Guys, last week I did that thing where I left my iPhone outside overnight in the rain, and it wouldn’t even turn on afterwards. I was with my wife, at a holiday event, whining about how I was going to have to buy a completely new iPhone, and my very wise cousin happened to overhear what we were talking about. He said he had the ultimate low tech solution for fixing the iPhone. I asked him if I should try to blow-dry my iPhone, he said:
COUSIN: Turn it off completely, put it in a bag of rice, and leave it there for a couple hours. The rice will absorb the moisture.
ME: *Blank stare*
COUSIN: Just do it.
So, I went home, got out a bag of rice, and stuck my iPhone in there. I took it out about an hour later, tried to turn it on, and the screen kind of lamely flickered at me. But at least it was turning on, so I stuck it back in there. A couple hours later, before I was about to go to sleep, I took it out and turned it on…AND IT TOTALLY WORKED.
Unless it was a random act of magic, you all should try this next time your iPhones or iPods get soaked. You can thank me later.
Thanks Jacob!
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