this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
0 points (NaN% liked)

Technology

69421 readers
2726 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
L4s@hackingne.ws
0
Stop putting your wet iPhone in rice, says Apple. Here’s what to do instead (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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.

top 5 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stop putting your wet iPhone in rice, says Apple. Instead buy a new one because we make repairing it artificially expensive by restricting the manufactures from selling parts and we just replace the whole motherboard every time!

[–] Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Last I heard Apple won't even do out of warranty repair work if the device is water damaged. They just tell you to buy a new one.

[–] creed10@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I was almost convinced the answer was going to be "buy a new iphone"

[–] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For years, I've saved every silica packet in a coffee can. I stopped a while ago since I have a liter of them and the can is full.

Works great for drying things out.

I realize this is the advice in the article but wanted to point out that they build up quickly and come in just about everything that isn't food these days.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You know that they've been absorbing moisture from the air since they were put in with the thing you got them with, right? So by the time you use them for this they're saturated. You'd have to bake them to drive off the moisture and seal them to prevent them from absorbing more.

Not that any of this is particularly helpful for electronics with water in them. The damage comes from minerals dissolved in the water being deposited when the water evaporates, which causes shorts. You'd really have to rinse the board with distilled water or preferably isopropyl alcohol.