Sure, let’s just say the guy was overzealous with the (silicone caulk? lol) adhesive compound. Maybe the white cord is DC power, replacing the battery… but the red wire that’s right beside the ‘power’ wire is a USB cable plugged into the phone’s USB port.
What is plugged into the other end? It’s Zalgo isn̴̝̂’̶̯̾ṭ̷̆ ̶̫̈i̷̹̚t̴̩̉?̶͊͜
It looks like he’s split out the individual USB wires, run the power to the USB port, and the signal wires to different places on the exposed board, maybe to force fast mode in the charger. Then just buried everything in silicone for insulation and to keep wires from pulling loose.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Same thing with me…
Not a regular to make me question a decision someone made that hard.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
It gets weirder the longer you look at it.
Sure, let’s just say the guy was overzealous with the (silicone caulk? lol) adhesive compound. Maybe the white cord is DC power, replacing the battery… but the red wire that’s right beside the ‘power’ wire is a USB cable plugged into the phone’s USB port.
What is plugged into the other end? It’s Zalgo isn̴̝̂’̶̯̾ṭ̷̆ ̶̫̈i̷̹̚t̴̩̉?̶͊͜
poVoq@slrpnk.net 13 hours ago
Probably some hack to make it look to the OS like it is charging the battery.
But yeah, why all the silicone? 😱
tburkhol@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It looks like he’s split out the individual USB wires, run the power to the USB port, and the signal wires to different places on the exposed board, maybe to force fast mode in the charger. Then just buried everything in silicone for insulation and to keep wires from pulling loose.