> It reads nonzero when you are standing on Earth because of electromagnetic repulsion between your atoms and the atoms in the floor.
It works because there's an external force pushing on the surface of the phone, and not equally on all its parts, which is the scenario we are discussing.
> Because the acceleration sets up internal forces in the object that result in a different equilibrium from the one it was in while it was freely falling.
And the cause of this is what you fail to explain.
It works because there's an external force pushing on the surface of the phone, and not equally on all its parts, which is the scenario we are discussing.
> Because the acceleration sets up internal forces in the object that result in a different equilibrium from the one it was in while it was freely falling.
And the cause of this is what you fail to explain.