Rice!

Well hi. I wish I were good at blogging. I actually meant to write this one a while ago. BUT. I have a good one for you. I want to tell you all about the miracle of....

RICE!

Yes, I know, you've all heard it before. Dropped your phone in water? Put it in dry rice. Well, maybe some of you have wondered if that was legit or not. I am here to tell you that it is definitely legit. About a month or so ago, I dropped my phone in water. I grabbed it out immediately, but started panicking. At first, it was still working, but I figured I probably only had seconds. I looked up "what do do if you drop your iPhone in water" on google and found some detailed instructions. The first one (after drying off your phone as much as possible - use q-tips to get in the crevices) was to immediately turn off your phone. Well, by this time, the water had apparently seeped further in to my phone...and the on/off button had stopped working. So I had to skip that step. Next step: fill a ziplock bag with dry rice (non-enriched is better if you can find it, because it won't leave as much residue on your phone). Place your phone in the bag and make sure it is covered. Seal the bag and make sure you get all the air out. The next step was the hardest...waiting. You have to leave it in the bag for 36 hours. 

Well, at this point, my phone was dead. And since the on/off switch button wasn't working, there would be no way for me to see if it was working unless it turned on itself when I plugged it in.

So I waited. 

After about 24 hours, I took it out to see how it was going. I plugged it in for probably about 10 minutes...and nothing happened. So I started mentally preparing myself for the fact that I would have to spend too much money on a new phone...and put my phone back in the rice bag.

The next day, I took my rice-bagged phone and my charger to work with me. The 36 hours would be up around 11am. So that day, after I got back from lunch, I took my phone out of the rice, and plugged it in. My first indication that the rice may have done its job was that the on/off button was working again. My phone was still dead, but when I pressed the button, the charging symbol popped up. I was hopeful for the first time in at least a day or so. After maybe...oh, maybe 10 or 15 minutes? The little apple appeared...my phone was turning on!! I can't even tell you how excited I was. The rice had worked! My phone was fully functioning! ...except for one little detail...the main camera. Well...I was somewhat okay with that if it meant that I didn't have to drop a few hundred on a new phone. More than all this, I was super amazed that the rice had actually worked so well!

So over the next couple weeks, I learned to live without the camera. The front-facing camera worked still, but only in a couple of my photo apps, not in the actual camera program. So if I really needed to take a picture, I could (with some difficulty) take it backwards. I would just have to open the app and press the camera flip button.

I kept testing the camera, but lost hope after a while. Then, on July 4th, I was watching fireworks and decided to take a front-faced picture of Hans and I...I opened up one of my photo apps, and before I even pressed the camera flip button, I noticed...tada! It was working!!

So, in conclusion, rice completely fixed my phone! I had to be a little patient for the camera, but it came back! So if this unfortunate event ever happens to you, now you know what to do! Oh and also, I found the website (for more detailed directions): http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/11/dropped-iphone-into-water-save-damage/

Yay!