Cellphones getting water damage is nothing new. Before the iPhone, I had a flip phone that fell into a swimming pool. The first thing everyone told me to do was to dry the phone out with rice. The ...

The Rice Method: Does it Really Fix Water-Damaged Phones? When your phone takes an unexpected plunge into water, the immediate reaction often involves rushing to dry it out, with many turning to the ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Whenever a phone gets wet, the first thing many of us think to do is put it in a bag of rice to dry it up. But Apple is warning that may do more harm than good to iPhones. "It's a ...

Saving a wet iPhone by putting it in a bowl or bag of uncooked rice has been a popular go-to rescue method for years, with the logic being that the rice absorbs the excess water from the phone.

An Apple support page has surfaced, advising against putting your wet phone in rice. Rice can trap moisture and damage your phone’s internals. There are better methods to salvage electronics from ...

All iPhones launched after the iPhone 7 are dust-and-water resistant, with the iPhone XS and later having an IP68 rating. This means they can be submerged underwater for up to 30 minutes, with the ...

A lawyer in Quebec who is calling for a class-action lawsuit against Apple over it refusing to repair any iPhone damaged by water, despite advertising that its phones can be submerged. But it does ...