What you should not do:

Experts have for years pointed out that’s a bad idea – and now Apple is officially warning users not to do it.

“Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone,” the company says in a recent support note spotted by Macworld. Along with the risk of damage, testing has suggested uncooked rice is not particularly effective at drying the device.

What you should do:

If your phone isn’t functioning at all, turn it off right away and don’t press any buttons. The next steps depend on your specific circumstances, but broadly speaking: dry it with a towel and put it in an airtight container packed with silica packets if you have them. Don’t charge it until you’re sure it’s dry.

  • @reddig33
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    311 months ago

    If your phone is wet, then it’s already been soaked in a conductive material. Putting it in a bowl of dry rice isn’t going to hurt anything.

      • @Eheran
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        -111 months ago

        What sort of conductive dirt are we talking about?

          • @Eheran
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            -211 months ago

            Salts are not conductive when dry. There are no metals in metallic form in soil.

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              11 months ago

              There are no metals in metallic form in soil.

              There certainly is in small little pieces that have been pulverized from various shit like erosion. Run a magnet through some dirt and watch it pick up tiny bits of iron.

              • @Eheran
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                -111 months ago

                That is not iron, it is the mineral magnetite. Iron quickly rusts away and that rust is not really magnetic.