Originally Posted by DSM Flyer

Right, but OP said they didn't have anything for the x-ray line, therefore no computer bag to put the phone into...

I'm in the habit of just putting my wallet in the bowl as well, I swear it has set off the metal detector before when I had no other metal on me, and those closest thing to metal in my wallet would've been magnetic strips on credit cards... Metal detectors seem pretty inconsistent anyways, I've walked through the metal detector with my belt on many times without setting it off, but just last week the same belt set off the detector for the first time. And I almost always put my keys in my laptop bag on the parking shuttle since I won't be needing them, but one time I forgot and didn't realize they were still in my pocket until my destination, so they obviously didn't set off the metal detector. There were 4 keys and a remote on the ring, really surprised it didn't set it off. Fortunately I had remembered to remove the quick-release half of my key chain, with several less-used keys... and a small pocket knife!

(sorry for the thread derail)