Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it
by Cpoll on Friday June 14, 2019 @04:55PM
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What would you have titled it?
I'm not sure that "Instead of putting your phone in rice, open it up, douse it in 90%+ isopropyl and brush it with a toothbrush to remove the water before it dries" is short enough to be an effective title.
And "To fix a drowned phone, drown it again in isopropyl" is arguably even more click-baity.
In further defense, the comments here show the necessity of a title like this. If the title were "how to fix a drowned phone," many people would say "oh, I know this one, just put it in rice" and ignore the article.
Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it
by closetohome on Friday June 14, 2019 @05:54PM
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Youtube version: Fix your WET PHONE by DROWNING IT!
Thumbnail is a picture of a guy in SCUBA gear holding a phone and looking shocked. The phone is circled in red for some reason.
Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it
by jimbo1qaz on Friday June 14, 2019 @10:18PM
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Cllickbait witholds information to make you click. This headline is clickbait because it witholds information. "To fix a drowned phone, soak it in isopropyl" is better because it's a summary and conveys information.
>What you want to do is first displace the water—or more specifically, all the conductive stuff in the water. You can do this best by using 90%+ isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and a toothbrush. Open your device as soon as you can, take out the battery, and get scrubbing. Submerge the whole motherboard in alcohol, and scrub away. Only then, dry it and see where you stand. By getting the liquid displaced before it can dry, we are cleaning the pancake batter on Sunday morning. This is your best strategy for liquid damage.