Will a fridge magnet damage my ipad?

I was thinking of using a rectangular fridge magnet to dirct the sound towards me. Can the magnet do any damage to my iPad2 or its data?

iPad 2, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Nov 25, 2011 6:39 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2011 6:41 AM

Today we have storage devices that consist of flash memory in the form of memory cards, USB thumb drives, solid state drives , etc. These forms of storage are immune to magnetic fields. Flash memory doesn’t contain anything magnetic inside and therefore it would be immune to magnetic influences. Solid state drives exist in the iPod touch, Nano, and Shuffle, iPhone, iPad, and late-model MacBook Airs. None of these should be harmed by the magnets.


 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Nov 26, 2011 6:41 AM in response to Divot Dan

Today we have storage devices that consist of flash memory in the form of memory cards, USB thumb drives, solid state drives , etc. These forms of storage are immune to magnetic fields. Flash memory doesn’t contain anything magnetic inside and therefore it would be immune to magnetic influences. Solid state drives exist in the iPod touch, Nano, and Shuffle, iPhone, iPad, and late-model MacBook Airs. None of these should be harmed by the magnets.


 Cheers, Tom 😉

Nov 25, 2011 7:01 PM in response to deggie

Let me explain by noting that when I'm using my iPad on my lap, the sound goes out the bottom/side (depending on orientation) of the iPad. But when I cup my hand at the speaker port, the sound comes to me louder and more clearly. I am going to make a kind of sound redirecter attached to the iPad with a fridge magnet--kinda like a victrola horn.

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