If your iPhone is Wet, Don’t put it in Rice! Do this instead.

illustration by Andy McNally

What do you do if you drop your iPhone in water or get the liquid detection warning?

Don’t put your phone in rice! The common advice heard over the years is to put your phone in a bowl or bag of rice. Apple recently posted a support message saying that this advice is not a good idea. It turns out that putting your phone in rice could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone.

sketchnote by Andy McNally

You may see one of these messages:

“Liquid detected in Lightning Connector”: This alert appears if you connect a Lightning accessory to your iPhone that doesn’t charge your iPhone and liquid is detected.”

“Liquid Detected”: This alert appears if you connect a USB-C accessory to your iPhone and liquid is detected.

possible warning messages via Apple.com