Apple warns about putting your wet iPhone in rice: Here’s what to do instead

People have long relied on this myth to fix their wet smartphones. Yes, I am talking about putting your wet smartphone in a bag of rice. I know theoretically, this should work as rice tends to soak water but it just doesn’t happen here. In fact, burying your wet smartphone in rice could damage the hardware in so many ways. Furthermore, the iPhone maker, Apple has made a support page live that tells you what to do in the wet iPhone situation.

This support page was first spotted by MacWorld. It tells you how to treat your wet iPhone and things that you should avoid. One of them was putting it in rice. Let me tell you how it could affect your iPhone and other methods that you should avoid when your device is wet.

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Putting your wet iPhone in rice is not the best solution!

While your smartphone is wet inside out, it can catch a lot of dust and small particles. Now putting it in a rice bag could affect it similarly. Apart from this, Apple also warned about some more methods people usually go for when their smartphones get wet.

What else to avoid?

• Putting your device on charge is also something you should avoid in this situation.
• If you use a hair dryer or any kind of external heat source to dry up the iPhone, don’t do that.
• Cleaning the iPhone’s charging port with cotton or a paper towel is also considered an avoidable method.

Now, let’s cut to the chase. Let me tell you what you can do if your iPhone is wet.

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Best way to dry your wet iPhone

First thing, iPhones come with an IP68 rating against water and dust. So, your iPhone is safe to a considerable extent. However, sometimes it shows a ‘Liquid Detected’ alert that happens when you keep it in water for a long time. While the iPhone feels that there is water inside it, it doesn’t allow charging. Because of this, some users try the methods written above. But, here’s what you should really do if it’s wet:

• First and foremost, don’t use any external heat source, instead put it in an open area. Let air go through your device and dry the water.
• Next, use the water ejector tool. I find it very useful and it has been coming in iPhones since iPhone 7. To use it, go to Shortcuts > open All Shortcuts > tap on Water Eject > select Start.
• After this, give your device 2-3 hours alone in an open area. Then use the water ejector once more and it should be good to use.