed . .
it's a well made, quite attractive and cheap case.
Hope this helps anyone with the same ' Compass locked / not working problem '
😇
