Apple Formally Warns Customers To not Put Moist iPhones in Rice

Saving a moist iPhone by placing it in a bowl or bag of raw rice has been a preferred go-to rescue strategies for years, with the logic being that the rice absorbs the surplus water from the telephone. Nonetheless, the God of iPhones has not too long ago come out to warn poor mortals towards resorting to rice in these conditions, saying it may make issues worse.

In a recent support document, Apple states that placing moist units in a bag of rice may “enable small particles of rice to wreck your iPhone,” though it doesn’t go into additional element. The corporate additionally advisable towards utilizing different well-known hacks, resembling utilizing an exterior warmth supply to attempt to dry the telephone or sticking a cotton swab into the connector. Apple’s current recommendation was noticed by Macworld.

The corporate’s warning on rice coincides with these of different restore specialists, who’ve discovered that the rice hack works slower than merely leaving your iPhone on a counter to dry. Time is essential in these conditions, as an important factor is to stop the water from reaching and damaging the electronics contained in the telephone.

As a substitute of resorting to rice, Apple supplies customers with an alternate resolution. In case your iPhone or charging connector is moist—within the latter case, an alert will seem and disable charging—Apple recommends the next:

• Unplug the cable out of your iPhone and unplug the opposite finish of the cable from the facility adapter or accent. Don’t plug the cable in once more till your iPhone and the cable are utterly dry.
• Faucet your iPhone gently towards your hand with the connector going through right down to take away extra liquid. Go away your iPhone in a dry space with some airflow.
• After no less than half-hour, attempt charging with a Lightning or USB-C cable or connecting an adjunct.
• Should you see the alert once more, there may be nonetheless liquid within the connector or underneath the pins of your cable. Go away your iPhone in a dry space with some airflow for as much as a day. You possibly can attempt once more to cost or join an adjunct all through this era. It’d take as much as 24 hours to completely dry.
• In case your telephone has dried out however nonetheless isn’t charging, unplug the cable from the adapter and unplug the adapter from the wall (if potential) after which join them once more.

In case Apple’s recommendation doesn’t work, it’s secure to say that you simply most likely need assistance from skilled restore specialists and should even want to organize your self to purchase a brand new iPhone. No matter you do, although, resist the temptation of reaching for the rice.