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Re: Case magnet killing battery...

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Originally Posted by bluruld View Post
The TP2 uses a magnet to detect if the keyboard is slid out. Also when the keyboard is slid out the device wakens. So to sum it up a magnet will wake your device like the ones used in pouches.

The solution is to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\DeviceMap\Keybd] Create new dword "SlideWakeup" with value of 0 and soft reset. This will stop the magnet from waking your phone up.
This did the trick. Thanks given!

Paid around $30 at BestBuy for the OEM HTC leather case with the big magnet and had to go back to using the crappy Mogul one because of the unlock issue. Regedit did wonders.

-Mike
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