Cellphones getting water damage is nothing new. Before the iPhone, I had a flip phone that fell into a swimming pool. The first thing everyone told me to do was to dry the phone out with rice. The ...

It’s very rare that phone users haven’t dropped their device or never got it wet. Most of us have either spilt drinks on it or accidentally dropped them into the pool or a bucket of water. And it goes ...

Apple, the maker of the iPhone, is telling customers to ignore the practice of putting a phone that has gotten wet into a bag of rice to dry it out. Why? Because it doesn’t work. At least not well and ...

The iPhone does water resistance so good it's practically waterproof. Apple won't call it that because it technically can't offer the feature. But we've seen countless stories of iPhones surviving ...

Apple recently formalized its guidance on drying out wet iPhones, officially advising against one of the most common home remedies found online – using a bag of rice. Apple's support document now ...

If you ever accidentally submerge your iPhone in water, the age-old thought of putting the wet device in rice should no longer be considered a remedy, according to Apple. In a new update on its ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Senior Technology Editor. He has a BFA in Film & TV from NYU, where he specialized in writing. Jake has been helping people with their technology professionally since ...

Modern smartphones despite being water-resistant to a certain level are still prone to malfunctioning in some cases. This is a common problem encountered by everybody that also makes them anxious. As ...

The myth that placing a wet electronic device into a bag of rice for a few hours will return it to a dry and functioning state is both persistent and highly inaccurate. This method doesn't work. If ...