Posted by BLKSNAKER
HI EVERYBODY. I WONDER IF THE MAGNET OF MAGNETIC CLOSURE CASES CAN AFFECT OR DAMAGE A CELL PHONE, OR SOME OF ITS COMPONENTS SUCH AS CAMERA,BATTERY LIFE,DISPLAY... THANKS A LOT!
Posted by masseur
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(try to use some lower case if your posts please)
I've often wondered this but considering some manufacturers supply cases with strong magnets, such as my i-mate k-jam and the i-mate jam before that, you have to assume they know what they are doing
also, my brother has used a magnetic dashboard phone holder in the car for some years and has not complained of any problems with his phones
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Posted by glorfingal
the only one I know that recommends NOT using mag latched cases
is the Moto U6 PEBL because of it's flip closure locking mechanism !!!
Posted by xan K
My goodness, this guy's a screamer. Lower down you voice a bit, dude.
Well, AFAIK I've never heard of any complaint from magnetically closed cases, and most of my friends and myself included have one.
Posted by Lembo
They are fine.
I am interested with these new phones with hdd's like the Nokia N91 as of course this uses magnetic recording.
Ever put your PC near a HI-FI speaker? ......Don't!!!
P.S. Come to think of it the some camera phone with an auto-focus device would probably use electromagnets themselves but the field would be very weak and localized. So I concur with everybody else.
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Posted by altemyr
I don't know if it might cause any permanent damage, but on my old T39m, a magned actually did have an effect on the phone. The lid that covers the keys on the phone contains a small magnet, that affects a reed relay inside the phone so that the keyboard is not only protected mecanically by the lid, but also locked electrically. When I fixed the phone to the dashboard using a magnet, the keyboard remained locked even when the lid was opened. (Actually, I used an Ericsson original holder for the phone, to which I had attacted a small steel plate, that the magnet was holding, since the battery on the T39 is a lithium-polymer type, which is not very magnetic.)
Posted by Atlis
Magnet can affect display if is near, but generally no problems... And I donīt think that PEBL would have problems with it eighter...
Posted by glorfingal
@altlis - the pebl manual states NOT to use one ! I know from experience
what happens - the phone wont stay shut for a while - you have to leave
it open for about an hour before it'll close again !!!!!
A bit of a shock I can tell you.
Posted by Atlis
Really?
That sux... 
So it seems that in one part of the shell is magnet and the other is only feromagnetic metal and it changes its polarity...
Posted by aragorn666
last year one of my friends portable hard disk get corrupted
he just put his cell phone over that.
what wil happen if i use a phone with hard disk near mri machines
its having 10^4 tesla
Posted by Atlis
Just place your phone a bit farther (1 meter or so) and it shouldnīt be a problem... Laying phone on the HDD can affect HDD heads so they can damage the plates, thatīs logical..
Posted by Haribolman
I've used a magnetic dashboard holder for a couple of years on several phones (the last 9 months on the W800) with no problems at all.
I was once told to make sure the magnet is at the back of the phone away from the screen.
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Posted by jordanpayne
Good to see most people have the same opinion here - so I guess I shouldn't be worried about it. However, I do recall visiting a phone dealer recently with the intention of buying a magnetic case for my 6280, but he steered me away from it stating that there have been problems with this in the past.
Posted by *Jojo*
I was already curious back then about this magnetic-casing-dilemmas . . . that's why I always get the ones with 'velcro' locks/enclosures - to be sure . . .