A recent Apple support post has warned users not to revert to the old-fashioned rice method if liquid makes its way into their iPhones.
What just happened? The old tale of putting a phone in a bag of rice if it gets soaked has been around as long as mobiles themselves. But it’s long been pointed out that this method isn’t actually a good idea. Now, Apple has warned people not to do it, offering a better solution for iPhones showing liquid-detection alerts.
A recent Apple support post has warned users not to revert to the old-fashioned rice method if liquid makes its way into their iPhones.
« Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone, » the company says in the post, first spotted by Macworld.