hi guys! i just wanna ask if the magnets on these magnetic car holders actually affects your pda/phones? im thinking of buying this one http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=746&t_mode=des and i thought of attaching the magnet directly at the back of the tytn. will it have any effect being there all the time. will it affect the electronics or whatever on the pda/phone.
thanks
Magnets won’t affect a PDA or mobile.
The only thing that it effects it the screen orientation if the magnets are too close to the lower left side corner.
I just discovered that it’s less sensitive then the wizard.
Just try to move the magnet of your carrying case around your TyTN and see if it changes the orientation of your screen.
Mine did it once but never again.
Cheers,
Drifter
that's cool then
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Not sure whether this should be asked in accessories or not, but has anybody found a solution to the inadequate height of the rubber bump-stops on the O2 Exec? Their height isn't quite high enough to prevent the keys touching the screen's part of the clamshell so you end up with the keys getting rubbed smooth, and marks on the case where they touch.
At the moment, I've got a couple of bits of sticky rubber foot on preventing the touch, but they are moving around on the adhesive since there's so little of it.
What we could really do with is somebody with manufacturing facilities to create replacement bump-stops that are taller than the original ones, unless anybody else has a solution?
Cheers,
Steve.
Nobody got a solution to this?
Cheers,
Steve.
Haven't noticed the problem until you mentioned it but that's because I've been keeping my unit in a leather case -- which actually prevents it from closing comppletely (I'm using the piel frama case with the new clear plastic cover)
Not sure how I would cope with a case - how do you rotate the screen or put it into a Brodit holder without having to take it on and off all the time?
Cheers,
Steve.
You can rotate the screen by opening the flip cover of the case (ie: PielFrama; XAX case sold by expansys; and many others) Not too sure about your Brodit holder w/ a case though.
Surely there must be a good solution to this? I'd pay good money(well, some) for a set of bump stops that were tall enough to stop the keyboard touching. A bit of a design flaw, I guess...
Cheers,
Steve
what I do is, I sandwich a small cleaning cloth in between....this way, I have the cloth at all times to wipe the display when needed....and also protects the screen and the surroundings from touching the keypad! I use the cloth that came along with my screen protector....
have a great new year!
San
Hi
Has anyone got any ideas about where I can get replacement rubber bump stops (normal or extended height) for my Exec? One of mine has fallen off and got lost. I have tried contacting O2, but short of sending the device back for repair, which I don't want to do, they cannot help.
Thanks for any info.
Mark
I have same problem with my QTEK 9000. I have shiny dots obeside my Universal's screen which corresponds to where the keys are located on the keayboard. I believe this is a manufacturing defect, right?
Anybody was able to return their device because of these spots? I've had my device for 1 month and they're starting to irritate me.
StevePritchard said:
Not sure how I would cope with a case - how do you rotate the screen or put it into a Brodit holder without having to take it on and off all the time?
Cheers,
Steve.
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Maybe I'll screw a belt clip to my brodit car mount. A simple unclip from my belt and then clip it onto the car mount. It'd need some sides on the mount to keep it from rotating due to gravity but I could see this working. Anyone have contacts with Brodit and a good case maker?
Tron_Of_Borg said:
StevePritchard said:
Not sure how I would cope with a case - how do you rotate the screen or put it into a Brodit holder without having to take it on and off all the time?
Cheers,
Steve.
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Maybe I'll screw a belt clip to my brodit car mount. A simple unclip from my belt and then clip it onto the car mount. It'd need some sides on the mount to keep it from rotating due to gravity but I could see this working. Anyone have contacts with Brodit and a good case maker?
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I think I would rather find somebody who can manufacture taller rubber stops to replace the existing ones...
Cheers,
Steve.
Rubber Keyboard Bump Stops - possible solution
I've had a bit of a play with my Exec - my friend has lost one of his rubber bump-stops, so I prized one of mine out with a jewellers screw driver to find that they are just pushed in, and so it would be relatively easy to lose them, I think.
Using the same thin screwdriver, I applied super-glue to the recess into which the rubber stop sits, and then pushed the stop back in, but not all the way. Now I have a pair of stops that sit about 1-2mm proud of where they were originally, and they are glued in to prevent loss.
I'll try and remember to post back in a week or two to let you know how I get on with them.
Cheers,
Steve.
I sure hope that there isn't a seam down there where the rubber feet were! I'd hate to hear of a PCB glued to the underside of the keyboard cover.
You can see that there are internal components below the recess, but that's why I applied the superglue with the screwdriver around the inner edge of the recess, as opposed to just squirting it into the hole.
As long as you don't flood the hole with glue, none of it will drop through to the components beneath.
Cheers,
Steve.
I am an ex Blue Angel owner, and i have had the Wizard for about 7 months now, and the phone is perfect (size, battery, keyboard), however there is one problem that has been bugging me.
I use the standard case, as i like the format. however when i recieve a phone call and i remove it from the case, the screen 8 times out of 10 turns to landscape then back to portrait, and this prevents me answering the phone for 30 seconds or so until the screen turns back, as the hardware buttons dont respond. However i never figured what cused this, until i read through an unrelated post that it was caused my the magnets in the case. and testing this by waving the case over the surface of the phone reproduces this problem.
now i am stunned that they bundled this case with the phone, and i am in the market of looking for another without the magnets i.e snap button.
does anyone know of an an alternative case that is horizontal that has the same belt clip?
i have seen the Krussel Horizontal Case http://www.addonsworld.co.uk/product.php/21636/3384/, but i dont like the detachable belt clip. as i envisage the phone coming off it unlike a vertical case that has gravity and a low pivot point keeping it steady.
has anyone got any suggestions?
I've got the same probleme with my qtek 9100.
Hi Fuzzy [EDIT: and Alex],
some weeks ago I did a search for HTC Wizard on Froogle, and I found a lot of accessories: aluminium hard-cases, new styluses, loudspeaker mountings, modfied desktop stands...
Case-specific search:
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=htc+wizard+case&btnG=Search+Froogle
I am sure there is a case that fits your needs.
Greetz
Raubi
unfortunately i have looked through all the 8 pages of hits and there is not a case that is suitable. the nearest to what i want is a case made by sena http://www.senacases.com/cart/home.php?cat=413 however it itself has a magnetic clasp, so will most likely result in the same problem
I want a case like the original with same type of belt clip and without a magnetic clasp. Does anyone have or use such a case, or can confirm that the sena cases arent afflicted with the same problem.
Turn your phone over!!!
When you put the phone in the OEM case, have the screen facing your body (away from the magnetic clasp). This will accomplish 2 things:
1. Prevents the magnet from activating Landscape Mode.
2. Provide extra protection from direct impact for your screen.
I have always done this and never experienced the Landscape issue.
For me that doesnt work, infact it makes it worse i've just removed the phone like that from the case a few times and it change orientation every time. the magnet is contained in the flap and it triggers the screen change every time weather it brishes past the back or the front of the phone.
I have just bought the Krussell case from my first post after not succeeding finding an alternative, i think that with a belt clip it will be unsafe and will stick out much further than the original case, however it does have loops to loop belts through, so that may be the tradeoff i need.
I will let you know how i get on when i recieve the case next week.
what i am most surprised at is either HTC or the mobile carriers not picking up on the problem and selecting a different case.
but the one thing i have figured is that if the magnet is contained purely on the pouch and not the flap (i.e. the flap has metal in it) then this problem would not happen. and if i twisted the phone away from the case when removing it... and ...and ...and..... there would probably be lots of ways to get around it not happening, but in the real world in everyday use when i remove the phone it does happen and it causes me to miss lots of phone calls...
I've had an issue with my Wizard since the day I bought it. Every so often if I remove my Wizard from its pouch on my belt and switch it on out of standy by, the screen is in landscape mode and then only after 1 or 2 seconds returns to the normal upright position. Now at first I thought that as I remove it from the pouch, perhaps I open the slide slightly and then push it back as I get it into position in my hand...not the case however...
Then I started thinking, How does the Wizard know that the slide is being opened? I checked the Service Manual and there is no physical switch (at least not that I can see) so perhaps it is done with Magnitism or Induction on the upper part and lower part of the slide.
Only then I got to the conclusion that my pouch has got two magnets that keeps it closed (original pouch that came with my device..Qtek 9100) perhaps as I move the Wizard out of the pouch the magnets interfere with the Wizard's slide-open-closed magnetic "switch"....?
Has anyone got the same problem? It does not bother me all that much I would just like to know if I am all alone and/or am I going crazy?
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I've had an issue with my Wizard since the day I bought it. Every so often if I remove my Wizard from its pouch on my belt and switch it on out of standy by, the screen is in landscape mode and then only after 1 or 2 seconds returns to the normal upright position. Now at first I thought that as I remove it from the pouch, perhaps I open the slide slightly and then push it back as I get it into position in my hand...not the case however...
Then I started thinking, How does the Wizard know that the slide is being opened? I checked the Service Manual and there is no physical switch (at least not that I can see) so perhaps it is done with Magnitism or Induction on the upper part and lower part of the slide.
Only then I got to the conclusion that my pouch has got two magnets that keeps it closed (original pouch that came with my device..Qtek 9100) perhaps as I move the Wizard out of the pouch the magnets interfere with the Wizard's slide-open-closed magnetic "switch"....?
Has anyone got the same problem? It does not bother me all that much I would just like to know if I am all alone and/or am I going crazy?
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This is due to the pouch having a magnet in it, that makes the PPc think that you have pulled out the keyboard, as the phone as a small magnet so it knows when to change and when not to!!!
That is what i thought... thanx for confirming this..
Hey all,
My Tilt is on the way from AT&T, and I'm looking at cases. The cases that seem to interest me all use magnetic studs. Some have said the magnetic studs can keep the Tilt turned on.
The 2 I like the most are the following:
PDair Book Type
ebay "Premium" Kaiser Case
Anyone had any experience with these or other similar cases with magnetic studs in a similar spot causing problems?
Thanks!
Dont want to hijack your thread but since your on the topic of that case anyone try "PDair Book Type"? Is it still possible to press the keys with the plastic over it?... It doesn't look like it, i seems like you would be pressing more than one button at a time with that plastic over the keyboard.
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Dont want to hijack your thread but since your on the topic of that case anyone try "PDair Book Type"? Is it still possible to press the keys with the plastic over it?... It doesn't look like it, i seems like you would be pressing more than one button at a time with that plastic over the keyboard.
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I think you'll be able to press the keys, but it wont be as good as without the case. As you said, you'll prolly press several buttons at onces and wont get the same feel when typing.
I've used a Prestige case with magnetic closure for a year or more with my AT&T 8525. Never noticed a problem. I'm now using the case with my Tilt, but that's only been a few days. Haven't noticed anything yet, however.
I'm using the PDAir flip case -- the magnetic stud doesn't affect anything. The plastic keyboard cover isn't too bad -- I haven't noticed any problems with multiple keypresses, but it does affect the feel of the keyboard.
I'm looking forward to the Piel Frama case, which should be coming out in the next few weeks. They had a really good case for my old Wizard that used a narrow leather strap & snap to hold the device in the case; you'd unsnap the strap to access the keyboard.
Depends on the magnet strength and location, there have been a few reports of the magnet turning on the phone. The kaiser keyboard uses a magnetic sensor to turn on the phone when the keyboard opens. I'm using a hip holster with mag and not seeing any issue.
I'd say should anyone have the issue, start a thread with brand/model listed for others to avoid.
I have the Seidio case I originally bought for my 8525.
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=394
The two magnets would always "trick" the screen into thinking the keyboard was open and switch it to landscape mode. I always had to wait a few seconds for the screen to switch back when I took it out of the case.
This does NOT happen with the Tilt. The screen stays in portrait mode. I have always liked the quality of the case and the magnets in the flap make it easy to open and shut. So now it is my perfect solution.
no issues here
YodaJM said:
Hey all,
My Tilt is on the way from AT&T, and I'm looking at cases. The cases that seem to interest me all use magnetic studs. Some have said the magnetic studs can keep the Tilt turned on.
The 2 I like the most are the following:
PDair Book Type
ebay "Premium" Kaiser Case
Anyone had any experience with these or other similar cases with magnetic studs in a similar spot causing problems?
Thanks!
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I have been using a case with two magnetic studs on the flip closure for months now and have had zero issues. Bought mine at Fred Meyers and recomend anyone in need of a good black leather horizontal pouch case to check it out. was 15 dollars and is of the same quality and fit as 40 dollar cases you may see online.
cheers
I've been using a Motorola Case designed for the Q9 with my Tilt and it's worked out quite well. It also has a single magnetic stud closure and I have noticed no issues at all.
I bought the PDair Book Type case same week the Tilt first came out here in the U.S. I have had no problems at all. Non of that shutting off by itself thingy people complain about.
Magnetic cases
Some cases cause screen to wake up, some don't. To eliminate the problem just turn off Slide Wake option in registry. When slide wake is enabled opening the keyboard (or getting too close to a magnet) will wake the screen. Turn this option off and you can use magnetic clasps at will.
I have two magnetic mounts and a metal plate stuck on the back of a third party case. The one in the car does not appear to cause any issues but then I don't generally touch it while on the mount. I have a cheap magnetic mount next to my computer monitor I rest it on during charging. Sometimes the buttons becomes unresponsive although I can scroll etc (I am using Nova Launcher BTW). If I lift the phone off the mount the buttons work again and if I put it back on the mount the buttons continue to work. It seems fairly random. I thought magnets should not interfere too much with smartphones other than perhaps the compass.
It's a bit baffling.
EDIT: After further experimentation it would appear the X Force/Turbo 2 is susceptible strong magnetic fields. If the phone is placed too close to a strong magnet in a certain position then the bottom half of the display becomes unresponsive. I can reproduce it every time. If I place it slightly off center on the phone the magnet does not affect it. Has anyone else experienced this issue using a magnetic car holder?
EDIT 2: I seem to have made a workaround. It seems the plate that comes with my more expensive magnetic phone holder in the car is a bit more affected by the cheaper holder I am now using indoors. I put the plate for the cheaper model in between temporarily and the problem almost went away. So I have put that inside the phone cover as a barrier and now don't get the issue as much. There seems to be some variance in the magnetic properties on each of the holders/plates which does or does not affect the phone.
Very peculiar.
The phone uses magnetic force to function with the use of Motorola's flip cover case. I have one, what you describe is almost like what happens when the cover is closed.
I had a magnetic mount that was too strong cause the motion sensor to "stick" on a different phone. Once I figured out what was causing the problem (because it wasn't obvious to me right away on that phone), I returned the magnetic mount / case and got a refund. On my other phone, I'd have to remove the magnetic case AND reboot the phone for the motion sensor to start working again. It took me quite a while to figure it out, but now I'll stay away from magnetic mounts as much as I wish they would work. It's not worth the damage it can cause to a couple sensitive components in these phones.