I've noticed my S3 setting off some store's security alarms when I enter or leave. Wifi and Mobile Data are both off, but phone function is on. Anybody else have this happen, and is there a fix?
I doubt it is actually the phone but rather a sticker or "tag" on an article of clothing or shoe etc. I work in retail loss prevention and have never seen a phone set off the EAS (electronic article surveillance) towers by the doors.
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My clothes/shoes never set off any alarms until I started carrying my new phone with me. So much for your theory.
My clothes/shoes never set off any alarms until I started carrying my new phone with me. So much for your theory.
It's not a theory. I'm telling you it is NOT your phone. Believe if you want or don't, makes no difference to me. The frequency used by these alarm systems isn't something that is going to be interfered with by anything on your phone. Go get someone else with the sane phone and watch them not set it off then you can figure out where you picked up a tag from that is tripping the alarm. If, and I say IF it is your phone then the phone has a tag on it somewhere that's tripping the alarm.
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Friends rf keycard for work set off alarm at several stores. Took awhile to narrow that one down.
True story:
A few years ago my kids somehow got a security tag between the outer shell and inner lining of my jacket. I set off alarms constantly at stores, and never found out what happened until I tossed the jacket and bought a new one -- when my son told me what they did.
+1 for sneakyass kids
Next time at the store:
If this sets off the alarm, it's your phone. If it doesn't set off the alarm:
- Walk up to the "gate" that gets the loss prevention signal.
- Put your phone in your right hand.
- Stick your right arm through the gate.
If this sets off the alarm, it's not your phone. Look inside your wallet, under the insoles of your shoes, or any other place where a tag could be that you haven't noticed.
- Pull right arm back.
- Turn around
- Extend right arm again.
- Walk backwards through gate, stopping before phone reaches the sensing point.
In either case, please report back. I am too curious to not know what happens here
True story:
A few years ago my kids somehow got a security tag between the outer shell and inner lining of my jacket. I set off alarms constantly at stores, and never found out what happened until I tossed the jacket and bought a new one -- when my son told me what they did.
+1 for sneakyass kids
My clothes/shoes never set off any alarms until I started carrying my new phone with me. So much for your theory.