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2009

Fix a wet cell phone with rice

Drop your phone in the toilet? Well, millions of people do it every year, so it's only a matter of time.

Water is rumored to be the end of the road for any gadget, but if you're lucky, rice can save the day.

June 2007 saw the first cell phone water death when a Wisconsin man dove into a sewer to retrieve his dropped mobile.

The remedy for a splash landing is simple. Get the electronic disassembled and dry.

Restrain yourself. Toasters, hair dryers and (obvious to most of us) microwaves will only compromise the device.

The rice trick is excellent, non-intrusive and widely available. Switched puts together a great podcast illustrating the procedure and the science behind it.

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WonderDude Mike 10 months ago

What a great piece of advice, but does it work with an iphone?

ryan 2 weeks ago

oh!GOOD

shellymilili 2 weeks ago

i do not konw

bird crick 10 months ago

if you disassemble you might have a chance

ryanemma42 2 weeks ago

yes

muccione 10 months ago

this DOES work...A friend fell in a river while fishing drunk and recovered his cell the same way...............

casey321b 10 months ago

WTF jimany Christmas?

gerthy 9 months ago

rofl my cell phone went threw the washer twice and still works no big deal

gerthy 9 months ago

never did anything else besides let it sit out over night

LION-KING 7 months ago

am not gonna try it for sure, but if it really works .... u r a GENIUS

wdtipton 6 months ago

Now we know!

iSuffer 2 weeks ago

Bad trick actually. What if you take a bath in a salt-water chlorred swimming pool with your cell phone...?? I did, and then disassembled all the parts I could in a hurry and rinsed it (the un-assebled pieces in LOTS of clean water), then I dried it or I could have used rice. The phone worked fine for another 8 months. :)

dondiago 2 weeks ago

jeeez!!!!!!! very nyc...... really useful 4 me.... last fone i bought left it out in da rain... thought i screwed it... its wrkin though...... but dis thing.... rice stuff..... awesome..... uh.... must give it a try eh????

loyal_boy 2 weeks ago

that's amazing !!!!!!!!!

maxz09 2 weeks ago

i think its not.. coz d effective one dt i try is a thinner gas... after i soak it on the thinner gas then get and w8 for it to dry there you go it works.... rice???? i dont think so...

bettyboop2760 1 week ago

evita3e

dude speak english... wht the f r u talking about? u soaked yr phone in thinner gas & it worked???? Try writing slowly & make sense of yr words