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Now lets see the same hack but for the port above.
Port above is COM. It experienced even more abuse than VGA.
I think they meant because it is male
Indeed. Twisting those pins to a male port, with good pin contact and not touching adjacent pins, would be a feat I’d like to see. OP’s picture is just par for the course.
Find someone in telco, wouldn't be fun but should be possible
You just solder the wire inside a hypodermic needle
I'm not going to go into detail because I don't know how secure my phone is but I'm pretty sure I've done some really heinous things to a com port
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