# Magnet: Logistical/Setup Issues
**URL:** https://forum.troygrady.com/t/magnet-logistical-setup-issues/97605
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [May 28, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/magnet-logistical-setup-issues/97605 "2026-05-28T16:42:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@webmaestro](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/webmaestro)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/magnet-logistical-setup-issues/97605/1 "2026-05-28T16:42:28Z")
Wasn’t sure what section to put this in, but I just got The Magnet. This isn’t a complicated device, so I don’t think I’m doing things wrong… but perhaps. My 2 issues are:
1. The phone is slick, and the rubber pads of the magnet aren’t very grippy, so as I’m playing, the phone will slowly (and sometimes quickly) slide around in a bad way. I do have an iPhone cover, but it’s slick as well, so I just take it off.
2. Once the phone is situated in the magnet, I can’t lock the autofocus where I need it (nor adjust some other settings). The magnet is quite literally blocking the areas I need to tap.
Any ideas/input would be appreciated here. I feel like a doofus.
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### Author:  [@Drew](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/Drew)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/magnet-logistical-setup-issues/97605/2 "2026-06-02T16:05:00Z")
It takes some trial and error, I had some trouble initially too but got it to work reasonably well. My case has spme texture and maybe that helps here, but I gound just sort of swueezing it around the phone went a long way. And, for me, the hardest part was unlocking the phone once it was mounted as it was hard o consistently get it on with the rear facing camera uncovered. I did about half the time, but also found it was easier to just unlock it and then mount it.
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### Author:  [@webmaestro](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/webmaestro)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/magnet-logistical-setup-issues/97605/3 "2026-06-02T16:59:53Z")
I’m doing better since my OP. I’ve got it staying put, but it’s still a bit tricky getting it to autofocus where needed. I essentially don’t know if I nailed it until I finish and review the video.
Not a huge deal. I’m getting it right enough of the time for diagnostic purposes.