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Faraday Bags - RF blocking for home electronics
Posted on 09/18/2023 5:40:51 AM PDT by Scooter100
Some questions about Faraday Bags.
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KEYWORDS: faraday; prepping
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a. Recently left my cell phone in a Faraday Bag for too long. When I removed it the phone was dead (battery ok), and had to be rebooted. Anyone know why this would happen?
b. Do Faraday bags damage cell phones?
To: Scooter100
Dead or did it just turn itself off since there were no signals?
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:42:59 AM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Scooter100
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:44:12 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
To: Scooter100
Your phone lost comms with your carrier. The alphabets have programmed it to shut down when that happens?
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:44:18 AM PDT
by
Ikeon
(Dont like what you see? then look away. )
To: ansel12
Dead. Buttons, swiping, nothing worked, black screen of death. Had to reboot.
To: ansel12
Dead or did it just turn itself off since there were no signals? That was my question.
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:45:17 AM PDT
by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: ansel12
Because it was on while in the bag it was using more power searching to connect to a cell tower.
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:45:40 AM PDT
by
SheepWhisperer
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To: ansel12
Because it was on while in the bag it was using more power searching to connect to a cell tower?
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:46:15 AM PDT
by
SheepWhisperer
(Get involved with, or start a home fellowship group. It will be the final church. ACTS 2:42-47)
To: CatOwner
Dead. Buttons, swiping, nothing worked, black screen of death. Had to reboot.
To: SheepWhisperer
To: Scooter100
Was the battery drained, or did you still have a fair amount of battery life left?
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:48:14 AM PDT
by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: CatOwner
To: Scooter100
It might have increased its transmit power since it couldn’t receive any tower signals, and so it killed its battery much quicker than normal.
Incidentally you can test the effectiveness of a Faraday bag by putting your phone into it and then calling it from another phone. If your phone rings then it’s still in touch with the local cell tower, which means the bag isn’t completely blocking signals.
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:50:23 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
To: Scooter100
It wasn’t the Faraday bag...most likely, the phone killed the battery by constantly searching for cell towers. You should put it in airplane mode when you put it in the bag.
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:50:24 AM PDT
by
dinodino
( Cut it down anyway. )
To: Scooter100
It suffocated..........................
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:50:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Scooter100
Also, you don’t really need a Faraday bag. Just put your phone inside the microwave.
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:51:04 AM PDT
by
dinodino
( Cut it down anyway. )
To: coloradan; dinodino
The battery was approx 50% charged when I removed it.
To: dinodino
Kinda hard to go shopping with a microwave under my arm.
To: Scooter100
“Dead” could mean a couple of things. The cell phone could have shut down, making it inoperable. Or it could mean the call phone was still powered up but the software froze.
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:55:15 AM PDT
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CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: CatOwner
“call phone”? Sheesh. We really need a 60-second edit feature on FR.
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posted on
09/18/2023 5:56:05 AM PDT
by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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