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Before I take this new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 back, is there a way to get a compass on it. Its of no use to me if not.
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John
Thanks for the suggestion. Ive tried 2 or 3 apps and none of them work, unfortunately, including this one. Im getting a sense that Samsung didnt install the necessary tech in order to use a compass. Too bad. It fairly nice but without basic functions found on all the competitors, its pretty much worthless. Should make some one a great target for practice in the even

t that it cant be returned.
 
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Thanks for the suggestion. Ive tried 2 or 3 apps and none of them work, unfortunately, including this one. Im getting a sense that Samsung didnt install the necessary tech in order to use a compass. Too bad. It fairly nice but without basic functions found on all the competitors, its pretty much worthless. Should make some one a great target for practice in the even

t that it cant be returned.

Yep, according to the gsmarena page, it doesn't have a compass: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_4_10_1-6247.php (but I've seen rare ocassions where gsmarena is wrong)

You can install Elixir 2 and it will let you know for sure: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bartat.android.elixir
 
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Yep, according to the gsmarena page, it doesn't have a compass: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_4_10_1-6247.php (but I've seen rare ocassions where gsmarena is wrong)

You can install Elixir 2 and it will let you know for sure: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bartat.android.elixir
Thanks for the response. That confirms what I figured. The tablet has already gone back to Sams. Great price, great almost everything else. Just lacked that one needed item. Too bad. Thanks for everyone's help
 
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