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Old 08-13-2011, 09:11 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by newpain01 View Post
The closing thing has a magnet in it, and that is my question, can the magnet cause any damage to the kindle or not?
Not. A weak magnetic field such as the one in a catch like this isn't going to cause any damage to anything.

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I had iphone case that had a magnet and after some time using it, the iphone stopped working and I was told that the magnet in the case caused a damage to the internal components of the iphone.
Speaking as a physicist, I have to say that this is vanishingly improbable. Did you get that in writing from Apple's service centre? If not, someone was pulling your leg.
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