Magnetic Cases

[tshirttan408]

Hi guys,

Thinking about gtting a case but have read reports about the magnets in cases affecting performance and even damaging the tablet. Has anyone experienced these issues by any chance?

 

[Rukbat]

There's no magnetic storage or CRTs in a tablet, which are about the only things that could be affected by a magnet not strong enough to cause physical damage (like ripping parts off the phone). There are cases that aren't designed properly, so the case open function doesn't work right, but changing to a properly designed case fixes that.

 

[Ankit Jose]

You might have trouble with GPS(possibly). Not definitely as rukbat said depends upon the manufacturer of the case

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[enigmax]

not sure about gps - why should it be affected? gps gets its data from satellites... but definitely a compass doesnt like magnets your north maybe in south =P i use samsung own case and i need to remove the tablet out from that case everytime i use sensors which use magnetic features...


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[Raymond Tan]

Actually strong magnets can affect the wacom digitizer on the Note 10.1 causing dead spots for the pen. I've had several cases with with magnets for the cover and have never experienced this myself, but I do personally other people who have had issues. It doesn't permanently damage the tablet though, if you are having issues just remove the case and the screen will revert back to normal over time.

 

[Mike Kelley3]

are they really safe to use?