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The little phone-torch is very complex inside
🕑 Added 2025-09-27 01:06:41 +0000 UTCI was expecting very little inside this unit. Maybe just the USB-C enabling resistors and a dedicated flashlight chip. But in reality the circuitry is very weird and uses standard components and a very random chip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC-1N3eF9yE
Comments
Gordo
I'm a time-traveller from the future.. In two weeks you'll release a video on a USB phone battery rejuvinator with uniquely simple circuitry that would suit this product perfectly. It doesn't need an on-off switch..
Big Clive
This does potentially have the advantage of a more focussed beam for longer throw. It may also be better suited to placing your phone on a surface to aim it, while also reducing the battery usage compared to the onboard flash LED.
Tazz1669
Thanks for the hard work reverse engineering these things and sacrificing yours in the quest for knowledge
Gadgetman
I can’t see the point of a phone torch as a standalone product when literally every phone has a built-in torch! Even dumb phones do, for like decades now!
