Reader damaged by mobile phone

Peto · 09-03-2009, 07:53 AM

Hello there,

I have come across a PRS-505 user with a problem I had never heard of. After searching the forum and finding nothing, I want to ask for your help and counsel.

This girl apparently left a cell phone on top of her leather covered Reader for a couple of hours and, when she came back, part of the screen was blank and wouldn't refresh.

Have any of you heard about any such thing? Any suggestions/solutions apart from reseting/shutting down the Reader?

Thanks

acidzebra · 09-03-2009, 08:00 AM

Sounds more like it was mechanically damaged, I doubt that mobile phone radiation would damage the screen somehow. Can she make a photo you can post?

I will put my money where my mouth is even and leave my blackberry, turned on, on my reader overnight without any cover this night.

Peto · 09-03-2009, 08:35 AM

XD Better not.

I'll ask for the pict.

HarryT · 09-03-2009, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peto

Hello there,

I have come across a PRS-505 user with a problem I had never heard of. After searching the forum and finding nothing, I want to ask for your help and counsel.

This girl apparently left a cell phone on top of her leather covered Reader for a couple of hours and, when she came back, part of the screen was blank and wouldn't refresh.

Have any of you heard about any such thing? Any suggestions/solutions apart from reseting/shutting down the Reader?

Thanks

Classic case of post hoc ergo propter hoc, don't you think?

Riocaz · 09-03-2009, 08:43 AM

I've had my phone sat right next to my reader on a regular basis when both are in the phone/mp3 player pocket of my laptop bag (and can be sat there all day under my desk unless I want one of them) without a problem. The phone pocket, holds the phone right next to the reader.

HarryT · 09-03-2009, 08:51 AM

Riocaz - I've had my mobile phone sitting on top of my eBook reader (many different eBook readers, in fact), on my bedside table, pretty much every night, all night, for the last 3 years. There is no way that the very low-power radio emissions from a mobile phone are going to "damage" an eInk screen, and I say that as a professional physicist.

Peto · 09-03-2009, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Classic case of post hoc ergo propter hoc, don't you think?

Yeah, most likely

but no harm asking.

Peto · 09-03-2009, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Riocaz - I've had my mobile phone sitting on top of my eBook reader (many different eBook readers, in fact), on my bedside table, pretty much every night, all night, for the last 3 years. There is no way that the very low-power radio emissions from a mobile phone are going to "damage" an eInk screen, and I say that as a professional physicist.

Ok, thanks to all for the quick responses. I consider this issue clarified and will recommend to search for other reasons like somebody pressing the phone against the screen, for example.

Thank you all

09-03-2009, 07:53 AM	#1
Peto Legal Alien Posts: 288 Karma: 105 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505/T1/Kindle PW2	Reader damaged by mobile phone Hello there, I have come across a PRS-505 user with a problem I had never heard of. After searching the forum and finding nothing, I want to ask for your help and counsel. This girl apparently left a cell phone on top of her leather covered Reader for a couple of hours and, when she came back, part of the screen was blank and wouldn't refresh. Have any of you heard about any such thing? Any suggestions/solutions apart from reseting/shutting down the Reader? Thanks

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09-03-2009, 08:00 AM	#2
acidzebra Liseuse Lover Posts: 869 Karma: 1035404 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Device: PRS-505	Sounds more like it was mechanically damaged, I doubt that mobile phone radiation would damage the screen somehow. Can she make a photo you can post? I will put my money where my mouth is even and leave my blackberry, turned on, on my reader overnight without any cover this night.

09-03-2009, 08:35 AM	#3
Peto Legal Alien Posts: 288 Karma: 105 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505/T1/Kindle PW2	XD Better not. I'll ask for the pict.

09-03-2009, 08:43 AM	#5
Riocaz Fulfilled but not by iRex Posts: 932 Karma: 286846 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: Far too many	I've had my phone sat right next to my reader on a regular basis when both are in the phone/mp3 player pocket of my laptop bag (and can be sat there all day under my desk unless I want one of them) without a problem. The phone pocket, holds the phone right next to the reader.

09-03-2009, 08:51 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Riocaz - I've had my mobile phone sitting on top of my eBook reader (many different eBook readers, in fact), on my bedside table, pretty much every night, all night, for the last 3 years. There is no way that the very low-power radio emissions from a mobile phone are going to "damage" an eInk screen, and I say that as a professional physicist.

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