Ideas for a hidden magnetic phone-mount.
 

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given the fact that most wireless charging stations use magnets to position the phone on the pad, I would think this will not hurt your phone.

Just an idea though, if your phone is capable of wireless charging, you could hack up a palm touch stone (or similar) and mount that behind the dash so that it charges your phone as well as hold it in place

Nice! Auto charger would have been a sweet touch. Pics of the magnet for the phone side?

Might be a dumb question, but does your case have the magnets needed to hold your phone up or does your phone itself have them? I have a GS3 and REALLY want to do something like this. I want to put a touchstone charger back there as well as an NFC tag. I read that the charger will interfere with the NFC however but ill work that out later. I am just worried that the strength of the magnets required to hold the phone up might bork the phone.

That is really sweet! I was thinking about making some sort of phone holder. Now I'm going to make one with some magnet holes so I can just hook it up to the dash

So glad I stumbled upon this!
I already order magnets for a oil filter magnet a week ago

Clever setup.

Scratches?
 

Neat idea, but I wonder what the potential is to create scratches (albeit small) on the plastic trim piece from repeated contact.

Nice to see it work.

Just one question, do you really need the knife or would the magnets grab the phone's battery sufficiently strong ?

Very nice idea man. I might do something similar.

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wow, this is kind of genius.

Chive On Brother!

any ideas how this would work on an iPhone? curious if the magnets will effect it

I find our kind everywhere. KCCO

It shouldn't affect solid state memory like the ones used in iPhones.

cool. now if only the magnet links actually worked....

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetai...prod=DX04B-N52
http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetai...prod=DX001-N52

2nd link is for inside the phone case correct?

maybe the iphone is different but how does this affect turn by turn navigation? im hearing magnets can mess up iphone compass which cud affect turn by turn and curious how this is on android? im sure turn by turn is controlled the same way

Interesting question ... would like to know the answer to this one aswel before attempting something similar.

Came here to say this. You can mess up your phone's compass by placing magnets next to it for a prolonged period of time. Depending on your phone model, there may be a way to manually recalibrate it if so. I know for some (perhaps all?), you have to wave the phone in front of you parallel to the ground in a figure 8 pattern.

So if you start to notice your compass getting all wonky, give this a try.

Yeah, those are the magnets he referred to in the first post.

how is your phone holding up? i found that two 15lb Magnets, on the phone case and my GS3 is enough to hold it in place.

i also have a n52 magnet with 80lbs of force will cause that colored pixels on the lcd to mess up. but it doesnt cripple the phone.


also how do i take the bezel around the HU off without taking everything else out.

i discovered this by accident. but buy using two magnets i can make the the phone tilt.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ps77c3098e.jpg

Wonder if the magnets do anything to the electronics like screw up the memory?

Not if you're using flash memory like all smart phones. Just don't attach a traditional disc drive.

Well I ended up trying this. It works pretty well (better for my very light radar detector display), but if anyone else is going to do it, FIND SOMEONE OTHER THAN K&J!! I have never worked with a worse company in my life.

My entire order was like $8 for magnets and $5 for shipping. When I got it, the two thinnest magnets were cracked in half. I sent an email explaining the situation with a picture, and then asking for them to just replace them with a cheaper, thicker magnet that would hopefully stand up to the trip. I got a form response saying they weren't responsible for any damage after it left their facility. I responded saying that this was a simple fix and that I paid for four magnets and they shouldn't be fine with two showing up broken. And then I was ignored for a couple of days, so I finally sent another saying if they either didn't refund or replace, I would be disputing charges and negatively review them everywhere I could. Finally I got a response saying they were refunding the $1 cost of the actual magnets (but not shipping) that they very plainly blamed me for breaking. I will still be disputing charges and will never use these guys again.

Thanks for the heads up

Anybody know any other magnet dealers?

Sorry I can't help you with that. But yeah, they pretty much told me in one email how they are brittle and very breakable by nature, so they can't take responsibility, and then in another told me they know it's my fault because there is no way that only two magnets (even though the other two were much thicker) could be broken in a box.

I know this is an old thread but I did not see any new ones with this idea. I just got my BRZ and I am considering this.

It has been a year since the thread was updated, can anyone report on the long term use of this setup?
Did it cause any issues to your phone?
Scratch the dash?
Did anyone implement this with the wireless charging idea?
Other locations on the dash to use this?
Or other types of devices or items?

I love this idea and would like to see how you put it to use.

Thanks!

http://asset3.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d...05_610x457.JPG

I bought this thing and love it! It's called the nite-ize steelie.

VERY NICE! Ordering one now! Also much less expensive than I thought it would be

Another decent looking option that I stumbled across (no magnets or tape involved): [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Kenu-Airframe-Portable-Smartphone-Mount/dp/B00D901B4W/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1398384544&sr=8-7&keywords=iphone+holder"]Amazon.com: Kenu Airframe - Portable Smartphone Car Mount: GPS & Navigation[/ame]

Nice find! Will be buying one soon.

I have this:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/iMagnet-Cradle-less-Quick-snap-Technology-Smartphone/dp/B008IOQ3K6"]Amazon.com: iMagnet Cradle-less Universal Phone Mount with Quick-snap Technology, One Hand Smartphone Car Windshield Dashboard Mount Holder for iPhone 4S/5, Galaxy S4/S3/S2, Blackberry Bold, Note 2, Android HTC One: Cell Phones & Accessories[/ame]

http://i.imgur.com/efTECD2.png

Thanks @retrosmiths and @ScorpionOzzy for replying to my bump on this thread. However, the keyword for this thread is HIDDEN. I'm looking specifically for hidden magnetic mounts and hopefully incorporating a wireless charger. And i would also like to know how the phone and dash hold up over time. Checkout the first page for an example.

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Yea it's pretty damn awesome, I love that you can pivot the phone towards you. Just make sure to keep the magnet away from your wallet. I ruined my boss's Amex by putting it in the same pocket as my phone. Other than that It's been awesome! I get to stick my phone to the toolbox at work, and pretty much anywhere else thats metal.

Well to answer some of your questions. I've had the steelie since october. And in this system, the magnet is stuck onto your phone. I put it onto a cheap case that way I'm not sticking directly to the phone. Everything works perfect I haven't had any problems.

On the steel ball portion of the car, you can see that it's dulled out because of my phone picking up metal shavings at work. I'd rather it dull out the ball than the dash though. Any time you have two surfaces rubbing together, you'll have wear. So on the hidden system, if there's dust on the dash and you put you phone on it, you may develop small scratches.

I highly reccomend the steelie, and it's certainly not an eyesore when there's a phone not on it. I'll snap a picture later today of it in my car and post it for you.

I need to try this.
@ScorpionOzzy, thanks for the info the steelie, I have seen that a few times online and wondered how well it worked. I will be looking into that as well.

How do you remove that piece of the dash? I don't want to break any clips trying to freestyle it.

You just pull it towards you.

Grip the edges from the bottom and yank towards you.