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Article from PCexpress: I believe that several of you have at least once spilled or drowned your phone. There are countless ways to save him. Suck up the water with a straw, wrap it in a paper towel, or the guaranteed method of putting your phone in a bowl of rice. Where did the rice trick come from and does it even work? We will talk about that in today's article.

For many decades, rice has been used in tropical regions to protect photographic and film equipment from moisture. In a 1996 Yankee magazine column, Make It Last: Over 1,000 Ingenious Ways to Extend the Life of Everything You Own, the author's advice appeared Earla Proulx: “If you're taking your camera into a warm, humid climate, prevent it from deteriorating by putting silica gel (available at photo equipment stores) in the bag in which you'll be storing all of your equipment. In case of emergency, you can replace it with uncooked rice. "

Even as early as 1946, an article in the magazine Popular Photography states that tea, hard brown paper and rice can work just like silica gel. However, the article also says that for this alternative to really work, you need to use a really large amount of rice.

So does the rice trick work?

In July 2007, less than a month after he was iPhone first introduced to the market, member of the internet forum MacRumors with the nickname Jorsuss started a conversation titled: My iPhone ended up in the water. Namely, his new phone fell into the sink with water, so in an attempt to save it, he put it in his pocket with rice. Unfortunately, the rice didn't help.

In 2014, the Gazelle portal decided to put an end to doubts about the absorption of moisture by rice. He conducted a "semi-formal" test and found that of the seven ingredients tested, commonly found in every household, raw rice absorbed the least moisture. Interestingly, in second to last place was cat litter.

That same year, TekDry, which specializes in repairing moisture-damaged mobile devices, decided to put the rice trick to the test professionally. The result was unequivocal: "Under experimental conditions, only slightly more water evaporated from a mobile phone immersed in rice than from a phone that was not immersed in rice."

How come rice really helped in some cases? These are probably cases where the phone would be fine without being loaded in rice for a few days. Why is the rice trick still spreading? Because it sounds good, simple and cheap.

What will really help?

The only effective way to save your phone if it gets spilled is to turn it off immediately, remove the battery (if possible), and thenneste experts, who can handle him. Under no circumstances try to turn it on to test if it works.

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