How do I find the qibla direction?
To find the qibla, open the qibla screen in Pray Assist, hold the phone flat and away from metal, calibrate the compass with a figure-eight motion, and confirm the direction against the map view.
- Open the qibla screenAllow location so the bearing is calculated from where you actually are, not from a saved city hundreds of kilometres away.
- Hold the phone flatKeep the phone level, palm up, away from laptops, speakers, car dashboards and anything magnetic. These are what push a compass off.
- CalibrateMove the phone in a slow figure-eight two or three times until the needle settles and stops drifting.
- Confirm on the mapSwitch to the map view, which draws the line from your position to Mecca, and match it to a wall or street you can see. Now you can pray with confidence.
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