Fix a wet cell phone with rice
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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.

Rescue a wet cell phone with rice

Comments

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WonderDude Mike 1 year ago
What a great piece of advice, but does it work with an iphone?
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ryan 5 months ago
oh!GOOD
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shellymilili 5 months ago
i do not konw
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kuekhh 3 months ago
i think it work for all electrical 3c stuff.
i just soak my digital camera into the rice since yesterday.
it's look dried so far.
have not try to turn on the camera yet.
let it soak more longer time.
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bird crick 1 year ago
if you disassemble you might have a chance
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ryanemma42 5 months ago
yes
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muccione 1 year ago
this DOES work...A friend fell in a river while fishing drunk and recovered his cell the same way...............
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casey321b 1 year ago
WTF jimany Christmas?
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gerthy 1 year ago
rofl my cell phone went threw the washer twice and still works no big deal
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gerthy 1 year ago
never did anything else besides let it sit out over night
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LION-KING 1 year ago
am not gonna try it for sure, but if it really works .... u r a GENIUS
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wdtipton 11 months ago
Now we know!
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iSuffer 5 months 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. :)
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dondiago 5 months 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????
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loyal_boy 5 months ago
that's amazing !!!!!!!!!
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maxz09 5 months 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...
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bettyboop2760 5 months 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
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attackchef 4 months ago
Be careful in placing the battery in the rice. Some batteries react badly to the rice. Cell went through washing machine placed everything in rice 24 hours later the battery had expanded to twice normal size and was in danger of rupturing. Not sure of the cause of the expansion, any thoughts?
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