afgman786
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This is what I used. Magnet is on the outside of my case and works great! Was on trails this passed weekend, never had my phone bounce off or rotate. I was bouncing on the trails pretty hard too
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Stupid Q....does the magnets affect the phone or the phone’s battery longterm health? if it does not move, then it must be some strong magnets...is it harmful to device or maybe affect reception or GPS?
EDIT: found this article: Will a Magnet Destroy a Smartphone or Hard Drive? | Digital Trends
Any truth to this?
EDIT: found this article: Will a Magnet Destroy a Smartphone or Hard Drive? | Digital Trends
Any truth to this?
I have been using magnetic mounts for several years. I don't see any degradation to the battery life, and I've never lost any data. I have over 10GB of music in the internal memory, I use it every day, never lost anything. The GPS is not affected, but if you have a compass app that does not use inferred direction from the GPS, then yes it gets messed up. If you need the compass, take it off the mount, then it works fine.
I think the only downside is the plate on the back of the phone (either under or stuck to the case) blocks wireless charging. My phone doesn't support it anyway (Pixel 3a XL), so it doesn't matter to me.
Hard drives (non-SSD) actually have very strong neo magnets inside them, I will sometimes pull them out when disposing of drives. They are kinda handy to have. So, despite the infamous Breaking Bad episode, no a strong magnet will not mess up a hard drive.
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afgman786
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I agree with KLF. I haven't noticed any affects of using a magnet. Been running the magnets on many phones now and all has been well.
JLH
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I mounted a scoshe magnet in the same location but centered above the DVD slot. It holds my 8 inch tablet really well on rough terrain.
Finally found a robust magnetic charger and phone case combination from Pelican. It’s their Protector case with EMS wireless charging (Amazon product ASIN B07X51X94J). It comes with a vent mount clip, but the rear of the charging pad accepts a Garmin size RAM Mount ball. I used a combo RAM arm with Garmin ball on one end, and standard RAM 1" ball on the other). No more two handed fumbling to plug in my phone and/or mount it in a charging cradle. The magnet seems to be plenty strong.
Awesome @catastrofe what is the attachment base on the dash?
Markuson
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I have used even SUPER-STRONG magnets designed to retain firearms in vehicles.... So I’m talking about magnets with with 50+lbs strength ....directly to my various iPhones and iPads... Zero negative effect on anything. All good.
Markuson
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For those interested in these magnets for iPad... here is the thread detailing it...with link to units on Amazon...
iPad Mount V2: Strong, No-Drill, Vibration-Free $26 :)
First... a past version fixed: Some time back I mounted an iPad using multiples of those magnetic steel ball mounts with a similar placement...but was never completely happy. It was fiddly to get placement just right, and the mounts tended to slowly peel off over time. PROBLEM SOLVED. Super...
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afgman786
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For those interested in these magnets for iPad... here is the thread detailing it...with link to units on Amazon...
iPad Mount V2: Strong, No-Drill, Vibration-Free $26 :)
First... a past version fixed: Some time back I mounted an iPad using multiples of those magnetic steel ball mounts with a similar placement...but was never completely happy. It was fiddly to get placement just right, and the mounts tended to slowly peel off over time. PROBLEM SOLVED. Super...
Same mounts I've got! They are great. I've actually been thinking about using a tablet so that way I can mark trails along with see what's coming up ahead.
Only downside I see with copy your solution is, your top left mount is where I have 1 for my phone. So I probably wouldn't be able to have both unless I relocate my phone.
Tried doing that on my phone, it works but I had 2 different map apps open to see what direction I should be going and made it a bit difficult to bounce around between the apps
For single handed convenience, nothing beats magnet mounts.
The trick to them is to use multiple, allowing the geometry of two points to stabilize the device. A single point in any mount allows too much leverage, rotation, etc. Vent mounts can be flimsy. When two are used, rock solid. I use this approach in all my cars the phone doesn't go anywhere.
The trick to them is to use multiple, allowing the geometry of two points to stabilize the device. A single point in any mount allows too much leverage, rotation, etc. Vent mounts can be flimsy. When two are used, rock solid. I use this approach in all my cars the phone doesn't go anywhere.
