Might be my lack of sleep thinking this is feasible, but hey, i'm curious. Say I were to tape/glue/something 2 or 3 penny thin rare earth magnets to the rubber portion of the otter box, so between the soft and hard shells of the case. Then phone is capable of sticking to metal objects such as working under car etc. Easy.
My question is, will this interfere with the phone in anyway? Compass? Storage? Display? Destroy it beyond belief?
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I've heard that magnetic fields can influence the semiconductors' operations and electricity as a whole. What do you think, can cases with magnetic closures harm phones?
No, there is negligible if any effect on phones. If that was the case, why would RIM provide magnetic cases for their own devices? There is no magnetic media and all of the solid state components will be unharmed by normal magnetism.
They will not harm the phone, but as some of them contain quite powerful magnets, I would keep the phone well away from your credit cards when it's in its case. That's if you have to rely on the magnetic strip at ATM machines or point of sale terminals.
Magnetic fields does not affect the operation of your device. (Always referred to normal magnets not super strong ones capable to mechanically damage the components). At the other hand static electricity may affect the flash memory ("rom") of your device. I had this problem several years ago with my m515 Palm. I was storing it in my car, under the driver seat. I was lucky it hasn't permanently damaged.
About the static electricity - can a case with microfiber inner lining damage the phone, because the microfiber acumulates static electricity?
And watch out for gremlins and leprechauns and the boogey-man. Seriously, you are a little too paranoid. Phones are just like any other electronic device. Handle with care and keep away from liquids and don't drop it.
The probability that you will accumulate static electricity, and that you will discharge it into the phone, and that it will pass through the battery cover, jump the lining to the metal pieces, and then jump over the plastic inner shell to the internal electronics is EXTREMELY small. Besides if you have a cloth case it won't build up static electricity anyway unless you continuously pull it in and out of the case (like 20+ times per minute).
The potential for damage comes from handled exposed electronic parts while being ungrounded, and the only way you should experience that is if you open up the housing of your phone, which for you I would say you should not attempt since it is only for more experienced users.
i've never had any issues with magnetic cases. in fact, thats the only thing i use.
Ran across this today searching for cases for the Epic. Anyone using one? Its interesting in that it locks the slider during normal use and hinges open if you want to use the keyboard.
http://www.pdair.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10100000_10000000_11001061&products_id=31414
Now this looks like quite a nice case for functionality.
Now if they just took off the whole part in the back for the clip and form fit the corners a bit more and offered it in more colors that'd be nice.
This may be the best thing I can do for now, I have been scouring for a jelly case to slip over the epic, since I never use the keyboard
Now, if somebody has the ability to cleanly cut aluminum and wants to sell a matched set consisting of this case with a hole cut in the back for the hump on the extended battery the other guy is selling to poke through... (strokes credit card and sighs)
It's hard to tell from the pics... does the case snap onto the lower half, or does the phone just rest inside?
How firmly does it secure the phone when the case is closed? Does the power button still cause the two halves to separate a little, or are both held firmly in place from both sides?
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Now, if somebody has the ability to cleanly cut aluminum and wants to sell a matched set consisting of this case with a hole cut in the back for the hump on the extended battery the other guy is selling to poke through... (strokes credit card and sighs)
It's hard to tell from the pics... does the case snap onto the lower half, or does the phone just rest inside?
How firmly does it secure the phone when the case is closed? Does the power button still cause the two halves to separate a little, or are both held firmly in place from both sides?
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There are videos on you tube. The bottom looks like a very snug press fit. Top must be looser to allow for the hinge to work.
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I had a similar case for my old HTC Titan. I LOVED it. Being a pretty serious phone abuser, that case kept my phone together!
-Rob
I used to have a similar case for my Treo and they are extremely well made. I irregularly dropped my phone from about 5 feet in the air onto hard linoleum and it never suffered any indignities. These come in both black and silver so if you want a different color you would want the silver so you could send it out to be powder coated.
I just ordered one.
Mine came last night.
The good: locks the slider firmly closed. No wobble or "play" at all when pressing the power button. Phone easy to remove (for GameGripper purposes).
The bad: Feels terrifyingly slippery compared to the Seidio ActiveX. Obstructs "slide down" gesture for notifications.
The seemingly fatal (a big one): my "back" fake hardkey keeps randomly going berserk... but ONLY that specific one. The foam in the top half seems to be confusing the capacitive sensor.
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Update: I've had the 'search' fake hardkey freak out a few times on me, too.
Another problem: it's definitely affecting reception. 4G and GPS barely work with the case in place.
Sigh. So close. So agonizingly close. It's awesome to not have the phone shear and jiggle apart every time I hit the power button, and the fact that it allows the phone to be easily removed for the Game Gripper without really compromising the slide-out keyboard's usability is very cool.
I'm really convinced that this case went straight from plastic prototype to mass production before anyone actually tried to use it in an area with 4G service, high humidity (presumably what's screwing up the foam and touchscreen), and who didn't just assume that the GPS was dysfunctional because Samsung sucks.
Sigh. Too expensive to throw away, and really nice in ways that ultimately don't matter because the touchscreen-button problem makes it totally unusable
The plot thickens: more touchscreen observations:
* Oddly, there's NO FOAM around the lower part of the screen where the phantom-pressed fake hardkeys are.
* Last night, it went completely berserk with phantom button presses on cue when I rubbed the latch a certain way.
This suggests that the problem's root cause might extend to the electrical conductivity of the case itself. It's strange, because I wasn't able to find reports of the same problem for users of Monaco cases for other phones (like the Droid). Lots of complaints about signal attenuation, but no reports of touchscreen problems.
I'm seriously tempted to buy some liquid electrical tape and coat the inside of the lid to see whether it helps. The problem DOES seem to go away when the lid is no longer in contact with the screen. However, if it's happening because the sensor is acting kind of like a Hall Effect sensor and the case is acting like a Faraday cage, nothing short of making the case (or at least the top lid) out of plastic is likely to fix the problem. Still, it's worth a try since I really like the case itself, and my alternative is to basically chuck it.
Update: as an experiment, I wrapped black electrical tape around the bottom lip of the top part. It helped a lot. I think I might have also found a contributing cause: cat fur. I think wisps of cat fur might be bridging the metal case & screen and carrying static electricity to the sensor. Oddly, though, some of its *worst* back-arrow spasams have occurred with the phone laying on the desk, untouched, 3 feet away.
I'm still trying to think of a good way to plastic-coat the case without making it look bad & get a nice, even black rubbery coating on it.
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How thin is it compared to the other plastic cases?
Very interested in getting the Monaco Aluminum Case, which is very similar to this one. My last concern, how thin is it compared to Seidio Innocase Surface?
So I just ordered a third party keyboard case for my N9, it's a sleek on that says it's designed for 8.9-10 inch tablets.
Thing is, I don't think it had magnets to hold the tablet in place. Personally, I like the idea of the extra stability magnets provide in this case.
So, I got this crazy idea that after it arrives and I try it out, I go out and get some tiny magnets and super glue them to the case, thus achieving the same effect as the official Keyboard Folio.
TWO QUESTION:
1) Would this work? As in, do any old magnets have this effect, or does it take special magnets?
2) Would this in any way damage my device? I don't want to put too powerful of a magnet next to it and scramble the system or something.
Thanks.
1) I think any magnets would work as long as they're neodymium magnets.
2) If they're small I don't see them having any negative effects, other then possibly scratching the surface where they might rub when you put on the case
I own a OnePlus One that was recently thrown forcibly down a flight of stairs. It survived the fall unscathed, probably because my case is basically a rubber tank. However, I really like my phone, and I was wondering if physical shock can damage or impact phones in some way other than cosmetically (like dents or cracks). Can my performance take a hit? How badly are phones affected by impact damage?
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I own a OnePlus One that was recently thrown forcibly down a flight of stairs. It survived the fall unscathed, probably because my case is basically a rubber tank. However, I really like my phone, and I was wondering if physical shock can damage or impact phones in some way other than cosmetically (like dents or cracks). Can my performance take a hit? How badly are phones affected by impact damage?
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Sure a bad impact can damage the internals. Wires can get knocked loose, connecters can disconnect, camera lenses can break,etc. Then there's the circuit boards themselves. The boards are fiberglass, which is tough and stiff, but the imbedded wires/leads aren't very tough, and an overflexed board can break the leads.
But if the phone works, then the phone works. Performance wouldn't take a hit if something was damaged; the phone wouldn't work, or specific apps/functions would fail because of a damaged sensor or something. Like you tried to load a GPS app and it failed or crashed because the GPS receiver was damaged.
Good to know the OnePlus one can take a hit. I guess that magnesium frame is pretty tough.
Hey Guys
I've had an SM-P580 for a few months now and have had trouble finding a keyboard case that doesn't have any magnets. I've done a little research and it looks like cases that just have magnets to hold the keyboard don't seem to affect the Wacom digitizer. I would also accept a case that doesn't have a keyboard as long as it has room to put one in. I want one that has a wide bottom part so I can hold it in my lap, I go to college and sometimes its impossible to find a desk or table. This is the style I'm looking for:
https://www.amazon.com/Vivefox-Deta...eywords=bluetooth+keyboard+samsung+tab+a+10.1
But as you can see this one has the auto sleep/wake function which means MAGNETS
If you guys could help me out in finding one without magnets or one where the magnets don't affect the Wacom digitizer that would be greatly appreciated.
Worst case scenario I'm just going to get one with magnets and rip them out.