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Apple Officially Warns Users to Stop Putting Wet iPhones in Rice | The company said the popular remedy could cause "small particles of rice to damage your iPhone."

Apple Officially Warns Users to Stop Putting Wet iPhones in Rice | The company said the popular remedy could cause “small particles of rice to damage your iPhone.”::The company said the popular remedy could cause “small particles of rice to damage your iPhone.”

unphazed ,

Am I the only one that buys or keeps dessicant? I mean, lowest setting on the oven and after 20min theyre all ready to go.

KingThrillgore ,
@KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml avatar

If you’re hungry its hungry. Let your iPhone have some raw rice as a treat.

profdc9 ,

Place your phone in a sealed bag with a container of anhydrous calcium chloride, like Damp Rid. DO NOT allow the powder to get in the phone, just have in the same bag as the phone. It is a strong desiccator.

n3m37h ,

But how else does one entice an Asian to come fix a iPhone?

profdc9 ,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=96iJsdGkl44

demesisx ,
@demesisx@infosec.pub avatar

Can’t believe no one has recommended putting your phone in a ziplock with a big bag of desiccant. That’s basically exactly what the rice is doing (minus the grains getting everywhere).

JigglySackles ,

Also rice isn’t a super effective way of desiccating the phone to begin with. Like you mentioned, desiccant packs are a way better option. Just save the ones you get from packages in a dry ziplock and store for a rainy day…

hazardous_area ,

lol you know what else may damage your phone? Being full of water /s, get a grip apple. Make something useful if you must make more money, don’t sell obsolesce and failure.

sebinspace ,

Okay but this advice applies to all phones ever… Rice is absolutely useless for fixing anything but Raja’s economy and being an excuse to eat soy sauce

hazardous_area ,

I am not proposing rice as a solution to anything aside from wetted phones.

My post is pointing out that instead of doing something productive or new, apple is telling people not to do something that may actively prevent further damage to their phone. At best that reads like a poor use of time to me.

sebinspace ,

may actively prevent further damage

No, it won’t. Used to work in shops that fixed phones. In no instance, fucking ever, did rice have any effect, at all, ever. “I put my phone in rice” is followed by “that’s why you’re here, in my shop, right now” 100% of the time.

GunValkyrie ,

The next time someone puts their phone in rice and it does work, do they still need to go to your store to tell you?

sebinspace , (edited )

Oh god yes, please come tell me. Show me what you did, shit, show me what kind of rice you used, show me everything about the process so that I may learn from it, but until I see hard evidence, especially that which cannot be easily attributed to something that isn’t stupid, that something is actually fucking happening, chortle my balls!

Jakeroxs ,

The point is the bias is obviously going to be that you’d see the instances where it didn’t work, otherwise they wouldn’t have gone into the shop.

sebinspace ,

Yeah yeah, I know, survivorship bias and all that, but the rice still does fuck all

Cataphract ,

Have used rice multiple times from old Nokia phones to newer iPhones, it does work and have helped multiple people. Idk what you’re imagining but you don’t shove the phone into rice and repeatedly shake it. Small Tupperware with a lid, small bed of rice on bottom, set the phone on top and allow to sit in the sun. The warmth turns the moisture into humidity in which the rice will absorb. The phone never even needs to be in contact with the rice with the right setup (same as the desiccant bags method). It’s just about getting the excess moisture absorbed, you can even inspect the phone and clean it up before use.

wahming ,

Given that the iPhone is rated IP68, or impervious to dust and small particles, this seems like grounds for a return claim (or lawsuit in the states, idk).

32b99410_da5b ,

The charging port is very pervious to dust and small particles.

…they shouldn’t get into the phone innards, but shove a USBC in there with them and they can definitely ruin the charging port.

mastod0n ,

There are humidity indicators even outside the IP rated parts. If the technician finds a colored one you’re out of warranty by default. Source: started out at a store with repair shop.

wahming ,

I’m referring to the rice grains, not the water.

mastod0n ,

Yea, but usually your device was in touch with liquid before you put in rice.

hemko ,

Technically you could just remove those humidity indicators yourself before taking the phone to service, but they’d still find any water damage inside the phone if present - just more time consuming for the tech

SomeGuy69 ,

Don’t trust apple, I remember when they recommended people to put their iPhone into the microwave for fast charging. /s

feedum_sneedson ,

My girlfriend’s dad just bought her a £1,500 iPhone, and I pay for fucking everything when we’re together, and for some reason it has really pissed me off.

Rice.

Ghostalmedia ,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

I assume most folks here didn’t actually read the support article. It’s pretty reasonable.

support.apple.com/en-us/102643

iOS can throw a warning message if there is water in the USB port during charging. Electricity and water are famously spicy friends.

Their recommendation is just to tap the bottom of the phone to get the water out, let it sit and dry for a few minutes, or use a Qi charger if you absolutely have to charge with a wet USB C port.

Most phones, including Apple’s, are pretty water proof these days. Rice is only going to get rice dust in your speaker, mic, and charge holes. Just tap the water out of let it sit for a few minutes.

otp ,

Don’t put your phone in rice! You’ll break it and have to buy a new phone!

Ok, what should I do instead?

Buy a new phone.

…so what’s the harm in using rice?

…waste of food?

GenderNeutralBro ,

Silica gel desiccant bags. That’s the same thing used in a lot of packaging material, like the little thing that says “do not eat” in a pill bottle or electronics bag.

Landless2029 ,

I save every one of these packs. Keep them in a gallon storage bag. Use in case of emergency.

naevaTheRat ,
@naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

you need to boil the water out of them before use btw

KeenFlame ,

Like in the oven?

waterSticksToMyBalls ,

Oven at 150c for 2-3 hours according to google

naevaTheRat ,
@naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Yeah, if you want to keep them ready then bake them off above 100 C for 2 hours or so then whack em in something airtight so they don’t hydrate again.

You can actually buy silica gel beads with an indicator dye that goes from blue to purple when wet so you can tell at a glance if they’re ready.

KeenFlame ,

Pretty cool, thanks

joel_feila ,
@joel_feila@lemmy.world avatar

If put 30 in a bowl if milk you have to go to the hospital

Akasazh ,
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

Epic tale

Imgonnatrythis ,

There is a small risk the rice will work and you won’t buy a new iPhone. Do you want to break the economy??

Rumbelows ,

This is actually a thing. Worked in Apple Stores for years and saw laptops and phones full of rice. Whole grains and bits n bobs.

So before the rice you could actually do a modular repair sometimes. Swap out the battery or SSD.

Whole thing full of rice bits attached to every component? Forget it.

Also, once a device is liquid damaged, often rice will resurrect it but only until the logic board rusts through / goes dry. Copper oxidises over time.

On the other hand, if you can’t afford a repair or swap out, (contrary to popular opinion, Apple sell replacement devices through their service channel way cheaper than new units) rice might give your device a new lease of life. So sometimes worth the gamble.

Edit: missed the D off SSD which kind of changed the context!

ScreaminOctopus ,

You can also hang on to silica gel packs that come in various packaging, they do the same thing as the rice but are more effective and wont clog up your device

Rumbelows ,

That’s a great point!

Pissnpink ,

Well of course particles will get in, that’s why you gotta wash the rice first!

reddig33 ,

What a stupid recommendation. It’s not going to hurt anything. I wonder if the idiot pushing for this documentation realizes what bad press it’s generated.

stoly ,

One presumes that there is at least one case where it was determined that rice particles did something to the phone. Then Apple analogized and extrapolated from there.

NewPerspective ,

Coming this Fall: Apple Dryness Pellets! A bag of Styrofoam rice that’ll run you $499.99 and an extra $70 for it to come in colors. Not compatible with CE models.

Supermariofan67 ,

Just use silica gel packets

tourist ,
@tourist@lemmy.world avatar

only used apple approved silica packets

for just $40/grain

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