Is it possible to remove water from a mobile phone with something other than a bag of rice? A video on YouTube proves it
Despite The iPhone and other devices currently have some water resistance, sometimes the depth of the fall can play a trick on us and logically give us a bad time. Our devices are still sensitive to liquids and if it permeates inside in a way that it is not possible to remove it even with a bag of rice, perhaps there could be a small solution although It will depend entirely on where the liquid has been stored.. A The Verge editor David Piercewas given to the task of checking if a video that promises to remove water from the mobile speaker is it true or if it is just a simple coincidence.
Can a video remove water from your iPhone or mobile phone?
The video in question uploaded to YouTube has more than 45 million views in just 4 years. How many people will have turned to it in an extremely urgent situation so far in 2024? If we look at the comments section, a good portion of them claim that it worked and that their phone was recovered.
In the case of David Pierce, he turned to him because his nephew’s cell phone slipped out of his pocket and fell into a river.. Fortunately they found it despite the depth and began the intense work of drying. One of his friends suggested looking for one of these videos and Miraculously the mobile worked as if nothing had happened..
The iPhone has a similar system to detect liquids
This and many Other experiences make us think and reflect on whether it is better to watch one of these videos instead of using the bag of rice. Or only in certain situations? It is worth remembering that there is an Apple product that does exactly the same thing to expel retained water, the Apple Watch, through the button mechanism that activates a brief noise to remove the water that has remained in the speaker.
Bose and iFixit agree, but there is a “but”
Not content with just reflecting on the actions of the video on YouTube. David Pierce reached out to people at Bose and iFixit, got some interesting answers to the video questionBy Eric Freeman, senior research director at Bose; He indicated that the speaker makes a natural air push mechanism. If enough air is forced through, it is possible to expel the fluid if it is in that area.
The amount of liquid that comes out after running the YouTube video. Photo: The Verge
It’s a matter of running the lowest tone of the speaker of an iPhone or mobile to the highest levelThe problem is that mobile speakers are not very big, but quite the opposite. The videos on YouTube are set to a low range where sound can be played but deeper bass is missing.
iFixit took on the task of providing a more elaborate response. It tested 4 phones, including an iPhone 13. The performance was average. Several drops were expelled from all phones, the effect in the video works.
Why is there a “but” in this situation? The problem is that it depends on which part of the mobile phone the liquid is in. which would cause the device to fail. If it is in the SIM card slot, buttons, any of the camera lenses or the charging port, the video will not work for any reason. It will also depend on how well protected the mobile is in terms of its waterproof seal.A new mobile phone will have a better chance of being saved than an old mobile phone.
iPhone 13 with liquid residue, iFixit test
Keep your device away from water
The tests conducted and the statements gathered by the folks at iFixit and Bose make one thing clear. Mobile phone companies do not offer the liquid ejection mechanism as an emergency alternative in case the mobile falls into waterThe problem is that these have more holes and fewer on watches, which would make it easier for them to put an eject mechanism on a watch than on a phone, said iFixit lead teardown engineer Shahram Mokhtari.
It is very rare for water to permeate a mobile phone, it will depend on the depth and the movement itself.What you can do, in the unfortunate event that your iPhone or mobile phone is in the water, is to play that video and hope to get good results.