Magnetic Stud Finder
Magnetic Stud Finder
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DESCRIPTION
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Magnetic stud finder app puts an handy stud finder in everyone's pocket at no cost. Even if already having your own stud finder, this app provides a valuable second source. Magnetic stud finder app consists of a customized metal detector with a bubble level view. It can be used for both metal and wood studs. Steel nails/screws are used to fix drywall to the wood studs. Magnetic stud finder finds wood studs by identifying the location of nails and screws. The bubble level is another tool for handyman. The app can also be used as detector for all ferromagnetic objects.
To make the best out of it, it is very important to use this app properly. We provide help within the app. More information is provided in our website www.goldsequence.com. You can also see this instruction video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZmd5vkag7o
We have tested this app in multiple buildings with different phones. It works pretty well for drywall if used properly. Even if you cover the drywall with a extra layer of 1/4 inch thick ceramic tile, the app can still work. That being said, the app is not without its limits. This app won't work well if the variation of magnetic field strength becomes too weak to pick up. For example, if you live in a old house with plaster wall and the plaster layer is more than 1/4 inch thick, the app will probably not work well. Even if your house uses drywall, if the size of the drywall screws is too small, it could generate problems for this app. So we agree that this app is not for every house. However, we do believe that it can do good things for many people in many houses.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Developer: GoldSequence
Genre: Tools
App version: 1.03
App size: 105k
Recent changes: v1.03: change vibrating pattern
v1.02: fix issue in tablet
v1.01: bug fix
v0.91: update user feedback form
v0.9: add seek bar, add default ref
v0.8: various improvements, add ad
v0.65: Add back requirements for gps and Wifi location. v0.6 removes those requirements by using geocoder service. However, geocoder service does not work well. Also modify location service and help.
v0.6: Drop requirements for gps and Wifi location. Add user feedback form. Help information improvement.
Comments:
Pretty Awesome for a free app. Thumbs up!
Awesome app! I was able to detect a few nails behind my dry wall to figure out approximately where my stud is. This is the kind of app I love finding in the Play Store, it makes great use out of the limited hardware we have on our phones. Since it is dependent on the phone's hardware, I wish people would stop rating the app so low if their phones don't have a magnetic sensor. Also, It's a phone app so it shouldn't be compared to the accuracy of a $100 stud finder.
I mean it's impossible to get an accurate results, but it gives you a general idea of where the studs are based on the small spikes in the magnetic reading from the nails. It works enough to make the job easier. This is from a Samsung S3 mini so I imagine most new phones will give as good if not a better reading. The trick is to make sure you are not wearing or near anything which will give off a magnetic reading and then move the phone slowly over the wall, looking for small, regular spikes in the reading.
Since it uses the phone mag censor, the app relies on the hardware. I have an app that looks at raw hardware data. I see how it would work but on my Samsung s4, not so well. Still not sure how wood studs can effect a mag sensor. They are non ferrous. You might pick up on a screw. I bet metal studs would work great.
Very nice app!!! Tried measuring 16in apart to find stud didn't work. Didn't know how I was gonna help a friend hang a door on the wall as a headboard without a stud finder, until I found this app! Come to find out my studs were 24in apart with this app... If every review you get isn't 5 stars trust me it's not the app... upgrade your phone people!!! Worked like a charm! Thx!!! Samsung galaxy S8"
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