As it turns out, the decades-old method of saving one’s wet phone in rice isn’t a good idea, according to Apple. A recent support document states that this hack actually makes things worse.
Quit the rice hack for your wet phone
Rice is having a bit of a moment on the internet, including people freaking out about whether it’s safe to reheat it. However, it seems like Apple has jumped on the rice fear-mongering bandwagon, too. In the support document, the Cupertino-based tech giant said that dropping your wet iPhone into a bowl of rice will “allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone.”
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