If you’ve dropped your iPhone in water and need to dry it out, plenty of people will give you a simple piece of advice: put it in a sealed bag of rice. The idea is the rice will draw out the moisture and allow your device to dry. The problem? It probably doesn’t work, according to experts, and now Apple has joined the fray by warning users not to do it.
In a support document spotted by Macworld, Apple’s advice is simple: “Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice.” The reason? “Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone.” As rice absorbs water, it quickly becomes gummy, which could stick inside your phone. It may also attract dust, causing further problems, and in any case, it doesn’t act quickly enough to prevent corrosion.
