If cable is with thin type then cannot. Got one time ex colleague called say car cannot start, so we drove to her house, to check it out. Turn key to crank got tak tak sound only. So she show us her jumper cable she has, then we hook to our donor car, but still cannot start. Told her maybe starter kaput, so we call our mechanic. He came took out his thick giant cable to jump start. Immediate loud crank and car started.Sometimes jump starting using cables might not work if the battery is really out of juice due to being idle for too long. What you need to do is just swap the battery (if you have another one), start the car then quickly swap the battery back while the car is still running. Then just leave it for some time or drive around to charge the old battery back.
Our company audio show car, battery flat. It was completely flat as no tak sound even. Colleague took out his jumper cable to jump start got tak sound only. Then call me if I can help. I took my jumper cable add to his (double cable) and car started....
Your way sure can start, more work only......hhhahahhahah