Apple is dispelling a piece of conventional wisdom followed by iPhone users who accidentally get their devices wet. The company is warning against putting wet phones in uncooked rice to dry them out.

Apple warns against using a blow-dryer or any other heat gun device to dry your iPhone after it takes a splash. You should instead leave your phone in a dry area with some airflow and allow for 24 ...

Don’t do it, Apple says. Putting a wet phone in uncooked rice has for years been a popular method to dry it out. It’s been recommended by bloggers and experts alike. But Apple recently ...

For more than a decade, a majority of Americans have owned smartphones – and, inevitably, some of us have dropped our beloved device in a swimming pool, the sink or the toilet. For years, many ...

Apple says this could allow 'small particles' to damage your iPhone. The company also advised against using an 'external heat source or compressed air' to dry your device (put the hairdryer down ...

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 ...

According to Apple, you also shouldn't try to dry your moist iPhone by inserting a "foreign object" like a cotton swab or paper towel into the port, or use an external heat source like a blow dryer.

Apple is dispelling a piece of conventional wisdom followed by iPhone users who accidentally get their devices wet. The company is warning against putting wet phones in uncooked rice to dry them out.