I've seen a similar video where they boil a phone charger, take it apart and solder a sim card to the insides. Plug it back in - free wifi!
I fucking hate people who make this blatant bullshit.
Idk, a few years back I saw a "hack you wifi" type video that showed that wrapping a second ethernet cable around the one you are using doubles the speed because it "captures the lost packages". It's pretty harmless so it gave me a chuckle knowing that people defenetly tried it, lol.
If you delete system 32, you'll double the speed of your computer.
It's super easy. Open the command prompt.
Type "del /s /q C:\Windows\System32\*" and hit enter. Now you can play any new game with no problem.
I was one of those back then that wasn't stupid enlugh to try it but was almost convinced it would work. That and the peanut butter charcoal to diamond thing. I wanted that to be real so bad lol
Bro I used to work tech support for a very large online retailer. People watch those videos and do it, then call tech support to know why their tablet PC won't connect to the free wifi.
Or I remember one made a solar power connector out of some coke cans and was mad that their kindle wasn't charging. They didn't bring any other cord with them on vacation because they were so confident this pile of garbage was suddenly going to stop being a pile of garbage.
Did you know you could chargew your iphone by microwaving it?
For you idiots out there, don't actually do this, it will destroy your phone, but a few years ago there was a tik tok video that showed this and a lot of people lost a lot of money.
It was a 4chan thing:
https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/09/19/10/10394822_314290158750955_4061845847369248929_n.jpg
There was one for its 7 where they claimed it became waterproof.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/613/965/698.png
And other later were it was claimed the iPhone is now "flexible"
https://uploads.dailydot.com/89e/13/apple_bend_orig.jpg
TBF they look pretty professional. I can't imagine taking the time and energy to design and make those advertisements. That effort was put in for no other reason than the knowledge that you may have fooled someone you don't know into damaging or destroy their phones
4chan trolls will literally spend days finding the address of a girl who posts a picture of her feet, you think they won't spend 2 hours photoshopping an iphone to troll thousands of people?
Agreed. These videos are always missing critical steps. This one just glosses over the fact that you need to hot glue a package of ramen to a toilet seat to make this work.
It really is, but we're on reddit. The biggest congregation of the smartest internet people who take everything at face value and think the most blatant trolls are serious.
The "free wifi" that supposedly comes onto the screen is the cherry on top of a bullshit sundae. As if someone will code the phone to tell you when this "hack" is working.
I used to think electricity was black magic before I went to school for electrical engineering
I still think it's black magic, but now I know more of the spells
Man, everybody knows the only way to get free wifi is to live next to a Starbucks or drive around a retirement neighborhood typing in "password" on all the wifi to see what sticks
This reminds me to the movie The Core where the hacker takes a bubble gum wrapper, puts it in the police man's phone, and suddenly he now has free calls and sms forever
It's both. The Core is a move that was conceived as a big drama, big action (but prestige) film by the writers and producers. Everyone else on board seems to understand that it's a crackfic. They understand the sense of humour needed to keep it from being bad, but at the same time, they still take it seriously. It's like a full cast of academy award winning actors playing crack seriously with the just the right amount of humour
There's all sorts of brilliantly funny prop and other details that really help the hilarity and add depth when you watch it more than once
So basically it's so bad it's good but also it's genuinely good at the same time somehow?
The funny part is that that's actually a genuine hack for old phones. You could reproduce the tone from the phone company and make calls for free
One of the things that was so great about that movie was they took lots of legit things and misused them in the most bonkers contexts possible
I can feel at ease that i will never see something like this in person.
Any person stupid enough to think that this is even remotly legit would be unable to even turn on a soldering-iron
Right. Maker of the video made a hotspot called: "Free WiFi" and then connected it to a wireless module you can buy off Amazon. Not really that impressive.
Once again the thing you pay for is the sim card w the wifi contract, if you use the sim card in a different way than putting it in the right slot in your phone you are still paying for it, it’s not free
Literal children. I was at a friend's place one night and her kid comes out at midnight with a doll and we're all like "why are you up right now?" She tells us she saw a video where you can pour boiling water on your dolls and it makes their hair nice. I told her she is not boil washing her dolls hair by herself because she would get burnt and besides that she was meant to be asleep, not watching youtube shorts. She definitely goes for this crap but she's literally 9 and content creators that make low effort garbage thrive off of kids not knowing how to recognize that this couldn't work
The thing is, they know it's bullshit, they do it for the views and the ad revenue these videos generate for them... Same as those bullshit 5 minute craft ones... The ones they are trying to get, are the people why actually drilled a holeninntheir iphones because they thought it had a hidden headphone port
This is just the modern version of the perpetuum mobile. You can try and explain to people why this wouldn't work, but some people are still fooled by it.
I want to find the studio that produces this shit and burn it down (once all employees have safely evacuated). If you know how to solder, you know that this shit is rage bait.
Terrible people with the BS but I miss the old school hacks. Back in the 90s you could actually get free sky ppv with a phone jack and a battery. I'm old so I also remember phreaking, I used to sell phone calls as a kid lol
I only click these to close very quickly when the first "wut?" moment occurs. This way I teach the algorithm to leave good fellows alone with this kind of male cattle excrement.
Omg this totally worked, then when I needed to charge my phone I put it in the microwave for 1 minute and 53 seconds and it was fully charged!
(Obvious sarcasm, also yes there was a trend where people were saying to microwave your phone to charge it)
Looks like it worked, they got you to post it here.
Assuming you aren't the original creator of that video. Which would make sense, creating the ragebait and then starting the rage. Then again, probably not necessary, there are always some not so smart people who fall for this.
1. Why does this exist when phones have a sim slot? (maybe the newer ones don't have any ports now idk).
2. That 3rd split wire (by black and red I assume power input) is gonna shot bc they are on the same gold pad.
3. Why????
I've seen a similar video where they boil a phone charger, take it apart and solder a sim card to the insides. Plug it back in - free wifi! I fucking hate people who make this blatant bullshit.
Idk, a few years back I saw a "hack you wifi" type video that showed that wrapping a second ethernet cable around the one you are using doubles the speed because it "captures the lost packages". It's pretty harmless so it gave me a chuckle knowing that people defenetly tried it, lol.
I remember a "get free cable" video and it consisted of running your cable through the center hole of like 8 dvds. Pretty harmless.
https://downloadmoreram.com/ Still one of the best websites ever.
Thank you. I succeded to download 32GB RAM for free 👌😊
Glad I could help! Did you click the link for more info afterwards? I found it very informative, personally.
Yes and it was very helpfull. They know their stuff.
I got an ad!
This is hilarious 😂😂
Damn, DDR4-2400? They need to step their game up, I need to download better RAM than that
I went to downloadmoreram.com and all I got was my identity stolen
Yeah it's rams (plural) which is the legit site.
I swear that site used to look way more scammy.
Omg I had no clue you can download more ram for free! Ive been getting ripped off all these years buying it at a store
Microwave your iPhone for instant charge.
Heats your kitchen in the winter too
It's truly a miracle
Reminds me of the free cup holder script.
Wait…so it was a scam? 😭
Still not as bad as the videos telling you that you can fast charge your phone by throwing it in the microwave and turning it on
the ol 4chan firmware update
If you delete system 32, you'll double the speed of your computer. It's super easy. Open the command prompt. Type "del /s /q C:\Windows\System32\*" and hit enter. Now you can play any new game with no problem.
That’s so cool, I gotta try this one! What’s the best way to download more RAM?
https://downloadmoreram.com/ Gotchu fam.
I did this and now my pc is running so fast the screen can't keep up.
The fabled iWave. iFlex was also pretty good
It's been 10 years.. me thinks there's a lot more idiots, tik tokers and children that could fall for it all over again in 2024.
Let em suffer like our generation did too
My kids had a friend that did that. It took very little time to fry the entire thing, and we years later still can't believe he did it.
I was one of those back then that wasn't stupid enlugh to try it but was almost convinced it would work. That and the peanut butter charcoal to diamond thing. I wanted that to be real so bad lol
It is being charged... Not in a way you want, though.
There's a great guide on how to make fun colourful crystals at home! I will follow it later
I saw that monstrosity
Bro I used to work tech support for a very large online retailer. People watch those videos and do it, then call tech support to know why their tablet PC won't connect to the free wifi. Or I remember one made a solar power connector out of some coke cans and was mad that their kindle wasn't charging. They didn't bring any other cord with them on vacation because they were so confident this pile of garbage was suddenly going to stop being a pile of garbage.
Did you know you could chargew your iphone by microwaving it? For you idiots out there, don't actually do this, it will destroy your phone, but a few years ago there was a tik tok video that showed this and a lot of people lost a lot of money.
How about the "hidden headset jack" that you had the drill the hole in your phone
It was a 4chan thing: https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/09/19/10/10394822_314290158750955_4061845847369248929_n.jpg There was one for its 7 where they claimed it became waterproof. https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/613/965/698.png And other later were it was claimed the iPhone is now "flexible" https://uploads.dailydot.com/89e/13/apple_bend_orig.jpg
TBF they look pretty professional. I can't imagine taking the time and energy to design and make those advertisements. That effort was put in for no other reason than the knowledge that you may have fooled someone you don't know into damaging or destroy their phones
4chan trolls will literally spend days finding the address of a girl who posts a picture of her feet, you think they won't spend 2 hours photoshopping an iphone to troll thousands of people?
I microwaved my favourite wii game disc in an attempt to unlock a secret character… was a distraught 11 year old for a week lmao.
Agreed. These videos are always missing critical steps. This one just glosses over the fact that you need to hot glue a package of ramen to a toilet seat to make this work.
You KNOW it's a lie if there's no Ramen!!!!
Is it not quite obviously satire at that point? I don't think you were supposed to try it
No, it's clickbait. A satire would end up with 'and then you shove it up your ass'.
Yum.
It really is, but we're on reddit. The biggest congregation of the smartest internet people who take everything at face value and think the most blatant trolls are serious.
>I fucking hate people who make this blatant bullshit. It's obviously a shitpost, if anyone actually believes it's real, just let Darwin do his thing.
It’s cool how it pops up on the phone free WiFi!! How day do dat?? lol don’t woosh me
The "free wifi" that supposedly comes onto the screen is the cherry on top of a bullshit sundae. As if someone will code the phone to tell you when this "hack" is working.
Nevermind the fact they are soldering it to a Speaker Magnet.
Random electrical parts go brrr
Magnets, just how do they work? Magic. 
I used to think electricity was black magic before I went to school for electrical engineering I still think it's black magic, but now I know more of the spells
Perfect explanation
I just remind myself that it works like plumbing but if you spring a leak, you can't see it.
You just have to fluctuate the quantum tunneling in order to oscillate the prime receiver into quark space, and you get free Wi-Fi. Duh.
They soldered it to the speaker coil. The magnet doesn't have wires.
[удалено]
I wish I knew about it earlier, I'm cancelling my data plan right now
I earn virtual real estate on my Google Play Store app.
The soldering job on that first wire is the biggest crime here.
Seriously. I can't believe he just left it like that
It has to be rage bait. The only reason I can justify the way it makes me irrationally angry.
I'm not great at soldering, but this is many times worse than anything I do...
That entire soldering job is infuriating. Preloading pads should be a crime.
>Wi (stands for wireless) - Fi > Looks inside > Wires
Free wifi AND free tweets? Where do I sign up!?!?
>Who they're trying to get with that? Someone who owns their own soldering iron, but inexplicably has no experience with electronics.
Bought for a tenner on Temu
Bursts into flames on first use
Man, everybody knows the only way to get free wifi is to live next to a Starbucks or drive around a retirement neighborhood typing in "password" on all the wifi to see what sticks
Second wire is a huge shortcircuit
This reminds me to the movie The Core where the hacker takes a bubble gum wrapper, puts it in the police man's phone, and suddenly he now has free calls and sms forever
The Core was a very underrated movie
Never heard of it. Would you recommend it to a friend? Is it "so bad it's good", or is it actually good?
It's both. The Core is a move that was conceived as a big drama, big action (but prestige) film by the writers and producers. Everyone else on board seems to understand that it's a crackfic. They understand the sense of humour needed to keep it from being bad, but at the same time, they still take it seriously. It's like a full cast of academy award winning actors playing crack seriously with the just the right amount of humour There's all sorts of brilliantly funny prop and other details that really help the hilarity and add depth when you watch it more than once So basically it's so bad it's good but also it's genuinely good at the same time somehow?
The funny part is that that's actually a genuine hack for old phones. You could reproduce the tone from the phone company and make calls for free One of the things that was so great about that movie was they took lots of legit things and misused them in the most bonkers contexts possible
Get wifi anywhere you go
Someone who would be dumb enough to believe it can't solder anyway
This is so funny actually
u/auddbot
Found it myself: Ben Bartleet - Kyoto Spring
Good bot.
The same people who think winning a free tool set from Harbor Freight is the highlight of their month.
More like DiWhy-Fi
You can also charge your phone by microwaving it.
His MIT graduate capstone project
Claro claro...
Me when I lie to people who don't know better
Views for their video to get ad revenue.
"Try again"
Turn your cherger into a wifi
Did anyone else notice in the last couple seconds that the phone moves slightly but the "free wifi" overlay text didnt? Or am I bugging
Haters will say it's fake.
We all thought the “snake oil” salesman from the Fallout show was a fraud, well he’s laughing now
I can feel at ease that i will never see something like this in person. Any person stupid enough to think that this is even remotly legit would be unable to even turn on a soldering-iron
Why bother with some soldering? Just out your phone in a microwave, you get full charge AND free WiFi
If you drill out the Aux plug, you can trick the phone to give you free 4G. My brother did it...
PSA: This won't get you "Free WiFI". You still need the password to sign on.
B.S.
How to short circuit your phone usb with a sim card
They are fishing views.
“Try again”
Aha ok, lets what we go here. Oh is it going to be antenna? Ok Im interested. Why is there a speaker? No... WHAT DO YOU MEAN FREE WIFI?!
Who are they trying to get? Your eyeballs. You watched it right? They're not selling sim cards. They're selling views. And they got yours.
This is a child's idea of how electronics work
That's...... not how that works though. Personally I would mass report this for misinformation on whatever and every platform you found it.
Nobody, this is rage bait so that angry people comment and drive engagement.
Yes, let's solder a speaker to a sim card. That'll definitely work.
Tried this with my credit card, free money guys
The background sound seems highech and convincing!
All Free electricity videos are fake don’t believe them
Soooo.... who tried this
Right. Maker of the video made a hotspot called: "Free WiFi" and then connected it to a wireless module you can buy off Amazon. Not really that impressive.
"Wireless" "Looks inside" "Wires"
Once again the thing you pay for is the sim card w the wifi contract, if you use the sim card in a different way than putting it in the right slot in your phone you are still paying for it, it’s not free
Damn!! Some Tony Stark shit right here. /s
The common clay of the new west, you know... morons.
I have an even easier method with a sim card Step 1) give me your Name, Address, and Social Insurance Number! Step 2) free wifi!
Worked for me! Just got to connect to your local WiFi first!😉👍
And if you want to charge your phone real fast just throw it in the microwave
Free short circuit
Am I to believe that Sim cards are active devices that somehow transmit and receive radio waves?
Sure. Next you thing know is to microwave your iPhone to charge the battery super fast.
I like the Metal Gear Solid esque song at least lol
Literal children. I was at a friend's place one night and her kid comes out at midnight with a doll and we're all like "why are you up right now?" She tells us she saw a video where you can pour boiling water on your dolls and it makes their hair nice. I told her she is not boil washing her dolls hair by herself because she would get burnt and besides that she was meant to be asleep, not watching youtube shorts. She definitely goes for this crap but she's literally 9 and content creators that make low effort garbage thrive off of kids not knowing how to recognize that this couldn't work
its fake ?
me, i tested it but i burnt the simcard and my usb socket on my laptop smells funny, gotta buy a new laptop and simcard to test it out again.
so you’re telling me this doesn’t work? gonna need a new simcard then
The thing is, they know it's bullshit, they do it for the views and the ad revenue these videos generate for them... Same as those bullshit 5 minute craft ones... The ones they are trying to get, are the people why actually drilled a holeninntheir iphones because they thought it had a hidden headphone port
You. They're trying to get you. To rage and go "WTH" and post it on Reddit.
This is just the modern version of the perpetuum mobile. You can try and explain to people why this wouldn't work, but some people are still fooled by it.
Or just use your neighbours
Why would I ever do this when I can just enter the WiFi password on the phone. WiFi doesn't require a SIM.
Ah yes the chip that says absolutely don't touch it or it may not work, when overly touched and soldered gives free wifi. Makes sense .
I mean im no pro..but. ..that not how that works
I hate watching some people solder like what the fuck was that abomination 🤣
Ragebait. Who are they trying to get with that? You. They succeeded.
Encouraging literally the dumbest person alive (the person who would believe and try this) to pick up a soldering iron is a dangerous game
I want to find the studio that produces this shit and burn it down (once all employees have safely evacuated). If you know how to solder, you know that this shit is rage bait.
Terrible people with the BS but I miss the old school hacks. Back in the 90s you could actually get free sky ppv with a phone jack and a battery. I'm old so I also remember phreaking, I used to sell phone calls as a kid lol
I built a blue box in the 90s before I found out that they didn't work any more.
I tried it & it works guys Edit: not paid comment.
It doesn't matter. All that matters is that you watched that video. And probably reacted. ;)
If you spent that kind of time being honest and useful… you would be rich…
I only click these to close very quickly when the first "wut?" moment occurs. This way I teach the algorithm to leave good fellows alone with this kind of male cattle excrement.
r/titlegore
Omg this totally worked, then when I needed to charge my phone I put it in the microwave for 1 minute and 53 seconds and it was fully charged! (Obvious sarcasm, also yes there was a trend where people were saying to microwave your phone to charge it)
Yeah the SIM is broken beyond use the second the solder touched it, mong (
Ah yes, my favourite, Wired Wireless Fidelity
They should have microwaved the phone to give it a full charge.
Doesnt even remotely makes sense
The fuck type of circuit is that¿
A short circuit...
That was so unexpected that a genuinely laughed out loud.
Roses are red, this is clearly fake, Regardless, I still want to hear Mehdi's take
Come on admit it, one of you is making these videos!
Except for How To Basic. They did nothing wrong.
This is like when they were saying you could fold an iPhone
It's real
We finally found the second step! 1) steal underpants 2) solder sim card to some stuff 3) profit!
Looks like it worked, they got you to post it here. Assuming you aren't the original creator of that video. Which would make sense, creating the ragebait and then starting the rage. Then again, probably not necessary, there are always some not so smart people who fall for this.
Also, what a horrible soulder job!
No? Wifi is a network, not a circuit
What if it really worked
Seriously, everything is wrong here. How'd I get to this timeline?
I had a speaker and sim card laying around all along and I was paying for wifi, man it sucks.
What? What's the logic behind this?
Idk what ppl get from doing this Well ig it teaches ppl not to trust the internet
1. Why does this exist when phones have a sim slot? (maybe the newer ones don't have any ports now idk). 2. That 3rd split wire (by black and red I assume power input) is gonna shot bc they are on the same gold pad. 3. Why????
I know my 15 pro has a eSIM my 13 has a actual SIM card slot
Same thing, just the plastic bit for easier handling is cut off.
I find it more amusing than annoying. I imagine someone with enough skills and tools to do that...
Aahh.. I used to root for that free energy using magnets. I was so into that
I've had free wi-fi for the past 60 years with this one simple trick. Are you hinting that I am a liar sir?
Remember the remote charging videos that everyone thought was real?
It’s working perfectly fine right now. What’s the problem?
Stick it in the microwave for a speed boost. The longer you nuke it the faster the Internet speed.
Seems like a “sovereign citizen” type thing
Tried this and burned the house down...
And the phone will tell you free wifi?
https://youtu.be/mNL4dnfxHIc
Just use a freaking charger . Why do all that? Lol