It seems my old flip case (Bear Design) from my iPad 2 no longer activates the screen on/off. I guess I will be buying a new case after all...
So Apple changed the magnets just enough to break 3rd party covers but not enough so as to keep their own SmartCovers working.
Interesting. I am guessing the AppleSmart covers has some inside knowledge and were designed accordingly. Classic.
Where is this option in settings?![]()
There are no settings for the smart cover in settings. You just put it on and it works.
So Apple changed the magnets just enough to break 3rd party covers but not enough so as to keep their own SmartCovers working. [...] Interesting. I am guessing the AppleSmart covers has some inside knowledge and were designed accordingly. Classic.
There is a setting - but it doesn't show up until after you've put the first smart cover on.
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Way I think it went: Apple smart covers have magnets in multiple spots on right edge, probably to help do the fold up stand thing. There's more than is needed for the cover sensor in the ipad. Running a piece of metal along mine, feels like five or six distinct magnets.
3rd parties, to save money, just put a magnet where the sensor is on the ipad2, but DON'T put magnets in every spot the smart covers have a magnet on the right edge.
For whatever reason, maybe engineering, Apple moves the sensor in the new iPad. From a compatibility view, so long as it stays within the areas the smart cover has magnets, everything works... except the 3rd party covers that just used one magnet. Do we think Apple engineering would constrain their designs for this?
I wonder where/how they changed the magnets?
Interesting. I am guessing the AppleSmart covers has some inside knowledge and were designed accordingly. Classic.
My original SmartCover seems to work the same way as my iPad 2. It snapped right on with no issues...
I have an iPad 2 smart cover and it doesn't work at all on the new iPad.
That's not correct. Under settings it's called iPad Cover Lock/Unlock.There are no settings for the smart cover in settings. You just put it on and it works.
It seems my old flip case (Bear Design) from my iPad 2 no longer activates the screen on/off. I guess I will be buying a new case after all...
It seems my old flip case (Bear Design) from my iPad 2 no longer activates the screen on/off. I guess I will be buying a new case after all...
I have an iPad 2 smart cover and it doesn't work at all on the new iPad.
Thanks for letting me know about the setting