Ken Pillonel, a Swiss robotic engineering student who had already achieved the feat of integrating a USB-C port on the iPhone, set himself a brand new challenge for April 1: integrating a Lightning port… into an Android smartphone. .
Ken Pillonel, alias Kenny Pi of the YouTube channel Exploring the Simulation, is not at his first attempt. This Swiss student in robotic engineering, who had already succeeded in integrating a USB-C port on an iPhone X a few months ago, was visibly caught up in the game and would have decided to repeat the feat, this time by taking the opposite approach: integrating a Lightning port on an Android smartphone.
Replace USB-C with a Lighting port to restore balance to the universe
In this new video posted on April 1, he explains that he has challenged himself to transform a Samsung Galaxy A51 with a standard USB-C 2.0 port into a creation with a Lightning port that would irritate any Android fanatic.
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April 1 requires, we are not immune to yet another fish. We therefore take this video with a grain of salt and can only take this achievement for granted after seeing a little more. According to the first images shared by the videographer, the task still seems difficult, but not impossible.
Don’t think changing the connector of a smartphone is so easy. To replace a USB-C port with a Lightning port, you have to study the complete electronics of the smartphone’s printed circuit to find an alternative solution. This little feat makes you smile, at a time when Europe is trying to force Apple to switch to USB Type-C…
The worst part is that it works
The Lightning port, once installed, manages to be fully functional and takes over the charging as well as data transfer of the device. On the other hand, that is not of much interest… and that, the young engineer questioned by Engadget is well aware of this:
“iPhone cables are protected, they can only charge Apple devices. So I had to find a way to trick the cable into thinking it was plugged into an Apple device. And the whole thing has to fit inside the phone, which is another challenge in itself. (…) I do not expect a sane person to embark on such an operation. It was for fun, I just wanted to see if I could do it. »
This one also says that a video detailing the process should be coming soon. Perhaps this initiative will have the merit of showing Apple and Android fans that they are not so different. We can dream.
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