Be an engineer’s latest project: Leveraging an Android phone with a fully functional Lightning port

Following the trend of enthusiasts successfully switching their iPhone's Lightning port to a USB-C port, engineer Ken Pillonel has added a functional Lightning port to the Samsung Galaxy A51.

Later sold at auction for more than $86,000. His latest project attempts to do the opposite and add a Lightning port to the Galaxy A51, including charging and data transfer capabilities.

The project was "a complex modification that required some out-of-the-box thinking."

The Lightning cables sold by Apple are not "dumb." They will only charge Apple devices. So I had to figure out a way to trick the cable into thinking it was plugged into an Apple device. The whole thing needs to fit inside the phone, which is another challenge in itself.

Pillonel admitted that "the quality of the finished product is nowhere near iPhone quality," but he didn't expect "anyone in their right mind" to want to do this to their device. "It was for fun, I just wanted to see if I could do it," he explained, adding that the projects serve as a good example of how the devices can be used even without the help of the companies that originally made them. What can be achieved.

Pillonel plans to release a full explainer video on the Galaxy A51’s conversion from USB-C to Lightning on his YouTube channel soon.

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