Many smartphones can survive a quick dip in some water, but water can still seep in through small, unseen cracks.

Drop your phone in the pool? Here's how you can bring it back to life July 3, 2012 — -- intro: We humans can't get enough water during the summer, but for our gadgets, on the other hand, there ...

Splash! Now how do you get water out of your phone? We use our phones to read news and books, catch up with friends, navigate directions, order food, take photos and videos, answer emails—the list is ...

You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet. However your ...

For more than a decade, a majority of Americans have owned smartphones – and, inevitably, some of us have dropped our beloved device in a swimming pool, the sink or the toilet. For years, many have ...

Apple, the maker of the iPhone, is telling customers to ignore the practice of putting a phone that has gotten wet into a bag of rice to dry it out. Why? Because it doesn’t work. At least not well and ...

A smartphone in a bowl of rice. Americans are on their phones for four hours and 25 minutes per day on average, according to a 2023 Reviews.org survey. But despite that fact, those trusty hand-held ...

Is your iPhone wet? If so, don't put it in a bowl of rice. Apple's new support doc says rice can actually cause more damage to your iPhone. The company also discourages drying your damp iPhone with a ...

Apple recently formalized its guidance on drying out wet iPhones, officially advising against one of the most common home remedies found online – using a bag of rice. Apple's support document now ...

As it turns out, the decades-old method of saving one's wet phone in rice isn't a good idea, according to Apple. A recent support document states that this hack actually makes things worse. Rice is ...