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For more than a decade, a majority of Americans have owned smartphones – and, inevitably, some of us have dropped our beloved device in a swimming pool, the sink or the toilet.

For years, many have thought putting a wet device in a bag or bowl or rice would help suck the moisture out. Tech experts have dispelled this as an urban myth. Apple has apparently reiterated the dubiousness of that strategy.

The tech giant says on its support site that you should not put your wet iPhone into a bag of rice. "Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone," its site reads. Apple recently updated the support site, U.K. news site Metro reported this week.

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Originally posted by rontuner:
I remember reading one tech suggestion to save all those little silica drying packets from packages in a ziplock until needed....