The first rule of Fight Club, er, good IT is never, ever, keeping liquids next to electronic devices: they can get wet and become irreparably damaged. The latest models of iPhone I am waterproof, meaning they can withstand immersion in water for 30 minutes at a depth of no more than 6 meters. There certification that Apple can exhibit is already enough to rest assured. The ingress of liquids, at least at the USB-C or Lightning connector level, however, is not excluded.
I melafonini they are equipped with a sensor which alerts the user to the possible presence of water near the USB-C or Lightning connector. The appearance of the message “lliquids detected in the USB-C connector” may occur when you connect a charger or accessory to your iPhone a cable from USB-C to USB-A and the presence of humidity should be detected. In these situations, it is important to immediately unplug the charging cable.
Never use rice in an attempt to dry iPhones
In recent days Apple has enriched its “online archive” with a supporting document by title “If an alert on iPhone indicates that liquid has been detected“. The technicians of the company led by Tim Cook explain that it is essential, to avoid causing damage, do not attempt to dry the iPhone using an external heat source or compressed air.
Likewise, it is essential not to insert foreign bodies, such as cotton swabs or paper napkins, for example by acting on the connector. Finally, you absolutely should not put your iPhone in a container full of rice.
We have often said it: contrary to common belief, to recover a device wet with water, coffee, tea or other liquids you should never, for any reason, use rice.
The use of rice is one of those “false myths” that can be costly. Rice can contain dust and other contaminants that enter the wet device, further compromising the electronic components and certainly not disrupting the corrosion process started with the entry of the liquid. THE residues left by the rice can in short complicate the situation rather than solve it. Not to mention the “drying times”: with a device subjected to the action of a liquid you need to act as quickly as possible.
Apple advice for working on iPhones
In the event of “accidents” affecting iPhones (iPhone messages who report on the presence of liquids in the USB-C, Lightning connector or, in general, inside the smartphone, Apple suggests limiting yourself to a series of steps, usually decisive:
- Tap the end of the iPhone with the charging connector repeatedly on the palm of your hand to remove excess liquid. The iPhone should then be left in a dry, ventilated area. After at least 30 minutes, you can try charging it with a Lightning or USB-C cable, or connecting an accessory.
- If the warning appears again, it means that liquids are still present in the connector or under the cable pins. At this point you can leave the terminal for up to 24 hours in a dry and ventilated place and then try the connection again.