Magnet Downside: Would there be a possiblility of the SD card getting magnetized and therefore lose precious data?
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The likelihood of this happening seems minimal to me, unless perhaps you intend to attach one of the magnetic feet directly to the card slot. As a rule of thumb, you should probably not pack your camera and your tripod in the same pocket, magnetized or not, as the risk of physical damage would be more concerning than electronic damage. If one considers themselves a professional, this should not be an issue.
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Yes Phu, because the advice is NOT attaching to the phone, if it would, the metal parts inside the phone would be damaged, I suppose.The magnet from the device attaches to the magnet plate that come with it. The plate itself doesn't attach via magnet to your phone.I have a thin plastic case and I put the plate in between that and my phone.I hope that helps,Cheers :)
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magnets like that won't affect tablet or computer unless it has a spinning hard drive..
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No, your phone has a metal plate, not the magnet. The magnetic part is on the large piece that attatchs to your CD player. In any sense I think it takes a large magnet to mess with your stuff.
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@Sherry - I can only speak to having a cell phone and an older iPod near the tiles -- and the tiles did not create any sort of problem with those electronics. Personally I believe that the magnets in this product are not strong enough to cause damage to most modern electrical devices. Plasma, LED, and LCD computers, TVs, phones etc do not suffer from the same issues that the older "big" TVs used to (they are "solid-state"). However, you might want to exercise a bit of caution by not placing the entire box of tiles on top of a computer hard drive. Hard drives can be damaged by magnetic fields. @Sherry - I can only speak to having a cell phone and an older iPod near the tiles -- and the tiles did not create any sort of problem with those electronics. Personally I believe that the magnets in this product are not strong enough to cause damage to most modern electrical devices. Plasma, LED, and LCD computers, TVs, phones etc do not suffer from the same issues that the older "big" TVs used to (they are "solid-state"). However, you might want to exercise a bit of caution by not placing the entire box of tiles on top of a computer hard drive. Hard drives can be... » Read More @Sherry - I can only speak to having a cell phone and an older iPod near the tiles -- and the tiles did not create any sort of problem with those electronics. Personally I believe that the magnets in this product are not strong enough to cause damage to most modern electrical devices. Plasma, LED, and LCD computers, TVs, phones etc do not suffer from the same issues that the older "big" TVs used to (they are "solid-state"). However, you might want to exercise a bit of caution by not placing the entire box of tiles on top of a computer hard drive. Hard drives can be damaged by magnetic fields. « Show Less
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It won't fall out (at least for my machine), but only half of the SD will go in. And with the slightest accidentally touch the card will be disconnected from the laptop (and also consider the power cord is almost right next to the SD card slot, it's really easy to hit the card). I ended up having to get an USB/SD card adapter to stick the card in securely.
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The iPad doesn't have a hard drive, so should be no issue causing damage to stuff stored on iPad. I have not had any issues with it causing problems with the screen. The magnet is on the back side, so it isn't on the screen.
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I have a 128 gb card in mine mine. I have had no issues with the card at all. I transfer a lot of music and video files frequently..never had a single issue with card reader.
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No ! because I've tried to use and showed a msr error that not find magnetic card.... CD files was sent without any data to install. However the magnetic part is not working as well. I'm waiting feedback from provider
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normal magnets won't do anything to the strip, you would need a fairly strong magnet. there's an episode of mythbusters where they tried to wipe data using magnets, they had to use a high powered one extracted from a hard drive to wipe it. even if you do hold a credit card to a hard drive, it's magnetically shielded.
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Hi Ana R.! Maureen here from The Friendly Swede:-) The magnet should have no effect whatsoever on your device. Let me know if I can be of more help here at this link:
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That's a good Q. I wondered the same. Even if it is a bit magnetized, I don't think it should make any difference. How about turning it around regularly ?? Or flip it over ....?? Stev
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http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-magnets-really-affect-phones-hard-drives/
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there is a mini sd slot I have never used it.I think it would overload the system as it already works slow.
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I've been using a Sandisk SD card with it for about a year now and haven't had any problems. I use it for pictures, files and songs. What do you have on it - it could be the base of the problem.
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It depends if your device is solid state or not. If it is solid state that means there are no moving parts so the magnets wont hurt anything. If your device is not solid state then you should power it completely off every time you store your laptop and move it. And if you do this properly, the magnets shouldnt have any affect on it. Also, the magnets are very small and not really what Id consider any threat to your device.
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no... it's not intended for that sort of thing.. When the memory card is full it shuts itself off until you change the card or erase it.