Apple is telling iPhone users explicitly what not to do when a "Liquid Detected" warning appears on screen. "Don't put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to ...

Now, Apple is finally weighing in on that fix—and warning people it could do more harm than good. “Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice,” the company said in a recent support post.

The conventional wisdom is to put the phone ... a good idea — and Apple Support has updated their guidelines for phone first-aid to explicitly tell folks to lay off the rice.

Apple has apparently reiterated the dubiousness of that strategy. The tech giant says on its support site that you should not put your wet iPhone into a bag of rice. "Doing so could allow small ...

"Don't put your iPhone in a bag of rice," Apple warns. "Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone." It's very possible that these minute rice particles could make their ...

Apple is weighing in on one of the oldest smartphone myths around by officially stating that users should not put their iPhones in rice to dry out after they fall into the water. Earlier this year ...

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Drop it in a bag of rice. Well, Apple recently updated its guidance on ... into the connector. Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage ...

But now Apple says the rice hack is a big don't. The Apple website has a support page devoted to liquid detection and phone issues. Don't put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow ...