Turning a broken iPhone into a working USB flash drive? – in Shenzhen, China



I took the flash memory chips from a broken iPhone 6 and turned it into a working USB flash drive in the electronics markets in Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen, China. I ran across the bare circuit board to do this during my previous iPhone storage upgrade video, and I just had to try it.

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41 thoughts on “Turning a broken iPhone into a working USB flash drive? – in Shenzhen, China

  1. When I see your video I fell so jealous coz I don't have a this kind of tools …you are too good and you performance was great work hard lots of love from Nepal

  2. I want to extend the memory in my note 8 from 64 gb to 72 gb, I have a memory chip thing from a working USB. I know it won't work, because no extra space exists near the area, but that is my dream

  3. Muy bueno el vídeo de hacer tú propio memoria USB. Sugerencias hay probadores y programadores de chips en forma general, deberías conseguir algunas estando allá, también hacer otra USB chip reciclado, haciendo memoria USB de 256Gb, 512Gb, 1Tb, eso sería GENIAL, ASOMBROSO. saludos

  4. New video title: "How to light a cigarette with an iPhone memory chip in 10 steps."
    Step 1: buy 2 salvage iPhones.
    Step 2: buy 2 USB memory chip adapters.
    Step 3: desolder chip off phone and solder to adapter… 3x times.
    Step 4: try in a Macbook
    Step 5: buy a Chinese language Windows 10 laptop.
    Step 6: spend an hour translating Chinese to English.
    Step 7: Spend $100 on a Windows 10 Pro key.
    Step 8: place cigarette on memory chip
    Step 9: Insert the USB adapter with cigarette on top in Windows laptop
    Step 10: see 14:10

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