This article began to be written in the dark, just after the event of absolute zero, in full blackout. In the house of this technology journalist there are many phones, but, of all those who had on hand, the most humble, an honor 400 recently launched to the market, was the only one that allowed me to escape the informative blackout. Thanks to its FM radio. With him I could start informing me and leaving behind the anguish and uncertainty of the first moments.
In this house there is something else that abounds: energy banks. The only caution I took when the famous emergency kit began was to load them all. Well, it was not really the only one. I also made another decision that during the blackout was useful to me: I installed in the two phones that currently use the most (an OPPO Find X8 Pro and an iPhone 16 Pro Max) Artificial intelligences capable of working without an internet connection, and that also do it surprisingly well.
An AI model calls running without an internet connection in an Oppo Find X Pro 8.Ramón Peco
An AI No Internet connection is not a small thing. You can make an important difference in case of emergency. It could give us information in very varied practical situations: from methods to purify water to instructions to serve a sick person. You can also give us some clue about how it was possible to lose 60% of the power of the electricity grid in just a few seconds.
The possible utilities are as many as imagination allows, but this is not the only thing we can do to prepare our mobile phone in the possibility of another blackout or similar event. Obviously, first of all, our phone will need energy.
There are two especially useful things in a crisis: a large capacity battery and a solar panel. It is not necessary to obsess or spend large sums of money to have both. There are energy banks with solar panels at quite economical prices, as well as small solar panels that allow mobile phones and tablets to load. Having one or more of these devices is a good idea, since, in the worst case, they can be useful during the holidays when there is no plug close.
Once the energy supply for our phone is assured, let’s see what applications we can use. The first and most useful is that allows a local AI. In Android, D.AI is completely free and extremely simple. On iPhone, Offline LLM costs three euros, an investment that is worth its weight in gold. Both applications allow you to execute different artificial intelligences that can be downloaded directly from them.
In case of emergency
The flame and others can be used without internet connection and talk to you in Spanish
In our case we have chosen to use Llama 3.2 8b, mainly because it is more powerful and fast than other options available, although it is also possible to try alternatives. There is even a reduced version of Deepseek. He also calls languages. Of course, the AI occupies about 2 GB after discharge, similar to the size of a movie of about two hours in HD.
For specific translations, we recommend another option. If we use Google Translator, we can previously download the languages we need and use them without internet connection. The same goes for Google Maps, where downloading a map of several kilometers around will allow it to use it offline. Although there are other applications with similar functions, Google’s option is especially recommended for being free.
Google Maps allows you to wear maps without connectionRUVIC / REUTERS
From here begins a list of other applications that can be useful in case of disaster. MORSE CODE ENCODER & DECODER FOR ANDROID AND MORSE CODE KEY FOR IPHONE ALLOW US TO USE THE PHONE OF THE PHONE TO TRANSMIT MORSE CODE THROUGH CODE THROUGH LIGHT IMPULSES. The Android application can also use the camera to decode messages in Morse.
And something that does not hurt, although it can take a lot of space on the phone, it is to be able to consult the wikipedia without an internet connection. For this, the best way is to use the Kiwix application, which is free and is available for Android and iPhone.
Finally, we cannot fail to mention Alertcops, an application of the Ministry of Interior available for free for Android and iPhone. Although it is not designed to operate without connection, you can send alerts to the State Security Bodies whenever there is telephone coverage. Nor does it hurt, even if a catastrophe does not happen, carrying the first aid application of the Red Cross, available for Android and iPhone, which offers clear instructions to provide help in emergency situations.
