Accessories Kindle Smart Cover - Page 2

Yolina · 02-14-2013, 08:39 AM

I've just received some tiny (6mm diameter x 0.5mm thickness) magnets I ordered on ebay yesterday. After trying with the PW and the Oberon cover from my K3, it works fine for the wake/sleep thing when put in the small inner pocket - so far so good - but I've also tried just putting it on the outside of the front of the cover and it does works through the whole 5mm of leather

so I will have to put an extra layer of something or other to prevent that, otherwise I won't be too happy, or I might just get even smaller magnets (seen some 3mm x0.5mm)

Oh and the magnets were £2 something inc p&p for a pack of 50... So got spares a plenty

will keep some to make stuff for the magnetic board in my study but if anyone in the UK wants some, just PM me your address and I'll send a few

Skibble · 02-15-2013, 09:39 AM

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that yours is working through the thickness of the leather. I feel like I gave you bad advice! I suppose the magnets we are using are quite different from each other, since mine doesn't do that. I wish I could tell you where my magnet came from, but I didn't purchase it; it was a spare from some other device, and had been sitting in my husband's desk drawer for eons before I snatched it.

Yolina · 02-15-2013, 10:04 AM

Nah, no worries - I'll probably just try the even smaller (and weaker) magnets

The ones I've got aren't strong enough for anything to actually "stick" through the cover and I can't even feel any pull when moving a small metal piece over the front of the cover but I am still able to operate the wake/sleep switch through the whole thickness of the leather.

alicepattinson · 02-15-2013, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ganfas

I received my smart cover from amazon yesterday. It was a surprise to see the auto turn on-off feature.

My doubt is if this feature could possibly "damage" my kindle in time. For example, i open the cover to read 5 minutes the kindle turn on. I close the cover to go from from place A to B, 5 minutes later open the cover again. So the kindle is "always" turning on-off with few time interval.

Maybe is a dumb question but i'm a little bit apprehensive about it.

Thanks

I also got have a case with that features and it's really great. The auto on/off is awesome it will make my kindle sleep when I close the cover. Saves the battery life indeed

NullNix · 02-16-2013, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SampleAndy

wow... Next you're gonna tell me there are no little, teeny-tiny vacuum tubes in there. I was wondering how they kept it so cool.

No vacuum tubes. It's all mechanical. A tiny electrically powered Babbage engine (though I'd rather they'd stuck with a proper reliable steam design, apparently people had trouble refilling the boiler, even with specially-designed eyedroppers).

Honest guv. Would I lie to you?

02-14-2013, 08:39 AM	#16
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	I've just received some tiny (6mm diameter x 0.5mm thickness) magnets I ordered on ebay yesterday. After trying with the PW and the Oberon cover from my K3, it works fine for the wake/sleep thing when put in the small inner pocket - so far so good - but I've also tried just putting it on the outside of the front of the cover and it does works through the whole 5mm of leather so I will have to put an extra layer of something or other to prevent that, otherwise I won't be too happy, or I might just get even smaller magnets (seen some 3mm x0.5mm) Oh and the magnets were £2 something inc p&p for a pack of 50... So got spares a plenty will keep some to make stuff for the magnetic board in my study but if anyone in the UK wants some, just PM me your address and I'll send a few Last edited by Yolina; 02-14-2013 at 09:42 AM.

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02-15-2013, 09:39 AM	#17
Skibble Runs With Scissors Posts: 115 Karma: 1173596 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Device: Kindle Voyage	Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that yours is working through the thickness of the leather. I feel like I gave you bad advice! I suppose the magnets we are using are quite different from each other, since mine doesn't do that. I wish I could tell you where my magnet came from, but I didn't purchase it; it was a spare from some other device, and had been sitting in my husband's desk drawer for eons before I snatched it.

02-15-2013, 10:04 AM	#18
Yolina Wizard Posts: 1,179 Karma: 11573197 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Voyage	Nah, no worries - I'll probably just try the even smaller (and weaker) magnets The ones I've got aren't strong enough for anything to actually "stick" through the cover and I can't even feel any pull when moving a small metal piece over the front of the cover but I am still able to operate the wake/sleep switch through the whole thickness of the leather.

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