Apple has banned placing iPhones in rice

Apple warned against putting your smartphone in rice. Journalists from Macworld drew attention to this.

Media authors noticed a new article on the support website of an American company, which describes the procedure for dealing with iPhone contact with various liquids. The company’s specialists actually forbade putting a drowned smartphone in rice, blowing it with compressed air, or placing toothpicks, cotton swabs and other small objects in the holes.

The message says that placing a wet device in dry cereal or trying to blow out the moisture with a hairdryer is useless and can damage the smartphone. Instead, Apple suggested tapping the iPhone lightly in the palm of your hand to remove excess moisture and then leaving it in a dry, well-ventilated place.

Next, the experts suggested waiting at least 30 minutes and then trying to charge the device via the cable. If the phone does not respond to charging, then you should return it to a dry place and keep it there for about a day. If none of the recommendations help, then you should contact support.

Macworld journalists noted that in this way Apple debunked the popular myth that a device caught in water can be saved with the help of rice or other dry cereal.

Earlier it became known about a new European Union law, according to which manufacturers of smartphones and other gadgets will have to provide an additional year of warranty for goods. Also, individual EU countries may increase the additional warranty period.