Thread: N900 sensitive to magnets. Magnetic case latches can wake device.
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2010-01-09 , 16:07
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Originally Posted by wallenburg View Post
The N900 has a problem with magnets. The screen goes on when you hold a magnet nearby the screen. This happened also by the back of the N900. If you have a case with magnet closing (my old E90 case from Carrymobile) like i have , see my YouTube film. Has somebody the same problem ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaYT-cqCjdw
Oh yeah. You have to test a lot of cases. I finally found one -- a cheap off brand -- with a lightly weaker magnet that seems to work. Most cases have a stronger magnet that will set off the N900.

And you can;t find a case without a magnet, it seems.

Good luck.