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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How does the metal detector work? I've never heard of a phone being able to do that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

It uses the magnetic field sensor on the phone (compass). It can only detect magnetically active metals and also kinda weakly, but it's quite fun!