22 responses to “Uncooked Rice Saves Phone from Water Damage”

  1. wuzzyangel

    Haha!!! DAMN!!! But see RICE is good for everything! LOL!!

    Wow… I’m glad it worked though! I hate being without my phone!! It’s like I’m missing a hand or something. But how sweet of the BF to wade in pond water to look for it!! AWWWWWWWWWWW…. What a keeper!!

  2. blu3

    wow I didn’t know uncooked rice could act as a dessicant. Good to know! I’m glad your phone was fine!

  3. ann

    wow..that is so interesting. So your phone works now? And is completely dry??? Amazing…

  4. May

    Shit.

    I should’ve done that withy my old Sony K750i!

  5. Nic nic

    wow how interesting!! glad to hear you could save your phone :D

  6. H.S

    oww mann! does this still work if you’v tried to turn the phone on? and plugged it in ?

  7. Jane Doe

    hi, how long do i have to keep the phone in the rice for?

  8. Jane Doe

    nvm lol

  9. Nik

    Hi All,

    I was trying to clean my trackerball and used the good old cotton bud and the slightest amount of water.

    I’ve turned the phone on nearly 30 minutes later and the buttons were not working properly at the top – it was basically typing in the wrong keys. I’ve then taken the battery out and realised it could be some type of water damage (I can’t see how…)

    I’ve now placed it in uncooked rice and won’t touch it for a few days…?

    But… Is there a chance the circuits could be fried with such a minimal amount of water if any

    Thanks

  10. Abbie

    Will it still work fine if I didn’t flush out the dirty water with clean water? I just put it straight into the rice…

  11. Manu

    How long did you keep it in rice for?

  12. Kieranx

    Mine was in the washer but was only in for 5 mins i left it to dry for an hour but the screen is just white, will the rice work for me?

  13. Winty

    Hey! Dropped phone down the toilet (Gutted). Dried it for a few hours, battery & sim out.
    It works, receives calls, txt, bbm, emails. But alas screen not working. I have put in rice & will wait for a while. What do you think?
    Many thanx
    Winty

  14. Sam

    Hi! My phone accidentally fell out of my pocket into the toilet. I took it out and someone told me that when I got home that i should put it in a bag of rice. So I did and the next morning I tried it, and it still wouldn’t work. So I put it back in the rice and kept it in there all day/night. Then this morning my husband took it out and put the battery in and it turned on just fine. Then i tried to turn my camera on and the screen went completely black, and wouldn’t turn back on or anything. And when i plugged it into my charger it wasn’t showing the little light on the front that usually shows when its charging. So I put it back in the rice and am hoping that I didn’t fry my phone :( Should I try to put it in white rice? Right now its been in old brown rice that i’ve had for a long time…and I wasn’t sure if it should be in a certain rice or not. Please help?!

  15. Gareth

    Hello, i was in the bath and i had my phone on top of the shelf then when i came out the shower it was only a little bit wet. after 1hour some of my keys stopped working. the blackberry is working perfectly fine and the screen is okay. i took out the battery and sim and put it in a jug of rice. do you think this will work? i really love my blackberry and the longest i can wait for is 24hours :(

  16. kyle

    hi my name is kyle I was in the bath and my 1 day old blackbreey cerve feel in. only 4 about 1 seconde put the sceen went all black and i put rice in and dint turn on

  17. jamie flinn

    Yesterday night my mom told me to grab a case of soda that had been by my feet and so I grab it put it in my lap and started to get out the van and sence Im only like 4’11 I had to kind of jump out and all of a sudden the case of soda just slid out my lap and hit the ground all the can sodas exploded and my phone just so happen to be in the box so I dive to the ground sticking my hand in the box I grab my phone and it was filled soda so I ran in the house and grabbed a pot filled it with rice and put my phone the battery and the sim chip in the rice and let it sit Ford about an hour and it works but not like it use to and that my story

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