I have a compass in my GMC truck and the same trick works with the vehicle. 
I had it go bonkers a few years ago and had to find a large enough parking 
lot where I could drive several figure 8's in order to straighten it out. 
The trick did work and the compass has been accurate ever since.

-John Coryat

On Thursday, September 27, 2012 11:08:21 PM UTC-5, Nathan wrote:
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> On Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:19:30 AM UTC-7, blake wrote:
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>> Strong work guys.  The top 5 results in google search are this article.
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>> -blake
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> I think that qualifies as circular logic.
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> I do not know why moving your device in a figure eight pattern calibrates 
> the compass, but it does. It's a "hardware problem".
>
> And if I ask customers to do it, I am sure to add a "Yes Really."  or "I 
> am not making this up" at the end. 
>
> Nathan 
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