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Common advice says that if you ve dropped your phone the toilet or some other body of water all you have to do is toss your afflicted phone into a bowl of rice and everything will be fine come morning.
Sadly, this is more a myth than useful advice. But that doesn t mean you should give up on your smartphone. Before you try going to a repair shop and potentially spending hundreds of dollars, there are plenty of DIY hacks you can try out.
Waterproof vs. Water-Resistant In recent years, many phone makers have made their devices water-resistant. But water resistant