Use cat litter instead. Much better results. If you don’t have cat litter, cous-cous or porridge oats still work better than rice.
Dan
A lot of luck is involved with water damage. If a tiny amount of water gets into the wrong chip with a current running through it your phone is fecked. Ideally the motherboard would be washed in rubbing alcohol to remove water and impurities. Most reputable repair centres will have a machine that does this. The best thing you can do for a liquid damaged phone is turn it off/leave it off and DO NOT try and charge it, then bring it to a repair centre that uses an alcohol wash machine and a technician that has a clue about motherboards. If the alcohol wash doesn’t work then you’ll need to know a thing or two about identifying and replacing chips on a motherboard, however if the wrong chip is broken its game over for your beloved social life.
Deem
Liars! Rice in the hot press is your only man for a phone that’s fallen in the toilet!
Owen
+1 Rice is the 2000’s Ireland ‘hot-press’ for water damaged electrical goods.
Sheikh Yabooti
Press your thumb against the inside of your windscreen when driving your Ford Cortina on gravelly roads.
Eno
I wish I had a grey cortina
The Old Boy
Doesn’t everyone still do that? (Perhaps without the Cortina, though.)
Zarathustra
Rice is supposed to absorb moisture, so, if you drop your phone in the toilet I think they want you to bring it to them to be fixed, as opposed to buying a large sack, filling it with Uncle Ben’s and sticking your phone in it – although, I could be wrong.
Zarathustra
Meh, too late :(
The People's Hero
Instant rice (Uncle Bens) will be better as the husk will have been removed during cooking….
The People's Hero
Rice is deemed a desiccant – as in it absorbs moisture. However, ever wash rice? All you’re doing is washing away starch. Rice only absorbs moisture – water in this case – when it’s hot/boiling. So it’s useless to aid the drying of wet electronics devices. If you’ve a wet device, the best thing to use are molecular sieves…. Used in ‘Thirst Bags’….. Your friendly phone repair store will use these and assuming your device is not already fried, should help.
Robert
My experience, and that of a number of acquaintances, says you’re blathering horse manure
The People's Hero
You and your acquaintances are misguided and full of woo…..
DubLoony
I was out of rice last time, cous-cous does the same job.
Gers
Rice does fix SOME water damaged phones. Mainly those who are dropped inside toilets and taken out quick, turned off and let to dry in a bag with rice for few days. The cake is a LIE.
The People's Hero
Uncooked rice is useless…. We need to dispel these myths…..
Instant rice will help – as mentioned the husk sheathing the grain is removes in boiling… cous cous or porridge oats will be better. Even cat litter will help…
DubLoony
Oats! great example.
Robert
No. When it’s cooked its already absorbed moisture so will be less effective. Skewer folk knowledge for personal gain much?
The People's Hero
Robert. If you’re going to talk at he grown up table, please try bring something meaningful to the conversation. Rice is a very poor desiccant in this context. Uncooked, it’s husk will prevent absorption. Instant rice is par cooked and will offer marginal wicking properties but again, it’s not as good as other desiccants as described above.
Any experience you might have had with rice is happenstance. So yeah, again you’re full of woo.
And where on earth do you get the notion that I stand to personally gain from any of this.
All I want to do is to dispel the myth that a bag of rice has the right properties to sort out soggy phones.
My advice could very well save those unfortunate to drop their phone in the jacks a fair few bob.
Bobbyjoe
You put your damaged phone in rice to attract an Asian person who will fix it.
dry rice absorbs moisture in the air. a quick and dirty potential solution to water damaged phone is to put it in a bag of rice.
your’e welcome.
Yeah, thought everyone knew that…
Yeah, not so much.
http://www.gazelle.com/thehorn/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Water-Damage-Prevention-and-Recovery.pdf
Use cat litter instead. Much better results. If you don’t have cat litter, cous-cous or porridge oats still work better than rice.
A lot of luck is involved with water damage. If a tiny amount of water gets into the wrong chip with a current running through it your phone is fecked. Ideally the motherboard would be washed in rubbing alcohol to remove water and impurities. Most reputable repair centres will have a machine that does this. The best thing you can do for a liquid damaged phone is turn it off/leave it off and DO NOT try and charge it, then bring it to a repair centre that uses an alcohol wash machine and a technician that has a clue about motherboards. If the alcohol wash doesn’t work then you’ll need to know a thing or two about identifying and replacing chips on a motherboard, however if the wrong chip is broken its game over for your beloved social life.
Liars! Rice in the hot press is your only man for a phone that’s fallen in the toilet!
+1 Rice is the 2000’s Ireland ‘hot-press’ for water damaged electrical goods.
Press your thumb against the inside of your windscreen when driving your Ford Cortina on gravelly roads.
I wish I had a grey cortina
Doesn’t everyone still do that? (Perhaps without the Cortina, though.)
Rice is supposed to absorb moisture, so, if you drop your phone in the toilet I think they want you to bring it to them to be fixed, as opposed to buying a large sack, filling it with Uncle Ben’s and sticking your phone in it – although, I could be wrong.
Meh, too late :(
Instant rice (Uncle Bens) will be better as the husk will have been removed during cooking….
Rice is deemed a desiccant – as in it absorbs moisture. However, ever wash rice? All you’re doing is washing away starch. Rice only absorbs moisture – water in this case – when it’s hot/boiling. So it’s useless to aid the drying of wet electronics devices. If you’ve a wet device, the best thing to use are molecular sieves…. Used in ‘Thirst Bags’….. Your friendly phone repair store will use these and assuming your device is not already fried, should help.
My experience, and that of a number of acquaintances, says you’re blathering horse manure
You and your acquaintances are misguided and full of woo…..
I was out of rice last time, cous-cous does the same job.
Rice does fix SOME water damaged phones. Mainly those who are dropped inside toilets and taken out quick, turned off and let to dry in a bag with rice for few days. The cake is a LIE.
Uncooked rice is useless…. We need to dispel these myths…..
Instant rice will help – as mentioned the husk sheathing the grain is removes in boiling… cous cous or porridge oats will be better. Even cat litter will help…
Oats! great example.
No. When it’s cooked its already absorbed moisture so will be less effective. Skewer folk knowledge for personal gain much?
Robert. If you’re going to talk at he grown up table, please try bring something meaningful to the conversation. Rice is a very poor desiccant in this context. Uncooked, it’s husk will prevent absorption. Instant rice is par cooked and will offer marginal wicking properties but again, it’s not as good as other desiccants as described above.
Any experience you might have had with rice is happenstance. So yeah, again you’re full of woo.
And where on earth do you get the notion that I stand to personally gain from any of this.
All I want to do is to dispel the myth that a bag of rice has the right properties to sort out soggy phones.
My advice could very well save those unfortunate to drop their phone in the jacks a fair few bob.
You put your damaged phone in rice to attract an Asian person who will fix it.
boom tish
Quality ! Good work bobby joe!
– Jim Davidson,
1979