Uncooked Rice does work with unsalted water. It worked for me with an iPhone 4 and a Note 4. Most people are not going to have a bunch of Silica packets just lying around. Worst thing one can do is sun dry a phone, cause the residue will be left behind.
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Uncooked Rice does work with unsalted water. It worked for me with an iPhone 4 and a Note 4. Most people are not going to have a bunch of Silica packets just lying around. Worst thing one can do is sun dry a phone, cause the residue will be left behind.
rice and silica also leaves the same residue as sun dried. its just water that evaporates
No it doesn't. The rice or silica, draws moisture away.
Sun drying basically leaves the minerals from water stuck on the internals. Unless you drop your phone in distilled water (which is very unlikely), sun drying is no good for electronics.
Bs. Its the same physical process. Moisture is H2O. Salt and everything else stays
Agreed. Not sure what silly logic some people rely on.
If contaminants were magically drawn away by rice or silica, there would be no need for ultrasonic baths or PCB cleaners.
No it's not, sun drying basically bakes the minerals on the internals.
Completely drying in room temp away from the sun is a very long process, leaving enough time for the minerals to cake up on the internals.
Rice attracts the moisture away from the internals and will dry out much quicker than leaving it on a shelf at room temps. There will be very little mineral residue left compared to the above drying methods. Most of the minerals will be taken in by the rice, cause it's not being heated nor stagnant for so long.
As the transport medium is air it doesn’t make a difference if the moisture gets soaked in by rice or vapors in the surroundings.
If and only if there is a time/temperature gradient of how much of minerals get thru the air, it doesn’t matter if u use silica or tempered air...
Do you even understand the elementary physics of evaporation?
Silica packets rely on hygroscopy which absorbs moisture from the air. In order for moisture to be in the air, evaporation is required. Evaporation does not carry any mineral content. If it did, salty rain would exist.
After reading your post, somewhere in the world, a physics teacher is crying but doesn't know why.
Gel silica packets bundles can be purchased online and shipped to your door within less than two business days. It’s worked for others on here, I personally have not tried it, but there are a slew of third-party repair shops in my area that actually use this exact method if they don’t have access to an ultrasonic cleaner. (I think it’s also worth noting, it probably depends on the severity of how waterlogged advice is). Now, as for the {salted versus unsalted} water argument, I’d say the majority of phones that are water submerged, probably is from pools or tap-water.
Either way, what you need to understand, is that rice/gel silica packets or any other ‘home type method’ is merely a temporary means, it’s not a permanent solution to remove _all_ the moisture, it’s just more of an emergency situation until you can actually have the device properly cleaned.
Why not do an experiment, should be simple enough? Mix up some saltwater the same salinity as seawater and place it in a ramekin or watch glass inside a Tupperware etc container with some rice, silica gel, whatever and see if the salt remains at dryness.
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