We’re sure many of you have heard a piece of tech advice, and that is, if your phone gets wet and you want to dry it out, stick it in a bowl of rice. There is some logic to that. This stems from using ...

So your phone took a dip in a pool, ocean, or worse, the toilet? Well, don’t fret! Water plus smartphones used to equal instant death for many devices. Fortunately, that’s no longer always the case.

Don’t put your wet phone in rice—contrary to popular belief, it can actually make things worse by leaving moisture inside and risking rice particles jamming up your ports. Instead, power off your ...