Hey there! This is Param from Android
Pitstop!
It is flooding everywhere in my state and chances are in most places there is no electrical supply due to the risk of electrocution or other technical difficulties.
There are a lot of people who got isolated due to the flooding and they would mostly want to contact emergency numbers for help.
But due to the interruption in power supply it is not even possible to charge up your phone to power it on and make a call.
In this video I'm going to explain a two-minute hack that you can do to power on your phone.
So here are the prerequisites..
You will obviously need your dead phone since that's what we are making this video for.
You need three 'AA' batteries and it is not mandatory that you should have three 'AA' batteries, but any combination of batteries which would give you 5V potential difference would be sufficient.
You'll need the USB cable that you use to charge up your device which has one side USB type A and the other side Micro USB or USB C depending upon your phone.
You need insulating tape which again is not mandatory but will be handy.
And finally, you will need a knife and in case of emergency you can definitely use your teeth for that.
First of all you need to arrange the three AA batteries in series and tape them tight so that it can be used to power up your device.
Remember that this will work only when the battery combination is in series because if they are in parallel the total voltage output will be only 1.5 V.
In the USB cable you have two ends, a USB A to plug into the charger and a microUSB to plug into your phone.
Cut the USB A with a knife or scissor.
I already have a chopped off one that I will be using in this video.
Once chopped off, you should remove the
insulation for about an inch or so
You can see that there are four wires in the cable the white and green wires are twisted pair of cables that are used for data transfer and the black and red wires are for power.
Peel off the insulation at the end of the black and red wires connect the red wire to the positive end of the battery series and the black one to the negative end.
And there you go your phone will start getting charged.
Now this is neither a permanent solution not a recommended one to charge your phone.
The power output from the double-a battery is too low and it may cause bulging of your battery and melting of the circuits.
But in case of emergency I think this will definitely come handy.
Now before wrapping up this video here are a couple of things that you should definitely not do during floods or any natural calamity.
Stop taking our to injure selfies and getting yourself killed. It is not worth taking the risk.
Don't spread rumors especially through social media.
The effect of such rumors in such a situation can be severe please forward messages only after checking the genuity.
Share this video if you find that it'll be useful for someone. And as always, thanks for watching.
