Everybody knows about the figure 8, right? Well, it turns out that not everyone does it the same way. As embarrassed as I may be about the production qualities of this video, it seems to help people figure it out. The best way I can describe it is to try to minimize movement to your wrist as much as possible.
A common misconception is that the calibration process varies by app or requires the app to be in some special calibration state. The truth is all you need is for an app to enable the compass. Calibration is handled by the Windows Phone operating system in coordination with the phone’s drivers.
If you’re using Jack of Tools, you may notice it will pop up a window describing how to calibrate. This simply happens when it notices the inaccuracy get greater than ±25°. This is considered a best practice for letting users know calibration is needed and how do it but it is not a necessary part of the calibration process.
If the compass simply won't calibrate, the best thing to do is to shutdown and restart the phone. Upon restarting, it will require calibration but often works better seemingly starting with a clean slate.
Please let me know if this helps!
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