Can i put my phone in the microwave to charge it?

No. A microwave cannot charge your phone, and putting a phone inside one can destroy the phone or start a fire. Phones contain conductive electronic parts and a lithium-ion battery; microwave energy can cause arcing, overheating, battery damage, and other failures. Use a charger made for your phone. If the battery is already swollen, damaged, smoking, or unusually hot, stop using the device and follow the manufacturer’s safety guidance.

You have a device specifically designed to heat things and a device specifically designed to not be heated, and you're standing in your kitchen genuinely considering merging them. The microwave didn't invent radiation to solve your battery problem.

Can i put my phone in the microwave to charge it? — Dunce Dynamics Comic A stick figure comic about the question: Can i put my phone in the microwave to charge it? Punchline: Heating device meets device that fears heat. Can i put my phone in the microwave to charge it? Heating device meets device that fears heat. duncedynamics.com

People ask this when they're desperately low on battery and suddenly remember that microwaves make things hot really fast. The logic is backwards — they think heat equals energy — but it's the kind of question that emerges at 2 AM when your phone is at 1% and you're too tired to think straight.

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