Timeline for A strong neodymium magnet has no effect whatsoever on my phone compass. How is that possible?
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| Jul 19, 2019 at 17:20 | history | edited | user137289 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 19, 2019 at 16:23 | comment | added | Solomon Slow | I once stacked a whole bunch of small neodymium magnets end-to-end to make a "bar" magnet about 10cm long, and I tried it on my phone. Turning the magnet caused the reading on my phone's compass to change even from a distance of something like four meters. | |
| Jul 19, 2019 at 15:18 | comment | added | user137289 | @RonanCremin Have you tested with a classic needle compass next to your phone? | |
| Jul 19, 2019 at 15:15 | comment | added | Ronan Cremin | Just to be clear, the compass on the phone is working perfectly as a compass i.e. it indicates magnetic north correctly. So the compass is somehow indicating earth's magnetic fiield while not being susceptible to nearby strong magnet. | |
| Jul 19, 2019 at 15:12 | history | answered | user137289 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |