21-02-2024 02:35 via theguardian.com

Stop putting your wet iPhone in rice, says Apple. Here’s what to do instead

Putting your device in a bag of rice ‘could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone’, the company warnedNo matter how your phone gets soaked – you’re caught in a downpour, you drop it in the bath, or you fall in a pool – perhaps the best-known folk remedy is to put the device in a bag of rice. The dry, absorbent rice should help suck out the moisture, rescuing your device, so the theory goes. Experts have pointed out that’s a bad idea for years &nd
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