Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it
by hjk05 on Friday June 14, 2019 @03:20PM
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I have a rock that keeps tigers away, does it work? Well I’ve never had a tiger in my apartment so it must work right?
Correlation is not causation. You left your phone in rice, but it didn’t work. It didn’t do anything. The water dried just like it would in any setting. And you where lucky to not get any damage from the corrosion.
Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it
by rossdavidh on Friday June 14, 2019 @03:16PM
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I, also, have had rice work, albeit not every time (I realize this statement makes it sound like I dunk my phone on a regular basis but honestly I don't). I don't doubt that there are better dessicants out there, but rice is always handy.
I should note I left the phone in the rice for a few days, and it still didn't work. So I bought a new phone and forgot about it for a few months. Low and behold, when I did remember it months later, it worked, and did for a year or so more.