Question about Holsters with Magnets and the 3GS

[Rat-Boy]

So I like to carry my iPhone in a holster because I feel it cuts down on the dust.

Question is, a lot of generic cases have a flap with a magnet.

But would a case with a magnetized flap destroy the compass or knock it out of whack?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Guiyon]

It wouldn't destroy it, just throw it out of whack. The magnetometers used in most chips tend to be fairly sensitive to external magnetic/electrical fields, especially if the magnet is nearby.

 

[Rat-Boy]

It wouldn't destroy it, just throw it out of whack. The magnetometers used in most chips tend to be fairly sensitive to external magnetic/electrical fields, especially if the magnet is nearby.

Thanks.

So that means I would just have to calibrate it again each time I take it out of the holster?

No problem if that is the case.

Thanks again..

 

[Randman]

Apple recommends against such cases, fyi.

 

[Rat-Boy]

Thanks.

And there goes that. Grrrrrr.... LOL...

 

[MadGoat]

Apple recommends against such cases, fyi.

source please... and not a blog of someone who heard something, but something official from apple, and not one of those support people in India.