Samsung Tab A 2019 and "Smart Cover"

[clockworks]

I've just bought a new Samsung Tab A to replace my ageing Tab Pro. I also bought what was advertised as a magnetic smart cover.

I can't get it to automatically switch on when the cover is opened. I've no idea whether the latest Samsung (running Android Pie 9) has this feature, or whether the cover isn't actually "smart".
Older Samsung tablets had the option in settings to enable/disable smart cover. I can't find such an option anywhere.

Any ideas?

[JimbobVFR]

I had a similar issue ages ago with a third party cover (with a non Samsung device) which turned out to be the magnet wasn't quite in the correct place in the case flap. A replacement case worked perfectly.

Improved the smart thing was working by carefully waving a separate magnet over the screen until the tablet turned off, then lifted the magnet and verified it turned back on, my magnet was only about 1 cm away from the correct location but it was enough.

[clockworks]

I've just tried it with a separate magnet, and I can't get it to turn off.

Seems strange that I can't find anything in settings....

[JimbobVFR]

Samsung seem to claim it has one.

https://www.samsung.com/my/support/mobile-devices/...

Beyond that I've no idea, it's not beyond the realms of possibilities for OS updates to remove features but I'd have thought such a thing would have come up when I was googling and found the above link.

[clockworks]

That's the old model, running an earlier version of Android