--- title: Does Putting a Wet iPhone in Rice Really Work? description: Does putting a wet iPhone in rice fix it? We tested the theory out with an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy. We dropped the smartphones in water and then let them sit in rice overnight. Here are the results. authors: - name: Turner Cowles url: https://money.com/author/turner-cowles/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 24 covers: - Technology - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Investing - Lifestyle - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement social: - https://x.com/tgcowles former_staff: true - name: Jackie Zimmermann url: https://money.com/author/jackie-zimmermann/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 22 covers: - Technology - Career Advice - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/jackie_zm former_staff: true - name: Kara Brandeisky url: https://money.com/author/kara-brandeisky/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 76 covers: - Technology - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/karabrandeisky former_staff: true published: '2015-07-08T10:00:01.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T06:09:25.000Z' section: Technology tags: - cell phone - cellphone plans - cellphones - galaxy - iPhone - Samsung - smart phone - smartphone - water damage word_count: 120 canonical: https://money.com/cell-phone-water-rice/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![homepage gif 3](https://img.money.com/2015/07/homepage-gif-3.gif) Anyone who's dropped their phone in a toilet, sink, or swimming pool has probably heard that the way to salvage a waterlogged device is to submerge it in a container of uncooked rice. The theory is that the rice will suck all the moisture out off your phone's nooks and crannies and bring it back to life. But does it work in practice? Money decided to find out. For the test, we bought two (functioning) used phones on eBay, dropped them in buckets of water and left them submerged for several seconds, then plunged them in uncooked rice and left them over the weekend. Here's what happened. 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