Amazon PW cover - magnet

PG4003 · 01-19-2013, 12:12 PM

Can somebody explain something to me? On the Amazon PW cover that automatically turns on when you open the cover, is it just a magnet that makes it do that? If so, if I want to use a different cover without this feature, could I glue a small magnet on the outer edge and it'll work the same way? I tried touching the side of my Kindle with plain refrigerator magnets and it doesn't do anything. Is the magnet not strong enough? I don't understand how this works. Thanks!

Blossom · 01-19-2013, 12:21 PM

Yes it's a magnet but a very strong one. I have to keep anything metal far away from it or it will grab it. I don't think a Kitchen magnet is going to work.

PG4003 · 01-19-2013, 12:56 PM

My son just came over and he helped me figure it out. The magnet in the PW is on the lower right corner. It just so happened we had a tiny little round magnet that he had taken out of an iPad cover he had, so we used that....works like a charm! So now I have a beautiful Oberon cover with the auto on/off feature. I'm happy

01-19-2013, 12:12 PM	#1
PG4003 Addict Posts: 346 Karma: 96888 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kentucky Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite	Amazon PW cover - magnet Can somebody explain something to me? On the Amazon PW cover that automatically turns on when you open the cover, is it just a magnet that makes it do that? If so, if I want to use a different cover without this feature, could I glue a small magnet on the outer edge and it'll work the same way? I tried touching the side of my Kindle with plain refrigerator magnets and it doesn't do anything. Is the magnet not strong enough? I don't understand how this works. Thanks! __________________ Patricia

01-19-2013, 12:56 PM	#3
PG4003 Addict Posts: 346 Karma: 96888 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kentucky Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite	My son just came over and he helped me figure it out. The magnet in the PW is on the lower right corner. It just so happened we had a tiny little round magnet that he had taken out of an iPad cover he had, so we used that....works like a charm! So now I have a beautiful Oberon cover with the auto on/off feature. I'm happy __________________ Patricia

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01-19-2013, 12:21 PM	#2
Blossom Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,711 Karma: 4481274 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Eastern TN Device: PW/K4B/K4S/K3+3G KFire/SGP 5.0/LG Vortex	Yes it's a magnet but a very strong one. I have to keep anything metal far away from it or it will grab it. I don't think a Kitchen magnet is going to work.


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