Whatmakesacellphonevibrate?

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Isitacentralmechanism,oraretherepartslocatedthroughoutthephone?
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SachinKanchan,learnerforever
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OriginallyAnswered:Whichtechnologyandmechanismmakesacellphonevibrate?

Amongthemanycomponentsinsidethephoneisasmallmotor.
Themotorisbuiltinsuchawaythatitispartiallyoffbalanced.
Inotherwords,amassofimproperweightdistributionisattachedtothe
motor'sshaft/axis.Sowhenthemotorrotates,theirregularweightcausesthe
phonetovibrate.
IsawapartofmyMotorolaMotoE'smotorwheniopenedthebackcover.

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Belowistheimageofonetypeofvibratingmotortherearemanytypes.
Thesizeissmall...smallerthanmanycurrencycoins.

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Themassattheleftendinthepicturebelow,almostresemblingahalf
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Ifyouwanttoturnvibrationsoffinordertosavebattery,youcannotdoitall
atonce.YoucanturnitON/OFFforMessagesorCallsbygoingintotheMain
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ButnotificationsforindividualappslikeWhatsapp,Hike,Facebook,Yahoo
Mail,etc.needtobehandledfromtherespectivesettingsofeachapp.
Bygoingthroughthesettingsofindividualapps,youmaychoose
vibrationsorlednotificationsforalerts.
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GanapatiBhatRequestBio
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OriginallyAnswered:Howdocellphonesvibrate?

EachcellphoneSoChasavibrator.Itlookssomethinglikethis,

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Now,forAndroidthereisasysfsentrythatcontrolsthevibrator.Wheneveryou
wantthephonetovibrateyouwritethetimeyouwantthevibratortobeon
andthemotorrotatesgivingtheuserasenseofvibration.
Picfrom:http://www.odigital.com/uploads...
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PatRoberts,Developingsmartphonesoftwaresince2002
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AsfarasIknowallphonesuseasinglesmallmotorwithanoffcenterweight
ontheshaft.IfyoulookatthisexplodediPhone4,it'sthelittlelightblue
objectabovetheframe.

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RahmanSarwarRequestBio
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VibrationMotormakesaMobile phonevibrate.
Itisverysmallelectricmotor,withlowweightontheside.

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AromalSubhash,Aspiringpilot,Mechanicalengineering,Knowledge
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OriginallyAnswered:Whatisthetechniquebehindacellphonevibration?

Themotorshaftwillbefittedwithaunbalancedloadofspecificmass.Dueto
inertiaandspeedofrotation,gravitationaleffectsmakesthemotorvibrate.
Intensityofvibrationisdirectlyproportionaltospeedofrotationandtime.
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AnuragSharmaRequestBio
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OriginallyAnswered:Whatisthetechniquebehindacellphonevibration?

Thereisarotatingknobinsidethephonewhodoeshavesomeresistancelikea
servomotor!It'snotverytinyinsize,youcaneasilyseetheprocessby
removingyourbackpanelofphone!
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