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We use tablets, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite to be exact, in our production facility to deliver configuration parameters to our employees. It is often the case that they drop the tablet cracking it's display and this costs a lot to fix. Since all machines are made of steel I figured if I glue Neo magnet to the back case of the device they can safely place it on the machine surface without worrying about dropping it. Now I have a problem figuring out will super strong Neo magnets damage the internal components of the tablet.

I did some research and most people say things like "it shouldn't", "probably not", "it will if the magnet is strong enough", "keep electronics away from Neo magnets" - so most of it is guess work, and far from a definitive answer.

Some say it will destroy it completely and refer me to pacemaker specs, but as far as I figured out these are designed to change their mode of operation when exposed to a very specific magnetic field, so keeping pacemaker away from magnets is to prevent accidental operation mode triggering.

Most of them talk about LCD, CPU, RAM, FLASH memory and magnetic field sensor, but nobody said one thing about battery that is directly under the thin plastic cover I intend to glue the magnet on.

Also not a single word about Wi-Fi operation which is essential for these to be useful to us.

To my understanding strong magnetic fields shouldn't disrupt anything but compass sensor, but as I said this is gathered from various experts all over the Internet.

So to my question... Can anyone give me a definitive answer if any of these magnets are safe to glue to the center of the back cover of this tablet?

Hennes
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If you want definitive I'd say it might be time for an experiment instead of anecdotes. :) Test it out on one that's cracked but still otherwise functioning (if any exist) and see how that goes for a month. Get a benchmark at the start and one at the end without installing anything on it or otherwise using it - you dont want the results to be skewed due to other factors.

Plan B - get a decent case for it and hook that sucker to a landyard of some sort so it can just be hung up on a hook instead of messing with the magnets. This would likely be the route I'd go but I'm not sure if this makes operational sense for what you're doing.

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