{"id":1143,"date":"2021-04-14T01:45:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/14\/phone-wet-and-wont-turn-on-heres-what-to-do-with-water-damage-hint-putting-it-in-rice-wont-work\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T01:45:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:45:54","slug":"phone-wet-and-wont-turn-on-heres-what-to-do-with-water-damage-hint-putting-it-in-rice-wont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/14\/phone-wet-and-wont-turn-on-heres-what-to-do-with-water-damage-hint-putting-it-in-rice-wont-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone wet and won\u2019t turn on? Here\u2019s what to do with water damage (hint: putting it in rice won\u2019t work)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While many smartphones are advertised as \u2018water resistant\u2019, this doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re immune from water damage<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you\u2019re not alone. One study suggests <a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/zagg-iMktg\/images\/pr-media\/2014\/smartphone-and-tablet-damage-study.pdf\">25% of smartphone users<\/a> have damaged their smartphone with water or some other kind of liquid.<\/p>\n<p>Liquid penetrating a smartphone can affect the device in several ways. It could lead to:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/apr\/14\/phone-wet-and-wont-turn-on-heres-what-to-do-with-water-damage-hint-putting-it-in-rice-wont-work\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6195be87f1a01ecd9cfed5f157b69e6cefedceed\/0_201_7224_4334\/master\/7224.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d0ca0435bdddec554b2d40a475cecbd3\" title=\"Phone wet and won\u2019t turn on? Here\u2019s what to do with water damage (hint: putting it in rice won\u2019t work)\" \/>While many smartphones are advertised as \u2018water resistant\u2019, this doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re immune from water damage<br \/>\nIf you\u2019ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you\u2019re not alone. One study suggests 25% of smartphone users have damaged their smartphone with water or some other kind of liquid.<br \/>\nLiquid penetrating a smartphone can affect the device in several ways. It could lead to: Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While many smartphones are advertised as \u2018water resistant\u2019, this doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re immune from water damage If you\u2019ve ever gotten your phone wet in the rain, dropped it in water or spilt liquid over it, you\u2019re not alone. One study suggests 25% of smartphone users have damaged their smartphone with water or some other kind &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/14\/phone-wet-and-wont-turn-on-heres-what-to-do-with-water-damage-hint-putting-it-in-rice-wont-work\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Phone wet and won\u2019t turn on? Here\u2019s what to do with water damage (hint: putting it in rice won\u2019t work)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}