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The abbreviation " VPN " has slowly become established among average Internet users, which is certainly good, but the problem is that people have started to see VPN as the ultimate solution to all problems.

Charge the phone with another phone

If you have an Android phone that has a low battery, and you have another that has a full battery, you can connect the one with more battery and charge the latter. How?

You will need:

  1. USB OTG cable (buy, manual)
  2. micro USB cable with USB female input (usually included with the phone)

Instruction:

  1. Connect the USB OTG to a device that has more batteries, ie. a device that will serve as a charger
  2. Connect the micro USB cable to the phone to be charged, just like when you want to connect it to a regular charger
  3. Connect the male USB from the OTG to the female USB from the micro USB cable

This is what it looks like:

Charge the phone with another phone

Of course, it is always more practical to have an external battery with which you can charge both phones, but this is for emergencies.

Source: miui.com

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